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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

INDEX