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Churchill and, 762–63
and conflict between Edward VII and William II, 107–8
death of, 310
decline of, 312, 321
Disraeli and, 195–96, 200–201
early parliamentary career of, 194–95
Eastern Question and, 197–200, 211–12
and exchange of territories between Britain and Germany, 209–10
family life of, 205
Fashoda crisis and, 248, 251–56, 342
First Hague Peace Conference and, 429
forgetfulness of, 203–4
Frederick Ill’s death and, 207–8
German colonialism and, 86, 88
German naval expansion and, 184
government formed by, 189–93
Grey and, 587
heritage of, 193–94
hobbies of, 204
House of Lords and, 642
illnesses of, 194, 289–90
Irish crisis and, 318
isolationism of, 201–2, 241–42, 245
Jameson Raid and, 212, 220, 222, 230
Khaki Election and, 288–90, 459
Kruger Telegram and, 212, 224, 227–28, 230, 240
Lansdowne and, 338–39
marriage of, 194–95
physical appearance of, 190
resignation of, 310–11, 326
Samoan crisis and, 257–58, 260–61, 270
travels of, 194
Victoria and, 189–90, 201, 206–8, 211–12, 294
William II and, 208–12, 258–62, 264–66, 299
and withdrawal from Egypt, 250
Samoan crisis, 257–58, 260–62, 270
San Stefano, Treaty of, 197–98
Sazonov, Sergei:
Anglo-Russian naval talks and, 845–47
Austro-Russian negotiations and, 877
Austro-Serbian conflict and, 864–67, 869–70, 881, 884
Russo-German conflict and, 874–76
Schellendorf, Walter Bronsart von, 117, 222–23
Schiemann, Professor, 136
Schiff, Jacob, 792
Schlee, Colonel, 223
Schleswig-Holstein crisis, 12–14, 18, 57–58
Schlieffen, Count Alfred von, 284, 355
and German threat to Belgium, 894–95
and German threat to France, 894–96
Russo-German conflict and, 871–73, 895
Schoen, Baron Wilhelm von, 683–84, 686, 801
Anglo-German naval talks and, 702
and German threat to France, 876
Kiderlen and, 717–18
Schwarzkopf, Colonel von, 431
Schweinitz, General von, 114–15, 141–42, 222
Schweninger, Ernst, 72
Scott, Sir Percy, 378, 384–85, 396–97
and bombardment of Alexandria, 421
Channel collision averted by, 532–33
Dreadnought and, 471, 484
Fisher and, 424
gunnery and, 398–400, 466, 786–88
Paint Work Affair and, 525–27
Scott, Sir Walter, 314
“Sea Interest of the German Empire, The,” 177–78
Second Hague Peace Conference, 562
Selborne, Lord, 289, 321, 405, 498
battle cruisers and, 492
Beresford and, 513–14
Dreadnought and, 470, 473–74
Fisher and, 440–42, 445–47, 453, 456, 459–60
German naval expansion and, 184–85
Selves, M. de, 724
Senden-Bibran, Gustav von, 164, 168–70, 223, 263
Serbia:
and assassination of Franz Ferdinand, 859–61, 865, 867–68
Austrian conflict with, 855–73, 876–77, 879–89, 891, 901
Austrian declaration of war against, 869–70
Austrian ultimatum to, 865–69, 879–83, 896
Balkan Wars and, 838–40
Sergei, Grand Duke of Russia, 30
Seymour, Sir Edward Hobart, 280–83
Seymour, Sir Frederick Beauchamp, 396
in action in Egypt, 421, 505–6
Fisher and, 423–24
Shadwell, Charles F. A., 411–12, 419
Shuvalov, Count Paul, 113–14
Siegel, Captain, 431–32
Silesia, German Army maneuvers in, 818–19
Simmern, Baron Langwerth von, 722
Singh, Sir Pertab, xxx
Slade, Edmund, 527–28, 530
Smith, W. H., 203–4
Somerset, Duke of, 649
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, 856, 859
South Africa, 213–17
Boer settlement of, 216
Boer War and, see Boer War
