PREFACE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
I THE HOHENZOLLERN TRADITION
II PRELIMINARIES
III AFTER BISMARCK
IV THE BEGINNING OF WORLD POLITICS
V THE GREATER NAVY
VI ON THE EVE OF MOROCCO
VII THE CRISIS OF 1907
VIII LAST MONTHS OF PEACE
IX AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR
From a photograph by Brown and Dawson
WILLIAM II
German Emperor
From a photograph taken since the beginning of the war of 1914
BY CHRISTIAN GAUSS PROFESSOR Of MODERN LANGUAGES, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1915
Copyright, 1915, by CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS Published February, 1915