The Queen of Rumania tells Major Powell that she enjoys being a Queen _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE His first sight of the Terra Irridenta 12 The end of the day 20 A little mother of the Tyrol 20 Italy's new frontier 28 This is not Venice, as you might suppose, but Trieste 46 At the gates of Fiume 60 The inhabitants of Fiume cheering d'Annunzio and his raiders 78 His Majesty Nicholas I, King of Montenegro 124 Two conspirators of Antivari 130 The head men of Ljaskoviki, Albania, waiting to bid Major and Mrs. Powell farewell 142 The ancient walls of Salonika 158 Yildiz Kiosk, the favorite palace of Abdul-Hamid and his successors on the throne of Osman 194 The Red Badge of Mercy in the Balkans 208 The gypsy who demanded five lei for the privilege of taking her picture 234 A peasant of Old Serbia 234 King Ferdinand tells Mrs. Powell his opinion of the fashion in which the Peace Conference treated Rumania 240 The wine-shop which is pointed out to visitors as "the Cradle of the War" 252 THE NEW FRONTIERS OF FREEDOM CHAPTER I ACROSS THE REDEEMED LANDS