Baron, a telling remark by, 104 and Roumanian peace overtures, 260, 262, 319 Reichstag, the, a peace resolution passed in, 156 demands peace without annexation, 156, 160 Renner and the Stockholm Congress, 168 Republicans _v._ Monarchists, 52 Ressel, Colonel, 264 Revertera negotiates for peace, 164, 169 Revolution, danger of, 147 Rhondda, Lord, British Food Controller, 151 Ribot confers with Orlando, 164 statement by, 152 Richthofen brothers, the, 246 Rosenberg meets author at Brest, 219 Roumania, 77 _et seq._ a change of Government in, 81 a land of contrasts, 84 affairs in, after Sarajevo tragedy, 86 and the Peace of Bucharest, 6 author's negotiations for peace, 258 between two stools, 261 declares war, 100, 279 espionage in, 97 freedom of the Press in, 84 Germany and, 262, 267 her treachery to Central Powers, 262 how news of Sarajevo tragedy was received in, 86 Marghiloman forms a Cabinet, 266 negotiations for peace, 318 out of action, 23 peace concluded with, 323 question of annexations of, 159, 207 question of her neutrality, 12, 95 Russian gold in, 111 social conditions in, 85 ultimatum to, 12, 262 why she entered the war, 3 Roumanian invasion of Transylvania, 108 Roumanians, mistaken views of strength of, 261 their love of travel, 85 Rudolf, Crown Prince, and Franz Ferdinand, 37 Russia, a contemplated peace with, 211 abdication of the Tsar, 142 an appeal to German soldiers, 249 begins military operations without a declaration of war, 3 Bolshevism in, 211, 216, 229 declares for cessation of hostilities, 318 differences of opinion in, as to continuance of war, 211 _et seq._ enters the war, 7 Francis Joseph's inquiry as to a possible revolution in, 105 her responsibility for Great War, 10 incites German army to revolt, 317 negotiations for peace, 298 out of action, 23 peace treaty signed, 318 prepared for war, 112 the military party in, 2, 9 ultimatum to Roumania, 262 Russian Revolution, the, 142, 147, 211 _et seq._ Russians, their fear of Trotski, 237 Ruthenian districts of Hungary, Ukrainian demands, 242 =S= Sacharow, General, murder of, 220 St.Mihiel, author at, 73 St.Privat, reminiscences of, 74 Salzburg negotiations, the, 210 Sarajevo, the tragedy of, 6, 49 sounds death knell of the Monarchy, 32 Sassonoff, a momentous statement by, 88 attitude of, after declaration of war, 8 visits Bucharest, 112 Satonski, Wladimir Petrowitch, 302 Schachrai, W.M., at Brest, 301 Schonburg, Alvis, and the Emperor Charles, 61 Schoenerer, Deputy, Franz Ferdinand and, 50 Secret diplomacy, abolition of: author's views, 306-7 Sedan, a house with a history at, 74 Seidler, Dr.von, a _faux pas_ by, 56 and the food shortage, 240 and the partition of Galicia, 209 and the Ukrainian question, 208, 242, 243 apathetic attitude of, 238, 239 author's meeting with, 230 visits South Slav provinces, 59 Seitz, and the Stockholm Conference, 168 Serbia, arrogance of, 6 ultimatum to, 7 Sewrjuk, M., 240 Sixtus, Prince, letters from Emperor Charles to, 164 Skobeleff and the Mensheviks, 211 Skrzynski, Herr von, 250 Slapowszky, Johann, tragic death of, 89 Slav provinces, a visit by the Emperor to, 59 Smuts, General, interview with Mennsdorff, 170 Social Democrats and the question of peace, 26, 30 and the Stockholm Conference, 168, 333 Hungarian, 243 opposed to sacrifice of Alsace-Lorraine, 71 "Social Patriots," Russian, 211 Social Revolutionary Party, the, 212 Socialists and offensive against Central Powers, 211 Spanish reports of war-weariness in England and France, 143 Stirbey, Prince, 263 Stockholm, a Socialist Conference at, 168, 333 Russians ask for a conference at, 229 Stockholm Congress, negative result of, 169 Strikes and their danger, 310 Stumm, von, on Ukrainian claims, 241 Sturdza, Lieut.