Campbell-Bannerman’s political reconciliation in, 563–64
Chamberlain’s visit to, 327–29
diamond mining in, 213–14
gold mining in, 217
Jameson Raid and, see Jameson Raid
Kruger Telegram and, 212, 223–28, 230–31, 240–41, 244
Uitlander case and, 217
Spain:
Battle of Trafalgar and, xiii-xiv
Franco-Prussian War and, 61
Morocco crisis and, 359, 362, 364, 367
Spee, Count von, 496
Spencer, Lord, 556–57
Stanley, Venetia, 578, 834, 844, 879, 883, 899, 906, 908
Stead, W. T., 627
Sternburg, Hermann Speck von, 367
Stewart, Houston, 375
Stolypin, Peter, 598, 602, 604
Story of the Malakand Field Force, The (Churchill), 761–63
Stosch, Albrecht von, 110, 162–63, 231
Stuart-Wortley, Edward Montague, 683–85, 696
Stumm, Baron von, 811–12
Sturdee, Frederick, 525
Sudanese campaign, 250–51
Churchill and, 762–64
Sugiyama, Chancellor, 279–80
Su Shun, 278
Sutherland, Duke of, 504
Swaine, Colonel, 43, 45, 120
Switzerland, Fisher’s visit to, 425–26
Szögyény, Count, 860–62
Taillandier, René, 353–54
Tattenbach, Count von, 364–66
Tennant, Sir Charles, 316, 571, 574
Thiers, Adolphe, 60
Thun und Hohenstein, Count von, 53
Thursfield, J. R., 444, 447, 450, 466
Tibet, Anglo-Russian Entente and, 597, 599
Tirpitz, Alfred von, xxiii-xxv, 164–85
on abandoning Mediterranean, 827
Agadir Crisis and, 790
Anglo-German naval talks and, 700–701, 707, 801–3, 810–11, 814, 816, 820
Austro-Serbian conflict and, 863
Ballin and, 799–301
battle cruisers and, 496
Bethmann and, 706
Boer War and, 180, 273–74
and British Fleet’s visit to Baltic ports, 850–52
British Navy admired by, 166
Bülow and, 139
Churchill’s Naval Holiday proposal and, 830
Dreadnought and, 485–86
German colonialism and, 135
German naval expansion and, 169–70, 172–85, 244, 263, 269, 273–74, 790–91, 799–801, 829, 848–49
and German threat to Belgium, 896
Haldane Mission and, 809–12, 814
heritage of, 165–66
Kruger Telegram and, 231
naval background of, 164–67
Naval Scare and, 619, 621, 624
on naval tactics and training, 168
parliamentary approach of, 176–78
Risk Theory of, 181–82, 800
Samoan crisis and, 260
in torpedo development, 167
Tisza, Count István, 863
Togo, Count Heihachiro, 471, 474, 480
Trafalgar, Battle of, xiii-xvi, 440–41
Treitschke, Heinrich von, 136–37, 797
Tschirschky, Heinrich von, 368–69, 664, 672, 717
Austro-Serbian confl
ict and, 857, 862–64, 869
Russo-German conflict and, 872
Tsingtao, 171, 242, 276
Tsushima, Battle of, 471, 474
Turgot, Robert Jacques, 325
Turkish Empire, 83, 120, 211–12
Balkan Wars and, 838
competition for railway concessions in, 588, 682
and Congress of Berlin, 198–200
defeat of, 838–39
and opening Dardanelles to Russian warships, 603–5
Russian treaties with, 197–98
Russian wars with, 78–79, 196–97
Tweedmouth, Lord, 405, 499, 576, 801
Campbell-Bannerman and, 558, 560
Fisher-Beresford conflict and, 516–18, 520–21, 529–30
indiscretions of, 529–30
Tyron, Sir George:
Fisher and, 414
and ramming of Victoria, 393–95
Tyrwhitt, Sir Reginald, 397
Tz’u-hsi, Dowager Empress of China, 278, 282, 286–87
Uitlander case, 217
Umberto I, King of Italy, 143
United States, xxi
Anglo-German alliance negotiations and, 307
Austro-Serbian conflict and, 867
Boxer Rebellion and, 287
Chamberlain’s mission to, 237
Edward VII’s tour of, 9
Fisher on, 426n
and launching of Dreadnought, 480
Morocco crisis and, 352, 355, 361–62
Navy of, see Navy, U.S.
