"Oh, mummy, what a _big_ fire cracker!" FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 79: Colonel (now Major General) George O.Squier, Military Attache at the American Embassy.] [Footnote 80: The wedding of Mr.Page's daughter at the Chapel Royal.] [Footnote 81: Mrs.Page.] [Footnote 82: Editor of the London _Times_.] [Footnote 83: Mrs.Kipling.] [Footnote 84: Mr.Edward Bell, Second Secretary of the American Embassy.] INDEX _Age_, Louisville, connection with, I 32 Aid to stranded Americans in Europe on outbreak of war, I 304, 307, 329 _Alabama_ claims, the framed check for, in British Foreign Office, I 390, II 78 Alderman, Dr.Edwin A., early efforts in behalf of public education, I 73, 78; stricken with tuberculosis, but recovers health, I 120; on committee to lecture in England, II 346.
_Letters to_: expressing fear and hope of Wilson, I 121; on meeting of the Southern and the General Education Boards, I 125; after Wilson's inauguration, I 128; while enroute to port as Ambassador, I 129; on changed world conditions, II 142 Ambassador, some activities of an, I 159; as a preventer of calamities, I 166 America and Great Britain, only free countries in the world, II 121 American Government, slight regard for by British, I 145, 152, 190, II 153; strong feeling against uncourteous Notes of, II 74; on handling of _Lusitania_ case, II 79; on being under German influence, II 80, 97 American Luncheon Club, could not adhere to neutrality, II 230 American Navy, its aid in combatting the submarine, II 294 American supremacy, a before-the-war prophecy, I 144; why the British will acknowledge, I 170 _Ancona_, torpedoed, II 79 _note_ Anderson, Chandler P., counsel for Committee for relief of stranded Americans, I 307; backs up Ambassador in neutrality letter to Wilson, I 373; gives reasons why unwise to demand adoption of Declaration of London, I 387 Anglo-American-German "pact," planned by Wilson and House, I 281 Anglomania, charged against ambassadors, I 257 Anti-Imperialists, protest declaration of war against Spain, I 62 _Arabic_, sinking of, thought surely to bring on war, II 26 Arbitration Treaty, renewal of, I 285; significance of Germany's refusal to sign, I 294 Archbold, John D., attempts to explain Foraker letters, I 88 Archibald, James, trapped by British secret service, II 101 Asquith, H.H., opposition to the House of Lords, I 137; at state dinner to King Christian, I 167; hint to, on Mexican situation, I 185; conciliatory remarks at Guildhall banquet, I 210; explains Dardanelles preparations, I 430; his ministry suspected of pacifist or "defeatist" tendencies, I 430; aged by the war, II 141; conversation with, regarding Casement case, and relations between Great Britain and America, II 168; refuses to discuss Wilson's peace note, II 207; in House of Commons speech welcomes America as ally, II 230; inclined toward seeking peace, II 353 Astor, Mr.and Mrs.Waldorf, at the home of, II 380 _Atlantic Monthly_, editor of, I 53 Atlantic Ocean, a blessing to America, I 162, 170, 310; II 117 Austrian Embassy, left in charge of American Ambassador, I 305, 321; difficulties incident to, I 345 Aycock, Gov.

