Produced by Brian Coe, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) The Daily Telegraph WAR BOOKS HOW THE NATIONS WAGED WAR Cloth Post 1/- The Daily Telegraph free net WAR BOOKS 1/3 each each HOW THE WAR BEGAN By W.L. COURTNEY. LL.D., and J.M. KENNEDY THE FLEETS AT WAR By ARCHIBALD HURD THE CAMPAIGN OF SEDAN By GEORGE HOOPER THE CAMPAIGN ROUND LIEGE By J.M. KENNEDY IN THE FIRING LINE By A. ST. JOHN ADCOCK GREAT BATTLES OF THE WORLD By STEPHEN CRANE Author of "The Red Badge of Courage." BRITISH REGIMENTS AT THE FRONT The story of their Battle Honours. THE RED CROSS IN WAR By Miss MARY FRANCES BILLINGTON FORTY YEARS AFTER The Story of the Franco-German War. By H.C. BAILEY. With an Introduction by W.L. COURTNEY, LL.D. A SCRAP OF PAPER The Inner History of German Diplomacy. By E.J. DILLON HOW THE NATIONS WAGED WAR A companion volume to "How the War Began," telling how the world faced Armageddon and how the British Army answered the call to arms. By J.M. KENNEDY AIR-CRAFT IN WAR By S. ERIC BRUCE FAMOUS FIGHTS OF INDIAN NATIVE REGIMENTS THE TRIUMPHANT RETREAT TO PARIS THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE _OTHER VOLUMES IN PREPARATION_ PUBLISHED FOR THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BY HODDER & STOUGHTON, WARWICK SQUARE, LONDON, E.C. HOW THE NATIONS WAGED WAR _A companion Volume to "How the War Began" telling how the World faced Armageddon, and how the British Empire answered the call to arms_ BY J.M. KENNEDY HODDER AND STOUGHTON LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO MCMXIV CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE The "Scrap of Paper"--Sir Edward Grey's further Statement--The Houses of Parliament and Belgium--Indian Troops--The German White Book 7 CHAPTER II German Press Campaign--Disseminating False News--The Secret Press Society--Sir E. Goschen's Report--A Suppressed Telegram 44 CHAPTER III Position of Italy--German Intrigues--The Triple Alliance--Turkey's Activity--Plans for Attacking Egypt--A British Warning 78 CHAPTER IV Polish Independence--The Tsar's Rescript--Japanese Action--Germany in the Far East--Samoa and Togoland 100 CHAPTER V French Government leaves Paris--Triple Entente Declaration--An Important French Protest to the Powers--Aid from Dominions and India--South Africa's Expedition--The King's Proclamations 121 CHAPTER VI