Chapter V: Great Britain at War

More War Preparations, [175]. War Legislation, [175]. White Paper
on the European Crisis: England's Action, [175]. Prime Minister on
the Vote of Credit, [178]. Debate, [180]. Measures for the Relief
of Distress, [180]. Was Funds, [181]. The _Königin Luise_ and
_Amphion_, [181]. Press Bureau Established, [181]. War Legislation:
First Instalment, [181]. Current Controversies Suspended, [182].
Lord Kitchener's Army, [183]. Naval Combats, [183]. Successes in
Africa, [183], Charitable Aid, [183]. The Supply of Food, [184].
Spy Scares, [185]. Treatment of Alien Enemies: Relief Measures for
Tourists, [186]. Day of Intercession: British Feeling on the War,
[187]. The War Extends, [188]. Arrival of the British Expeditionary
Force in France: Message from the King; Lord Kitchener's
Instructions, [188]. The Retreat from Mons: Sir John French's
Despatch, [189]. Earl Kitchener's Statement, [190]. Address to
Belgium: Speech of the Prime Minister, [191]. Indian Troops to
Come, [192]. Precautions on the East Coast, [193]. The "Scrap
of Paper" Despatch: Naval Warfare; Engagement off Heligoland,
[193]. Destruction of Louvain: British Recruiting Campaign, [194].
The Retreat from Mons: the Press and the Press Bureau, [195].
Further War Legislation, [195]. The War and the Parliament Act,
[196]. Recruiting Campaign, [196]. Myth of Russian Troops, [196].
The Prime Minister and other Leaders at the Guildhall, [196].
Encouragement to British Hopes: Agreement of the Allies not to
Conclude Peace separately; Further Operations in France, [198].
Naval Sweep of the North Sea, [199]. Chancellor of the Exchequer
on Local Loans, [200]. Parliament Reassembles: Offers of Help from
India, [200]. King's Message to the Dominions, [201]; to India,
[202]. Further Vote of 500,000 Men: Prime Minister's Statement,
[202]. Recruiting Movement: Speeches by the First Lord of the
Admiralty and Others, [203]. Treatment of the Home Rule and Welsh
Church Bills: Party Controversy; Debates, [203]. Earl Kitchener
on the Military Situation, [207]. Prorogation of Parliament,
[208]. Legislation of the Session, [209]. Bills Dropped, [210].
Mr. Asquith at Edinburgh, [210]. Mr. Lloyd George at Queen's
Hall, [211]. Other Speeches, [212]. Sinking of British Cruisers:
Air Raid on Düsseldorf, [212]. From the Marne to the Aisne: Sir
John French's Despatch, [213]. Protection of London against Air
Raids, [214]. German Responsibility for the War: Fresh Evidence,
[214]. The Prime Minister at Dublin, [215]. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer at Criccieth and Cardiff, [216]. Ulster Day Celebrated,
[216]. German and British Theologians on the War, [217]. Recruiting
Campaign, [218]. The Prime Minister at Cardiff, [218]. Recruiting
in Ireland, [219]. Incidents of the War, [219]. Fall of Antwerp,
[220]. Effects, [221]. Labour Manifesto, [221]. British Operations
in Flanders, [222]; on the Belgian Coast, [224]. Incidents of the
Naval War, [225]. Turkey Enters the War, [226]. Prince Louis of
Battenberg Resigns, [226]. British Naval Defeat off Chile, [226].
Ministers at the Guildhall, [227]. Mr. Lloyd George at the City
Temple, [229]. Opening of Parliament, [230]. Debates, [231]. The
Press Bureau Criticised, [232]. Allowances to Soldiers' Dependents,
[233]. Vote of Credit, [233]. Funeral of Earl Roberts, [234]. War
Budget, [235]. Table, [237]. Concessions, [237]. Further Debates,
[238]. The _Bulwark_ Blown Up, [239]. The Spy Peril, [239]. Earl
Kitchener on the War, [240]. Financial Position: Statement by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, [241]. The First Lord of the Admiralty
on the Naval Position, [243]. Further War Legislation, [244]. New
Departure in Recruiting, [245], Progress of the War: Flanders,
Friedrichshafen, the Persian Gulf, [245]. The King at the Front,
[245]. The Prince of Wales at the Front, [246]. Continuance of
Football, [246]. Naval Warfare: Battle off the Falkland Islands,
[247]. A Turkish Battleship Sunk, [248]. German Raid on Hartlepool,
Scarborough, and Whitby, [248]. Mr. Balfour on the War, [249], The
Opposition Leaders and National Unity, [249]. Liberal Friction
at Swansea, [250]. Gifts of the Colonies, [250]. Egypt a British
Protectorate, [250]. Mission to the Vatican, [250]. Committee on
German Atrocities, [251]. Mr. Bonar Law at Bootle, [251]. Treatment
of Soldiers' Wives, [251]. German Air Raids on Dover and Sheerness:
British Raid on Cuxhaven, [252], British Grounds of Hope of
Victory, [252].

CHAPTER VI.

SCOTLAND AND IRELAND _page_ [254

SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER.

FINANCE AND TRADE IN 1914 [261

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL HISTORY.

CHAPTER I.

FRANCE AND ITALY [268

CHAPTER II.

GERMANY AND AUSTRIA-HUNGARY [305

CHAPTER III.

RUSSIA, TURKEY, AND THE MINOR STATES OF SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE [385

CHAPTER IV.

LESSER STATES OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN EUROPE: BELGIUM--THE
NETHERLANDS--SWITZERLAND--SPAIN--PORTUGAL--DENMARK--SWEDEN--NORWAY[362

CHAPTER V.

(By Sir CHARLES ROE, late Chief Judge of the Chief Court of the Punjab.)

ASIA (SOUTHERN): PERSIA--THE PERSIAN GULF AND
BALUCHISTAN--AFGHANISTAN--THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER--BRITISH
INDIA--NATIVE STATES--TIBET [402

CHAPTER VI.

(By W. R. CABLES, O.M.G., late H.M. Consul-General at Tien-Tsin and
Pekin.)

THE FAR EAST: JAPAN--CHINA _page_ [411

CHAPTER VII.

(By H. WHATES, Author of "The Third Salisbury Administration,
1895-1900," etc.)

AFRICA (WITH MALTA): SOUTH AFRICA--EGYPT AND THE SUDAN--NORTH-EAST
AFRICA AND THE PROTECTORATES--NORTH AND WEST AFRICA [418

CHAPTER VIII.

AMERICA: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES--CANADA
--NEWFOUNDLAND--MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA (by H. WHATES)--THE
WEST INDIES AND THE GUIANAS (by H. WHATES)--SOUTH AMERICA
(by H. WHATES) [452

CHAPTER IX.

AUSTRALASIA: AUSTRALIA--NEW ZEALAND--POLYNESIA [494