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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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