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THE KAISER'S MEMOIRS
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I Bismarck
  - HIS GRANDFATHER'S SUCCESSOR
  - THE MAN WITH THE HYENA'S EYES
  - BISMARCK'S CONTINENTAL PREPOSSESSIONS
  - SOURCE OF RUSSIAN ENMITY
  - INTERCOURT POLITICS
  - TO OFFER DARDANELLES TO RUSSIA
  - PROPHECY OF RUSSIAN DOWNFALL
  - RELIEF AT CHANCELLOR'S DISMISSAL
  - GERMANY AS PEACEMAKER
  - HE BECOMES EMPEROR
  - VICTORIA'S HAND IS FELT
  - CONFLICT ON TURKISH POLICY
  - HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD PARTIES
  - THE BREAK WITH BISMARCK
  - HANDLING A COAL STRIKE
  - FURTHER CONFLICT WITH CHANCELLOR
  - BISMARCK'S LABOR VIEWS
  - GERMAN SOCIAL PROBLEMS
  - "WELFARE WORK" AT THE COURT
  - THE CHANCELLOR IN ACTION
- HIS GRANDFATHER'S SUCCESSOR
- THE MAN WITH THE HYENA'S EYES
- BISMARCK'S CONTINENTAL PREPOSSESSIONS
- SOURCE OF RUSSIAN ENMITY
- INTERCOURT POLITICS
- TO OFFER DARDANELLES TO RUSSIA
- PROPHECY OF RUSSIAN DOWNFALL
- RELIEF AT CHANCELLOR'S DISMISSAL
- GERMANY AS PEACEMAKER
- HE BECOMES EMPEROR
- VICTORIA'S HAND IS FELT
- CONFLICT ON TURKISH POLICY
- HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD PARTIES
- THE BREAK WITH BISMARCK
- HANDLING A COAL STRIKE
- FURTHER CONFLICT WITH CHANCELLOR
- BISMARCK'S LABOR VIEWS
- GERMAN SOCIAL PROBLEMS
- "WELFARE WORK" AT THE COURT
- THE CHANCELLOR IN ACTION
- CHAPTER II Caprivi
  - BISMARCK'S SUCCESSOR
  - THE DEAL FOR HELIGOLAND
- BISMARCK'S SUCCESSOR
- THE DEAL FOR HELIGOLAND
- CHAPTER III Hohenlohe
  - SOME DIPLOMATIC FENCING
  - THE SEIZURE OF TSING-TAO
  - QUEST FOR COALING STATIONS
  - FINDS SEED OF WORLD WAR[3]
  - DEVELOPMENT OF TSING-TAO
  - REPROACHES FOR JAPAN
  - THE KRUGER TELEGRAM[5]
  - SAYS HE SIGNED AGAINST HIS WILL
  - DEAL WITH CECIL RHODES
  - PEN SKETCH OF HOHENLOHE
  - CHANCELLOR'S RETIREMENT
- SOME DIPLOMATIC FENCING
- THE SEIZURE OF TSING-TAO
- QUEST FOR COALING STATIONS
- FINDS SEED OF WORLD WAR[3]
- DEVELOPMENT OF TSING-TAO
- REPROACHES FOR JAPAN
- THE KRUGER TELEGRAM[5]
- SAYS HE SIGNED AGAINST HIS WILL
- DEAL WITH CECIL RHODES
- PEN SKETCH OF HOHENLOHE
- CHANCELLOR'S RETIREMENT
- CHAPTER IV Bülow
  - BÜLOW A DISCIPLE OF BISMARCK
  - HOLSTEIN'S SECRET POWER
  - DISMISSAL—AND AN ENEMY
  - BRITISH ALLIANCE FAILS
  - AGAIN KAISER "GIVES IN"
  - NEGOTIATIONS FRUITLESS
  - FINDS FAULT WITH CONSERVATIVES
  - HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH BÜLOW
