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<li>[[Treaties and Documents Relative to the Neutrality of the Netherlands and Belgium]]<dd>1839-1914<dd>Taken from an appendix to Alexander Fuehr's <i>The Neutrality of Belgium</i> (1915)
<li>[[Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law]]
<dd>16 April 1856.


<li>[[1914m/1867.html">The Treaty of London]]<dd>21 June 1867<dd>Granting neutrality to Luxembourg (French translation)
*[[Treaties and Documents Relative to the Neutrality of the Netherlands and Belgium]]
:1839-1914
:Taken from an appendix to Alexander Fuehr's <i>The Neutrality of Belgium</i> (1915)


<li>[[1914m/gene68.html">St. Petersburg Declaration Renouncing the Use, in Time of War,
*[[Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law]]
<dd>of Certain Explosive Projectiles]]
:16 April 1856.
<dd>29 November -  11 December 1868


<li>[[http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914m/willnick/timeline.htm">
*[[The Treaty of London (1867)]]
Timeline of Events]]
:21 June 1867:Granting neutrality to Luxembourg:(French translation)
<dd>1870 - 1914


<li>[[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/emstelegram.htm">The Ems Telegram]]
*[[St. Petersburg Declaration Renouncing the Use, in Time of War, of Certain Explosive Projectiles]]
<dd>1870
:29 November - 11 December 1868
<dd>Precipitating the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71


<li>[[1914m/allyahg.html">The Dual Alliance Between Austria-Hungary and Germany]]
*[[Timeline of Events]]
<dd>7 October 1879
:1870 - 1914


<li>[[1914m/land1880.html">Oxford Laws of War on Land]]
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/emstelegram.htm The Ems Telegram]
<dd>9 September 1880
:1870:Precipitating the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71


<li>[[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/moltke.html"><i>On the Nature of War</i> by Helmut Moltke (the Elder)]]
*[[The Dual Alliance Between Austria-Hungary and Germany]]
<dd>1880
:7 October 1879


<li>[[1914m/liga3.html">The Three Emperors' League]]
*[[Oxford Laws of War on Land]]
<dd>18 June 1881
:9 September 1880
<dd>Linking Germany and Austria-Hungary with Russia.


*[[On the Nature of War by Helmut Moltke (the Elder)]]
:1880


<li>[[1914m/triporig.html">The Triple Alliance]]
*[[The Three Emperors' League]]
<dd>20 May 1882
:18 June 1881
<dd>Joining Italy with the Germany/Austria-Hungary alliance.
:Linking Germany and Austria-Hungary with Russia.
<dd> (Eight articles in the original French)
<dd>See also [[1914m/tripori2.html">expanded version of 1912]]


<li>[[1914m/tripally.html">The Triple Alliance]]
*[[The Triple Alliance (The French Original) | The Triple Alliance]]
<dd>20 May 1882
:20 May 1882:Joining Italy with the Germany/Austria-Hungary alliance.
<dd>(English translation of the above)
:(Eight articles in the original French)
<dd>See also [[1914m/tripall2.html">expanded version of 1912]]
:See also [[expanded version of 1912]]


<li>[[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/speech.html">Bismarck and the "Polish Question."]]
*[[The Triple Alliance (The English Translation)]]
<dd>28 January 1886
:20 May 1882
<dd>Speech to the Lower House of the Prussian Parliament
:See also [[expanded version of 1912 (In English)]]
<dd>(English translation)


<li>[[1914m/reinsure.html">The Reinsurance Treaty]]
*[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/speech.html Bismarck and the "Polish Question."]
<dd>18 June 1887
:28 January 1886
<dd>Bismarck's alliance with Russia
:Speech to the Lower House of the Prussian Parliament
:(English translation)


<li>[[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/internat.html">
*[[The Reinsurance Treaty]]
<i>Die Internationale</i>]]
:18 June 1887:Bismarck's alliance with Russia
<dd>1888
<dd>Translated by Richard S. Levy


<li>[[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/dismiss.html">
*[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/internat.html <i>Die Internationale</i>]
Bismarck's Fall from Power]]
:1888:Translated by Richard S. Levy
<dd>1890


<li>[[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/wilhelm.html">
*[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/dismiss.html Bismarck's Fall from Power]
Wilhelm II -- Swearing In New Recruits]]
:1890
<dd>23 November 1891


