CONTENTS
VOLUME II

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Chapter I. Struggle for Supremacy on the Sea
The British Blockade—German Raiders and Their Fate—Appearance of the Submarine—British Naval Victory off Helgoland—U-9 Sinks Three British Cruisers 1
Chapter II. The Sublime Porte
Turkish Intrigues—The Holy War—Mesopotamia and Transcaucasia—The Suez Canal—Turkey the Catspaw of Germany 40
Chapter III. Rescue of the Starving
Famine in Belgium—Belgium Relief Commission Organized in London—Herbert C. Hoover—American Aid—The Great Cardinal’s Famous Challenge—The Soul of Belgium 74
Chapter IV. Britannia Rules the Waves
German and British Squadrons Grapple off the Chilean Coast—Germany Wins the First Round—England Comes Back with Terrific Force—Graphic Picture of the Destruction of the German Squadron off Falkland Islands—English Coast Towns Bombarded for the First Time in Many Years 114
Chapter V. German Plots and Propaganda in America
Trailing the German Plotters—Destruction of Ships—Pressure on Congress—Attacks in Canada—Zimmerman’s Foolish Effort to Embroil America with Mexico and Japan—Lies of the Propagandists After America Entered the War—Dumba, von Bernstorff, von Papen and Boy-Ed, a Quartet of Unscrupulous Destructionists 146
Chapter VI. Sinking of the Lusitania
The Submarine Murderers at Work—Germany’s Blackhand Warning—No Chance for Life—The Ship Unarmed and Without Munitions—The President’s Note—Germany’s Lying Denials—Coroner’s Inquest Charges Kaiser with Wilful Murder—“Remember the Lusitania” One of America’s Big Reasons for Declaring War 177
Chapter VII. Steadfast South Africa
Botha and Smuts, Rocks of Loyalty Amid a Sea of Treachery—Civil War that Ended with the Drowning of General Beyers and the Arrest of General De Wet—Conquest of the German African Colonies—The Trail of the Hun in the Jungle 210