CONTENTS
| Chapter | Page | |
| —Introduction | [1] | |
| I | —Who are the Guilty Parties? | [25] |
| II | —The Persistent Efforts of England in Favour of Peace | [29] |
| III | —The Call to Duty in Canada | [40] |
| IV | —Recruiting by Voluntary Service | [46] |
| V | —Intervention of Nationalism | [49] |
| VI | —What Do We Owe England? | [51] |
| VII | —Canada is not a Sovereign State | [55] |
| VIII | —German Illusions | [67] |
| IX | —The Nationalist Error | [68] |
| X | —Had Canada the Right to Help England? | [71] |
| XI | —The Duty of Canada | [74] |
| XII | —The Soudanese and the South African Wars | [77] |
| XIII | —British and German Aspirations Compared | [87] |
| Sub-title—Construction and Supply | [93] | |
| " —Transport | [97] | |
| " —The Air Service | [98] | |
| " —The Financial Effort of Great Britain | [100] | |
| " —Achievements of Dominion, Colonial and Indian Troops | [101] | |
| XIV | —The Veritable Aims of the Allies | [104] |
| Sub-title—The Only Possible Peace Conditions | [111] | |
| XV | —Just and Unjust Wars | [116] |
| Sub-title—A "Nationalist" Illogical Charge against England | [125] | |
| " —Other "Nationalist" Erroneous Assertions | [128] | |
| " —Incredible "Nationalist" Notions | [131] | |
| " —Canadian Financial Operations in the United States | [134] | |
| XVI | —"Nationalist" Views Condensed | [139] |
| XVII | —Loyal Principles Propounded | [143] |
| Sub-title—Unjust "Nationalist" Grievances against England | [150] | |
| XVIII | —Imperialism | [164] |
| XIX | —American Imperialism | [177] |
| XX | —British Imperialism | [189] |
| XXI | —The Situations of 1865 and 1900-14 Compared | [194] |
| XXII | —British Imperialism Naturally Pacifist | [198] |
| XXIII | —British Imperialism and Political Liberty | [207] |
| XXIV | —Imperial Federation and "Bourassism" | [216] |
| Sub-title—Constitutional Development of India | [227] | |
| XXVII | —The Future Constitutional Relations of the Empire | [231] |
| Sub-title—No Taxation Without Representation | [235] | |
| " —Colonial Representation | [236] | |
| " —The Far Off Future | [247] | |
| " —A Machiavellian Proposition | [251] | |
| " —A Treasonable Proposal | [259] | |
| XXVIII | —Outrages are No Reasons | [267] |
| XXIX | —How Mr. Bourassa Paid His Compliments to the Canadian Army | [277] |
| XXX | —Rash Denunciation of Public Men | [288] |
| XXXI | —Mr. Bourassa's Dangerous Pacifism | [302] |
| XXXII | —A Most Reprehensible Abuse of Sacred Appeals to the Belligerent Nations | [307] |
| XXXIII | —A Case For True Statesmanship | [321] |
| XXXIV | —After-the-War Military Problem | [324] |
| XXXV | —The Intervention of the United States in the War | [334] |
| XXXVI | —The Allies—Russia—Japan | [348] |
| XXXVII | —The Last Peace Proposals | [357] |
| XXXVIII | —Necessary Peace Conditions | [372] |
| XXXIX | —Conclusion | [383] |
| Appendix | —A | [411] |
| Appendix | —B | [421] |
INTRODUCTION.
Canada, as one of the most important component parts of the British Empire, is going through the crucial ordeal of the great crisis which will determine her destinies jointly with those of the whole world. Instantly put under the strain, four years ago, by the outrageous challenge of Germany to human civilization with the criminal purpose of universal domination, she was fully equal to her unbounded duty. Conscious of her sacred rights, she at once realized that the constitutional liberties which she enjoyed in the freest Empire of all times, could not be more patriotically exercised than for the defence of the sacred cause which united in a gigantic effort England, France and Russia, soon to receive the support of Italy. By an almost unanimous and enthusiastic decision she rallied to the flag around which all the Dependencies of the Empire gathered from the five continents. Never a more inspiring array of loyal subjects, owing allegiance to a Sovereignty, was witnessed in the wide world.
Through the trying days of four full years of the greatest war which ever saddened the life of the human race, Canada has nobly, gloriously, done her duty. Several hundred thousands of her devoted sons have rushed to the front to fight the battle of Liberty, of Right, of Civilization. Thousands of them have heroically given their lives for the triumph of the cause which, if finally triumphant, will brighten with freedom, prosperity, human happiness and undying glory, the destinies of many generations.
The struggle is not over. The battle is not yet won. Victory is in sight but unfortunately still so far distant, that it is still calling forth the undaunted exertions of all those who have pledged their faith to rescue the world from the cruel thraldom of German militarism.
Two years ago, at the critical period which culminated in the undecided military operations which, though rendered illustrious by the glorious defence of Verdun, made it plain to the Allies that success would only be the reward of a much more prolonged effort of untold sacrifices, I undertook to write the book entitled in French: "L'Angleterre, le Canada et la Grande Guerre."