O FF I C I A L L I S T OF THE CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED COVERING THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PERIOD IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND The Opposing Forces. ar e nd ea The W of Lif a D th . E r r a . H NRI BERGSON, P esident F ench Ac demy of Sciences N I PPOL D r a a fi a r and a r OTFRIED , Ge m n p ci st le de utho ity r L aw r f r r r . on Inte national , P o esso in Be ne Unive sity r ria r a . KARL LAMPRECHT, Chief Cou t Histo n of Ge m ny The Kultur of Germany. The so a e s Philo phy T ught by Ni tz che. r r of h h in a a WILLIAM ELKIN, P ofesso P ilosop y Indi n r Unive sity . ’ r a r hiloso FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE , Ge m ny s enowned p er ph . ‘ r a HENRIQUE DE MENDONCA, of the Po tuguese Ac demy f o Sciences . The Culture of Democracy. ’ m n on r e ar ual Hu a ity s L g St uggl Tow d E " Rights. McE L ROY r r ROBERT , U. S . Gove nment Rep esentative f or a a of War r f r r Te ching C uses the , P o esso of P inceton r Unive sity . B res f THEODORE UYSSEN, P ident o the French Peace S o ciet r f r of il t r x y, P o esso Ph osophy a Bo deau ’ Germany s Economic Organization . The Prosp erity that Urg ed Central Eur op e Toward a Exp nsion and War . of ra a HENRI HAUSER, the Institute of F nce, the st ndard a ri utho ty on economics . M of r a h FRIEDRICH NAU ANN, the Ge m n Reic stag, the f r r r f r o emost economic w ite o Ge many. ’ Germany s Idea of Expansion. The e ance on orce as a Tri t hh R li F T ught by e sc e. r PRINCE BERNHARD VON BULOW, Fo mer Chancellor. a d r a MAXIMILIAN HARDEN, Le ing Ge m n publicist and fi r a r e y p t iot . “ ” DR. RI CHARD GRE LL I N G r f I , Autho o Accuse. The so Poi ns Brewed by Militarism . How Military Methods Br ed Evils r ’ GENERAL FRIEDRICH VON BERNHARDI, Ge many s f ar r r chie milit y w ite . r r r r f War EUGENE ETIENNE , fo me F ench Ministe o . a r a of r a an CHARLES ALTSCHUL, loy l Ame ic n Ge m n r cest y . r FREDERICK WILLIAM HOHENZOLLERN, Fo mer r r er C own P ince of G many . Woe to the Con"uered " The os r on P ition of Subj ect Fo eign Nati s. a ar r a x ERNEST BARKER, St nd d English histo i n, of C r r fo d Unive sity. “ ” The Cession of Alsace. r r r l Why F ance and Ge many Continued Ir econcilab e. Z r f r of r a CHARLES D . HA EN, P o esso Histo y in Columbi r r a a r r a r Unive sity, Ame ic n utho ity on Eu ope n histo y . AL OFFICIAL PROTEST OF SACE . r f r a r au WILLIAM DAVIS, P o esso in Minnesot Unive sity, r of x - t w ar tho the most used college te t book on he . Austria Finds Danger in the Balkans . The row o a ona r m n th r G th f N ti l Spi it A o g e Se bs. r a a a r . CONSTANTIN DUMBA, Aust i n Amb ss do to the U S . r r a . G . M TREVELYAN, B itish publicist in Se bi The Bagdad Railway and the Lordship of the East. The F irst Clash B etw een British and German I m r li m p e ia s . MORRIS JAS TROW Jr Hea d of the B abylonian Explora f an a U r r a ar. tions o Pennsylv i nive sity, noted Ame ic n schol . of a r r re J HOLLAND ROSE , C mb idge Unive sity, the nowned B ritish historian . The Freedom of the Seas. ’ The Mad Racc for Naval Supremacy Which L ed o r n r War T wa d Rui o . u r s ar and G. GILBERT MURRAY, Disting ished B iti h schol Oxf or d Univer sity prof essor . L U r r r a r r