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Speeches and memoirs of Helmuth von Moltke


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Éditeur : Harper & brothers Date & Lieu : 1893, New York
Préface : Pages : 50
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Langue : AnglaisFormat : 130x215 mm
Code FIKP : Liv. En.Thème : Général

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Speeches and memoirs of Helmuth von Moltke


Essays, speeches and memoirs of Helmuth von Moltke

Helmuth von Moltke

Harper & brothers

Letters of field-Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke to his Mother and his Brothers. Translated by Clara Bell and Henry W. Fischer. Portraits and illiustrations. 8vo. Cloth, $3 00.

The Franco-German war of 1870-71. By Field-Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke. Tra.nslated by Clara Bell and Henry W. Fischer. With a Map and Portrait. 8vo, Cloth, $3 00.

Moltke; his life and character. Sketched in Journals, Letters, Memoirs, a Novel and Autobiographical Notes. Translated by Mary Herms. With Illustrations from water-colour and black and white Sketches by Moltke. Portraits and Fac-simile Letters. 8vo, Cloth extra, $3 00.

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Table of contents

Vol. 1.

Holland and Belgium in their: mutual relations with each other since their separation under Philip II., until their reunion under, Villiam I.

Philip II. of Spain (p. 6)-William of Orange (p. 9)Revolts of the Spanish troops (p. 10)-The pacification of Ghent, and its results (1576) (p. 12)-Union of Utrecht (1579) (p. 14)-The Reformation. Prosperity of Antwerp (p. 17)-Sacking of Antwerp, 1577 (p. 18)-Siege of Antwerp, 1584•5 (p. :31)-Voyages of the Dutch (p. 22)-The Spanish Netherlands laid waste (p. 24)-The florescence of the United Netherlands (p. 25)-Independence of the Netherlands (p. 28)-The House of Orange (p. 29)-Louis XIV. and John dc Witt (p. 32)-William III Stadtholder (p. 37)-The prosperity of the Netherlands, a result of the war (p. 37)-.Fall of the Netherlands. William IV., heir of the Stadtholder (p. 38)-The Prussian Expedition (1787) (p. 39)-The reforms of Joseph II. (p. 41)-State of fermentation in the Austrian Netherlands (p. 42)-Interference of: France. Death of Joseph II. (p. 47)-Popular riots in Brussels (p. 48)-Union of Belgium with France. The Batavian Republic (p. 51)-The kingdom of the Netherlands, 1815 (p. 52)-Dissatisfaction in Belgium (p. 54)Reasons for the separation of Belgium from Holland (p.56).

An account of the internal state of affairs and of tile social condition of Poland / 59

The Polish Constitution. The right of the lilJ(3'l'um veto (p. 65)-The Polish Constitution, the election of king, the senate (pp. G6, 67)-The Polish Constitution. The right of the Confederation (p. 69)-The Polish Constitution. The imperial diet (p. 70)-The army. Religious tolerance (pp. 71-73)-'1'he rise of great noble families (p. 75)-Fall of the lasser nobles (p. 78)-The diminution of the royal power (p. 78)-Increasing power of the nobles (p. 79)-The monarchy of the nobles. The pacta conventa (p. 83)-The election of provincial deputies to the diet (p. 84)-Stubbornness of the provincial deputies (p. 86)-The religious differences (p. 88)-The condition of the peasantry until the sixteenth century (p. 88)-The bondage of the peasants (p. 90)-No middle-class, no trade (pp. 93, 94)-Danzig, the only commercial city of Poland(p. 95)-Character of the Jewish people (p. 97)-The invasion of Poland by the Jews (p.102)-Wealth and power of the Jews (p. 102)-Stoppage of all activity of the government (p. 103)-Anarchy at home, defencelessness abroad (eighteenth century) (p. 105 )-Condition of Poland after the death of Augustus III. (p. 107)-The parties: the court (1764) (p. 109)-The parties: the Potocki (1764) (p. 111)-The parties: the Czartoriyiski (p. 111 )-The relation of Austria and Prussia to Poland. The Turks (p. 114)-A glance at the development of Russia (p. 116)-The Czartorijiski make overtures to Russia (p. 119)-Stanislaus Poniatowski, the candidate of the Russian party for the crown (p. 119)-Opposition of the republican party (p.122 )-The Convocations diet, 1764 (p. 123)-The diet increases the royal power (p. 126)-Stanislaus Poniatowski king (p. 127)-End of Poland (p. 128)-The Duchy of Warsaw (p. 130)-The war of 1812 (p. 134)-Results of the partitions for the inhabitants (p. 134)-Measures taken in the Austrian portion of Poland (p. 137)-The extension of the Jews in the Polish territories (p. 139)-Various business occupations of the Jews (p. 140)-Joseph II's care for the Jews (p. 143)-The Polish provinces of Prussia (p. 144)-The Prussian edict of September 14 th, 1811 (p 147)-Creation of a free peasantry in Prussian Poland (p.147)-Dissatisfactiol1 with the reforms (p. 149)-Great success of the Prussian government with the Polish possessions (p. 152)-The number of Poles in the territory of the three powers between which it was divided (p. 153)-The Russian kingdom of Poland (p. 155)-State of affairs in the .Russian kingdom of Poland (p. 156) Increasing dislike towards Russia (p. 160)-The revolution of 1830-31 (p. 160).

