[CHAPTER IV]

THE PENALTY OF NEGLIGENCE

Was war inevitable? [36]
Not if England had been prepared morally and materially [37]
Previous apprehensions of war [38]
Peculiar characteristics of German animosity [39]
British public opinion refused to treat it seriously [40]

[CHAPTER V]

PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY

Who actually caused the conflagration? [42]
Influence of the Professors, Press, and People of Germany [43]
Influence of the Court, Army, and Bureaucracy [44]
Various political characters [46]
The Kaiser [48]
There was no master-spirit [51]

[CHAPTER VI]

GERMAN MISCALCULATIONS

Hero-worship and sham super-men [53]
The Blunders of Bureaucracy [55]
As to the time-table of the war [55]
As to the quality of the French Army [55]
As to the opinion of the world [56]
As to the treatment of Belgium [57]
As to British neutrality [58]
As to the prevalence of Pacifism in England [59]
As to Civil War in Ireland [62]
As to rebellion in South Africa [64]
As to Indian sedition [65]
As to the spirit of the self-governing Dominions [67]
Lack of instinct and its consequences [67]

[CHAPTER VII]