Chapter II: Foreword

I MY FIRST YEAR IN GERMANY.
II POLITICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL.
III DIPLOMATIC WORK OF FIRST WINTER IN BERLIN.
IV MILITARISM IN GERMANY AND THE ZABERN AFFAIR.
V PSYCHOLOGY AND CAUSES WHICH PREPARED THE NATION FOR WAR.
VI AT KIEL JUST BEFORE THE WAR.
VII THE SYSTEM.
VIII THE DAYS BEFORE THE WAR.
IX THE AMERICANS AT THE OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES.
X PRISONERS OF WAR.
XI FIRST DAYS OF THE WAR: POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC.
XII DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS.
XIII MAINLY COMMERCIAL.
XIV WORK FOR THE GERMANS.
XV WAR CHARITIES.
XVI HATE.
XVII DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS. (Continued).
XVIII LIBERALS AND REASONABLE MEN.
XIX THE GERMAN PEOPLE IN WAR.
XX LAST.

ILLUSTRATIONS

AMBASSADOR GERARD SAYING GOOD-BYE TO THE AMERICANS LEAVING ON
A SPECIAL TRAIN, AUGUST, 1914.
AMBASSADOR GERARD ON HIS WAY TO PRESENT HIS LETTERS OF CREDENCE
TO THE EMPEROR.
THE HOUSE RENTED FOR USE AS EMBASSY.
A SALON IN THE EMBASSY.
THE BALL-ROOM OF THE EMBASSY.
PROGRAMME OF THE MUSIC AFTER DINNER AT THE ROYAL PALACE.
THE ROYAL PALACE AT POTSDAM.
DEMONSTRATION OF SYMPATHY FOR THE AMERICANS AT THE TOWN HALL,
AUGUST, 1914.
RACING YACHTS AT KIEL.
THE KAISER'S YACHT, "HOHENZOLLERN".
AMBASSADOR GERARD ON HIS WAY TO HIS SHOOTING PRESERVE.
A KEEPER AND BEATERS ON THE SHOOTING PRESERVE.
CROWDS IN FRONT OF THE EMBASSY, AUGUST, 1914.
OUTSIDE THE EMBASSY IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE WAR.
AT WORK IN THE EMBASSY BALL-ROOM, AUGUST, 1914.
AMBASSADOR GERARD AND HIS STAFF.
COVER OF THE RUHLEBEN MONTHLY.
SPECIMEN PAGE OF DRAWINGS FROM THE RUHLEBEN MONTHLY.
ALLEGED DUM-DUM BULLETS.
THE "LUSITANIA" MEDAL.
PAGE FROM "FOR LIGHT AND TRUTH".
AMBASSADOR GERARD AND PARTY IN SEDAN.
IN FRONT OF THE COTTAGE AT BAZEILLES.
FOOD ALLOTMENT POSTER FROM THE CHARLEVILLE DISTRICT.
FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTION OF THE KAISER'S PERSONAL TELEGRAM TO
PRESIDENT WILSON.
FAC-SIMILE OF SECRETARY OF STATE'S REQUEST TO AMBASSADOR GERARD
TO CALL IN ORDER TO RECEIVE SUBMARINE ANNOUNCEMENT.
THE REMODELLED DRAFT OF THE TREATY OF 1799.
INSTRUCTIONS SENT TO THE GERMAN PRESS ON WRITING UP A ZEPPELIN
RAID.
PETITION CIRCULATED FOR SIGNATURE AMONG AMERICANS IN EUROPE.
PAGE FROM LISSAUER'S PAMPHLET SHOWING "HYMN OF HATE".
INSTRUCTIONS REGULATING APPEARANCE AT COURT.
A BERLIN EXTRA.