The Kaiser's Memoirs, by William II, German Emperor

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Author

William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941

Title

The Kaiser's Memoirs

Credits

E-text prepared by Harley Zhang and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

DD: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Germany

Subject

Germany -- Politics and government -- 1888-1918

Category

Text

eBook-No.

43522

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43522

Release Date

August 22, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE KAISER'S MEMOIRS
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.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
4. 4.CHAPTER II Caprivi — BISMARCK'S SUCCESSOR — THE DEAL FOR HELIGOLAND
5. 5.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
6. 6.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
7. 7.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
8. 8.CHAPTER VI My Co-workers in the Administration — ACADEMY'S SHACKLES BROKEN
9. 9.CHAPTER VII Science and Art — CHEMICAL RESEARCH — KAISER'S RUSSIAN FORESIGHT — ARCHITECTURAL INTERESTS — "ILIAD" AS A GUIDE BOOK
10. 10.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
11. 11.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
12. 12.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
13. 13.CHAPTER XI The Pope and Peace — URGES PAPAL INTERCESSION — SCOUTS DANGER FROM "PIAZZA" — WINS PROMISE OF ACTION
14. 14.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
15. 15.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
16. 16.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
17. 17.CHAPTER XV The Revolution and Germany's Future — WIND AND WHIRLWIND — ANOTHER GERMAN MISTAKE
18. 18.FOOTNOTES
19. 19.INDEX
20. 20.TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

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