A VORACIOUS SEA MONSTER--THE RUTHLESS DESTRUCTIVE POLICY OF GERMANY--STARVATION OF NATIONS THE GOAL--HOW THE SUBMARINES OPERATE--SOME PERSONAL EXPERIENCES 135 CHAPTER VIII THWARTING THE U-BOAT NETS TO ENTANGLE THE SEA SHARKS OF WAR--"CHASERS" OR "SKIMMING DISH" BOATS--"BLIMPS" AND SEAPLANES--HUNTING THE SUBMARINE WITH "LANCE" BOMB AND GUN--A SAILOR'S DESCRIPTION 154 CHAPTER IX THE EYES OF BATTLE AEROPLANES AND AIRSHIPS--THEY SPY THE MOVEMENTS OF FORCESON LAND OR SEA--LEAD DISASTROUS BOMB ATTACKS--VALUABLE IN "SPOTTING" SUBMARINES--THE BOMBARDMENT AT MESSINES RIDGE 170 CHAPTER X WAR'S STRANGE DEVICES CHEMISTRY A DEMON OF DESTRUCTION--POISON GAS BOMBS--GAS MASKS--HAND GRENADES--MORTARS--"TANKS"--FEUDAL "BATTERING RAMS"--STEEL HELMETS--STRANGE BULLETS--MOTOR PLOWS--REAL DOGS OF WAR 185 CHAPTER XI WONDERFUL WAR WEAPONS THE TERRIBLE RAPID-FIRE GUN--ARMORED AUTOMOBILES AND AUTOMOBILE ARTILLERY--HOWITZERS--MOUNTED FORTS--ARMORED TRAINS--OBSERVATION TOWERS--WIRELESS APPARATUS--THE ARMY PANTRY 205 CHAPTER XII THE WORLD'S ARMIES THE EFFICIENT GERMAN ORGANIZATION--THE LANDWEHR AND LANDSTURM--GENERAL FORMS OF MILITARY ORGANIZATION--THE BRAVE FRENCH TROOPS--THE PICTURESQUE ITALIAN SOLDIERY--THE PEACE AND WAR STRENGTH--AVAILABLE FIGHTING MEN--FORTIFICATIONS 224 CHAPTER XIII THE WORLD'S NAVIES GERMANY'S SEA STRENGTH--GREAT BRITAIN'S IMMENSE WAR FLEET--IMMENSE FIGHTING CRAFT--THE UNITED STATES' NEW BATTLE CRUISERS--THE FASTEST AND BIGGEST OCEAN FIGHTING SHIPS--THE PICTURESQUE MARINES: THE SOLDIERS OF THE SEA 243 CHAPTER XIV THE NATIONS AT WAR UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENTS--HOW THE WAR FLAMES SPREAD--A SCORE OF COUNTRIES INVOLVED--THE POINTS OF CONTACT--PICTURESQUE AND RUGGED BULGARIA, ROUMANIA, SERVIA, GREECE, ITALY AND HISTORIC SOUTHEAST EUROPE 259 CHAPTER XV MODERN WAR METHODS INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE AS AGAINST MASS MOVEMENTS--TRENCH WARFARE A GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK--RATS AND DISEASE--SURGERY'S TRIUMPHS--CHANGED TACTICS--ITALIAN MOUNTAIN FIGHTING 281 CHAPTER XVI WOMAN AND THE WAR SHE HAS WON "HER PLACE IN THE SUN"--RICH AND POOR IN THE MUNITIONS FACTORIES--NURSE AND AMBULANCE DRIVER--KHAKI AND TROUSERS--ORGANIZER AND FARMER--HEROES IN THE STRESS OF CIRCUMSTANCES--DYING MEN'S WORK FOR MEN--EVEN A "BOBBIE" 298 CHAPTER XVII THE TERRIBLE PRICE A NATION OF MEN DESTROYED--MILLIONS IN SHIPPING AND COMMERCE DESTROYED--WORLD'S MAPS CHANGED--BILLIONS IN MONEY--IMMENSE DEBTS--NATION'S WEALTH--THE UNITED STATES A GREAT PROVIDER 316 CHAPTER XVIII THE WORLD RULERS AT WAR