Excerpt from The Crime The Crime was written between August, 1915, and November, 1916. It was entrusted to the printers in December, 1916. The important events which supervened after the completion of the work, and which may possibly represent the beginning of the end of the sanguinary struggle of the nations, could only be considered in part in the concluding chapter on War Aims, and in various footnotes inserted throughout the book at the appropriate passages. The substance of my arraignment will in no way be affected by the later course of events, whatever may be in store for us in the near or more distant future, whether it be the continuation of the contest or its conclusion so much desired by all the nations. The perpetrator remains responsible for his deed, even although sooner or later an end may be put to its consequences. Only the settlement of the vast account will reveal the guilt of the guilty in its true magnitude; not until the curtain falls will the authors of this, the most ghastly of all human tragedies, be delivered for judgment into the hands of the critics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.