Charles B., efforts in educational reform, I 85; commendatory letter from, I 86 Babcock, Commander, arrival in England, II 274 Bacon, Senator Augustus O., declared he would have blocked Page's Ambassadorship had he known he was author of "The Southerner," I 93, 226 Baker, Secretary Newton D., sees the war at first-hand, II 364; dinner at Embassy to, II 364, 370; Page's memorandum of his visit, II 366 Baker, Ray Stannard, visit at Sandwich, II 384 Balfour, aged by the war, II 141; drafts reply to Wilson's peace note, II 212; reply to question how best America could help, II 219; on the disposition of the German colonies, II 246; friendliness toward United States averts crisis in Venezuela dispute, II 249; much concerned at feeling toward British in the United States, II 251; his home life, II 257; conference with Bonar Law and, over financial help from America, II 261; satisfactory conference with Mr.Polk over blacklist and blockade, II 265; explains "secret treaties" to President Wilson, II 267; conference with McAdoo on financial situation, II 267; sends dispatch to President Wilson substantiating previous reports of Page and Sims on submarine peril which were not taken seriously, II 284; indignant over misunderstanding with Brazilian Navy, II 304; at the Embassy dinner to Secretary Baker, II 365, 370; at train to bid good-bye, II 402; most affected at leave-taking, 403 Balfour Mission to the United States, II 249 _et seq._ Barclay, Esther, Mr.Page's maternal grandmother, I 6 Bayard, Thomas F., accused of Anglomania while Ambassador, I 257 Beckendorff, Count, talk with, II 82 Belgium, violation of, the cause of Great Britain's participation in the war, I 315; sending food supplies to aid starving, I 346 _Benham_, misunderstanding over American destroyer's action during submarine operations off Nantucket, II 253 Benton, William S., Englishman, murdered in Mexico, I 285 Beresford, Lord Charles, complains of attitude of Foreign Office in pacifying America, I 365; makes speech in House of Lords on attitude of U.S.

Destroyer _Benham_, II 253 Bernstorff, Count von, objectionable activities of, I 335; efforts to secure intercession of the United States toward peace, I 403; at the Speyer dinner, I 404; instructed to start propaganda for "freedom of the seas," I 436; gives pledge that liners would not be submarined without warning, II 30 _note_; thought in England to dominate our State Department, II 80; cable proposing suspending of submarine war, II 149; threatens President Wilson with resumption of submarine sinkings unless he moves for peace, II 200; news of his dismissal received in London, II 215 Bethmann-Hollweg, not seen by Colonel House, I 289; tells King of Bavaria peace must be secured, II 181 Biddle, General, at the Embassy dinner to Secretary Baker, II 365, 370 Bingham School, studies and environment at, I 16; selected for honour prize by Ambassador, I 17 Blacklist, feeling in America over the, II 184; conditions change on American entry into war, II 264, 265, 266 Blanquet, General, in Mexican uprising, I 175 Bliss, General Tasker, wisdom and tact impress the Allies, II 351 Blockade, British, compared to our blockade in Civil War, II 55 _et seq._; the American Note protesting against, II 69 Blockade, strong feeling in America against, II 184 Bolling, Thomas, at President Wilson's luncheon, II 171 Bones, Miss, at President Wilson's luncheon, II 171 Boy-Ed, dismissal of, II 108 Brazilian Navy, ships join American unit in European waters, II 304 Breitung, E.N., makes test case with _Dacia_ registry, I 393 British Navy League, activity in keeping up the navy, I 284 Bryan, William Jennings, uncomplimentary editorial on, in _World's Work_, I 87; attitude toward concession holders in Mexico, I 181; refuses to consider intervention in Mexico, I 193; an increasing lack of confidence in, I 193; tirade against British, to Sir William Tyrrell, I 202, to Col.

