HARVARD COLLEGE

JAN 3 1921

LIBRARY

COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY

(Printed in the United States of America)

Copyright Under the Articles of the Copyright Convention of the
Pan-American Republics and the United States, August 11, 1910

IN THE GERMAN COLONIES AND ON THE SEA-

Continued

PART III-BATTLES BETWEEN WARSHIPS AND THE WORK

OF COMMERCE RAIDERS

I. BATTLES IN THE FIRST YEAR-HELGOLAND, CORONEL, FALK-

LAND ISLANDS, DOGGER BANK, AND THE AFFAIR IN THE GULF

OF RIGA (August 1, 1914-August, 1915)

EXPLOITS OF THE EMDEN AND OTHERS ON THE HIGH SEAS AND

ON THE ENGLISH COAST (August 1, 1914-March 5, 1916)

III. THE GREAT BATTLE OFF JUTLAND (May 31, 1916)

II.

PERSONAL SKETCHES, THE TREATY OF PEACE AND

A CHRONOLOGY OF THE WAR

PART I-PERSONAL SKETCHES OF WAR LEADERS

I. MILITARY AND NAVAL LEADERS.

GENERAL SIR EDMUND ALLENBY (Viscount)

GENERAL SIR WILLIAM RIDDELL BIRDWOOD

GENERAL TASKER HOWARD BLISS

GENERAL ALEXIS A. BRUSILOFF

GENERAL COUNT LUIGI CADORNA

GENERAL FRANCHET D'ESPEREY.

GENERAL ARMANDO DIAZ

GENERAL ERIC VON FALKENHAYN

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FERDINAND FOCH, MARSHAL OF FRANCE

FIELD-MARSHAL SIR JOHN (Now Viscount) FRENCH

GENERAL JOSEPH SIMON GALLIENI

THE GERMAN CROWN PRINCE

FIELD-MARSHAL VON HAESLER

FIELD-MARSHAL SIR DOUGLAS (Now Earl) HAIG

FIELD-MARSHAL PAUL VON HINDENBURG

SIR SAM HUGHES, CANADIAN LIEUTENANT-GENERAL

BARON FISHER, BRITISH FIRST SEA LORD

ADMIRAL SIR JOHN (Now Viscount) JELLICOE

JOSEPH JACQUES CÉSAIRE JOFFRE, MARSHAL OF FRANCE

FIELD-MARSHAL HORATIO HERBERT, EARL KITCHENER

FIELD-MARSHAL ALEXANDER VON KLUCK

GENERAL ERIC LUDENDORFF

FIELD-MARSHAL AUGUST VON MACKENSEN

GENERAL PEYTON CONWAY MARSH

HERBERT HENRY ASQUITH, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER

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THEOBALD VON BETHMANN-HOLLWIG, GERMAN CHANCELLOR 209

SIR ROBERT LAIRD BORDEN, PREMIER OF CANADA

ARISTIDE BRIAND, PREMIER OF FRANCE

GEORGES CLÉMENCEAU, PREMIER OF FRANCE

THEOPHILE DELCASSÉ, FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER

ENVER PASHA, WAR MINISTER OF TURKEY

KING FERDINAND OF BULGARIA

FRANCIS JOSEPH, EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA

KING GEORGE V, OF GREAT BRITAIN

SIR EDWARD (Now Viscount) GREY

COLONEL EDWARD M. HOUSE

GOTTLIEB VON JAGOW, GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER

ALEXANDER F. KERENSKY, PREMIER OF RUSSIA

DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, PREMIER OF GREAT BRITAIN

MARIE ADELAIDE, FORMER GRAND DUCHESS OF LUX-

EMBURG

CZAR NICHOLAS II, OF RUSSIA

VITTORIO EMANUELE ORLANDO, ITALIAN PREMIER

KING PETER OF SERBIA

RAYMOND POINCARÉ, PRESIDENT OF FRANCE

ANTONIO SALANDRA, PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY

BARON SONNINO, FOREIGN MINISTER OF ITALY

LIEUT.-GENERAL JAN CHRISTIAAN SMUTS

ELEUTHERIOS VENIZELOS, PREMIER OF GREECE

RENÉ VIVIANI, PREMIER OF FRANCE

WILLIAM II, FORMER GERMAN EMPEROR

WOODROW WILSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

ALFRED ZIMMERMANN, GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER

PART II-THE CONFERENCE AND THE SIGNING OF

THE TREATY

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THE PEACE TERMS DELIVERED TO THE GERMAN DELEGATES

GERMAN PROTESTS AGAINST THE TREATY-THE "VICTORY"

