Category: History - European

The PanGerman Plot Unmasked: Berlin's formidable peace-trap of "the drawn war"

I. Why the Treaty of Bukarest suddenly raised a formidable obstacle to the Pangerman plan, p. 26.—II. How it was that the internal state of Austria-Hungary drove Germany to let loose the dogs of war, p. 31.—III. General view of the causes of the war, p. 37.

Chapters

19. CHAPTER IX.

Almost all the neutral States, though as yet they are hardly aware of it, have a vital interest, not only in compelling Germany to abandon her conquests in the East and in the W...

15. CHAPTER V.

If the Allies really wish, as their Governments have often proclaimed, to put an end to the peril of Prussian militarism, they must resolutely face the facts as they are, even w...

9. CHAPTER IX

In the first place, M. Chéradame stands conspicuous amongst that very small body of politicians who warned Europe betimes of the German danger. The fact that in the past he prov...

17. CHAPTER VII.

In virtue of the geographical position which they occupy in the zone “from Hamburg to the Persian Gulf,” the Balkan States are of extreme importance for the making or the marrin...

18. CHAPTER VIII.

GERMAN MANŒUVRES TO PLAY THE ALLIES THE TRICK OF THE “DRAWN GAME,” THAT IS, TO SECURE THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE “HAMBURG TO THE PERSIAN GULF” SCHEME AS THE MINIMUM RESULT OF THE...

16. CHAPTER VI.

Now that they have laid their hands on nine-tenths of the territories which they coveted (see p. 63), the Germans will only give in at the last extremity. Maximilian Harden has...

13. CHAPTER III.

In this chapter we shall inquire what relation existed between the actual gains and the pretensions of the Pangermans at the beginning of 1916, and those which were foreseen in...

12. CHAPTER II.

Although the Pangerman plan is unquestionably the chief ultimate cause of the war, yet when William II. started it in August, 1914, he did so for nearer and for secondary reason...

11. CHAPTER I.

The Pangerman plot in its broad outlines was laid as early as 1895, but since that date events have happened throughout the world, which encouraged Pangermans to enlarge the str...

14. CHAPTER IV.

II. As the war is made by Germany in order to achieve a gigantic scheme of slavery, it follows that it is waged by her in flagrant violation of international law.

10. Chapter II).

From November, 1913, onward, the Kaiser was busy preparing for early hostilities; he was aware that the enlargement of the Kiel Canal would be complete by July, 1914—therefore h...

8. CHAPTER VIII

GERMAN MANŒUVRES TO PLAY THE ALLIES THE TRICK OF THE “DRAWN GAME,” THAT IS, TO SECURE THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE “HAMBURG TO THE PERSIAN GULF” SCHEME AS THE MINIMUM RESULT OF THE...

5. CHAPTER V

I. What would really be the outcome of the dodge called the “Drawn Game,” p. 78.—II. The financial consequences for the Allies of this so-called “Drawn Game,” p. 83.—III. The Al...

4. CHAPTER IV

I. All the great political questions of the old world are raised and must be solved, p. 67.—II. As the war is made by Germany in order to achieve a gigantic scheme of slavery, i...

3. CHAPTER III

I. German pretensions in the West, p. 45.—II. German pretensions in the East, p. 52.—III. German pretensions in the South and South-East, p. 56.—IV. General view of the executio...

6. CHAPTER VI

I. The obligation which the threat of the scheme “from Hamburg to the Persian Gulf,” imposes on the Allies, p. 108.—II. The capital importance of the question of Austria-Hungary...

2. CHAPTER II

I. Why the Treaty of Bukarest suddenly raised a formidable obstacle to the Pangerman plan, p. 26.—II. How it was that the internal state of Austria-Hungary drove Germany to let...

7. CHAPTER VII

I. The connexion between the Pangerman plan and the plan of Bulgarian supremacy, p. 132.—II. Greece and Pangerman ambitions, p. 146.—III. Roumania and the Pangerman plan, p. 152.

1. CHAPTER I