House, I 206; Asquith's opinion of, 236; Page's appeal to Colonel House that he be kept out of Europe, I 235, 236; regards Ambassador as un-neutral, I 362; insists that Great Britain adopt the Declaration of London, I 373, 377; interested in the Straus peace proposal, I 407; resignation after _Lusitania_ notes, II 6; proposes going to England and Germany to try peace negotiations, II 12 Bryan, comments on his political activity but diplomatic laxity, I 194, 225, 236; crank once, crank always, II 27; democratic party wrecked by his long captaincy, II 190 Bryce, Lord, hopeless of the two countries ever understanding one another, II 39; concern at our trivial notes, II 67; conversation with, on misunderstandings between America and Great Britain, and the peace settlement, II 165; depressed at tenor of Wilson's note proposing peace, sends him personal letter, II 207; in House of Lords speech welcomes America as ally, II 230; frequent visitor at the Embassy, II 315; attitude toward a League of Nations, II 357 Burns, John, resigns from British Cabinet on declaration of war, I 316 Buttrick, Dr.Wallace, intimacy with, I 85; efforts in building up Southern agriculture, I 94; in hookworm eradication, I 99; lectures on the United States throughout Great Britain, II 291; his speeches a source of inspiration to British masses, II 345; asked to organize a committee of Americans to extend the work, II 345; informed by Colonel House of Wilson's disapproval, II 348; warns Page of breakdown if he does not at once return to America, II 375; beneficial effects of his lectures, II 388 Canterbury, Archbishop of, in House of Lords speech welcomes America as ally, II 231; on gratitude shown to America, II 245 Carden, Sir Lionel Edward Gresley, his being sent to Mexico, a British mistake, I 187; anti-American propaganda in Cuba, I 196; as British Minister to Mexico shows great hostility to the United States, I 197; formally advises Huerta to abdicate, I 209; Page's part in recall from Mexican post, I 215 _et seq._ Carlyle, Thomas, new letters from, discovered in Canada, I 60 Carnegie, Andrew, visit to, at Skibo, I 142 Carranza, Venustiano, thought by Wilson to be a patriot, I 227, 228 Carson, Sir Edward, resists the Home Rule Bill, I 137; at Bonar Law dinner, II 119; tells Lloyd George submarines must be settled before Irish question, II 260 Casement, Sir Roger, trial and conviction inspire movement from Irish-Americans resulting in Senate resolution, II 166 Cecil, Lord Robert, incident of the "Boston Tea Party," I 392; receives German proposal from Page as "German Ambassador," II 201; letters to Sir C.Spring Rice on Germany's peace proposal, II 201, 202; Page's interview with to explain Wilson's peace communication, II 208; at train to bid good-bye, II 402 Chamberlain, Senator, presents petition demanding Ambassador's removal, I 259; demands Senate be furnished with copy of Panama tolls speech, I 260 Chancery, removal of, to better quarters, I 341 Children, crusade for education of, I 72 China case, the, satisfactorily settled, II 154, 155 Choate, Joseph H., understanding of Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, I 242; accused of Anglomania while Ambassador, I 257 Christian, King, royal reception to, I 167 Christmas in England, 1915, II 103 Churchill, Winston, proposal for naval holiday, I 277, 278, 279, 298 Civil War, first contact with, I 1; his father's attitude toward, I 5; early recollections of Sherman's invasion, II 10; the aftermath, I 13 Clark, Champ, opponent of repeal of Panama Tolls Bill, I 264 Cleveland, President, an influence in formation of ideals, I 40; conversation with, I 40 Cotton, the question of contraband, I 267 Country Life Commission, appointed on, by President Roosevelt, I 89 Court, presentations at, I 156, 172 Courtesies in diplomatic intercourse, necessity for, I 147, 190 Cowdray, Lord, head of British oil concessions in Mexico, I 181; withdraws request for Colombian oil concession, I 217; long talk with on intervention in Mexico, I 225; great monetary loss in giving up oil concessions, I 227 Cradock, Admiral, does not approve American policy toward Mexico, I 230 Crewe, Marquis of, on Page's tact as Ambassador, II 397 Criticisms and attacks on Ambassador Page; the "knee-breeches" story, I 133; Hearst papers watching for opportunity, I 149, 261; furor over "English-led and English-ruled" phrase, I 258; speech before Associated Chambers of Commerce, on Panama tolls, I 259 Cuba, a problem, I 176 Curzon, Lord, in House of Lords speech welcomes America as ally, II 230 _Dacia_ incident, the, a serious crisis averted, I 392, II 4 Daniels, Josephus, protest made against his appointment to Secretaryship of Navy, I 119 Dardanelles: Asquith explains preparations, I 430 Daughters of the Confederacy, considered not helpful to Southern regeneration, I 44 Davis, Harry L., Mayor of Cleveland, letter to, expressing regret at not being able to attend meeting for purpose of bringing England and America closer together, II 405 Davis, Jefferson, call on, I 37 Declaration of London, Bryan insists on adoption by Great Britain, I 373, 377; history of the articles, I 375; the solution of the difficulty, I 385 Declaration of War, America's, and its effect in Great Britain, II 230 _et seq._ Delcasse, Kaiser makes proposal to, to join in producing "complete isolation" of the United States, II 192 De Kalb, Courtney, congratulations from, I 59 Dent, J.M., loses two sons in the war, II 111; opinion of Asquith, II 116 Depression in England, the dark days of the war, II 64, 81, 94 Derby, Lord, "excessive impedimenta," II 344; at the Embassy dinner to Secretary Baker, I 365, 370 Dernburg, Bernhard, instructed to start propaganda for "freedom of the seas," I 436 Desart, Earl of, formulates Declaration of London, I 375 Diaz, Porfirio, authority maintained by genius and force, I 175 Dilettanti, Society of, dinners at, II 312 Doubleday, Frank N., joins in publishing venture with S.S.

