The Evidence in the Case A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, Russia

The Kaiser now appears upon the scene with a fatal result to the peace of Europe. One fact in this controversy is too clear for dispute. When peace proposals were still under co...

That it has had its parallel in other and less civilized ages may be freely admitted, but until German scientists, philosophers, educators, and even doctors of divinity attempte...

The record has now been laid before the reader in all its essential details. The witnesses for the different countries have taken the stand and we have their respective contenti...

The issuance of the Austrian ultimatum precipitated a grave crisis. _It did not, however, present any insoluble problem._ Peace could and should have been preserved. Its preserv...

Before proceeding to record the second and final stage in the peace parleys, in which the German Kaiser became the protagonist, it is desirable to interpolate the additional dat...

Let us suppose that in this year of dis-Grace, 1914, there had existed, as let us pray will one day exist, a Supreme Court of Civilization, before which the sovereign nations co...

To convince any reasonable man that this Austrian ultimatum to Servia was brutal in its tone and unreasonable in its demands, and that the reply of Servia was as complete an acq...

On June 28, 1914, the Austrian Crown Prince was murdered at Serajevo. For nearly a month thereafter there was no public statement by Austria of its intentions, with the exceptio...

with Germany is clearly obvious. That she had long been apprehending the danger of it in the indefinite future is very clear, but that Sir Edward Grey and the Government and the...

All morally sane men in this twentieth century are agreed that war abstractly is an evil thing,--perhaps the greatest of all indecencies,--and that while it may be one of the of...

The official defenses of England, Russia, France, and Belgium do not apparently show any failure on the part of either to submit any essential diplomatic document in their posse...

The verdict of history not affected by result of war--Belgium at outbreak of war--The Treaty of 1839--Its affirmation by Bismarck--France's action in 1871--Reaffirmation by Germ...

The Kaiser's return to Berlin--His inconsistent record and complex personality--German Foreign Office deprecates his return--Its many blunders--The Kaiser takes the helm--He tel...

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...

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 th...

Silence which preceded ultimatum--Europe's ignorance of impending developments--Duty to civilization--Germany's prior knowledge of ultimatum--Its disclaimer to Russia, France, a...

Extreme brutality of ultimatum--Limited time given to Servia and Europe for consideration--Ultimatum and Servia's reply contrasted in parallel columns--Relative size of two nati...

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 Pa...

Existence of the Court--The conscience of mankind--The philosophy of Bernhardi--The recrudescence of Machiavelliism--Treitschke and Bernhardi's doctrine--Recent utterances of th...