ON GIESLINGEN Minister at Belgrade.
BARON MACCHIO Councilor of Austrian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
COUNT MENSDORFF Ambassador to England.
COUNT SZAPARY Ambassador to Russia.

ITALY

HIS MAJESTY, KING VICTOR EMMANUEL III.

MARQUIS DI SAN GIULIANO Minister of Foreign Affairs.

CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION v

FOREWORD xv

THE WITNESSES xxvii

CHAPTER I

THE SUPREME COURT OF CIVILIZATION

Existence of the Court--The conscience of mankind--The philosophy
of Bernhardi--The recrudescence of Machiavelliism--Treitschke
and Bernhardi's doctrine--Recent utterances of the Kaiser, Crown
Prince, and representative officials--George Bernard Shaw's
defense--Concrete illustration of Bernhardiism 1

CHAPTER II

THE RECORD IN THE CASE

The issues stated--Proximate and underlying causes--A war of
diplomats--The masses not parties to the war--The official
defenses--The English _White Paper_--The German _White Paper_--The
Russian _Orange Paper_--The Belgian _Gray Paper_--Austria and
Italy still silent--Obligation of these nations to disclose facts 18

CHAPTER III

THE SUPPRESSED EVIDENCE

No apparent suppression by England, Russia, and Belgium--Suppression
by Germany of vital documents--Suppression by Austria of entire
record--Significance of such suppression 27

CHAPTER IV

GERMANY'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AUSTRIAN
ULTIMATUM

Silence which preceded ultimatum--Europe's ignorance of impending
developments--Duty to civilization--Germany's prior knowledge of
ultimatum--Its disclaimer to Russia, France, and England of any
responsibility--Contradictory admission in its official defense--Further
confirmation in Germany's simultaneous threat to the Powers--Further
confirmation in its confidential notice to States of Germany to prepare
for eventualities 31

CHAPTER V

THE AUSTRIAN ULTIMATUM TO SERVIA

Extreme brutality of ultimatum--Limited time given to Servia and Europe
for consideration--Ultimatum and Servia's reply contrasted i