McClure, I 64; the Harper experiment, I 65; has "business" visit from a politician, I 88 _Letters to_: impressions of England, I 138; anent the Christmas holidays, etc., I 164; Christmas letter, 1915, II 110; impressions of Europeans, II 132; on America's programme after declaration of war, II 224; on wartime conditions and duties, II 240; on the good showing of the Americans in war preparation, II 324; depressed at long continuation and horrors of the war, II 325 Doubleday, Page & Co., founding of the firm, I 66; attains great influence and popularity, I 86 Dumba, Dr.Constantin, given his passports, II 30 _note_ Duncan, Dr., president of Randolph-Macon College, I 20 Education: efforts in behalf of Southern child, I 72; church system declared a failure, I 78; organization of Southern Educational Conference, I 83; Southern Education Board organized, I 84; General Education Board founded by John D.Rockefeller, I 84; the South's awakening, I 85 England, why unprepared for war, II 35; changed and chastened, II 342 Englishwoman's letter from Berlin giving Germany's intentions toward England, America, and the world, I 347 "English-led and English-ruled," furor over phrase, I 258 "Excoriators," disregarded, I 80-83 Falkenhayn, cynical toward proposals of Colonel House, I 289 Farming, love of, and home in South, I 115, 127, 128 Field, Eugene, succeeds to desk of, on St.Joseph _Gazette_, I 36 Fisher, Lord, remark that Balfour was "too much of a gentleman" for First Lord of the Admiralty, II 101 Flexner, Dr.Abraham, cites Page as greatest educational statesman, I 85 Flexner, Dr.Simon, interested in hookworm campaign, I 100 Foraker, Senator Joseph B., career destroyed by exposure of Archbold-Standard Oil letters, I 88 Forbes, Cameron, fails to see President Wilson on his return from Philippines, II 174 Ford, Henry, the venture in the peace ship, II 110 _note_ Forgotten Man, The, address at Greensboro, I 74 _Forum_, The, made of great influence and a business success, under editorship, I 49 Fosdick, Harry Emerson, on proposed committee to lecture in England, II 346 Fowler, Harold, in London, I 134; sent to Belgium, I 338; enlists in British Army, I 358 France, not in favour of England reducing naval programme, I 284; a gift of a billion dollars to, proposed, II 218 "Freedom of the seas," Colonel House's proposed reform, I 435 French, Field Marshal Sir John, informs Page of undiplomatic methods of State Departments in peace proposals, I 425, 427; aged by the war, II 141 Frost, W.G., writes for _Atlantic Monthly_, I 60 Fryatt, Captain, execution of, hardens British people to fight to finish, II 182 Garfield, President, assassination deplored throughout the South, I 39 Gates, Dr.Frederick T., interested in hookworm campaign, I 99 Gaunt, Captain, sends news from Washington of Bernstorff's dismissal, II 215 General Education Board, organized by John D.Rockefeller, I 84; assists Dr.Knapp in agricultural demonstration work, I 96 George V, received by, I 135; very likeable, I 157; overwrought condition in speaking with Page on declaration of war, I 309; much distressed at tenor of Wilson's note proposing peace, II 207; as a "human being," II 235; night spent with, II 236, 240; luncheon to General Pershing, II 237; telegram of regret at resignation of Mr.Page and ill-health that occasioned it, II 397 German Embassy, left in charge of American Ambassador, I 306; difficulties incident to, I 306, 345, 359 Germany: ridicules idea of naval holiday, I 279; would have been victorious in World War had she signed arbitration treaty with United States, I 294; attempts to embroil the United States and Great Britain, I 393, 400; move for peace, 1916, II 179 Germany, travels in, in 1877, I 30 Gildersleeve, Professor, Basil L., at Johns Hopkins University I 24, 25; Page a favourite pupil of, in Greek, II 299 