V ON THE HEELS OF VON KLUCK 47 VI AND CALAIS WAITS 73 VII IN GERMANY 82 VIII HOW THE KAISER LEADS 95 IX IN BELGIUM UNDER THE GERMANS 113 X CHRISTMAS IN BELGIUM 129 XI THE FUTURE OF BELGIUM 142 XII WINTER IN LORRAINE 159 XIII SMILES AMONG RUINS 177 XIV A ROAD OF WAR I KNOW 200 XV TRENCHES IN WINTER 214 XVI IN NEUVE CHAPELLE 226 XVII WITH THE IRISH 246 XVIII WITH THE GUNS 262 XIX ARCHIBALD THE ARCHER 284 XX TRENCHES IN SUMMER 290 XXI A SCHOOL IN BOMBING 310 XXII MY BEST DAY AT THE FRONT 316 XXIII MORE BEST DAY 335 XXIV WINNING AND LOSING 344 XXV THE MAPLE LEAF FOLK 350 XXVI FINDING THE BRITISH FLEET 368 XXVII ON A DESTROYER 374 XXVIII SHIPS THAT HAVE FOUGHT 378 XXIX ON THE “INFLEXIBLE” 393 XXX ON THE FLEET FLAGSHIP 400 XXXI SIMPLY HARD WORK 412 XXXII HUNTING THE SUBMARINE 421 XXXIII THE FLEET PUTS TO SEA 425 XXXIV MANY PICTURES 433 XXXV BRITISH PROBLEMS 446 MY YEAR OF THE GREAT WAR I WHO STARTED IT? The ultimate arbitrament--The diplomatist’s status--The causes in the aims and ideals of the peoples--Europe’s economic relation to the rest of the world--The economic cause--“Biological necessity”--England’s position--Her complacency--The “German Wedge”--The German system--Modern efficiency methods--“A machine civil world”--The Kaiser’s mission--A German the world over--Germany’s plans and ambitions--Her war spirit-- Activities in Italy--The Austrian situation--The Slav-Teuton racial hatred--France, a nation with a closed-in culture--The Kaiser’s “peace”--The Germanic “isolation.”