EVIDENCE IN THE CASE
BY JAMES M. BECK



THE EVIDENCE
IN THE CASE

A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the
War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic
Records of England, Germany, Russia,
France, Austria, Italy and Belgium.

BY

JAMES M. BECK, LL.D.
Late Assistant Attorney-General of the U. S.
Author of "The War and Humanity."

With an Introduction by
HON. JOSEPH H. CHOATE
Late U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain

"_Did these bones cost no more the breeding but to play at loggats
with 'em? Mine ache to think on 't._"
HAMLET--Act V., Sc. 1.

_Revised Edition, with Additional Material_

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

Published by Arrangement with G. P. Putnam's Sons




COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY
JAMES M. BECK

COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY
JAMES M. BECK

(_For Revised Edition_)


Thirteenth Impression


BY JAMES M. BECK
The Evidence in the Case. The War and Humanity.


This edition is issued under arrangement with the publishers,
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, NEW YORK AND LONDON




TO
ALBERT, OF BELGIUM

"EVERY INCH A KING"


Justum, et tenacem propositi virum
Non civium ardor prava jubentium,
Non vultus instantis tyranni,
Mente quatit solida, neque Auster

Dux inquieti turbidus Adriж,
Nec fulminantis magna manus Jovis.
Si fractus illabatur orbis,
Impavidum ferient ruinж.

HORACE.




=Publishers' Note=


The volume _The Evidence in the Case_ is based upon an article by the
Hon. James M. Beck, which came into print in the "New York Times" of
October 25th. The article in question made so deep an impression with
thinking citizens on both sides of the Atlantic that it has been
translated into a number of European languages, and some 400,000
copies have been sold in England alone.

In making this acknowledgment, which is due for the courtesy of "The
Times" in permitting an article prepared for its columns to be
utilized as the basis for the book, it is in order for the publishers
to explain to the readers that the material in the article has itself
been rewritten and amplified, while the book contains, in addition to
this original paper, a number of further chapters comprising together
more than six times the material of the first article.

The present book is an independent work, and is deserving of
consideration on the part of all citizens who are interested in
securing authoritative information on the issues of the great European
contest.

New York, December 12, 1914




INTRODUCTION

BY THE HON. JOSEPH H. CHOATE, FORMER AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO GREAT
BRITAIN[1]

[Footnote 1: Reprinted, by permission, from the N. Y. _Times_.]


For five months now all people who read at all have been reading about
the horrible war that is devastating Europe and shedding the best
blood of the people of five great nations. In fact, they have had no
time to read anything else, and everything