A Scrap of Paper
by Emile Joseph Dillon
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About this eBook
- Author
- Dillon, Emile Joseph, 1855-1933
- Title
- A scrap of paper : The inner history of German diplomacy and her scheme of world-wide conquest
- Original Publication
- London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914.
- Credits
- Brian Coe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)
- Subject
- Germany -- Foreign relations
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 72164
- Release Date
- November 18, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.A SCRAP of PAPER
- 2.INTRODUCTORY
- 3.CHAPTER I THE CAREFULLY LAID SCHEME
- 4.CHAPTER II THE MANY-TRACKED LINES OF GERMAN DIPLOMACY
- 5.CHAPTER III THE PLAN AND ITS EXECUTION
- 6.CHAPTER IV FORCING THE QUARREL
- 7.CHAPTER V GERMANY’S PROGRAMME
- 8.CHAPTER VI THE POSITION OF ITALY
- 9.CHAPTER VII THE TWELFTH HOUR
- 10.CHAPTER VIII THE EARTHQUAKE — The Bolt from the Blue. — War Against Servia Only. — Russia had no Right to Intervene. — Austria Yields at Last. — Germany Enters the Lists. — The Ambassadors Make their Exit. — Traditional Austrian Courtesy.
- 11.CHAPTER IX BRITISH NEUTRALITY AND BELLIGERENCY
- 12.CHAPTER X THE INFAMOUS OFFER
- 13.CHAPTER XI JUST FOR “A SCRAP OF PAPER” — To the Princes and Peoples of my Indian Empire : — “ Not Very Tactful. ” — Colonial Loyalty.
- 14.APPENDIX DIPLOMACY AND THE WAR — THE RUSSIAN ORANGE BOOK ( From “The Morning Post,” September 21st, 1914 ) — Austria’s Impossible Demands. — Servia’s Position. — Assurances and Concessions. — Germany’s Duties. — Austria’s Last Word. — Deceptive Representations. — Summing up the Position. — Servia’s Readiness to Give Satisfaction. — Austria’s Refusal of Mediation. — Russia’s Mobilization. — Russia’s Efforts for Peace. — Telegram to Russian Ambassadors. — Austria’s Declaration of War. — FOOTNOTES — Transcriber’s Notes
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