Entente, the, England's entry into--and the alternative, 118, 119, 162 policy of, 106
Ewart, General, and the Committee of Imperial Defense, 184
Expeditionary Force (_see_ British Expeditionary Force)
Falkenhayn, von, commanded to Potsdam, 150, 151
France, apprehensive of Germany's intentions, 44 army of, 180
_Frankfurter Zeitung_ opposes Tirpitz's war objectives, 143
Free Trade, Prince von Bülow's views on, 58 William II. on, 54
French, Sir John, and reorganization of British Army, 48
George V., King, entertains German Emperor, 67
George, Lloyd, and the Agadir crisis, 70 at meetings of Committee of Imperial Defense, 182
German desire of commercial development, 55, 58, 60 foreign policy: divided control of, 85
Germany, and the Agadir incident, 68 and the Hague Conference, 60 attitude of, before the war, 101 _et seq._ cause of her downfall, 167 Chauvinist party in, 81 commercial rivalry with England, 114 decides upon war, 88 defect of Imperial system in, 109 desire for commercial expansion, 103 Fleet Laws passed in the Reichstag, 142 her responsibility for the world war, 90 increases her armaments, 21, 94, 161 influence of General Staff, 41, 107 militarist party of, 39, 89, 108 miscalculations at outbreak of war, 83, 159 naval program of, 142, 156 new Military Law passed, 136 organization of her Navy, 138 over-ambition of, 16 peaceful penetration policy of, 39, 41 politics in: an anecdote of, 85 (note) result of military spirit in, 15, 22 scaremongers in, 24 shipbuilding program of, 74 the new Fleet Law, 75, 79, 87, 128 the Press and Tirpitz, 143 two inconsistent policies in, 107 why she entered the war, 207
Goltz, von der, his "Nation in Arms," 180
Goschen, Sir Edward, demands his passports, 44
Great Britain and Belgian neutrality, 202 ante-war policy of, 13, 17 deficiencies in military organization of, 46 enters the war, 95 her sea power before the war, 19 indefinite policy of, 17, 28, 30 question of her preparedness for war, 18, 177 the educational problem in, 39
Great War, the, and Germany's responsibility, 15 causes of, 161
Greindl, Baron, and a curious legend, 201
Grey, Sir Edward (Lord Grey of Fallodon), an historical speech by, 44 and the Bagdad Railway question, 64 at meetings of Imperial Defense Committee, 182 Bethmann-Hollweg on, 113 denies an insinuation originating in Berlin, 203 his efforts for peace, 88, 154, 155 negotiates with Germany, 163 presses Serbia to accept ultimatum, 155 proposes a conference, 154