Vintage Magazine: Current History, 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. The German Submarine Issue includes a number of articles and commentaries about the German Submarines and their Warfare. A second series of articles is devoted to Women and the European War.

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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