[7] I understand that this was one of the modifications which the Kaiser himself made in the Austrian ultimatum. I know that he also altered something in that document, and made it sharper than was at first intended. [8] I endeavoured to draw the friendly attention of the French Government to these striking defects in an unsigned article which I published at the time. [9] _Contemporary Review_, October, 1911, p. 569. [10] _Contemporary Review_, January, 1912, p. 111. [11] _Contemporary Review_, January, 1912, p. 114. [12] _Contemporary Review_, April, 1912, p. 566. [13] _Contemporary Review_, April, 1914, p. 571–2. [14] One of my last articles on this subject appeared in the July issue of the _Contemporary Review_. [15] The general strike, accompanied in places by riots, a few months ago. [16] _Contemporary Review_, July, 1914, p. 122–128. [17] _Daily Telegraph_, July 25th, 1914. [18] Cf. Sir M. de Bunsen’s Despatch, July 29th, to Sir Edward Grey, with White Paper. [19] Ibidem. [20] Cf. White Paper. Sir M. de Bunsen’s Despatch, July 30th. [21] White Paper. Sir M. de Bunsen’s Despatch, July 30th. [22] See White Paper. Despatch sent by Sir G. Buchanan, July 30th. [23] White Paper. Despatch sent by the British Ambassador in St. Petersburg, dated July 27th. [24] Sir Edward Grey’s Despatch, July 29th. [25] Cf. Sir M. de Bunsen’s Despatch dated London, Sept 1st. [26] The Kaiser was then addressing his soldiers. [27] Monday, August 3rd. [28] Friday, July 31st, 1914. [29] White Paper. Despatch of British Ambassador in Berlin, dated July 29th. [30] White Paper. Sir G. Buchanan’s Despatch, July 30th. [31] July 29th. [32] White Paper. Sir Edward Goschen’s Despatch, July 29th. [33] Literally “danger of war.” [34] July 31st. [35] July 31st. [36] August 1st. [37] _Daily Telegraph._ [38] _Le Soir_, August 9th; _La Metropole_, August 8th, 1914. [39] _Westminster Gazette_, September 22nd. [40] _Westminster Gazette_, September 18th. [41] Ibidem. Transcriber’s Notes Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in the original book; otherwise they were not changed. Simple typographical errors were corrected; unbalanced quotation marks were remedied when the change was obvious, and otherwise left unbalanced.