Gilman, Daniel Coit, constructive work as president of Johns Hopkins University, I 23 Godkin, E.L., writes for _Atlantic Monthly_, I 60 Grady, Henry, kindness of, I 34, 37 Great Britain and the United States only free countries in the world, II 121 Great Britain's participation in the war, the cause of, I 315 Greek, proficiency in, I 21, 24, 25, 30; II 299 Grey, Lord, ex-Governor-General of Canada, I 150 Grey, Sir Edward, credentials presented to, I 135; high regard for, I 150; his fairness facilitates diplomatic business, I 155; talks with on Mexican situation, I 184, 185, 188, 199; informed as to Carden's activities, I 219, 220; asked to meet Colonel House at luncheon, I 245; note to Sir C.Spring Rice on Wilson's address to Congress on Tolls Bill, I 254; criticized for "bowing too low to the Americans," I 261; depressed at extent of Anglophobia in the United States, I 266; evinces satisfaction at clearing up of problems, I 285; weeps as he informs Page of ultimatum to Germany, I 309, 315; "subservience" to American interests, I 364; accepts Declaration of London with modifications, I 384; joking over serious affairs, I 390; welcomes Page's solution of the _Dacia_ tangle, I 394; letter to Sir Cecil Spring Rice regarding Speyer-Straus peace proposal, I 408; states war could be ended more quickly if America ceased protests against seizure of contraband, I 421; talk on detained shipping and Wordsworth poems, II 103; "a God's mercy for a man like him at his post," II 118; aged by the war, II 141; satisfactory settlement of the _China_ case, II 155; speech in House of Commons on Peace, II 157; nothing but praise heard of him, II 159; memorandum of conversation with, on conditions of peace, II 160; receives Senate Resolution asking clemency for Sir Roger Casement, II 167; forced to resign, because he refused to push the blockade and risk break with America, II 233; guest with Mr.and Mrs.Page at Wilsford Manor, II 288; walk to Stonehenge with, II 292; serious blockade questions give way to talks on poets, II 305; promises government support of Belgian Relief plan, II 310; frequent visitor at the Embassy, II 315 _Letters from_: congratulations on Wilson's address to Congress advising declaration of war, II 234; expressing grief at Page's departure and citing his great help, II 400 Haldane, Viscount, at Thanksgiving Dinner of the American Society, I 213; discussion with Von Tirpitz as to relative sizes of navies, I 278; knew that Germany intended war, II 35 Hall, Admiral William Reginald, brings news of Bernstorff's dismissal, II 215 Hanning, Mrs.Robert, sister of Thomas Carlyle, I 60 Harcourt, Right Honourable Lewis, eulogizes work of International Health Board, I 101 Harden, Maximilian, says Germany must get rid of its predatory feudalism, II 193 Harper & Brothers, difficulties of, I 64 Harrow, visit to, and talk to schoolboys, I 17 Harvey, George, succeeds Page as editor of Harper's, I 66 Hay, John, understanding of Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, I 242; accused of Anglomania while Ambassador, I 257 Hays, Sir Bertram, captain of the _Olympic_, races ship to hasten Page's homecoming, II 404 Hearst, William Randolph, used by Germans in their peace propaganda, I 410, 411 Hearst papers, antagonism of, I 149, 256, 264, 286 _Hesperian_, submarined in violation of Bernstorff's pledges, II 30 Hewlett, Maurice, his son among the missing, II 115 Home Rule Bill, Carson threatens resistance to, I 137; "division" in house of Lords, I 138 Hookworm eradication, efforts in, I 98 Hoover, Charles L., war relief work while American Consul at Carlsbad, I 334 Hoover, Herbert C., relief work at beginning of war, I 333; selected by Page for Belgian Relief post, II 310 House, Colonel Edward M., wires Page to come North, expecting to offer Secretaryship of Interior, I 118; transmits offer of