-Col., extraordinary behaviour of, 83 Stuergkh, Count, 18 (note) recollections of, 46 Submarine warfare, author's note to American Government on, 279 Czernin on, 334 destruction without warning justified, 283 enemy losses in, 290 enemy's "statistical smoke-screens" as to, 289 question of safety of passengers and crew, 282 speech by Dr.Helfferich on, 288 why adopted by Central Powers, 281 _et seq._ (_See also_ U-boats) Suedekum, Herr, and Austria-Hungary's peace proposals, 155, 333 Supreme Military and Naval Command, conditions of, for peace negotiations, 159 Switzerland, reported disturbances in: author's disclaimer, 335 Sycophancy in high places, 58, 60, 62, 63, 64 Sylvester, Dr., and the German-Austrian National Assembly, 26 =T= Talaat Pasha arrives at Brest, 233 influence of, 143 threatens to resign, 269 Talleyrand, a dictum of, 174 Tarnowski, Count, author's opinion of, 110 German Ambassador to Washington, 127 Thomas, M., war speech on Russian front, 214 Tisza, Count Stephen, 18 (note) a characteristic letter from, 200 advocates unrestricted U-boat warfare, 115, 334 and American intervention, 123 and author's appointment to Bucharest, 78 and cession of Hungarian territory, 135 and control of foreign policy, 134 and the Stockholm Conference, 168 assassination of, 137 at a U-boat campaign conference, 121 author's conference with, 27, 28 defends Count Czernin, 108 dismissal of, 136, 203 Franz Ferdinand and, 38 his influence in Hungary, 27 leads anti-Roumanian party, 77 lively correspondence with author, 128 on dangers of pessimism, 154 on the Treaty of London, 28 opposes annexation of Roumania, 207 opposes the war, 10 opposes U-boat warfare, 131, 334 peace proposal of, 139 _pro-memoria_ of, on Roumanian peace negotiations, 258 question of frontier rectifications, 319 refuses cession of Hungarian territory, 107 speech at conference on Polish question, 206 tribute to, 137 views regarding Poland, 200 visits the Southern Slavs, 30 Transylvania, 173 opposition to cession of, 107 proposed cession of, 28, 50 Roumanian invasion of, 108 Trentino, the, offered to Italy, 75 Trieste, Entente proposals regarding, 170, 173 "Tripartite solution" of Polish question, Tisza on, 201 Trnka and the Customs dues, 168 Trotski, a tactical blunder by, 236 accepts the German-Austria ultimatum, 235 and the Internationalist party, 211 arrives at Brest, 232 declines to sign, 250 his brother-in-law Kameneff, 220 his library, 235, 236 negotiations with, 247 opposed to ill-treatment of war prisoners, 236 ultimatum to, 234 Trudoviks, the, 212 Tscheidse, and the Mensheviks, 211, 213 Tschernow, speaks at Peasants' Congress, 212 Tschirsky, Herr von, a momentous communication to Berchtold, 7 and a telegram from King George, 9 his desire for war, 32 untactful diplomacy of, 10 Tseretelli and the Menshevik party, 211 Turkey, a dispute with Bulgaria, 268 asks for munitions, 95 how the Sultan was deposed, 233 probable secession of, 269 Turkish Grand Vizier arrives at Brest, 233 Turks, a reported advance by a hostile Power for a separate peace, 143 at Brest Conference, 223 Tyrol, the, German troops in, 24 =U= U-boat warfare, 114 _et seq._ a conference in Vienna on, 121 "a terrible mistake", 126 and America's entry into the war, 126 and why adopted by Germany, 16 Czernin on, 148 political arguments against, 117, 118 what it achieved, 178 (_See also_ Submarine warfare) Ugron, Herr von, and the "tripartite" solution of Polish question, 201 Ukraine and Petersburg, 309 Bolshevik destruction in, 252 food supplies from, 251 _et seq._, 315 military action in, and the consequences, 253 peace concluded with, 249 revolution in, 253 survey of imports from, 255 treaty signed, 317 Ukrainian Army General Committee appointed, 214 delegates at