  - DEFENDS FAMOUS INTERVIEW[6]
  - A BREAK WITH BÜLOW
- BÜLOW A DISCIPLE OF BISMARCK
- HOLSTEIN'S SECRET POWER
- DISMISSAL—AND AN ENEMY
- BRITISH ALLIANCE FAILS
- AGAIN KAISER "GIVES IN"
- NEGOTIATIONS FRUITLESS
- FINDS FAULT WITH CONSERVATIVES
- HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH BÜLOW
- DEFENDS FAMOUS INTERVIEW[6]
- A BREAK WITH BÜLOW
- CHAPTER V Bethmann
  - RECEIVES BRITISH ROYALTY
  - "EDWARD THE ENCIRCLER"
  - THE PICHON CONVERSATION
  - FINDS FAULT WITH BETHMANN
  - EARLY GERMAN VICTORIES
  - CHANCELLOR'S DIPLOMATIC POWER
  - DISCLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY
  - FESTIVITIES IN ENGLAND
  - SURPRISE AT BRITISH NOTE
  - DIPLOMATIC PREPAREDNESS
  - SELECTION OF CHURCHILL
  - SUSPECTS ENGLISH PURPOSES
  - COUNTERCHARGES OF CHEATING
  - DEFENDS NAVAL PROGRAM
  - KINGSHIP OF ALBANIA
  - OPPOSED CHOICE OF GERMAN
  - REQUIREMENTS OF A RULER
- RECEIVES BRITISH ROYALTY
- "EDWARD THE ENCIRCLER"
- THE PICHON CONVERSATION
- FINDS FAULT WITH BETHMANN
- EARLY GERMAN VICTORIES
- CHANCELLOR'S DIPLOMATIC POWER
- DISCLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY
- FESTIVITIES IN ENGLAND
- SURPRISE AT BRITISH NOTE
- DIPLOMATIC PREPAREDNESS
- SELECTION OF CHURCHILL
- SUSPECTS ENGLISH PURPOSES
- COUNTERCHARGES OF CHEATING
- DEFENDS NAVAL PROGRAM
- KINGSHIP OF ALBANIA
- OPPOSED CHOICE OF GERMAN
- REQUIREMENTS OF A RULER
- CHAPTER VI My Co-workers in the Administration
  - ACADEMY'S SHACKLES BROKEN
- ACADEMY'S SHACKLES BROKEN
- CHAPTER VII Science and Art
  - CHEMICAL RESEARCH
  - KAISER'S RUSSIAN FORESIGHT
  - ARCHITECTURAL INTERESTS
  - "ILIAD" AS A GUIDE BOOK
- CHEMICAL RESEARCH
- KAISER'S RUSSIAN FORESIGHT
- ARCHITECTURAL INTERESTS
- "ILIAD" AS A GUIDE BOOK
- CHAPTER VIII My Relations with the Church
  - FRIENDSHIP FOR POPE LEO XIII
  - "SWORD OF CATHOLIC CHURCH"
  - DOCTOR DRYANDER'S INFLUENCE
  - THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM
  - SCHOLARSHIP AND RELIGION
  - KAISER'S THEOLOGY
- FRIENDSHIP FOR POPE LEO XIII
- "SWORD OF CATHOLIC CHURCH"
- DOCTOR DRYANDER'S INFLUENCE
- THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM
- SCHOLARSHIP AND RELIGION
- KAISER'S THEOLOGY
- CHAPTER IX Army and Navy
  - BELIEVES OFFICERS STILL LOYAL
  - BETTER MILITARY EQUIPMENT
  - FIGHT IN THE REICHSTAG
  - FEVERISH HASTE FOR NAVY
  - COLONEL GOETHAL'S VISIT
  - COMING OF THE DREADNAUGHT
  - IMPATIENT FOR U-BOATS
