Preface signed: Kenneth Headlam-Morley, Agnes Headlam-Morley.

"This book of essays is with one exception a collection of memoranda written by Sir James Headlam-Morley during the ten years in which he was Historical adviser to the Foreign office."

Introduction.--The British government and arbitration.--British policy towards Egypt.--Treaties of guarantee.--The guarantee to Greece by the three protecting powers.--The problem of security: (I) The guarantee treaties 1814/5-1919. A comparison. (II) England and the Low Countries. (III) British policy and the Geneva protocol for the pacific settlement of international disputes.--The acquisition of Cyprus in 1878.--The Black Sea, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles.--Proposals for the reduction of armaments.