The western boundary / 165
Gaul under Roman rule; conquered by the Germans (pp. 169-171 )-Separation of France from Germany under the Carolingian dynasty (p. 173)-The language boundary between Germany and France (p. 174)-Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (p. 177)-Interference of France in the German Reformation (p. 178)-France, during the Thirty Years' War (p. 179)-Louis XIV.'s policy of conquest (p. 181) Louis XIV. and the German princes (p. IS4)-Treaty of Nimeguen. Sacking of Strasburg (p. 188)-Ammeister Dietrich of Strasburg, a German patriot (p. 188)-The desolation of the Palatinate, treaty of Ryswick (p. lS9)Review of the German territory seized by France (p. 192)Deterioration of German spirit by French influence (p. 193)-Rise of the German "citizenship of the world" (p 197)-Attitude of Frederick the Great towards France and French affairs (p. 198)-Supremacy of French culture at the beginning of the Revolution (p. 199)-The participation of the Germans in the French Revolution (p. 200)-The desire of conquest of the French republic (p. 203)-Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor (p. 206)-The Rhenish Confederation; Prussia's defeat (p. 208)-The union of Romanism with Slavicism (p. 209)-The war of emancipation and its results (p. 210)-Germany and France after 1815 (p.214)-The citizen•king. Desire of the French for the left hank of the Rhine (p. 217)-France ever meditating to attack Germany (p. 218)-Warning for national unanimity (p. 219).

Considerations in the choice of railway routes / 221

Roadways and railways (p. 227)-The track and the train (p. 229)-The locomotive (p. 231)-The friction between the wheels and rails and in the whole running gear (p. 233)-Rising and falling grades of the road (p. 235)-Horse-power of the locomotive (p. 235)-Speed of the train in motion (p. 235)-Consumption of time and power (p. 236)-Influence of' the weather (p. 243)-Advantages of the level road (p. 244)-Passenger and goods traffic (p. 247)Examples of grades (p. 249)-Tariff in disadvantageous territory (p 252)-Curves (p. 253)-Running of the wheels on curves (p. 254)-Running expenses (p. 256) -Direction of railway lines (p. 258)-Intermediate traffic; cost of construction (p. 2GO)-Inactivity of the state governments at the beginning (p. 261).

The eastern question / 265

Germany and Palestine

Inheritance in Eastern dynasties (p. 271 )-Difficulties of a division of the Turkish Empire (p. 272)-A Christian principality of Palestine (p. 273)-Fewer wars in modern times (p. 276).

Tile country and people of the Kurds.

The results of the battle of Nizitin for Kurdistan (p. 278)-The geographical position of Kurdistan (p. 280)-The dwelling-places of the Kurds (p. 281)-The people of the Kurds.(p. 283).

The military and political situation of the Ottoman Empire

The condition in Turkish Asia (p. 28i)-Results of the withdrawal of Reschid Pasha (p. 292)-The condition of the Turkish army (p. 293)-Austria's attitude towards the Ottoman Empire (p. 296).

Reschid, Izzet, and the Porte

Contrast between Izzet and Reschid (p. 298)-Reasons for the fall of Izzet Pasha (p. 300)-The future of Ottoman rule in Europe, Asia, and Africa (p. 301).

The Mouth of the Danube

Difficulties in the construction of a canal in the direction of Trajan's Wall (p. 303)-Possibility of a railway in the direction: of Trajan's Wall (p. 307).




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