Moltke and Maupassant.--Belgium past and present.--'The land that will not die.'--The destroyed university.--The cathedral of Rheims.--The manifesto.--The enemies of Germany.--To annex or not to annex?--Arrested scholars.--Italy under the yoke.--A greeting from a Franciscan to Italy.--War and language.--War and religion.--King Ratbert's birds of prey.--Solvet seclum.