Ambassadorship, I 130; on Cowdray and Carden, I 218, 220; meets Sir Edward Grey to talk over Panama Tolls question, I 246; mission to the Kaiser a disappointment, I 289; no success in France, I 297; fancied security in England, thinks his mission unnecessary, I 298; telegrams, to and from Wilson on proffering good offices to avert war, I 317, 318; declares bill admitting foreign ships to American registry "full of lurking dangers," I 392; declares America will declare war on Germany after _Lusitania_ sinking, II 2; sees "too proud to fight" poster in London, II 6; recommends Page's appointment as Secretary of State, II 11; fails to alter Wilson's opposition to Taft Committee visiting England, I 348 _Letters from_: reporting progress in Panama Tolls matter, I 253; plans to visit Kaiser and bring about naval holiday between nations, I 277; cites further plans for visiting Germany, I 281; respecting proposed trip to Germany, I 285, 286, en route, I 288; note from Berlin, I 296; from Paris, I 297; on the outbreak of the war, I 299; transmitting Wilson's warning to adhere more strictly to neutrality, I 362; explains the toning down of demands that Declaration of London be adhered to, I 378; on German peace proposals, and giving his ideas for a settlement, I 413; proposing that Wilson start peace parleys, I 416; thinks Germany ready for peace proposals, I 424, 425; decides to visit combatants in interests of peace, I 425, 429; talks in Berlin with Zimmermann and others regarding peace parleys, I 432, 433, 434; on appointment of Lansing to succeed Bryan, II 11; on Bryan's intentions of going to England and Germany to try peace negotiations, II 12; reporting success of Balfour Mission, II 263 _Letters to_: comparing the Civil War with the World War, I 5; on the Mexican situation, I 189; asked personally to deliver memorandum to President on intervention in Mexico, I 194; on visit of Sir William Tyrrell to the United States, I 201; letters to Page on Mexican situation, I 205, 206; on Mexican question, I 210, 211; on Lord Cowdray and oil concessions in Mexico, etc., I 216; protesting publication of secret information respecting Carden, I 223; suggesting intervention in Mexico, I 230; on serious disadvantage in not having suitable Embassy, I 233; on rashness of Bryan's visit to Europe, I 235; appeal for attention to cables and letters by State Department, I 239; on necessity of repeal of Panama Tolls Bill, I 247; on the prevention of wars, I 270; asked to further plan to have Wilson visit England, as a preventative of European war, I 275; favouring alliance of English-speaking peoples, I 282; on French protest against reduction of British naval programme, I 283; transmitting pamphlets on "federation" and disarmament, I 284; told he will have no effect on Kaiser, I 287; reply to note as to prevention of the war, I 300; describing conditions in second month of the war, I 327; on the horrors of war, and the settlement, I 340; on difficulties of Sir Edward Grey with Army and Navy officers in releasing American cargoes, I 365; on evil of insisting on Declaration of London adoption, I 380; regarding the Straus peace proposal, I 410; explaining there can be no premature peace, I 417; on harmlessness of Bryan on proposed peace visit and cranks in general, II 13; commenting on slowness of Wilson in _Lusitania_ matter, II 26; on sinking of _Arabic_, II 27; not interested in "pleasing the Allies," II 28; on Dumba's intrigues, and Wilson's "watchful waiting and nothing doing," II 30, 31, 37, 38; on the lawyer-like attitude of the State Department, II 54; the best peace programme--the British and American fleets, II 69; on uncourteous notes from State Department, II 72; on British adherence to the blockade, and an English Christmas, 1915, II 103; on the conditions of peace and the German militarism, II 134, 