Brest, 231, 300 Workers' and Peasants' Government, a declaration from, 301 Ukrainians and their demands, 208, 240, 314 dictatorial attitude of, 241 negotiations with, 315 United States, the, scarcity of supplies in, 294 (_See also_ America) =V= Versailles, opening of Peace Congress at, 196 the Council of Four at, 271 the Peace of, 18, 19, 271 terrible nature of, 273 triumph of Entente at, 186 Vienna, a council in, 121 differences of opinion in, 77 disastrous effects of troubles in, 250 disturbances in, 58 food shortage and strikes in, 238, 239, 241, 314 politicians' views on peace proposals, 230 psychology of, 197 warlike demonstrations at, after Sarajevo tragedy, 33 Vredenburch, Herr von, Dutch Ambassador to Roumania, 104 =W= Wales, Prince of (_see_ Edward VII., King) Wallachia, occupation of, 99, 105 Wallhead, Mr., 295 Washington Cabinet, and Austria-Hungary's attitude to submarine warfare, 279 Wassilko, Nikolay, leader of Austrian Ruthenians, 247, 249 Wedel, Count, calls on Count Czernin, 127 disclosures of, 161 (note) revelations of, 155 (note) Weisskirchner, Burgemeister, coins the term "bread peace," 257 Wekerle, Dr., and the Polish question, 203 author and, 136, 230 on the Ukrainian question, 242 standpoint of, on Roumanian peace negotiations, 260, 319 Western front, an Entente break-through on, 183 Western Powers, the, and Germany's ambitions, 2 Wiesner, Ambassador, von, and a Pan-German, 161 at Brest-Litovsk, 236 author discusses Russian peace with, 219 Wilhelm, Crown Prince, and Franz Ferdinand, 43 anxious for peace, 72 author's conversation with, 74 his quarters at Sedan, 74 William I.and Bismarck, 65 William II., Emperor, and Bismarck, 52 and Franz Ferdinand, 42 and the German Supreme Military Command, 17 as _causeur_, 66 as the "elect of God," 52, 53 cause of his ruin, 62 _et seq._ demonstrations against, in the Reichstag, 54 desires to help deposed Tsar, 70 difficulties of his political advisers, 60 fails to find favour in England, 63 his projected division of the world, 67 impending trial of: author's protest, 66 informed of serious nature of situation for Allies, 332 instructions to Kuehlmann, 249 long years of peaceful government, 68 longs for peace, 70 on food troubles in England, 145 on impending attack on Italian front, 71 presents author with "Der Kaiser im Felde," 64 Prince Hohenlohe and, 65 question of his abdication, 75 the Press and, 65 warlike speeches of, 68 Wilson, President, advantages of his "Fourteen Points," 188 as master of the world, 192 author on his Message, 305 Count Andrassy's Note to, 25 Count Czernin on, 192 Entente's reply to his peace proposal, 118, 120, 123 his Fourteen Points and the Peace of Versailles, 271 on the freedom of the seas, 281 ready to consider peace, 250 reopens hopes of a peace of understanding, 189 speech to Congress, 193 text of the Fourteen Points, 323 Wolf, K.H., a scene in the "Burg," 169 World-domination, Germany's dream of, 1, 2 World organization, a new, principles of, 174 _et seq._ World War, the, an important phase of, 107 attempts at peace, 134 _et seq._ author's impressions and reflections on, 195 _et seq._, 271 _et seq._ by whom started, 18 (note) causes of, 3 President Wilson and, 188 _et seq._ questions of responsibility for outbreak of, 2 World War, the, U-boat warfare in, 114 _et seq._ (_see also_ Submarine warfare and U-boat) violent measures adopted by Germany in, 16 =Z= Zeppelin raids on Bucharest, 100 Zimmermann, Herr, and author's peace proposals, 146 opposes unrestricted U-boat warfare, 115, 120 _Zimmerwalder_ (Russian Internationalists), 211 PRINTED BY CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED, LA BELLE SAUVAGE, LONDON, E.C.

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