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A Monthly Magazine of The New York Times

Published by The New York Times Company, Times Square, New York, N. Y.

Vol. V.--No. 1

October, 1916

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$3.00 a Year

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THE WAR: MILITARY PHASES

Editorial Interpretations

WORLD EVENTS OF THE MONTH

An Editorial Survey

HOW ENGLAND CHECKED THE SUBMARINE WAR

By Alfred Noyes

THE TITANIC STRUGGLE IN PICARDY

By the Editor

ITALY AND GERMANY FORMALLY AT WAR: Official Notification

THE ARMY BEHIND THE ARMY

By Lord Northcliffe

PREPARING THE SOMME OFFENSIVE

By a French Officer

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. II.

By M. Ardouin-Dumazet

"WE HAVE CAPTURED THE RIDGE'

By David Lloyd George

A SURVEY OF THE RUSSIAN BATTLE FRONT

By Charles Johnston

BALKAN DEVELOPMENTS

By a Staff Contributor

WAR SEEN FROM TWO ANGLES :

The Situation on Three Fronts: German View

By H. H. von Mellenthin

The Month's Military Developments: American View By Lieut. J. B. W. Gardiner

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THE INVADER: A PARABLE

By Anatole France

RETALIATION FOR INTERFERENCE WITH AMERICAN TRADE

THE DESECRATED BIRTHPLACE OF LA FONTAINE .By Gabriel Alphaud

RUMANIA'S INTERVENTION

By a British Commissioner

Honorable Neutrality Impossible

By Take Jonescu

Text of Romania's Declaration of War

Proclamation of the King of Rumania to His People

THE FIRST USE OF ASPHYXIATING GAS

By Joseph Reinach

BULGARIA'S PART IN THE EUROPEAN WAR

By Radoslav Andrea Tsanoff

Bulgaria's Claim on Macedonia

By a Bulgarian Diplomat

Bulgaria's Lost Claim: An Answer

By a Student of History

GREECE—THE NEUTRAL WITH NO FRIENDS By Adamantios Th. Polyzoides

THE MOSLEM REVOLT IN ARABIA: Proclamation by the Sherif of Mecca

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WILL RUSSIA KEEP HER PROMISES TO POLAND ? By Prince Eugene Troubetzkoy

CANADA AND THE WAR

By Spencer Brodney

The Catholic Church and the War

By Norman Murray

Canada's New Imperial Spirit: Captain Papineau's Letter

CIVIL WORK OF GERMAN WOMEN IN WAR TIMES By Dr. Agnes von Harnack

THE CIVILIZING INFLUENCES OF WAR

By Alfred Rosenblatt

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DEPORTATION OF CIVILIANS IN OCCUPIED FRENCH TERRITORY

The Agonized Mothers of Lille

By One of Them

GERMAN CIVIL ADMINISTRATION IN BELGIUM By Baron Adolf von Bachofen

THE INVASION OF BELGIUM

By Colonel Feyler

A PEACE THAT WILL LAST

By Jean Finot

WHAT WOULD GERMAN VICTORY MEAN?

By Prof. Moritz Julius Bonn

GERMANY'S OPINION OF WILSON AS A MEDIATOR By Count Ernst zu Reventlow

COLONIAL POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES

By Prof. Brander Matthews

THE MONROE DOCTRINE

By the Editor

DIGGING SONG: A BAVARIAN PROTEST

By Corporal Sanktus

THE FIGHT FOR THE REPUBLIC IN CHINA

By W. Reginald Wheeler

THE EUROPEAN WAR AS SEEN BY CARTOONISTS, 26 Cartoons, All Nations

PROGRESS OF THE WAR

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