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The Kaiser both going and coming — Siege of 

 Derry — Tyrone in Ulster — '"Best elements" 

 opposed to home rule — Effects of poverty — 

 Ireland's weakness — Changing winds — The 

 Royal Commission — Way to peace 



BOOK SIX (1914-1921) 



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1. The Sarajevo murder — The case of Serbia — ■ 

 Jaures — Invasion of Belgium — A bootless task 

 — Change in British feeling — Cabinet resigna- 

 tions — Lichnowsky ■ — ■ A gentleman deceived — 

 Ground lost — Grey's error 



2. Germany's statement — The British version — 

 Taking the odium — A gift, not a loan — Viola- 

 tions of recognized codes — ■ Mistaken view of 

 America — Appeal to Carnegie Endowment — 

 Stranded tourists — Hoover and the C. R. B. — 

 Wrath, not fear — A bold lie — The Russian 

 myth — Circumstantial evidence — The Liberal 

 Club — War has right of way — Sieper — The 

 two Germanys 



3. Our plea — Peace a lost cause — Time to oppose 

 war — America as a City of Refuge — lona 

 Knight — Our duty as I saw it — The armament 

 makers — Half-hearted advocacy — A vigorous 

 thesis — At the Boston Economic Club — 

 Dr. Albert — Special pleading — Oppenheim's 

 letter — A closed discussion 



4. Morris Jastrow — The Manifesto of the Ninety- 

 three Intellectuals — Fulda's alarm — Weh- 

 berg's investigations — Misgivings — The Ger- 

 man position — Seeck's view — Assertions of 

 Leonhard — Fried's summing up 



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I. Through Texas — For Belgian relief — The 

 Lusitania — Can peace be enforced ? — Estes 



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