Transcriber’s Notes The following transcription has been used: _text_ represents italics text in the source document, ~text~ underlined text, ^text^ blackletter, and =text= bold face text. Small capitals have been replaced by ALL CAPITALS. More Transcriber’s Notes may be found at the end of this text. [Illustration: MERCILESS MONSTER OF THE DEEP. The murderous German submarine sighting its prey. Sinking under water it launched the fatal torpedo and its helpless victim, crowded with innocent men, women and children, was doomed.] =~HORRORS AND ATROCITIES OF THE GREAT WAR~= =Including the Tragic Destruction of the Lusitania= =A NEW KIND OF WARFARE= ----COMPRISING---- The Desolation of Belgium, the Sacking of Louvain, the Shelling of Defenseless Cities, the Wanton Destruction of Cathedrals and Works of Art, the Horrors of Bomb Dropping ----VIVIDLY PORTRAYING---- The Grim Awfulness of this Greatest of All Wars Fought on Land and Sea, in the Air and Under the Waves, Leaving in Its Wake a Dreadful Trail of Famine and Pestilence =By LOGAN MARSHALL= Author of “The Sinking of the Titanic,” “Myths and Legends of All Nations,” etc. With Special Chapters by =SIR GILBERT PARKER= Author of “The Right of Way” =VANCE THOMPSON= Author of “Spinners of Life” =PHILIP GIBBS= Author of “The Street of Adventure,” Special Correspondent on _The London Daily Chronicle_. ^=Illustrated=^ COPYRIGHT 1915 By L. T. MYERS INTRODUCTION “_Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me._”--JESUS OF NAZARETH The sight of all Europe engaged in the most terrific conflict in the history of mankind is a heartrending spectacle. On the east, on the south and on the west the blood-lust leaders have flung their deluded millions upon unbending lines of steel, martyrs to the glorification of Mars. We see millions of men taken from their homes, their shops and their factories; we see them equipped and organized and mobilized for the express purpose of devastating the homes of other men; we see them making wreckage of property; we see them wasting, with fire and sword, the accumulated efforts of generations in the field of things material; we see the commerce of the world brought to a standstill, all its transportation systems interrupted, and, still worse, the amenities of life so placed in jeopardy for long generations to come that the progress of the world is halted, its material and physical progress turned to retrogression. “_Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me!_”