CONTENTS

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Introduction[3]
I.The Supreme Crime Against Civilization: The Tragic Destruction of the Lusitania[9]
II.The Heroes of the Lusitania and Their Heroism[22]
III.Soul-Stirring Stories of Survivors of the Lusitania[34]
IV.A Canadian’s Account of the Lusitania Horror[50]
V.The Plot Against the Rescue Ships[55]
VI.British Jury Finds Kaiser a Murderer[61]
VII.The World-Wide Indictment of Germany for the Lusitania Atrocity[69]
VIII.America’s Protest Against Uncivilized Warfare[81]
IX.The German Defense for the Destruction of the Lusitania[91]
X.Swift Reversal to Barbarism
By Vance Thompson,American Author and Journalist.
[101]
XI.Belgium’s Bitter Need
By Sir Gilbert Parker,M.P., British Novelist.
[112]
XII.James Bryce’s Report on Systematic Massacre in Belgium[121]
XIII.A Belgian Boy’s Story of the Ruin of Aerschot[137]
XIV.The Unspeakable Atrocities of “Civilized Warfare”[144]
XV.Destroying the Priceless Monuments of Civilization[159]
XVI.Wanton Destruction of the Beautiful Cathedral of Rheims[169]
XVII.Canadians’ Glorious Feat at Langemarck[177]
XVIII.Pitiful Flight of a Million Women
By Philip Gibbs,English Author and Journalist.
[195]
XIX.Facing Death in the Trenches[207]
XX.A Vivid Picture of War[221]
XXI.Harrowing Scenes Along the Battle Lines[228]
XXII.What the Men in the Trenches Write Home[234]
XXIII.Bombarding Undefended Cities[240]
XXIV.Germany’s Fatal War Zone[246]
XXV.Multitudinous Tragedies at Sea[251]
XXVI.How “Neutral” Waters Are Violated[255]
XXVII.The Terrible Distress of Poland[259]
XXVIII.The Ghastly Havoc Wrought by the Air-Demons[267]
XXIX.The Deadly Submarine and Its Stealthy Destruction[273]
XXX.The Terrible Work of Artillery in War[280]
XXXI.Wholesale Slaughter by Poisonous Gases[286]
XXXII.“Usages of War on Land”: The Official German Manual[294]
XXXIII.The Sacrifice of the Horse in Warfare[299]
XXXIV.Scourges That Follow in the Wake of Battle[303]
XXXV.War’s Repair Shop: Caring for the Wounded[308]
XXXVI.What Will the Horrors and Atrocities of the Great War Lead to?[314]

The Giant Steamship “Lusitania” Torpedoed by the Germans off the Coast of Ireland.

The English Cunarder, “Lusitania,” one of the largest and fastest passenger vessels in the world, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in a few minutes with the loss of two-thirds of her passengers and crew, among whom were more than one hundred American citizens. The vessel was entirely unarmed and a noncombatant. (Copyright by Underwood and Underwood.)