ress upon the people of the United
States is that we are at war because Germany invaded the United
States--an invasion insidiously conceived and vigorously
prosecuted for years before hostilities began;--that this war is
our war;--that the sanctity of American freedom and of the
American home depend upon what we do _NOW_.

JAMES W. GERARD.

NEW YORK,
APRIL FIRST, 1918.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I PERSONALITY OF THE KAISER AND SOMETHING OF THE KING BUSINESS 13

II WHO DOES THE KAISER'S THINKING AND WHO DECIDED ON THE BREAK
WITH AMERICA? 32

III WHO SANK THE "LUSITANIA"? 42

IV THE KAISER AND "LESE-MAJESTE" 49

V WHEN THE KAISER THOUGHT WE WERE BLUFFING 55

VI THE INSIDE OF GERMAN DIPLOMACY 73

VII GERMANY'S PLAN TO ATTACK AMERICA 84

VIII GERMANY'S EARLY PLOTS IN MEXICO 111

IX THE KULTUR OF KAISERDOM--THE GERMAN SOUL 129

X THE LITTLE KAISERS 143

XI ROYALTY'S RECREATION 148

XII THE ETERNAL FEMININE 157

XIII HOME LIFE AND "BRUTALITY" OF THE PEOPLE 166

XIV AIMS OF THE AUTOCRACY 174

XV AUSTRIA-HUNGARY--THE KAISER'S VASSAL STATE 196

XVI GERMAN INFLUENCE ON THE NORTHERN NEUTRALS 217

XVII SWITZERLAND--ANOTHER KIND OF NEUTRAL 230

XVIII A GLIMPSE OF FRANCE 237

XIX MY INTERVIEW WITH THE KING OF SPAIN 251

XX GERMAN SPIES AND THEIR METHODS 263

XXI EN ROUTE HOME--KAISERISM IN AMERICA 273

XXII THAT INTERVIEW WITH THE KAISER 300

XXIII THE FUTURE KAISER--THE CROWN PRINCE AND HIS BROTHERS 312

XXIV WHEN GERMANY WILL BREAK DOWN 323

XXV THE ERRORS OF EFFICIENT GERMANY 340

XXVI PRESIDENT WILSON AND PEACE 346