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Title: New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2
Who Began the War, and Why?

Author: Various

Release Date: July 19, 2005 [EBook #16331]

Language: English

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CURRENT HISTORY: THE EUROPEAN WAR

FROM THE BEGINNING TO MARCH 1915

"WHO BEGAN THE WAR, AND WHY?"

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Published by the _New York Times_

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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WHO BEGAN THE WAR, AND WHY?
THE CASE FOR GERMANY

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SPEECHES BY KAISER WILHELM II.
FORGIVES ENEMIES.
SPEECH FROM THE THRONE.
TO THE GERMAN ARMY AND NAVY.
"TO THE LAST BREATH OF MAN AND HORSE."
TO GERMAN WOMEN.
JOY IN GLORIOUS VICTORY.
FIRST SUCCESSFUL BATTLE.
A PRAYER FOR VICTORY.
"UP AND AT THE FOES."
ON VICTORY NEAR METZ.
THE SPIRIT OF THE MEN.
HIS INDISCRETION WAS "CALCULATED."
WILHELM II.'S LETTER TO LORD TWEEDMOUTH.

The Mighty Fate of Europe
"YOUR HEARTS FOR GOD, YOUR FISTS ON THE ENEMY."
AS ONE MAN FOR THE KAISER.
DECLARES FOR WAR.
STATEMENT TO AMERICA.
GERMANY'S ARMAMENTS.

Austria-Hungary's Version of the War
MANIFESTO.
DECLARATION OF WAR.
"DAYS OF WORLD'S HISTORY."
WILL OF WILHELM II. THAT SWUNG THE SWORD.
A PURELY DEFENSIVE WAR.
A DISCORDANT NOTE.

A German Review of the Evidence
I. THE RUSSIAN MOBILIZATION
II. GREY'S OMISSIONS AND ERRORS
III. THE AGREEMENT WITH FRANCE
IV. BELGIAN NEUTRALITY

"Truth About Germany"
HOW T