157; on prophecy as to ending the war by dismissal of Bernstorff, II 197; on the beneficial visit of the Labour Group and others, II 387 Houston, David F., suggested to Wilson for Secretary of Agriculture, II 114; has proper perspective of European situation, II 176 _Letters to_: impressions of diplomatic life, II 151; suggesting vigorous action of Administration in prosecuting the war, II 226; on American cranks being sent to England, others prevented, II 359 Houston, Herbert S., letters to, giving impressions of England, I 139 Huerta, General Victoriano, seizes presidency of Mexico, I 175; attitude of Great Britain and the United States toward recognition, I 180; an epochal figure, I 183; rejects proposals submitted by Lind, I 193; proclaims himself dictator, I 197 Huxley, Thomas H., delivers address at opening of Johns Hopkins University, I 25 International Health Commission, endowed by John D.Rockefeller, I 100; cooeperation by British Government, I 101 Irish Question, the, British difficulties with, I 159; cause of feeling against British in the United States, II 251; Wilson requests Great Britain to settle, II 255; Lloyd George striving for solution, II 259 James, Henry, frequent visitor at the Embassy, II 315 Jeanes Board, appointment to, I 89 Jellicoe, Admiral Sir John, vigilance in war time, I 335; after battle of Jutland, II 141; reply to question how best America could help, II 219; drafts dispatch explaining seriousness of submarine situation which Balfour sends to President Wilson, II 285 Johns Hopkins University, teaching on new lines, I 23 Johnston, Miss Mary, noted serial of, in _Atlantic Monthly_, I 56, 61 Judson, Harry Pratt, on proposed Committee to lecture in England, II 346 Jusserand, opinion of the Straus peace proposal, I 407 Keller, Helen, persuaded to write "Story of My Life," I 90 Kent, Mr., forms American Citizens Relief Committee in London at outbreak of war, I 304, 307 Kerr, Philip, conversation with on future relations of the United States and Great Britain, II 84 Kipling, Rudyard, loses his son in the war, II 115 Kitchener, Lord, speech in House of Lords a disappointment, II 96; criticism of, II 120; Memorandum after attending service in memory of, II 140 Knapp, Dr.Seaman A., his "Demonstration Work" in Southern agriculture, I 95; his funeral, I 96 Kropotkin, Prince Peter, writes Memoirs for _Atlantic Monthly_, I 61 Lane, Secretary Franklin, comment on feeling against British for conduct in Huerta affair, I 198 Lansdowne, Marquis of, letter favouring premature peace severely criticized, II 327, 353 Lansing, Robert, regards Ambassador as un-neutral, I 362; a lawyer, not a statesman, I 369; insistence that Great Britain adopt Declaration of London, I 378 _et seq._; attitude of lawyer, not statesman, II 53; arguments against British blockade, II 62; mind running on "cases", not diplomacy, II 176; answers Page's letter of resignation, transmitting President Wilson's request to reconsider and stay at his post, II 199 Lassiter, General, encouraged on trip to the front, II 245 Laughlin, Irwin, First Secretary of the Embassy, I 133; requested to ascertain Great Britain's attitude toward recognition of Huerta, I 180; tells Colonel House he will have no success with Kaiser, I 285; on Germany's intentions toward America, I 351 _note_; as to depressing effect of the war on Page, I 357; backs up Ambassador in neutrality letter to Wilson, I 373; gives opinion that persistence is unwise in demanding acceptance of Declaration of London, I 387; Wilson's comment to, on Page's letters, II 22; diplomatically presents to Sir Edward Grey the Senate Resolution asking clemency' for Casement, II 167; letters from, on occasion of Germany's 1916 peace movement, II 180; commended to President Wilson in letter of resignation, II 394 Law, Ponar, gives depressing news from the