Produced by D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net THE EVIDENCE IN THE CASE A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, Russia, France, Austria, Italy and Belgium. BY JAMES M. BECK, LL.D. Late Assistant Attorney-General of the U. S. Author of "The War and Humanity." With an Introduction by HON. JOSEPH H. CHOATE Late U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain "_Did these bones cost no more the breeding but to play at loggats with 'em? Mine ache to think on 't._" HAMLET--Act V., Sc. 1. _Revised Edition, with Additional Material_ NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS Published by Arrangement with G. P. Putnam's Sons COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY JAMES M. BECK COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY JAMES M. BECK (_For Revised Edition_) Thirteenth Impression BY JAMES M. BECK The Evidence in the Case. The War and Humanity. This edition is issued under arrangement with the publishers, G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, NEW YORK AND LONDON TO ALBERT, OF BELGIUM "EVERY INCH A KING" Justum, et tenacem propositi virum Non civium ardor prava jubentium, Non vultus instantis tyranni, Mente quatit solida, neque Auster Dux inquieti turbidus Adriæ, Nec fulminantis magna manus Jovis. Si fractus illabatur orbis, Impavidum ferient ruinæ. HORACE. =Publishers' Note= The volume _The Evidence in the Case_ is based upon an article by the Hon. James M. Beck, which came into print in the "New York Times" of October 25th. The article in question made so deep an impression with thinking citizens on both sides of the Atlantic that it has been translated into a number of European languages, and some 400,000 copies have been sold in England alone. In making this acknowledgment, which is due for the courtesy of "The Times" in permitting an article prepared for its columns to be utilized as the basis for the book, it is in order for the publishers to explain to the readers that the material in the article has itself been rewritten and amplified, while the book contains, in addition to this original paper, a number of further chapters comprising together more than six times the material of the first article. The present book is an independent work, and is deserving of consideration on the part of all citizens who are interested in securing authoritative information on the issues of the great European contest. New York, December 12, 1914 INTRODUCTION BY THE HON. JOSEPH H. CHOATE, FORMER AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO GREAT BRITAIN[1] [Footnote 1: Reprinted, by permission, from the N. Y. _Times_.]