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III. THE AGREEMENT WITH FRANCE 239

IV. BELGIAN NEUTRALITY 242

"Truth About Germany" 244

HOW THE WAR CAME ABOUT. 247

REICHSTAG AND EMPEROR. 251

THE GERMAN MOBILIZATION. 253

ARMY AND NAVY. 255

THE ATTITUDES OF GERMANY'S ENEMIES. 260

LIES ABOUT GERMANY. 263

GERMANY AND THE FOREIGNER. 267

COMMERCE AND TRADE RELATIONS 269

WHO IS TO BE VICTORIOUS? 271

Speculations About Peace, September, 1914
Report to President Wilson. 273

WHO BEGAN THE WAR, AND WHY?
CASE FOR THE TRIPLE ENTENTE 276

FIRST WARNINGS OF EUROPE'S PERIL.
Speeches by British Ministers. 276

"A CLOUD OVER EUROPE." 277

AUSTRO-SERVIAN CRISIS. 278

A GRAVE SITUATION. 278

RISK OF A CATASTROPHE. 279

OPPOSITION CONCURS. 279

PEACE THE GREAT OBJECT. 279

RUSSIA'S MOBILIZATION. 280

THE GERMAN INVASION. 280

PEACE OF EUROPE CANNOT BE PRESERVED.
Sir Edward Grey's Speech in the House of Commons
Aug. 3. 282

GERMANY AND BELGIUM. 290

UNHESITATING SUPPORT. 291

CHANGED IRISH FEELING. 291

GREAT BRITAIN'S ULTIMATUM TO GERMANY. 292

PENETRATION OF BELGIAN TERRITORY. 293

Great Britain's Mobilization 294

KING TO BRITAIN'S FLEET. 294

NAPOLEONISM ONCE AGAIN. 295