respect or deferential courtesy; bow,
curtsy, or similar gesture.

passier-scheine
Pass; permit.

persona grata
Acceptable person or diplomatic representative.

poilus
French soldier, especially in World War I.

Potsdam
Capital city of the federal state of Brandenburg in Germany, southwest
of Berlin. Berlin was the official capital of Prussia and later of the
German Empire, but the court remained in nearby Potsdam, and many
government officials also settled in Potsdam. The city lost this
status as a second capital in 1918, when World War I ended and the
emperor Wilhelm II was deposed.

refractory (persons)
Hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient.

sagacity
Sound judgment.

schmuck
Obnoxious, contemptible, clumsy or stupid person.

schrecklichkeit
Frightfulness; horror.

soubrette
Maidservant in a play displaying coquetry, pertness, and a tendency to
engage in intrigue. Flirtatious or frivolous young woman.

trepanning
Using a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong
hollow metal shaft that is attached a transverse handle: used in
surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.

ululation
Howl, as a dog or a wolf; hoot, as an owl; to lament loudly and
shrilly.

Vallombrosa
Resort in central Italy, near Florence; a famous abbey.

vicegerent
Person appointed by a head of state to act as an administrative deputy.

voluble
Continuous flow of words; fluent; glib; talkative: articulate,
garrulous, loquacious.

[End Transcriber's Notes]

BY HENRY VAN DYKE
Fighting for Peace
The Unknown Quantity
The Ruling Passion
The Blue Flower
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Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land
Days Off
Little Rivers
Fisherman's Luck
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Poems, Collection in one volume
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The Red Flower
The Grand Canyon, and Other Poems
The White Bees, and Other Poems
The Builders, and Other Poems
Music, and Other Poems
The Toiling of Felix, and Other Poems
The House of Rimmon

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

FIGHTING FOR PEACE

BY
HENRY VAN DYKE
D.C.L. (OXFORD)
RECENTLY UNITED STATES MINISTER TO HOLLAND

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1917

Copyright, 1917, by Charles Scribner's Sons
Published November, 1917

[Illustration: Scribner's Logo]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

FOREWORD

I. FAIR-WEATHER AND STORM SIGNS

II. APOLOGUE

III. THE WERWOLF AT LARGE

IV. GERMAN