Naval War, [225]. Turkey Enters the War, [226]. Prince Louis of Battenberg Resigns, [226]. British Naval Defeat off Chile, [226]. Ministers at the Guildhall, [227]. Mr. Lloyd George at the City Temple, [229]. Opening of Parliament, [230]. Debates, [231]. The Press Bureau Criticised, [232]. Allowances to Soldiers' Dependents, [233]. Vote of Credit, [233]. Funeral of Earl Roberts, [234]. War Budget, [235]. Table, [237]. Concessions, [237]. Further Debates, [238]. The _Bulwark_ Blown Up, [239]. The Spy Peril, [239]. Earl Kitchener on the War, [240]. Financial Position: Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, [241]. The First Lord of the Admiralty on the Naval Position, [243]. Further War Legislation, [244]. New Departure in Recruiting, [245], Progress of the War: Flanders, Friedrichshafen, the Persian Gulf, [245]. The King at the Front, [245]. The Prince of Wales at the Front, [246]. Continuance of Football, [246]. Naval Warfare: Battle off the Falkland Islands, [247]. A Turkish Battleship Sunk, [248]. German Raid on Hartlepool, Scarborough, and Whitby, [248]. Mr. Balfour on the War, [249], The Opposition Leaders and National Unity, [249]. Liberal Friction at Swansea, [250]. Gifts of the Colonies, [250]. Egypt a British Protectorate, [250]. Mission to the Vatican, [250]. Committee on German Atrocities, [251]. Mr. Bonar Law at Bootle, [251]. Treatment of Soldiers' Wives, [251]. German Air Raids on Dover and Sheerness: British Raid on Cuxhaven, [252], British Grounds of Hope of Victory, [252]. CHAPTER VI. SCOTLAND AND IRELAND _page_ [254 SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER. FINANCE AND TRADE IN 1914 [261 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL HISTORY. CHAPTER I. FRANCE AND ITALY [268 CHAPTER II. GERMANY AND AUSTRIA-HUNGARY [305 CHAPTER III. RUSSIA, TURKEY, AND THE MINOR STATES OF SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE [385 CHAPTER IV. LESSER STATES OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN EUROPE: BELGIUM--THE NETHERLANDS--SWITZERLAND--SPAIN--PORTUGAL--DENMARK--SWEDEN--NORWAY[362 CHAPTER V. (By Sir CHARLES ROE, late Chief Judge of the Chief Court of the Punjab.) ASIA (SOUTHERN): PERSIA--THE PERSIAN GULF AND BALUCHISTAN--AFGHANISTAN--THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER--BRITISH INDIA--NATIVE STATES--TIBET [402 CHAPTER VI. (By W. R. CABLES, O.M.G., late H.M. Consul-General at Tien-Tsin and Pekin.) THE FAR EAST: JAPAN--CHINA _page_ [411 CHAPTER VII. (By H. WHATES, Author of "The Third Salisbury Administration, 1895-1900," etc.) AFRICA (WITH MALTA): SOUTH AFRICA--EGYPT AND THE SUDAN--NORTH-EAST AFRICA AND THE PROTECTORATES--NORTH AND WEST AFRICA [418 CHAPTER VIII.