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German Emperor William II. The Kaiser's Memoirs
The Kaiser's Memoirs
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. Bismarck
HIS GRANDFATHER'S SUCCESSOR
THE MAN WITH THE HYENA'S EYES
BISMARCK'S CONTINENTAL PREPOSSESSIONS
SOURCE OF RUSSIAN ENMITY
INTERCOURT POLITICS
TO OFFER DARDANELLES TO RUSSIA
PROPHECY OF RUSSIAN DOWNFALL
RELIEF AT CHANCELLOR'S DISMISSAL
GERMANY AS PEACEMAKER
HE BECOMES EMPEROR
VICTORIA'S HAND IS FELT
CONFLICT ON TURKISH POLICY
HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD PARTIES
THE BREAK WITH BISMARCK
HANDLING A COAL STRIKE
FURTHER CONFLICT WITH CHANCELLOR
BISMARCK'S LABOR VIEWS
GERMAN SOCIAL PROBLEMS
"WELFARE WORK" AT THE COURT
THE CHANCELLOR IN ACTION
CHAPTER II. Caprivi
BISMARCK'S SUCCESSOR
THE DEAL FOR HELIGOLAND
CHAPTER III. Hohenlohe
SOME DIPLOMATIC FENCING
THE SEIZURE OF TSING-TAO
QUEST FOR COALING STATIONS
FINDS SEED OF WORLD WAR[3]
DEVELOPMENT OF TSING-TAO
REPROACHES FOR JAPAN
THE KRUGER TELEGRAM[5]
SAYS HE SIGNED AGAINST HIS WILL
DEAL WITH CECIL RHODES
PEN SKETCH OF HOHENLOHE
CHANCELLOR'S RETIREMENT
CHAPTER IV. Bülow
BÜLOW A DISCIPLE OF BISMARCK
HOLSTEIN'S SECRET POWER
DISMISSAL—AND AN ENEMY
BRITISH ALLIANCE FAILS
AGAIN KAISER "GIVES IN"
NEGOTIATIONS FRUITLESS
FINDS FAULT WITH CONSERVATIVES
HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH BÜLOW
DEFENDS FAMOUS INTERVIEW[6]
A BREAK WITH BÜLOW
CHAPTER V. Bethmann
RECEIVES BRITISH ROYALTY
"EDWARD THE ENCIRCLER"
THE PICHON CONVERSATION
FINDS FAULT WITH BETHMANN
EARLY GERMAN VICTORIES
CHANCELLOR'S DIPLOMATIC POWER
DISCLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY
FESTIVITIES IN ENGLAND
SURPRISE AT BRITISH NOTE
DIPLOMATIC PREPAREDNESS
SELECTION OF CHURCHILL
SUSPECTS ENGLISH PURPOSES
COUNTERCHARGES OF CHEATING
DEFENDS NAVAL PROGRAM
KINGSHIP OF ALBANIA
OPPOSED CHOICE OF GERMAN
REQUIREMENTS OF A RULER
CHAPTER VI. My Co-workers in the Administration
ACADEMY'S SHACKLES BROKEN
CHAPTER VII. Science and Art
CHEMICAL RESEARCH
KAISER'S RUSSIAN FORESIGHT
ARCHITECTURAL INTERESTS
"ILIAD" AS A GUIDE BOOK
CHAPTER VIII. My Relations with the Church
FRIENDSHIP FOR POPE LEO XIII
"SWORD OF CATHOLIC CHURCH"
DOCTOR DRYANDER'S INFLUENCE
THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM
SCHOLARSHIP AND RELIGION
KAISER'S THEOLOGY
CHAPTER IX. Army and Navy
BELIEVES OFFICERS STILL LOYAL
BETTER MILITARY EQUIPMENT
FIGHT IN THE REICHSTAG
FEVERISH HASTE FOR NAVY
COLONEL GOETHAL'S VISIT
COMING OF THE DREADNAUGHT
IMPATIENT FOR U-BOATS
CHAPTER X. The Outbreak of War
SAYS WAR WAS NOT FORESEEN
RUSSIAN CROWN COUNCIL
THE COSSACK'S TESTIMONY
STORES OF ENGLISH COATS
PROUD OF GERMAN ARMY
CHAPTER XI. The Pope and Peace
URGES PAPAL INTERCESSION
SCOUTS DANGER FROM "PIAZZA"
WINS PROMISE OF ACTION
CHAPTER XII. End of the War and My Abdication
MOVEMENT FOR ABDICATION
SAYS ARMY WAS STILL STRONG
"JOYFULLY RECEIVED" BY ARMY
SOCIALIST ACTIVITY
PRINCE MAX INSISTENT
DENIES HE FORSOOK FOLLOWERS
PROUD OF THE ARMY
CHAPTER XIII. The Enemy Tribunal and the Neutral Tribunal
RECALLS PLIGHT OF VERCINGETORIX
HINDENBURG'S LETTER
THE KAISER'S LETTER
SILENT UNDER ATTACKS
CALLS ACCUSATION FUTILE
CHAPTER XIV. The Question of Guilt
NAVY MERELY PROTECTIVE
PURPOSE OF "ENCIRCLEMENT"
SOUGHT ENGLAND'S FRIENDSHIP
GRAND DUKE'S VISIT
AMERICAN FACTORS IN DEFEAT
FOURTEEN POINTS ABANDONED
ACCEPTED "SIGHT UNSEEN"
INADEQUATE PREPAREDNESS
BLAMES FRANCE FOR 1870
"MISTAKEN, BUT NOT GUILTY"
CHARGES ENGLISH INSINCERITY
HOPES FOR VERSAILLES REACTION
CHAPTER XV. The Revolution and Germany's Future
WIND AND WHIRLWIND
ANOTHER GERMAN MISTAKE
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