[1] La Nouvelle Revue, January 16, 1891, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[2] La Nouvelle Revue, February 1, 1891, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[3] La Nouvelle Revue, March 1, 1891, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[4] La Nouvelle Revue, March 15, 1891, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[5] Spanish insurrection against the French invasion under the first Empire.

[6] La Nouvelle Revue, April 1, 1891, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[7] La Nouvelle Revue, May 1, 1891, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[8] La Nouvelle Revue, May 15, 1891, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[9] La Nouvelle Revue, June 1, 1891, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[10] La Nouvelle Revue, August 1, 1891, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[11] Ibid., August 15, 1891.

[12] La Nouvelle Revue, September 1, 1891, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[13] Ibid., September 15,1891.

[14] La Nouvelle Revue, October 1, 1891, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[15] La Nouvelle Revue, November 15, 1891, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[16] An allusion to the Commander’s statue in “Don Juan.”

[17] La Nouvelle Revue, December 15, 1891, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[18] La Nouvelle Revue, January 1, 1892, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[19] La Nouvelle Revue, February 15, 1892, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[20] La Nouvelle Revue, March 1, 1892, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[21] La Nouvelle Revue, March 15, 1892, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[22] La Nouvelle Revue, April 15, 1892, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[23] La Nouvelle Revue, May 1, 1892, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[24] La Nouvelle Revue, June 1, 1892, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[25] La Nouvelle Revue, July 15, 1892, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[26] La Nouvelle Revue, September 1, 1892, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[27] La Nouvelle Revue, September 15, 1892, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[28] La Nouvelle Revue, October 1, 1892, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

[29] La Nouvelle Revue, November 16, 1892, “Letters on Foreign Policy.”

CHAPTER III

1893

William II receives the Tzarewitch—­Germany would rather shed the last drop of her blood than give up Alsace-Lorraine—­William’s journey to Italy—­The German manoeuvres in Alsace-Lorraine.

January 13, 1893. [1]