Balkans, II 104; dinner with, II 119; reply to question how best America could help, II 219; conference with Balfour and, over financial help from America, II 261 Lawrence, Bishop, on proposed committee to lecture in England, II 346 Leadership of the world, American, II 105, 110, 145, 254 League to Enforce Peace, Page's opinion of, II 144; Sir Edward Grey in sympathy with objects of, II 163; Lord Bryce, remarks as to favourable time for setting up such a league, II 165 Leaks in diplomatic correspondence, gravity of, I 147, 148, 151, 222, 223, 224, 235, II 7, 276 Lichnowsky, German Ambassador at London, almost demented at breaking out of the war, I 306, 309, 315; places blame for war on Germany, I 322 Lincoln, Abraham, monument to, erected at Westminster, I 274 Lind, John, failure of mission to Mexico, I 193 Literary style and good writing, advice on, II 341 Lloyd George, his taxing of the aristocracy, I 137; landowners fear of, I 158; at state dinner to King Christian, I 167; on the necessity of reducing navy programme, I 283; holding up under strain of war, II 83; aged by the war, II 141; in House of Commons speech welcomes America as ally, II 230; has the touch of genius in making things move, II 259; working for solution of Irish question, II 259; too optimistic regarding submarine situation, II 287; his energy keeps him in power, II 354; at the Embassy dinner to Secretary Baker, II 365, 370; congratulates Mr.and Mrs.Page on American success at Cantigny, II 375; letter expressing sorrow at Mr.and Mrs.Page's departure and reviewing their good work, II 398 Loring, Charles G., marries Miss Katharine Page, II 87; in service on western front, II 375 Loring, Mrs.Charles G., letters to, on travelling-and staying at home, II 88; autumn, gardens, family, and war news, II 92; Christmas letter, 1915, II 117; from St.Ives, II 332, 339 Lowell, James Russell, accused of Anglomania while Ambassador, I 257 _Lusitania_, torpedoed, I 436; bulletins of the tragedy received at the dinner given in honour of Colonel and Mrs.House, II 1; distress and disillusionment of the Wilson notes, II 6 Madero, Francisco, overthrown as president of Mexico, and assassinated, I 175 _Mayflower_ Pilgrims, dedication of monument to, at Southampton, I 258 Mayo, Admiral, sent to Europe to study naval situation, II 322 McAdoo, Secretary, conference with Balfour Mission on financial situation, II 267 McClure, S.S., joins forces with F.N.Doubleday, I 64; the Harper experiment, I 65; anecdote of, II 303 McCrary, Lieut.-Commander, on Committee for relief of stranded Americans, 307 McIver, Dr.Charles D., educational statesman, I 73, 74, 78; as the character, Professor Billy Bain, in "The Southerner," I 93 McKinley Administration endorsed on measures against Spain, by _Atlantic Monthly_, I 63 Mary, Queen, received by, I 136 Mensdorf, Austrian Ambassador, marooned in London, at outbreak of war.
I 305, 309; the war a tragedy to, I 321 Mersey, Lord, comments on the tariff, I 150; at dinner of Dilettanti Society, II 312 Mexico, "policy and principle" in, I 175 _et seq._; difficulties of self-government, II 177; progress due to foreign enterprise, I 178; the problem of oil concessions, I 179, 181; intervention believed by Page the only solution, I 188, 193, 194, 200, 230, 273 Mims, Professor Edwin, letter to, on attacks of Southern theologians, I 80 Monroe Doctrine, the Kaiser's proposal to smash it, II 192 Moore, John Bassett, suggestion that he be put in charge of American-British affairs, I 239 Morley, John, at state dinner to King Christian, I 167; resigns from British cabinet on declaration of war, I 316; visitor at the Embassy, II 315 Morley, Lord, on reforms, I 141 Morgan, J.P., account of Allies with, greatly overdrawn at time of America's entrance into war, II 272; this paid by proceeds of Liberty Loans, II 273 Morgan, J.P.