COPYRIGHT 1911

L. W. WALTER COMPANY

REVISED AND REPRINTED 1920 WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY

RACINE, WISCONSIN

CONTENTS.

VOLUME VII.

CHAPTER CXXI.

Pages 1921-1925

PASSING EVENTS, 1913-1914.

The Toll Question.-Treaty With Columbia.-The Passage of

the First Ship Through the Panama Canal.-Professor

Moore Resigns.-Nobel Peace Prize to Senator Root.-

Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Dies.-Japan Sends Another Mes-

sage in Reference to California Situation.-Ex-President

Roosevelt Sues a Michigan Editor.-Another Attempt to

Pass an Immigration Bill With a Literary Clause.-Sec-

retary Bryan's Peace Treaties.-One Hundred Years of

Peace With England. - Colonel Goethals Made First

Governor of the Canal Zone.-Colonel Gorgas Made Sur-

geon General.

CHAPTER CXXII.

Pages 1926-1938

PASSING EVENTS, 1915-1916.

The Opening of the Panama Exposition.-The Seamen's Bill.

-Postal Savings Bank Report.-Brandies Appointed to

Supreme Court.- Prohibition. - Woman Suffrage.-The

Republican Party Nominates Charles Evans Hughes for

President.-Democratic Party Renominates the President.

- Child Labor Bill.— Self-government for the Philip-

pines. Electoral Vote.-Popular Vote and Maps.-Anti-

strike Bill.-Reports of Departments.-The President's

Note to the Belligerent States.

CHAPTER CXXIII.

Pages 1939-1953

WHY AMERICA ENTERED THE WAR.

A Synopsis of the U-Boat Warfare.-Conditions of Transpor-

tation of Opposing Forces.-Germany's Belief in the Value

of the Submarine.-The U-Boat's Success.-Germany's

Failure to Recognize International Law and the Laws of

Humanity.-Action of the President of the United States.

Germany Promises to Curb Submarine Activities.-Her

Failure to Keep her Promises.-Germany Resumes Sub-

marine Warfare.-German Ambassador Given his Pass-

ports.-Russia Overthrows the Czar.-Preparedness on a

Large Scale.-Woodrow Wilson Inaugurated.-New Con-

gress in Session.-Turkey Severs Diplomatic Relations.-

Missions From the Allied Countries Arrive.-Conscrip-

tion Day.-Negroes in the North.-The I. W. W. and

Pacifist Propaganda.-The Pope's Peace Message.-Re-

ply of President Wilson.

CHAPTER CXXIV.

Pages 1954-1966

OTHER PHASES OF THE WAR.

Russia's Part in the War.-Italy's Glorious Share.-Serbia

the Heroic.-Romania's Disaster.-The Armies Opposed

to the Turk.-Greece's Late Entry.-The War on the Sea.

-Aerial Warfare.

CHAPTER CXXV.

Pages 1967-1994

AMERICA IN THE GREAT STRUGGLE.

America's Increasing Army in France.-The Training of the

Men.-Germany's Realization of America's Strength.—

The Need for Immediate Action on her Part.-The Great

Offensive on March 21, 1918.-The Enemy's Plan.-Ger-

many's Temporary Success.-American Troops on Land.

General Foch in Supreme Command. - Chatteau-

Thierry.-The Allies' Counter Attack.-The German Re-

treat.-America's Share in the Fighting.-Bulgaria Sur-

renders.-Italy's Success.-Turkey Surrenders.-Germany

Seeks an Armistice.-Austria Gives Up.-Armistice De-

clared. Its Terms. The Emperors of Germany and

Austria Abdicate.—What the War's Conclusion Brought.

-The War at Home.-The Drafted Men.-War on Aus-

tria Declared.-Workless Mondays.-Foe Restrictions.-

The Third Liberty Loan.-1918 Independence Day.

Fourth Liberty Loan.- America's Concentration of Ef-

fort. The News of the Armistice. President Wilson

Goes to France.-His Work There.-The Peace Council.

-The League of Nations.-Opposition at Home.-Text of

its Covenant.-Colonel Roosevelt Dies.-Prosperity Ahead.

Clintonians, Peace Party, Doughfaces, People's Party,

Coalition, Anti-Masonic Party, National Republican

Party, Nullification or Calhoun Party, Abolitionists,

Whig Party, Loco-Foco Party, Anti-Renters, Liberty

Party, Native American Party, Hunkers, Barn Burners,
Liberty-League, Free-Soil Party, Silver Grays, Know-
nothing or American Party, Douglas Democrats, Breck-
enridge Democrats, Constitutional Union Party, Ku-Klux
Klan, Liberal Republicans, Straight-out Democrats, La-
bor Reform Party, Grangers, Temperance Party, Green-
back, Party, Prohibition Party, Stalwarts, Half Breeds,
Independent Republicans, Readjusters, National Liberty
Party, Union Labor Party, People's Party, Socialist La-
bor Party, United Christian Party, National Democrats.

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