THE GERMAN WAR
THE GERMAN WAR
BY
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
AUTHOR OF “THE GREAT BOER WAR,” ETC.
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO
MCMXIV
Printed in Great Britain by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld.,
London and Aylesbury
PREFACE
These essays, upon different phases of the wonderful world-drama which has made our lifetime memorable, would be unworthy of republication were it not that at such a time every smallest thing which may help to clear up a doubt, to elucidate the justice of our cause, or to accentuate the desperate need of national effort, should be thrown into the scale. The longest essay appeared in The Fortnightly Review and the shorter ones for the most part in The Daily Chronicle. I have left them as written at the time, even where after-events have caused some modification of my views.
Arthur Conan Doyle.
Windlesham, Crowborough,
November 1914.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| PREFACE | v | |
| I. | THE CAUSES OF THE WAR | 1 |
| II. | THE WORLD-WAR CONSPIRACY | 32 |
| III. | THE DEVIL’S DOCTRINE | 41 |
| IV. | THE GREAT GERMAN PLOT | 55 |
| V. | THE “CONTEMPTIBLE LITTLE ARMY” | 65[Pg viii] |
| VI. | A POLICY OF MURDER | 79 |
| VII. | MADNESS | 89 |
| VIII. | GREAT BRITAIN AND THE NEXT WAR | 99 |
| IX. | AFTERTHOUGHTS | 144 |
| FOOTNOTES | ||
| TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES | ||