Current History Magazine, New York Times, August 1915

Current History Magazine delivers in-depth articles covering the news events of the day. This edition from August 1915 focuses on the reaction to the sinking of the steamship Lusitania and the First World War.

New York Times, Current History, The European War

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Vol. II — No. 5 August, 1915 : 25 Cents A Copy $3.00 A Year

Front Cover, Current History Magazine, August 1915

The Lusitania Case
- The American Note To Berlin Of July 21—Steps Leading Up To President Page Wilson's Rejection Of Germany's Proposals 817
- The German Note Of July 8 819
- The American Rejoinder 823
- German And American Press Opinion 825
- Austria—Hungary's Protest 828
- Armenian, Orduna, And Others 832
- Results Of Submarine Warfare 837
In Memoriam: Reginald Warneford (Poem) 839
American Preparedness 840 By Theodore Roosevelt
First Year Of The War 842 By Lieutenant Walter E. Ives And An American Military Expert
An American View Of The First Year Of War 848 By The Military Expert Of The New York Times
Inferences From Eleven Months Of The European Conflict 854 By Charles W. Eliot, President Emeritus Of Harvard University
"Revenge For Elisabeth " 858
A Year Of The War In Africa And Asia 859 By Charles Johnston
An "Insult" To War 872
The Drive At Warsaw 874
Battles In The West:
- Sir John French's Own Story 891
- France's " Eyewitness " Reports 905
- The Crown Prince In The Argonne 911
Gallipoli's Shambles 913 By Compton Mackenzie
Italy's War On Austria 921 The Task Oe Italy 923
Two Devoted Nations 924 By Maurice Maeterlinck
Rumania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece 925 Press Opinions From The Balkan Capitals
Dr. Conybeare's Recantation 928 By Sir Walter Raleigh
The Case Of Muenter 929
Devotion To The Kaiser 930
Scientists And The Military 931 Hudson Maxim On Explosives 932
Thor (Poem) 933 By Beatrice Barry
"I Am The Gravest Danger" 934 By George Bernard Shaw
The European War As Seen By Cartoonists 935
The Belligerents' Munitions
- Growing Problems Of Germany And Her Opponents In Supplying Arms 944 By Lloyd George, British Minister Of Munitions
- The Power Of The Purse: How "Silver Bullets" Are Made In Britain 954 By Prime Minister Asquith
- Cases Reserved (Poem) 957 By Sir Owen Seaman
- New Recruiting In Britain 958 By Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, Secretary Of State For War
- American War Supplies 961 By George Wellington Porter
- Magazinists Of The World On The War 965 Condensed From The Leading Reviews
- Sweden And The Lusitania 98o By Swedish Artists And Professors
- A Threatened Despotism Of Spirit 981 By Gertrude Atherton
- "Gott Mit Uns" (Harvard Prize Poem) 983 By C. Huntington Jacobs
- On The Psychology Of Neutrals 984 By Friedrich Curtiu
- Chlorine Warfare 986
- Rheims Cathedral 987 By Pierre Loti
- "The English Falsehood" 990 By Seen Hedin
- Calais Or Suez? 992 Which Should Be Germany's Objective?
- Note On The Principle Of Nationality 993 By John Galsworthy
- Singer Of "La Marseillaise" (Poem) 995 By H. T. Sudduth
- Depression—Common—Sense And The Situation 996 By Arnold Bennett
- The War And Racial Progress 999 By Major Leonard Darwin
- The English Word, Thought, And Life I000 By Russian Men Of Letters
- Evviva L'italia 1002 By William Archer
- Who Died Content (Poem) 1003 By John Hoghen
- "The Germans, Destroyers Of Cathedrals" 1004 By Artists, Writers, Musicians, And Philosophers Of France
- Chronology Of The War (Continued To July 15) 1014

List Of Illustrations

H. M. Queen Sophia Of Greece Frontispiece
His Holiness Benedict Xv 857
General Carlo Caneva 832
H. I. M. Francis Joseph I 833
Thomas A. Edison 848
Hudson Maxim 849
Sir Cecil Arthur Spring—Rice 864
J. P. Morgan 865
H. R. H. Prince George 88o
Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson 881
Count Zeppelin 896
General Erich Van Falkenhagn 897
Take Jonesco 976 Demetrios Gounaris 977
General Louis Botha 992
Dr. Anton Meyer—Gerhard 993

Current History Magazine, New York Times, August 1915

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