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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.
PAGE
KING EDWARD AT ISCHL—THE PARTING OF THE WAYS 1
CHAPTER II.
THE EMPEROR’S ILLNESS 11
CHAPTER III.
ARCHDUKE FRANCIS FERDINAND 18
CHAPTER IV.
COUNTESS CHOTEK 27
CHAPTER V.
VIENNA 37
CHAPTER VI.
SALONICA 44
CHAPTER VII.
KAISER WILHELM IN VIENNA 53
CHAPTER VIII.
AFFAIRS IN TURKEY 61
CHAPTER IX.
THE ANNEXATION 67
CHAPTER X.
PRINCE EGON FÜRSTENBERG AND COUNT TCHIRSKY: HOW THE KAISER “WORKED” VIENNA 76
CHAPTER XI.
THE “GREAT SERVIA” IDEA—SERVIAN ORGANISATION 84
CHAPTER XII.
ALBANIA AND MACEDONIA 92
CHAPTER XIII.
THE BALKAN WAR 101
CHAPTER XIV.
KING FERDINAND OF BULGARIA, THE VAINEST MAN IN EUROPE 111
CHAPTER XV.
THE PRINCE OF WIED 120
CHAPTER XVI.
THE KING OF THE BLACK MOUNTAINS 132
CHAPTER XVII.
EMIGRATION PROMOTED BY GERMANY—SOCIAL QUESTIONS IN THE DUAL MONARCHY 139
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE AGRARIANS AND THE SHORTAGE OF FOOD 147
CHAPTER XIX.
COUNT LEOPOLD BERCHTOLD AND COUNT STEPAN TISZA, THE MEN WHO DECIDED ON WAR 157
CHAPTER XX.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AS A MILITARY AND NAVAL POWER 171
CHAPTER XXI.
ARCHDUKE CARL FRANCIS JOSEPH 180
CHAPTER XXII.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY FACED BY REVOLUTION OR WAR—THE FINANCIAL FACTOR 192
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN CONSTITUTION 203
CHAPTER XXIV.
WHO MURDERED THE ARCHDUKE? 211
CHAPTER XXV.
WHY GERMANY DECIDED UPON WAR 222
CHAPTER XXVI.
DIPLOMATIC METHODS: A COMPARISON 231
CHAPTER XXVII.
PUNITIVE EXPEDITION OR WORLD-WAR? 244
CHAPTER XXVIII.
WHAT WOULD ENGLAND SAY? 255
CHAPTER XXIX.
AUSTRIA’S AWAKENING 263