THE DRAMA OF
THREE HUNDRED & SIXTY-FIVE DAYS
SCENES IN THE GREAT WAR

BY

HALL CAINE

WITH A PORTRAIT OF H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES

LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN

Reprinted (with certain additions) from THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, with the cordial approval of the Proprietors

DEDICATED TO THE YOUNG MANHOOD OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

CONTENTS

THE INVISIBLE' CONFLICT
9
KING EDWARD'S LAST VISIT TO BERLIN
11
PEN-PORTRAIT OF THE KAISER
18
PEN-PORTRAIT OF THE CROWN PRINCE
16
SOME SALUTARY LESSONS
18
PEN-PORTRAIT OF THE ARCHDUKE FERDINAND
19
ONE OF THE OLDEST, FEEBLEST, AND LEAST CAPABLE OF MEN
22
"GOOD GOD, MAN, DO YOU MEAN TO SAY ..."
23
A GERMAN HIGH PRIEST OF PEACE
24
WE SHALL NEVER MASSACRE BELGIANWOMEN
26
THE OLD GERMAN ADAM
28
A CONVERSATION WITH LORD ROBERTS
30
WE'LL FIGHT, AND FIGHT SOON "
32
" HE KNOWS, DOESN'T HE !"
33
WE BELIEVED IT
35
THE FALLING OF THE THUNDERBOLT
36
THE PART CHANCE PLAYED
38
"WHY ISN'T THE HOUSE CHEERING?"
41
THE NIGHT OF OUR ULTIMATUM
42
THE THUNDERSTROKE OF FATE
44
THE MORNING AFTER
46
" YOUR KING AND COUNTRY NEED YOU "
47
THE PART PLAYED BY THE BRITISH NAVY
49
THE PART PLAYED BY BELGIUM
51
WHAT KING ALBERT DID FOR KINGSHIP
53
" WHY SHOULDN'T THEY, SINCE THEY WERE ENGLISHMEN ?"
56
" BUT LIBERTY MUST GO ON, AND ...ENGLAND"
58
THE PART PLAYED BY FRANCE
60
THE SOUL OF FRANCE
62
THE MOTHERHOOD OF FRANCE
63
FIVE MONTHS AFTER
65
THE COMING OF WINTER
66
CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES
69
THE COMING OF SPRING
72
NATURE GOES HER OWN WAY
73
THE SOUL OF THE MAN WHO SANK THE LUSITANIA
75
THE GERMAN TOWER OF BABEL
77
THE ALIEN PERIL
79
HYMNS OF HATE
81
THE PART PLAYED BY RUSSIA
88
THE SHADOW OF THE GREAT DEATH
84
THE RUSSIAN SOUL
86
THE RUSSIAN MOUJIK MOBILIZING
87
HOW THE RUSSIANS MAKE WAR
89
THE PART PLAYED BY POLAND
91
A PROVINCE WITHOUT A SOUL
93
THE SOUL OF POLAND
95
THE OLD SOLDIER OF LIBERTY
98
THE PART PLAYED BY ITALY
100
HOW THE WAR ENTERED ITALY
103
THE ITALIAN SOUL
104
THE PART PLAYED BY THE NEUTRAL NATIONS
107
THE PART PLAYED BY THE UNITED STATES
109
THE THUNDERCLAP THAT FELL ON ENGLAND
111
GREAT SCENES IN GREAT BRITAIN
112
A GLIMPSE OF THE KING'S SON
114
THE PART PLAYED BY WOMAN
116
THE WORD OF WOMAN
118
THE NEW SCARLET LETTER
121
AND.. . AFTER? .
122
WAR'S SPIRITUAL COMPENSATIONS
124
LET US PRAY FOR VICTORY
125


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