al Defense, 182, 184
at Marienbad, 38

Caprivi and the organization of German Navy, 138
and the Reinsurance Treaty, 126, 127

Cassel, Sir Ernest, visits Berlin, 70 (and note)

Central Powers, the, preparations for war, 20
their responsibility for the world war, 22

Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J., Tariff Reform policy of, 54

Churchill, Winston, naval policy of, 87, 181

Committee of Imperial Defense, the, and its functions, 158, 159, 177, 182

Compulsory service, author's views on, 198

Cowans, Sir John, and the military preparations, 188

Crewe, Lord, attends meetings of Committee of Imperial Defense, 182

Curzon, Lord, meets German Emperor, 68

Czernin, Count, on William II., 170

D'Aerenthal, Count, diplomatic victory of, 113

Dawson, Harbutt, "German Empire" of, 120

Democracy and war, 27
vindicated by the war, 108
(_See_ also Social Democracy)

Diplomacy before the war, 35 _et seq._

Disarmament, German objections to, 55, 60

Donop, Sir Stanley von, Master General of the Ordnance, 188

Douglas, Sir Charles, and the voluntary system, 199

Education, author's activities for, 39

Edward VII., King, at Marienbad, 38
"encirclement" policy of: Bethmann-Hollweg on, 112
entertains the German Emperor, 62

Einem, General von, at Windsor, 62
author's interview with, 38

Ellison, Colonel, at Berlin, 38

England, a War Staff for the Navy in, 139, 181
commercial rivalry with Germany, 114
conservation of sea power and what it implied, 20, 21
efforts to preserve peace end in failure, 22
her alleged plans to violate Belgian neutrality, 201
propagandists for German military party in, 24
reorganization of army in, 185
voluntary military system of, and its advantages, 199
(_See_ also Great Britain)

England's precautions against Germany's war designs, 168-69

Englishmen, defects and failings of, 28
psychology of, 17

Entente, the, England's entry into--and the alternative, 118, 119, 162
policy of, 106

Ewart, General, and the Committee of Imperial Defense, 184

Expeditionary Force (_see_ British Expeditionary Force)

Falkenhayn, von, commanded to Potsdam, 150, 151

France, apprehensive of Germany's intentions, 44
army of, 180

_Frankfurter Zeitung_ opposes Tirpitz's war objectives, 143

Free Trade, Prince von Buelow's views on, 58
William II. on, 54

French Revolution, the, 217

French, Sir John, and reorganization of British Army, 48

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