VI. Wangenheim tells the American Ambassador how the Kaiser started the war 82 VII. Germany’s plans for new territories, coaling stations, and indemnities 90 VIII. A classic instance of German propaganda 96 IX. Germany closes the Dardanelles and so separates Russia from her Allies 105 X. Turkey’s abrogation of the capitulations. Enver living in a palace, with plenty of money and an imperial bride 112 XI. Germany forces Turkey into the war 123 XII. The Turks attempt to treat alien enemies decently, but the Germans insist on persecuting them 130 XIII. The invasion of the Notre Dame de Sion School 147 XIV. Wangenheim and the Bethlehem Steel Company. A “Holy War” that was made in Germany 157 XV. Djemal, a troublesome Mark Antony. The first German attempt to get a German peace 171 XVI. The Turks prepare to flee from Constantinople and establish a new capital in Asia Minor. The Allied fleet bombarding the Dardanelles 184 XVII. Enver as the man who demonstrated “the vulnerability of the British fleet.” Old-fashioned defenses of the Dardanelles 202 XVIII. The Allied armada sails away, though on the brink of victory 217 XIX. A fight for three thousand civilians 232 XX. More adventures of the foreign residents 253 XXI. Bulgaria on the auction block 262 XXII. The Turk reverts to the ancestral type 274 XXIII. The “Revolution” at Van 293 XXIV. The murder of a nation 301 XXV. Talaat tells why he deports the Armenians 326 XXVI. Enver Pasha discusses the Armenians 343 XXVII. “I shall do nothing for the Armenians,” says the German Ambassador 364 XXVIII. Enver again moves for peace. Farewell to the Sultan and to Turkey 385 XXIX. Von Jagow, Zimmermann, and German-Americans 397 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Henry Morgenthau _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Mrs. Henry Morgenthau with Soeur Jeanne 8 Constantinople from the American Embassy 9 Beylerbey palace on the Bosphorus 16