[No student outside of Germany itself has studied the Pan-German scheme in all its details more thoroughly than the distinguished French publicist, André Chéradame. For more than twenty years he has devoted all his energies and resources, physical and intellectual alike, to a vigorous and exhaustive investigation of the origin and progress of the monstrous conspiracy which threatens to overwhelm the liberties of the entire world. His books, long unheeded, now read like prophecies. The papers reprinted in this pamphlet originally appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, where they attracted very great interest. They are now published in inexpensive form, so that every American who desires a clear understanding of the meaning of this war may have a chance to read them. To careful readers we recommend M. Chéradame’s more elaborate books, “The Pan-German Plot Unmasked” and “Pan-Germanism and the United States,” published by Charles Scribner’s Sons. A new series of articles by this author will appear in The Atlantic Monthly for 1918.] [Illustration: PAN GERMANY at the beginning of 1917 PAN-GERMANY AS IT IS] Pan-Germany The Disease and Cure CHAPTER I HOW CHEAPLY GERMANY HAS FOUGHT THE WAR At the beginning of 1916, I said in my book _The Pan-German Plot Unmasked_,— ‘Finally, when all negotiations for an armistice have fallen flat and Germany’s situation has become still more critical, we shall see Berlin play her trump card. Protests against territorial annexations will become insistent beyond the Rhine, secretly sanctioned by the German government, which will finally say to the Allies: “Let this slaughtering of one another cease! We are willing to listen to reason; we resign our claims to those territories of yours now occupied by our armies. The game has been played to a draw; so let us treat for peace on that basis.” ‘On the day when this proposition is put forward, the Allies will find themselves face to face with the most subtle move yet made by Berlin—the most insidious German snare. Then, above all things, must the steadfastness, the perspicacity, and the unity of the Allies be most brilliantly made manifest. The trick of the “drawn game,” if successful, would involve an overwhelming triumph for Germany and an irreparable tragedy for the Allies and for the liberty of the world.’