<li>[[1914m/franruss.html">The Franco-Russian Alliance Military Convention]]
*[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/wilhelm.html Wilhelm II -- Swearing In New Recruits]
<dd>18 August 1892
:23 November 1891
<dd>Leading to the Triple Entente


<li>[[1914m/willnick/wnmaina.htm"><i>Willy-Nicky Letters</i> between the Kaiser and the Czar]]
*[[The Franco-Russian Alliance Military Convention]]
<dd>1894 - 1914
:18 August 1892
<dd>(English translations -- including introduction and timeline)
:Leading to the Triple Entente


<li><font size=+1><i>British Official Documents on the Origins of the War</font></i>
*[[Willy-Nicky Letters  between the Kaiser and the Czar|''Willy-Nicky Letters'' between the Kaiser and the Czar]]
<dd>Multi-volume set ed. by G. P. Gooch and Harold Temperley
:1894 - 1914
<dd>Vol. I, <i>The End of British Isolation</i>: 1897 - 1903, [[http://link.library.utoronto.ca/booksonline/digobject.cfm?Idno=99001094&">University of Toronto Digital Collections]]
:Transcriptions of original English correspondence.
<dd>Vol. XI, <i>The Outbreak of War</i>: June 28 - August 4 1914,
:See also [http://rave.ohiolink.edu/ebooks/dmc/OSU/LettersfromKaisertotheCzar%5FWilliamII%5F318pgs.070.51338553.pdf facsimile of the 1920 print edition].
[[ 1914m/gooch/mainguch.htm">Dual Frame version]];
[[1914m/gooch/firstpps.htm">Standard version]]
<dd><b>Major Resource!</b></dl>


<li>[[hague.html">Hague Convention]]
*[http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/1914m/gooch/firstpps.htm British Official Documents on the Origins of the War]
<dd>29 July 1899 & other ratification dates
:Multi-volume set ed. by G. P. Gooch and Harold Temperley:Vol. I, <i>The End of British Isolation</i>: 1897 - 1903:[http://link.library.utoronto.ca/booksonline/digobject.cfm?Idno=99001094& University of Toronto Digital Collections]
:Vol. XI, <i>The Outbreak of War</i>: June 28 - August 4 1914:[http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914m/gooch/mainguch.htm Dual Frame version]
:[http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914m/gooch/firstpps.htm Standard version]
:<b>Major Resource!</b>


<li>[[1914m/opendoor.html">The First 'Open Door Note']]
*[[Hague Convention]]
<dd>6 September 1899
:29 July 1899 & other ratification dates


<li>[[1914m/bulow.html">Bülow's 'Hammer and Anvil' Speech before the Reichstag]]
*[[The First 'Open Door Note']]
<dd>11 December 1899
:6 September 1899
<dd>(German original)


<li>[[1914m/buloweng.html">Bülow's 'Hammer and Anvil' Speech before the Reichstag]]
*[[Bülow's 'Hammer and Anvil' Speech before the Reichstag]]
<dd>11 December 1899
:11 December 1899
<dd>(English translation)  
:(German original)  


<li>[[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/china.html">Kaiser Wilhelm II on German Interests in China]]
*[[Bülow's 'Hammer and Anvil' Speech before the Reichstag (The English Translation)]]
<dd>2 July 1900
:11 December 1899
:(English translation)


<li>[[1914m/abc.html">The ABC Proposal for British Foreign Policy]]
*[[Kaiser Wilhelm II on German Interests in China]]
<dd>November 1901
:2 July 1900


<li>[[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/anglojapanesealliance1902.htm">Anglo-Japanese Alliance]]
*[[The ABC Proposal for British Foreign Policy]]
<dd>30 January 1902
:November 1901
<dd>To counter French and Russian designs in the Far East


<li>[[1914m/entecord.html">The Entente Cordiale Between The United Kingdom and France]]
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/anglojapanesealliance1902.htm Anglo-Japanese Alliance]
<dd>8 April 1904
:30 January 1902
<dd>Later joined by Russia
:To counter French and Russian designs in the Far East


<li>[[1914m/schlieffen.html">The Schlieffen Plan]]
*[[The Entente Cordiale Between The United Kingdom and France]]
<dd>1905
:8 April 1904
:Later joined by Russia


<li>[[1914m/morocco.html">The First Moroccan Crisis]]
*[[The Schlieffen Plan]]
<dd>31 March 1905
:1905


<li>[[1914m/portsmouth.html">Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War]]
*[[The First Moroccan Crisis]]
<dd>1905
:31 March 1905


