CHAPTER XXXI. THE DESCENT TO BOLSHEVISM Russia Intoxicated with Freedom--Elihu Root and His Mission--Last Brilliant Offensive in Galicia--The Great Mutiny in the Army--The Battalion of Death--Kerensky's Skyrocket Career--Kornilov's Revolt--Loss of Riga--Lenine, the Dictator--The Impossible "Peace" of Brest-Litovsk CHAPTER XXXII. GERMANY'S OBJECT LESSON TO THE UNITED STATES Two Voyages of the Deutschland--U-53 German Submarine Reaches Newport and Sinks Five British and Neutral Steamers off Nantucket--Rescue of Survivors by United States Warships--Anti-German Feeling in America Reaching a Climax CHAPTER XXXIII. AMERICA TRANSFORMED BY WAR The United States Enters the Conflict--The Efficiency of Democracy-- Six Months in an American Training Camp Equal to Six Years of German Compulsory Service--American Soldiers and Their Resourcefulness on the Battlefield--Methods of Training and Their Results-- The S. A. T. C. CHAPTER XXXIV. HOW FOOD WON THE WAR The American Farmer a Potent Factor in Civilization's Victory--Scientific Studies of Food Production, Distribution and Consumption--Hoover Lays Down the Law Regulating Wholesalers and Grocers--Getting the Food Across--Feeding Armies in the Field CHAPTER XXXV. THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN THE WAR Increase from 58,000 Men to Approximately 500,000--Destroyer Fleet Arrives in British Waters--"We Are Ready Now"--The Hunt of the U-Boats--Gunnery that is Unrivalled--Depth Charges and Other New Inventions--The U-Boat Menace Removed--Surrender of German Under-Sea Navy CHAPTER XXXVI. CHINA JOINS THE FIGHTING DEMOCRACIES How the Germans Behaved in China Seventeen Years Before--The Whirligig of Time Brings Its Own Revenge--The Far Eastern Republic Joins Hands with the Allies--German Propaganda at Work--Futile Attempt to Restore the Monarchy--Fear of Japan--War--Thousands of Chinese Toil Behind the Battle Lines in France--Siam with Its Eight Millions Defies the Germans--End of Teuton Influence in the Orient CHAPTER XXXVII. THE DEFEAT AND RECOVERY OF ITALY Subtle Socialist Gospel Preached by Enemy Plays Havoc with Guileless Italians--Sudden Onslaught of Germans Drives Cadorna's Men from Heights--The Spectacular Retreat that Dismayed the World--Glorious Stand of the Italians on the Piave--Rise of Diaz CHAPTER XXXVIII. REDEMPTION OF THE HOLY LAND A Long Campaign Progressing Through Hardships to Glory--General Allenby Enters Jerusalem on Foot--Turkish Army Crushed in Palestine-- Battle of Armageddon CHAPTER XXXIX. AMERICA'S TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS Government Ownership of Railroads, Telegraphs, Telephones--Getting the Men from Training Camps to the Battle Fronts--From Texas to Toul--A Gigantic System Working Without a Hitch