ARTHUR BA FO R, Fo me Conse v tive P ime Ministe r a ea a 1914 . of B it in, h d of the n vy in - GAE VE RNI TZ r of GERHARD VON SCHULZE , Recto nd Ofii cial r a r a Freiburg University a Ge m n epresent tive . Germany Reaches the Breaking Point Th r n o ar sm in erman e Bu de s f Milit i G y. a r of a - a f r DAVID STARR JORDAN, Ch ncello Lel nd St n o d r Cal . Unive sity, ’ N r a GENERAL FRIEDRICH VON BER HARDI, Ge m ny s r chief military write . r a a r r a 1914. JULES CAMBON, F ench Amb ss do to Ge m ny in FRENCH SECRET DIPLOMATIC REPORTS . 2 XIII The Assassination of the Austrian Crow n Prince (June 28, 19 14) Whose Victim and Whose Oppor tunity ? ’ AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL MAGISTRATES REPORT . A F RD r CR W U PRICE, B itish Publicist in Serbia . e i The Potsdam M et ng (July 5, ’ h en o erns an T e Hoh z ll Pl . a a r r HENRY MORGENTHAU, U S Amb ss do to Tu key . MU HL ON r r r r . WILLIAM , Di ecto of K upp Munition Wo ks “ ” S S E N r a . AUGUST THY , the Ge m n Steel King The First Ultimatum (July 23, ’ r r m r Aust ia s Ab upt D e and to Se bia . ’ r a - ar r r COUNT BERCHTOLD, Aust i Hung y s P ime Ministe . r a a r SIR MAURICE DE BUNSEN, B itish Amb ss do in Vienna . of r a 1914. PRINCE ALEXANDER, Regent Se bi in Breakdown of the Ancient Diplomacy (July 23 28, 19 14 ) “ ’ ” r m t o s ara se F a es Europ e Waking f o I s Fo l P di , c r e o or War the Sp ect f W ld . BE Y E N S a r at r in 1914. BARON , Belgi n Ministe Be lin r r r ar 1914 . SIR EDWARD GREY, B itish Fo eign Sec et y in L I H N OWS KY r a a a r r a PRINCE C , Ge m n Amb ss do to B it in, 1914. Austria Opens the Great War (July 28, “ ” Ser bia the Champion and Mar tyr for Nationality . T APPON Y r r ea r h COUN ALBERT I, Fo me L de of t e Hun ar a ar a g i n P li ment . Z r a a a . r f r LA ARE MARCOVITCH, Se bi n st tesm n P o esso in r f r the Unive sity o Belg ade . XVIII The Sudden Break Between Germany and Russia (July 3 1, The Ultimatum to Russia Which Precipitated Wor ld War . GERMAN AND BRITISH GOVERNMENT STATE MENTS . RE VE N TL OW a r of n- r Pa a . COUNT VON , le de the Ge m ns . a a r and ar ALEX MARKOFF, Russi n utho schol . France Accepts the Stru ggle to the Death (August 3 , The ma o or Year ar Cli x f F ty s of Fe . E r r a RAYMOND POINCAR , P esident of F nce . E E r r of ra 19 14 R N VIVIANI, P ime Ministe F nce in . Belgium Resists Invasion (August Germany Meets the Imp onderable For ces of the T T T UL IMA UM OF HE GERMAN GOVERNMENT . OFFICIAL BELGIAN REPLY . GE RL ACH E COMMANDER DE DE GOMERY, Belgian soldier and statesman E KING ALBERT OF B LGIUM . r Britain Ente s the War (August 4, 19 14 ) “ The Illuminating Incidents of the Scrap of Pap er “ m ” and the Hy n of Ha te. i T T r n r r a 1914. HERBER ASQUI H, P ime Mi ste of B it in in r a a r at r SID EDWARD GOSCHEN, B itish Amb ss do Be lin . - a r r a . VON BETHMANN HOLLWEG, Ch ncello of Ge m ny r r r a DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, P ime Ministe of B it in in 1918. a r f DR . ERNST LISSAUER, German poet, utho o the “ ” Hymn of Hate . Austria Devastates Serbia (July 29 -August 23) Th er c r h J ar e S b Vi to y of t e ad . r a ar and r VLADISLAV SAVIC, Se bi n schol soldie . WOI S L AV r a a PETROVITCH, Se bi n diplom t . of a a ni r ra PROF R A REISS , L us nne U ve sity Swiss neut l .