<li>[[1914m/anglruss.html">The Anglo-Russian Entente]]
*[[Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War]]
<dd>1907
:1905


<li>[[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/youngturkproclamation.htm">Proclamation of the Young Turks]]
*[http://tmh.floonet.net/pdf/eyre_crowe_memo.pdf Memorandum on the Present State of British Relations with France and Germany] by Eyre Crowe
<dd>1908
:1 January 1907


<li>[[1914m/bosherz.html">The Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary]]
*[[The Anglo-Russian Entente]]
<dd>September - October 1908
:1907


<li>[[1914m/dailytel.html">The <i>Daily Telegraph</i> Affair]]
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/youngturkproclamation.htm Proclamation of the Young Turks]
<dd>28 October 1908
:1908


<li>[[1914m/racco.html">The Racconigi Bargain]] (Excerpts)
*[[The Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary]]
<dd>October 1909
:September - October 1908


<li>[[1914m/illusion.html">Norman Angell's <i>The Great Illusion</i>]]
*[[The Daily Telegraph Affair|The ''Daily Telegraph'' Affair]]
<dd>1910
:28 October 1908


<li>[[1914m/llgeorge.html">Agadir Crisis: Lloyd George's Mansion House Speech]]
*[[The London Naval Conference]]
<dd>21 July 1911
:26 February 1909


<li>[[1914m/lux-pm.html">Luxembourg Railways Intelligence Report]]
*[[The Racconigi Bargain]]
<dd>24 September 1911
:(Excerpts)
<dd>(Contains facsimiles of original handwritten documents)
:October 1909


<li>[[1914m/odbrana.html">The <i>Narodna Odbrana</i>]]
*[[Norman Angell's The Great Illusion|Norman Angell's ''The Great Illusion'']]
<dd>1911
:1910


<li>[[1914m/blk-cons.html">Constitution of the <i>Black Hand</i>]]
*[[Agadir Crisis: Lloyd George's Mansion House Speech]]
<dd>1911
:21 July 1911


<li>[[1914m/haldane.html">The Haldane Mission]]
*[[Luxembourg Railways Intelligence Report]]
<dd>8 - 12 February 1912
:24 September 1911
:(Contains facsimiles of original handwritten documents)


<li>[[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/class.html">Heinrich Class, "<i>If I were Kaiser</i>"]]
*[[The Narodna Odbrana |The ''Narodna Odbrana'']]
<dd>1912
:1911
<dd>English translation of <i>Wenn ich Kaiser wär'</i>.


<li>[[1914m/tripori2.html">Amended Version of The Triple Alliance]]
*[[Constitution of the Black Hand |Constitution of the ''Black Hand'']]
<dd>5 December 1912
:1911
<dd>(Fifteen articles in the original French).


<li>[[1914m/tripall2.html">Amended Version of The Triple Alliance]]
*[[The Haldane Mission]]
<dd>5 December 1912
:8 - 12 February 1912
<dd> (English translation of the above)


<li>[[1914m/roumaine.html">Austro-Hungarian / Rumanian Accord]]
*[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/class.html Heinrich Class, "<i>If I were Kaiser</i>"]
<dd>5 February 1913
:1912:English translation of <i>Wenn ich Kaiser wär'</i>.
<dd>(In the original French)


<li>[[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/wilson1913inauguration.htm">
*[[Amended Version of The Triple Alliance]]
President Wilson's Inaugural Address]]
:5 December 1912
<dd>4 March 1913
:(Fifteen articles in the original French.)


<li>[[1914m/zabern.html">The Zabern Affair]]
*[[Amended Version of The Triple Alliance (English translation of the above)]]
<dd>1913
:5 December 1912:


<li>[[1914m/arabetuk.html"> British Imperial Connexions to the Arab National Movement]]
*[[Austro-Hungarian / Rumanian Accord]]
<dd>1912-1914
:5 February 1913
:(In the original French)


<li>[[1914m/lichnowy.html"> Prince Lichnowsky's Mission to London, Memoirs]]
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/wilson1913inauguration.htm President Wilson's Inaugural Address]
<dd>1912-1914
:4 March 1913


<li>[[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/bernhardi.html"><i>The Next War</i>, by General Friedrich von Bernhardi]]
*[[The Zabern Affair]]
<dd>1914
:1913
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*[[British Imperial Connexions to the Arab National Movement]]
:1912-1914


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:1912-1914


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