n parallel
columns--Relative size of two nations--Germany's intimations to
Servia--Brutality of ultimatum shown by analogy--Disclaimer of intention
to take territory valueless 47

CHAPTER VI

THE PEACE PARLEYS

Possibility of peace not embarrassed by popular clamor--Difficulties
of peaceful solution not insuperable--Policy of Germany and
Austria--Russia's and England's request for time--Germany's
refusal to cooperate--Germany's and Austria's excuses for refusal
to give extension of time--Berchtold's absence from Vienna--Austria's
alleged disclaimer of territorial expansion--Sazonof's conference
with English and French Ambassadors--Their conciliatory counsel
to Servia--Servia's pacific reply to ultimatum--Austria, without
considering Servian reply, declares war--England proposes suspension
of hostilities for peace parleys--Germany refuses--Its specious
reasons--Germany's untenable position as to localization of
conflict--England's proposal for a conference--Germany's
refusal--Austria declines all intervention, refusing to discuss
Servian note--Germany supports her with a quibble as to name of
conference--Russia proposes further discussion on basis of Servian
note--Russia then again proposes European conference--Austria
and Germany decline 61

CHAPTER VII

THE ATTITUDE OF FRANCE

The French _Yellow Book_--Its editors and contents--M. Jules
Cambon--The weakness of German diplomacy--Cambon's experience
and merits--Interview between the German Kaiser and the King of
Belgium--The Kaiser's change of attitude--The influence of the
Moroccan crisis--The condition of the German people in 1913--The
suppression of news in Austria--Attitude of the military
party--Servia's warning to Austria--Germany's knowledge of the Austrian
ultimatum before its issuance--Italy's ignorance of the Austrian
ultimatum--Significance of the fact--Germany's reasons for concealing
its intentions from Italy--The policy of secrecy--Prince Lichnowsky's
anxiety--Cambon's interview with von Jagow--The methods of
deception--Sazonof's frank offer--Germany's attempt to influence
France--Cambon's dramatic interview with von Jagow--His plea "In the
name of humanity"--The different attitudes of the two groups of
powers 102

CHAPTER VIII

THE INTERVENTION OF THE KAISER

The Kaiser's return to Berlin--H