William II., Emperor, and Bismarck, 52 and Franz Ferdinand, 42 and the German Supreme Military Command, 17 as _causeur_, 66 as the "elect of God," 52, 53 cause of his ruin, 62 _et seq._ demonstrations against, in the Reichstag, 54 desires to help deposed Tsar, 70 difficulties of his political advisers, 60 fails to find favour in England, 63 his projected division of the world, 67 impending trial of: author's protest, 66 informed of serious nature of situation for Allies, 332 instructions to Kuehlmann, 249 long years of peaceful government, 68 longs for peace, 70 on food troubles in England, 145 on impending attack on Italian front, 71 presents author with "Der Kaiser im Felde," 64 Prince Hohenlohe and, 65 question of his abdication, 75 the Press and, 65 warlike speeches of, 68 Wilson, President, advantages of his "Fourteen Points," 188 as master of the world, 192 author on his Message, 305 Count Andrassy's Note to, 25 Count Czernin on, 192 Entente's reply to his peace proposal, 118, 120, 123 his Fourteen Points and the Peace of Versailles, 271 on the freedom of the seas, 281 ready to consider peace, 250 reopens hopes of a peace of understanding, 189 speech to Congress, 193 text of the Fourteen Points, 323 Wolf, K.H., a scene in the "Burg," 169 World-domination, Germany's dream of, 1, 2 World organization, a new, principles of, 174 _et seq._ World War, the, an important phase of, 107 attempts at peace, 134 _et seq._ author's impressions and reflections on, 195 _et seq._, 271 _et seq._ by whom started, 18 (note) causes of, 3 President Wilson and, 188 _et seq._ questions of responsibility for outbreak of, 2 World War, the, U-boat warfare in, 114 _et seq._ (_see also_ Submarine warfare and U-boat) violent measures adopted by Germany in, 16 =Z= Zeppelin raids on Bucharest, 100 Zimmermann, Herr, and author's peace proposals, 146 opposes unrestricted U-boat warfare, 115, 120 _Zimmerwalder_ (Russian Internationalists), 211 PRINTED BY CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED, LA BELLE SAUVAGE, LONDON, E.C. 4 * * * * *