The War That Will End War
CONTENTS
| I Why Britain went to War | 9 |
| II The Sword of Peace | 16 |
| III Hands off the People’s Food | 23 |
| IV Concerning Mr. Maximilian Craft | 32 |
| V The Most Necessary Measures in the World | 40 |
| VI The Need of a New Map of Europe | 50 |
| VII The Opportunity of Liberalism | 60 |
| VIII The Liberal Fear of Russia | 69 |
| IX An Appeal to the American People | 80 |
| X Common Sense and the Balkan States | 89 |
| XI The War of the Mind | 97 |
I
WHY BRITAIN WENT TO WAR
A CLEAR EXPOSITION OF WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOR
The cause of a war and the object of a war arenot necessarily the same. The cause of this warwas the invasion of Luxemburg and Belgium. Wedeclared war because we were bound by treaty todeclare war. We have been pledged to protect theintegrity of Belgium since the kingdom of Belgiumhas existed. If the Germans had not brokenthe guarantees they shared with us to respect theneutrality of these little States we should certainlynot be at war at the present time. The fortifiedeastern frontier of France could have been heldagainst any attack without any help from us. Wehad no obligations and no interests there. Wewere pledged to France simply to protect her froma naval attack by sea, but the Germans had alreadygiven us an undertaking not to make such an attack.It was our Belgian treaty and the suddenoutrage on Luxemburg that precipitated us into thisconflict. No Power in the world would have respected...