EMANCIPATION OF NATIONS.

THE MARCH OF CIVILIZATION--WORLD SHOCKS TO STIR THE WOULD HEART--FALSE
DOCTRINES OF THE HUN--THE IRON HAND CONCEALED--THE WORLD BEGINS TO
AWAKEN--GERMAN DESIGNS REVEALED--RUMBLINGS IN ADVANCE OF THE
STORM--TRAGEDY THAT HASTENED THE DAY--TOLSTOY'S PROPHECY--VINDICATION OF
NEGRO FAITH IN PROMISES OF THE LORD--DAWN OF FREEDOM FOR ALL RACES

Chapter II. HANDWRITING ON THE WALL.

LIKENED TO BELSHAZZER--THE KAISER'S FEASTS--IN HIS HEART BARBARIC PRIDE
OF THE POTENTATES OF OLD--GERMAN MADNESS FOR WAR--INSOLENT
DEMANDS--FORTY-EIGHT HOURS TO PREVENT A WORLD WAR--COMMENT OF STATESMEN
AND LEADERS--THE WAR STARTS--ITALY BREAKS HER ALLIANCE--GERMANIC POWERS
WEIGHED AND FOUND WANTING--SPIRIT WINS OVER MATERIALISM--CIVILIZATION'S
LAMP DIMMED BUT NOT DARKENED

Chapter III. MILITARISM AND AUTOCRACY DOOMED.

GERMANY'S MACHINE--HER SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVOR TO MOLD SOLDIERS--INFLUENCE
ON THOUGHT AND LIVES OF THE PEOPLE--MILITARISM IN THE HOME--THE STATUS
OF WOMAN--FALSE THEORIES AND FALSE GODS--THE SYSTEM ORDAINED TO
PERISH--WAR'S SHOCKS--AMERICA INCLINES TO NEUTRALITY--GERMAN AND FRENCH
TREATMENT OF NEUTRALS CONTRASTED--EXPERIENCES OF AMERICANS ABROAD AND
ENROUTE HOME--STATUE OF LIBERTY TAKES ON NEW BEAUTY--BLOOD OF NEGRO AND
WHITE TO FLOW

Chapter IV. Awakening of America.

President Clings to Neutrality--Monroe Doctrine and Washington's
Warning--German Crimes and German Victories--Cardinal Mercier's
Letter--Military Operations--First Submarine Activities--The Lusitania
Outrage--Exchange of Notes--United States Aroused--Role of Passive
Onlooker Becomes Irksome--First Modification of Principles of Washington
and Monroe--Our Destiny Looms

Chapter V. Huns Sweeping Westward.

Toward Shores of Atlantic--Spread Ruin and Devastation--Capitals of
Civilization Alarmed--Activities of Spies--Apologies and Lies--German
Arms Winning--Gain Time to Forge New Weapons--Few Victories for
Allies--Roumania Crushed--Incident of U-53

Chapter VI. The Hour and The Man.

A Beacon Among the Years--Trying Period for President Wilson--Germany
Continues Dilatory Tactics--Peace Efforts Fail--All Honorable Means
Exhausted--Patience Ceases to be a Virtue--Enemy Abandons All
Subterfuges--Unrestricted Submarine Warfare--German Intrigues with
Mexico--The Zimmerman Note--America Seizes the Sword--War is
Declared--Pershing Goes Abroad--First Troops Sail--War Measures--War
Operations

Chapter VII. Negroes Respond to the Call.

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