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THE NEW YORK TIMES
CURRENT HISTORY
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE
THE EUROPEAN WAR
VOLUME I.
From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index
[Illustration]
NEW YORK THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY 1915
Copyright 1914, 1915, By The New York Times Company

CONTENTS
NUMBER I.
WHAT MEN OF LETTERS SAY Page
COMMON SENSE ABOUT THE WAR 11 By George Bernard Shaw
SHAW'S NONSENSE ABOUT BELGIUM 60 By Arnold Bennett
BENNETT STATES THE GERMAN CASE 63 By George Bernard
Shaw
FLAWS IN SHAW'S LOGIC 65 By Cunninghame Graham
EDITORIAL COMMENT ON SHAW 66
SHAW EMPTY OF GOOD SENSE 68 By Christabel Pankhurst
COMMENT BY READING OF SHAW 73

OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT WILSON 76 By George Bernard
Shaw
A GERMAN LETTER TO G. BERNARD SHAW 80 By Herbert
Eulenberg
BRITISH AUTHORS DEFEND ENGLAND'S WAR 82 With
Facsimile Signatures
THE FOURTH OF AUGUST--EUROPE AT WAR 87 By H.G. Wells
IF THE GERMANS RAID ENGLAND 89 By H.G. Wells
SIR OLIVER LODGE'S COMMENT 92
WHAT THE GERMAN CONSCRIPT THINKS 93 By Arnold Bennett
FELIX ADLER'S COMMENT 95
WHEN PEACE IS SERIOUSLY DESIRED 97 By Arnold Bennett
BARRIE AT BAY: WHICH WAS BROWN? 100 An Interview on the
War
A CREDO FOR KEEPING FAITH 102 By John Galsworthy
HARD BLOWS, NOT HARD WORDS 103 By Jerome K. Jerome
"AS THEY TESTED OUR FATHERS" 106 By Rudyard Kipling
KIPLING AND "THE TRUCE OF THE BEAR" 107
ON THE IMPENDING CRISIS 107 By Norman Angell
WHY ENGLAND CAME TO BE IN IT 108 By Gilbert K. Chesterton
SOUTH AFRICA'S BOERS AND BRITONS 125 By H. Rider
Haggard

CAPT. MARK HAGGARD'S DEATH IN BATTLE 128 By H. Rider
Haggard
AN ANTI-CHRISTIAN WAR 129 By Robert Bridges
ENGLISH ARTISTS' PROTEST 130
TO ARMS! 132 By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
CONAN DOYLE ON BRITISH MILITARISM 140
THE NEED OF BEING MERCILESS 144 By Maurice Maeterlinck
LETTERS TO DR. NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER 146 By Baron
d'Estournelles de Constant
THE VITAL ENERGIES OF FRANCE 153 By Henri Bergson
FRANCE THROUGH ENGLISH EYES 153 With Rene Bazin's
Appreciation
THE SOLDIER OF 1914 156 By Rene Doumic
GERMANY'S CIVILIZED BARBARISM 160 By Emile Boutroux
THE GERMAN RELIGION OF DUTY 170 By Gabriele Reuter
A LETTER TO GERHART HAUPTMANN 174 By Romain Rolland
A REPLY TO ROLLAND 175 By Gerhart Hauptmann
ANOTHER REPLY TO ROLLAND 176 By Karl Wolfskehl
ARE WE BARBARIANS? 178 By Gerhart Hauptmann
TO AMERICANS FROM A GERMAN FRIEND 180 By Ludwig
Fulda
APPEAL TO THE CIVILIZED WORLD 185 By Professors of

Germany
APPEAL OF THE GERMAN UNIVERSITIES 187
REPLY TO THE GERMAN PROFESSORS 188 By British Scholars
CONCERNING THE GERMAN PROFESSORS 192 By Frederic
Harrison
THE REPLY FROM FRANCE 194 By M. Yves Guyot and Prof Bellet
TO AMERICANS IN GERMANY 198 By Prof. Adolf von Harnack
A REPLY TO PROF. HARNACK 201 By Some British Theologians
PROF. HARNACK IN REBUTTAL 203
THE CAUSES OF THE WAR 206 By Theodore Niemeyer
COMMENT BY DR. MAX WALTER 208

NUMBER II.
WHO BEGAN THE WAR AND WHY?
SPEECHES BY KAISER WILHELM II. 210
THE MIGHTY FATE OF EUROPE 219 As Interpreted by Theobald
von Bethmann-Hollweg, German Imperial Chancellor.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY'S VERSION OF THE WAR 226 By Kaiser
Frawz Josef and Count Berchtold
A GERMAN REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE 228 Certified by Dr.
Bernhard Dernburg, German ex-Colonial Secretary
"TRUTH ABOUT GERMANY" 244 Attested by Thirty-four German
Dignitaries

SPECULATIONS ABOUT PEACE, SEPTEMBER, 1914 273 Report
by James W. Gerard, American Ambassador at Berlin, to President
Wilson.
FIRST WARNINGS OF EUROPE'S PERIL 277 Speeches by British
Ministers
GREAT BRITAIN'S MOBILIZATION 294 Measures Taken
Throughout the Empire Upon the Outbreak of War
SUMMONS OF THE NATION TO ARMS 308 British People Roused
by Their Leaders
TEACHINGS OF GEN. VON BERNHARDI 343 By Viscount Bryce
ENTRANCE OF FRANCE INTO THE WAR 350 By President
Poincare and Premier Viviani
RUSSIA TO HER ENEMY 358
"THE FACTS ABOUT BELGIUM" 365 Statement Issued by the
Belgian Legation at Washington
BELGO-BRITISH PLOT ALLEGED BY GERMANY 369 Statement
Issued by German Embassy at Washington, Oct. 13.
ATROCITIES OF THE WAR 374
BOMBARDMENT OF RHEIMS CATHEDRAL 392 Protest Issued