TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Footnote anchors are denoted by [number],and the footnotes have been placed at the end of the book. There are only two in this book.
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have beencorrected after careful comparison with other occurrences withinthe text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text,and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
Pg vi: ‘William II.’ replaced by ‘Wilhelm II.’.
Pg vii: page no. ‘256’ replaced by ‘254’, and ‘258’ replaced by ‘256’.
Pg 188: ‘William II.’ replaced by ‘Wilhelm II.’.
Pg 303: ‘Guiseppe Sarto’ replaced by ‘Giuseppe Sarto’.
“The Kaiser was attired in his most magnificent costume, wearing thefamous winged helmet on his head, and surrounded by a galaxy ofministers and great officers, all arrayed in the utmost militarysplendour.”
Secret History of
To-Day
Being Revelations of a Diplomatic Spy
By
Allen Upward
Author of “Secrets of the Courts of Europe”
“Treason,” etc.
Illustrated
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
New York and London
The Knickerbocker Press
1904
[Pg iii]
CONTENTS
| I | |
| PAGE | |
| THE TELEGRAM WHICH BEGAN THE BOER WAR | 1 |
| II | |
| THE BLOWING UP OF THE ‘MAINE’ | 31 |
| III | |
| THE MYSTERY OF CAPTAIN DREYFUS | 56 |
| IV | |
| WHAT WAS BEHIND THE TSAR’S PEACE RESCRIPT | 91 |
| V | |
| WHO REALLY KILLED KING HUMBERT | 120 |
| VI | |
| THE PERIL OF NORWAY | 146 |
| VII[iv] |