Captain von Papen’s letter to the German consuls at Baltimore and St. Paul, asking for their assistance in Capt. von der Goltz’s enterprise 166 How Capt. von der Goltz secured explosives for his Welland Canal Expedition. Two communications from Capt. Tauscher 178 Bills from the du Pont de Nemours Powder Co. for “merchandise” furnished Capt. von der Goltz 180 The check which almost cost Capt. von der Goltz his life 196 Safe Deposit receipts for papers which von der Goltz left in Rotterdam 210 The British order for the deportation of Capt. von der Goltz 240 Photograph of the cover of the British white paper containing Capt. von der Goltz’s confession 256 FOREWORD. I have not attempted to write an autobiography. This book is merely a summary—a sort of galloping summary—of the last ten years of my existence. As such, I venture to write it because my life has been bound up in enterprises in which the world is interested. It has been my fortune to be a witness and sometimes an actor in that drama of secret diplomacy which has been going on for so long and which in such a large way has been responsible for this war. There are many scenes from that drama that have no place in this book—many events with which I am familiar that I have not touched upon. My aim has been to describe only those things with which I was personally concerned and which I know to be true. For a full history of the last ten years my readers must go elsewhere; but it is my hope that these adventures of mine will bring them to a better understanding of the forces that have for so long been undermining the peace of the world. Inevitably there will be some who read this book, who will doubt the truth of many of the statements in it. I cannot, unfortunately, prove all that I tell here. Wherever possible I have offered corroborative evidence of the truth of my statements; at other times I have tried to indicate their credibility by citing well recognized facts which have a direct bearing upon my contentions. But for the rest, I can only hope that this book will be accepted as a true record of facts which by their very nature are insusceptible of proof.