- BELIEVES OFFICERS STILL LOYAL
- BETTER MILITARY EQUIPMENT
- FIGHT IN THE REICHSTAG
- FEVERISH HASTE FOR NAVY
- COLONEL GOETHAL'S VISIT
- COMING OF THE DREADNAUGHT
- IMPATIENT FOR U-BOATS
- CHAPTER X The Outbreak of War
  - SAYS WAR WAS NOT FORESEEN
  - RUSSIAN CROWN COUNCIL
  - THE COSSACK'S TESTIMONY
  - STORES OF ENGLISH COATS
  - PROUD OF GERMAN ARMY
- SAYS WAR WAS NOT FORESEEN
- RUSSIAN CROWN COUNCIL
- THE COSSACK'S TESTIMONY
- STORES OF ENGLISH COATS
- PROUD OF GERMAN ARMY
- CHAPTER XI The Pope and Peace
  - URGES PAPAL INTERCESSION
  - SCOUTS DANGER FROM "PIAZZA"
  - WINS PROMISE OF ACTION
- URGES PAPAL INTERCESSION
- SCOUTS DANGER FROM "PIAZZA"
- WINS PROMISE OF ACTION
- CHAPTER XII End of the War and My Abdication
  - MOVEMENT FOR ABDICATION
  - SAYS ARMY WAS STILL STRONG
  - "JOYFULLY RECEIVED" BY ARMY
  - SOCIALIST ACTIVITY
  - PRINCE MAX INSISTENT
  - DENIES HE FORSOOK FOLLOWERS
  - PROUD OF THE ARMY
- MOVEMENT FOR ABDICATION
- SAYS ARMY WAS STILL STRONG
- "JOYFULLY RECEIVED" BY ARMY
- SOCIALIST ACTIVITY
- PRINCE MAX INSISTENT
- DENIES HE FORSOOK FOLLOWERS
- PROUD OF THE ARMY
- CHAPTER XIII The Enemy Tribunal and the Neutral Tribunal
  - RECALLS PLIGHT OF VERCINGETORIX
  - HINDENBURG'S LETTER
  - THE KAISER'S LETTER
  - SILENT UNDER ATTACKS
  - CALLS ACCUSATION FUTILE
- RECALLS PLIGHT OF VERCINGETORIX
- HINDENBURG'S LETTER
- THE KAISER'S LETTER
- SILENT UNDER ATTACKS
- CALLS ACCUSATION FUTILE
- CHAPTER XIV The Question of Guilt
  - NAVY MERELY PROTECTIVE
  - PURPOSE OF "ENCIRCLEMENT"
  - SOUGHT ENGLAND'S FRIENDSHIP
  - GRAND DUKE'S VISIT
  - AMERICAN FACTORS IN DEFEAT
  - FOURTEEN POINTS ABANDONED
  - ACCEPTED "SIGHT UNSEEN"
  - INADEQUATE PREPAREDNESS
  - BLAMES FRANCE FOR 1870
  - "MISTAKEN, BUT NOT GUILTY"
  - CHARGES ENGLISH INSINCERITY
  - HOPES FOR VERSAILLES REACTION
- NAVY MERELY PROTECTIVE
- PURPOSE OF "ENCIRCLEMENT"
- SOUGHT ENGLAND'S FRIENDSHIP
- GRAND DUKE'S VISIT
- AMERICAN FACTORS IN DEFEAT
- FOURTEEN POINTS ABANDONED
- ACCEPTED "SIGHT UNSEEN"
- INADEQUATE PREPAREDNESS
- BLAMES FRANCE FOR 1870
- "MISTAKEN, BUT NOT GUILTY"
- CHARGES ENGLISH INSINCERITY
- HOPES FOR VERSAILLES REACTION
- CHAPTER XV The Revolution and Germany's Future
  - WIND AND WHIRLWIND
  - ANOTHER GERMAN MISTAKE
- WIND AND WHIRLWIND
- ANOTHER GERMAN MISTAKE
- FOOTNOTES
- INDEX
- TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
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