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BISMARCK AND THIERS AT VERSAILLES IN 1871

V. THE SIGNING OF THE TREATY WITH GERMANY

VI.

THE SETTLEMENT WITH AUSTRIA, TURKEY AND BULGARIA . 352

VII. THE PROLONGED CONTROVERSY IN AMERICA OVER THE TREATY 360

VIII. COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND PEACE TREATIES 396

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PART III-A CHRONOLOGY OF THE WAR

FULL PAGES

NEW YORK'S VICTORY ARCH IN MADISON SQUARE

VICE-ADMIRAL SIR DAVID BEATTY

THE SINKING OF THE "MAINZ" IN THE HELGOLAND BATTLE

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THREE GERMAN VESSELS SUNK IN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS

BATTLE

VICE-ADMIRAL SIR FREDERICK STURDEE

GERMAN SHIPS IN THE DOGGER BANK BATTLE.

SCARBOROUGH, ENGLISH TOWN BOMBARDED BY GERMAN WAR-

THREE BRITISH WARSHIPS-THE "INDEFATIGABLE," THE "LION,"

THE "WARRIOR"

MARSHAL FOCH INSPECTING A GERMAN FORT

THE FORMER CROWN PRINCE WITH HIS DUTCH PLAYMATES

FIELD-MARSHAL SIR DOUGLAS HAIG AND HIS FAMILY

PART OF PERSHING'S ARMY HALTING ON THE MOSELLE

LLOYD GEORGE AND THD PRINCE OF WALES

PRESIDENT WILSON AND CARDINAL MERCIER

THE AMERICAN VICTORY MEDAL

PREMIER CLÉMENCEAU ADDRESSING THE GERMAN DELEGATES

A BERLIN MEETING OPPOSING THE PEACE TERMS

CHANCELLOR SCHIEDEMANN DENOUNCING THE TERMS OF PEACE 325

GÖTHE AND SCHILLER IN WEIMAR .

PREMIER CLÉMENCEAU IN THE HALL

OF MIRRORS IN 1918

BISMARCK IN THE HALL OF MIRRORS

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OUR PEACE DELEGATES AT VERSAILLES

AUSTRIAN DELEGATES LEAVING THE ST. GERMAIN

TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS

THE GERMAN MINE LAYER "KÖNIGIN LUISE"

THE GERMAN COMMERCE-RAIDER "EMDEN"

THE CRUISER "DRESDEN"

THE "KÖNIGSBERG"

PART OF THE CREW OF THE RAIDER "KÖNIGSBERG"

THE AUSTRALIAN WARSHIP "SYDNEY"

THE GERMAN CRUISER "KARLSRUHE"

THE AUXILIARY CRUISER "PRINCE EITEL FRIEDRICH"

REMAINS OF THE ANCIENT ABBEY OF WHITBY.

THE BRITISH SHIP "APPAM"

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FORTIFICATIONS

THE "MÖWE" AFTER REACHING KIEL

THE BATTLESHIP "HINDENBURG"

THE BATTLESHIP "HINDENBURG" AS SUNK AT SCAPA FLOW

THE BLOWING UP OF THE "QUEEN MARY"

THE "POMMERN" LOST BY THE GERMANS IN THE JUTLAND

BATTLE

THE "DERFLINGER" AS SUNK AT SCAPA FLOW

A GROUP OF GERMAN NAVAL OFFICERS

THE ÉCOLE DE GUERRE IN PARIS

MARSHAL FOCH AND GENERAL MANGIN INSPECTING RHINE

KITCHENER IN A TRENCH AT GALLIPOLI

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