WOODROW WILSON, THE CHAMPION OF DEMOCRACY--THE EGOTISTICAL KAISER--THE GERMAN CROWN PRINCE--BRITAIN'S MONARCH--CONSTANTINE WHO QUIT RATHER THAN FIGHT GERMANY--PRESIDENT POINCARE--AND OTHER NATIONAL HEADS 328 CHAPTER XIX THE WAR'S WHO'S WHO STRIKING FIGURES IN THE CONFLICT--JOFFRE, THE HERO OF MARNE--NIVELLE, THE FRENCH COMMANDER--SIR DOUGLAS HAIG--THE KAISER'S CHANCELLOR--VENIZELOS--"BLACK JACK" PERSHING 344 CHAPTER XX CHEMISTRY IN THE WAR SUBSTITUTES FOR COTTON--NITRATES PRODUCED FROM AIR--YEAST A REAL SUBSTITUTE FOR BEEF--SEAWEED MADE TO GIVE UP POTASH--A GANGRENE PREVENTATIVE--SODA MADE OUT OF SALT WATER--AMERICA CHEMICALLY INDEPENDENT 361 CHAPTER XXI OUR NEIGHBORING ALLY CANADA'S RECRUITING--RAISE 33,000 TROOPS IN TWO MONTHS--FIRST EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO CROSS ATLANTIC--BRAVERY AT YPRES AND LENS--MEETING DIFFICULT PROBLEMS--QUEBEC AROUSED BY CONSCRIPTION 371 CHAPTER XXII THE HEROIC ANZAC FORCES THAT STIRRED THE WORLD IN THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN--FAMOUS AS SAPPERS--THE BLASTING OF MESSINES RIDGE--TWO YEARS TUNNELLING--30,000 GERMANS BLOWN TO ATOMS--1,000,000 POUNDS OF EXPLOSIVES USED--TROOPS THAT WERE TRANSPORTED 11,000 MILES 390 CHAPTER XXIII AMERICA STEPS IN PRESIDENT WILSON'S FAMOUS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS--THE WAR RESOLUTION--APRIL 6, 1917, SEES THE UNITED STATES AT WAR--REVIEW OF THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN GERMANY AND AMERICA--THE U-BOAT RESTRICTED ZONE ANNOUNCEMENT OF GERMANY--PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE ON AMERICA IN THE CONFLICT 399 CHAPTER XXIV UNCLE SAM TAKES HOLD MAKES WORLD'S BIGGEST WAR LOAN--SEIZE GERMAN SHIPS--INTRIGUE EXPOSED--GENERAL PERSHING AND STAFF IN EUROPE--THE NAVY ON DUTY IN NORTH SEA--FIRST UNITED STATES TROOPS REACH FRANCE--GERMANY'S ATTEMPTS TO SINK TROOP SHIPS THWARTED BY NAVY'S GUNS 427 CHAPTER XXV A GERMAN CRISIS THE DOWNFALL OF BETHMANN-HOLLWEG--THE CROWN PRINCE IN THE LIME LIGHT--HOLLWEG'S UNIQUE CAREER--DR. GEORG MICHAELIS APPOINTED CHANCELLOR--THE KAISER AND HOW HE GETS HIS IMMENSE POWER 444 CHAPTER XXVI UNCLE SAM AND THE NEUTRALS PRESIDENT WILSON PUTS EMBARGO ON FOOD SHIPMENTS--SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES FURNISHING SUPPLIES TO GERMANY INSPIRES ORDER--THE DIFFICULT POSITION OF NORWAY, DENMARK, HOLLAND AND SWITZERLAND 452 CHAPTER XXVII THE ACTIONS OF THE WAR FROM BOSNIA TO FLANDERS--MARNE THE TURNING POINT OF THE CONFLICT--THE CONQUESTS OF SERVIA AND RUMANIA--THE FALL OF BAGDAD--RUSSIA'S WOMEN SOLDIERS--AMERICA'S CONSCRIPTS 463 CHAPTER XXVIII AMERICAN FORCES BECOME FACTOR