Current History Magazine, May 1916 - World War 1
Current History Magazine of May 1916 provides an excellent source for articles written by the great authors of the day about the events of World War 1.
CURRENT HISTORY
A Monthly Magazine of The New York Times
Published by The New York Times Company, Times Square, New York, N. Y.
Vol. IV.—No. 2 May, 1916 25 cents a Copy
$3.00 a Year
TABLE OF CONTENTS
WORLD EVENTS OF THE MONTH
- Editorial Summaries 207
- INTERPRETATIONS OF WORLD EVENTS . An Editorial Survey ... 212
- IRISH NONSENSE ABOUT IRELAND By George Bernard Shaw ... 217
- THE GERMAN CASE AGAINST GERMANY By George Bernard Shaw ... 228
- THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR'S ADDRESS . By Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg ... 228
- The British Premier's Reply . By Herbert H. Asquith ... 230
- GERMANY'S PEACE TERMS ... By Professor Ernst Haeckel ... 232
- ROYAL TOASTS AT SCHOENBRUNN . By Emperor Franz Josef and King Ferdinand ... 235
- GERMAN SUBMARINE ISSUE ... The Diplomatic Crisis ... 236
- French Official Report on the Sussex ... By Admiral Grasset ... 237
- Germany's Note on Submarine Activities . By Gottlieb E. G. von Jagow ... 238
- A Thousand Merchant Vessels Sunk . . Report by Admiral Bridge ... 240
- German White Book on Armed Merchantmen . . Text of "Exhibits" ... 241
- BRITISH ENEMY TRADING ACTS ... An Exchange of Notes ... 243
- PUNITIVE EXPEDITION INTO MEXICO . An International Bandit Hunt ... 244
- WHAT BRITAIN'S NAVY HAS DONE . . By Arthur J. Balfour ... 247
- RECENT WAR STRATEGY FROM TWO VIEWPOINTS:
- After Verdun--Peace! ... . By H. H. von Mellenthin ... 252
- The Month's Military Events . . By Lieutenant J. B. W. Gardiner ... 256
- VERDUN: THE WORLD'S GREATEST BATTLE . . Described by Eyewitnesses ... 260
- BRITISH AND GERMAN WAR FINANCES ... Views of Experts ... 266
- GERMANY'S FOURTH WAR LOAN: An Extraordinary Appeal ... 267
- FULL MEANING OF OUR POSITION IN LUSITANIA CASE . By Paul van Dyke ... 270
- MY ENGLAND: A POEM ... . By William Winter ... 284
- THE STATUS OF A MERCHANT SHIP ... By Charlemagne Tower ... 285
- THE ATTITUDE OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT . By Edmund von Mach ... 293
- AMERICA UP AGAINST THE WALL . . By Gabriel Hanotaux ... 297
- A CRISIS IN HISTORY ... By Guglielmo Ferrero ... 299
- IS MORALITY DISAPPEARING IN WAR? By Havelock Ellis ... 301
- THE KAISER'S HARVEST OF DEATH By Marie Corelli ... 305
- ON A FRENCH CRUISER IN WAR TIME By Rene Milan ... 308
- PARIS OWES $400,000,000 FOR RENTS ... 313
- WOMEN AND THE EUROPEAN WAR:
- German Woman's Work in War Time By Jean Toeplitz ... 315
- French Women as Munition Makers A Story of Patriotism ... 321
- The French Woman's New Ideal By Marie Bourgain ... 323
- War and the Duty of MotherhoodBy Lily Braun ... 324
- WHY RUMANIA IS NEUTRAL By Dr. C. Racowsky ... 326
- INTERNATIONAL STATUS OF THE POPE By Dr. Karl von Stengel ... 329
- WHY ITALY WENT INTO THE WAR. Part I. By G. F. Guerrazzi ... 332
MAGAZINISTS OF THE WORLD ON THE WAR:
- THE RESHAPING OF MID-EUROPE ... 342
By H. N. Brailsford - THE SPIRIT OF RUSSIA AND THE WAR ... 344
By Prince G. Lvoff - THE FUTURE OF GERMAN TRADE ... 345
By Dr. I. Jastrow - GERMANY'S MENTAL. ISOLATION ... 347
By Patrik Haglund - THE VIRTUES OF MILITARISM ... 343
By Maurice Révai - PAGE TEUTONIC IGNORANCE OF RUSSIA ... 350
By a Russian Publicist - GERMANY'S TOTAL WAR LOSSES IN MEN ... 351
By Hilaire Belloc - WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE WAR? ... 352
By Robert Crozier Long - NAPOLEON AND HINDENBURG IN RUSSIA ... 354
By Professor August Fournier
HUMAN DOCUMENTS OF THE WAR FRONTS:
- THE VALIANT ... 356
By Rene Bazin - THE HEROISM OF CHILDREN ... 357
By Maurice Barrès - THE WORK OF THE WOMEN ... 358
By Gabriel Hanotaux - THE AERIAL ATTACK ON RAVENNA ... 359
By Paolo Poletti - FIGHT OF THE CLAN MACTAVISH ... 360
By Michael Maclntyre - SUNK AT SEA BY A U-BOAT ... 362
By Arnold C. B. Groom - A RUSSIAN FIGHT FOR TREBIZOND ... 364
By One of the Fighters - GIRLS AS RUSSIAN SOLDIERS ... 365
A Romantic Touch - HINDENBURG ... 367
By Sven Hedin - HEARD ON THE BALKAN EXPRESS ... 369
By Emil Ludwig - THE SLAUGHTER AT DOUAUMONT ... 371
By a French Soldier
IMPORTANT WAR BOOKS IN PRESS Literary Summaries ... 372
THE EUROPEAN WAR AS SEEN BY CARTOONISTS 20 Cartoons, All Nations ... 377
PROGRESS OF THE WAR Chronology to April 12 ... 397
ROTOGRAVURE ILLUSTRATIONS
- CITY OF VERDUN ... Frontispiece
- NEAR THE FRONT AT VERDUN ... 207
- THE PLAIN OF WOEVRE ... 222
- TYPICAL REGIMENTAL AID POST ... 223
- NIGHT PATROL IN THE DOLOMITES ... 238
- GORIZIA UNDER BOMBARDMENT ... 239
- MODERN MILITARY ACCOUTREMENTS ... 254
- SOLDIERS IN TRENCH OUTFIT ... 255
- GRAND DUKE ENTERING ERZERUM ... 236
- GENERAL KUROPATKIN ... 287
- BARON VON DER GOLTZ ... 302
- DR. THEOBALD VON BETH MANN HOLLWEG ... 303
- DAVID LLOYD GEORGE ... 334
- GENERAL CHARLES ROQUES ... 335
- LORD ROBERT CECIL ... 350
- GENERAL CHARLES TOWNSHEND ... 351
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