population growth of, 135n
Samoan crisis and, 257–58, 261
Varley, Mr., 351–52
Victoria, Empress of Germany (Vicky), xxvi, xxviii, 6–12, 16, 18, 293–94, 303
Albert’s death and, 30
Augusta Victoria and, 34
birth of, 6
Bismarck and, 25, 32, 36, 99
Bülow and, 109–10, 145
childhood of, 23–25, 30
courtship and marriage of, 24
death of, 109–10, 294n
Frederick III’s death and, 45, 207–8
Frederick III’s illness and, 38–44
illnesses of, 294
Kruger Telegram and, 224
political influence of, 25–26, 30–32, 35–37
pregnancies of, 26
Queen Victoria and, 23–25, 31–32
William II and, 23, 26–30, 32–33, 36–38, 40, 43–44, 106, 108–10
Victoria, H.M.S., 386, 389
Camperdown’s ramming of, 393–95, 476
Victoria, Queen of England, xxiii-xxiv, 3–23, 150, 279, 353, 378, 549
Albert’s death and, 11, 13, 21, 30
Albert’s relationship with, 5–6
Alexandra and, 11–12, 16
Alfred’s death and, 294
Anglo-Russian Entente and, 595
Asquith and, 569
Beresford and, 504, 506
Bismarck and, 42, 99n
Boer War and, 272, 275, 288, 292, 294, 296, 685
Boxer Rebellion and, 281
Caprivi and, 111
childhood of, 4
and conflict between Edward VII and William II, 107–8
death of, 297–302
Diamond Jubilee Review and, xix, xxvi–xxviii, xxix
Disraeli and, 21–22, 206
Eastern Question and, 197, 200, 211
Edward VII and, 7–20, 23–24, 293, 297–99, 301
Empress Victoria and, 23–25, 31–32
and exchange of territories between Britain and Germany, 210
extended family of, 20–21
Fashoda crisis and, 254–56, 342
Fisher and, 404, 420, 423–24, 455
Frederick III’s death and, 45, 207–8
Frederick III’s illness and, 38, 40–42, 44–45
funeral of, 299–300, 302–3
German heritage of, 3
Gladstone and, 22
illnesses of, 292, 294–97
Ireland visited by, 293
on isolationism, 241
Khaki Election and, 288–90
Kruger Telegram and, 224, 226–28
Lansdowne and, 338–39
Melbourne and, 5
Mrs. Chamberlain and, 237–38
predecessors of, 3–4
pregnancies of, 6, 23
Rhodes and, 214
Salisbury and, 189–90, 201, 206–8, 211–12, 294
Schleswig-Holstein crisis and, 12–14
seclusion of, 13–14, 18
sense of humor of, 21
William II and, 26–29, 37, 40, 44–46, 106–9, 111, 155, 208–9, 211–12, 225–27, 258–60, 262, 264–66, 296–300, 302
Victoria Mary Louisa of Saxe-Coburg, Princess, 3–4
Villeneuve, Pierre, xiii-xiv, xvi
Virchow, Rudolf, 39
Viviani, René, 888–89
Volkov, Captain, 847
Waldersee, Count Alfred von, 92, 121
Bismarck undermined by, 93
Boxer Rebellion and, 283–87
Caprivi and, 111, 284
William II and, 283–84
Waldersee, Countess, 283–84
Walker, Barclay, 153
Warburg, Max, 720, 723, 799, 801
War of 1812, 398
Warrender, Sir George, 849–53
Warrior, H.M.S., 413–14
Warwick, Countess of, 19
Waterloo, Battle of, xv, 47
Watson, G. L., 156
Watts, Sir Philip, 469–70, 475, 482
Webb, Beatrice, 550, 766
West, Sir Algernon, 571
White, Arnold, 444–45, 447, 460, 518
White, Sir George, 427
White, Sir William, 487–89
Whitehead, Robert, 414
Widenmann, Wilhem, 403, 618–19
Wiesner, Herr, 868
Wilburg, Herr, 726–27
William I, Emperor of Germany, 24, 30–33, 53–54, 75, 137, 151
Austro-German Treaty and, 80–81
Austro-Prussian War and, 59–60
Bismarck and, 49, 55–61, 67–68, 71–72, 78–79, 91–93, 99, 705
death of, 41–42, 91
Fisher and, 414–15
Franco-Prussian War and, 61–64, 73, 77
Frederick III’s illness and, 39–41
German colonialism and, 88
German constitution and, 66–67
Germany Navy and, 167
German unification and, 64–67, 71
Hohenlohe and, 118
parliamentary crisis and, 54–56
Schleswig-Holstein crisis and, 58
William II and, 32–38, 105
William II, Emperor of Germany (Willy), xxvi, 23–46, 94–122, 694–97
abdication considered by, 691–92
accession of, 45–46, 91
Agadir Crisis and, 724–26, 736n, 739–40, 742
ambitions of, xxiii-xxv
ambivalence toward Britain, 106
Anglo-French Entente and, 588
Anglo-German alliance negotiations and, 245–46, 268, 300–303, 305
Anglo-German naval talks and, 698–702, 707, 710, 801–4, 809–12, 814–17, 820
Anglo-Japanese alliance and, 340
Anglo-Russian Entente and, 601
anti-Semitism of, 798
and assassination of Franz Ferdinand, 852, 860–61, 868
Austro-Serbian conflict and, 857–58, 860–64, 868–70, 884–87
Balkan Wars and, 839, 843
Ballin and, 796–99
Ballin-Cassel meetings and, 801
battle cruisers and, 495
Beresford and, 514, 518, 520–22, 526
Bethmann and, 702–6
birth of, 26
Bismarck and, 34–35, 46, 76, 91–103, 113, 115–16, 120, 128–29, 209, 266
Boer War and, 272–75, 685–87
Bosnia Crisis and, 605–8
Boxer Rebellion and, 282–87
and Britain’s vulnerability to invasion, 633–37
Britain visited by, 108, 258–68, 297–303, 680–84, 724–25
and British Fleet’s visit to Baltic ports, 850–52
Bülow and, 138–40, 143–49, 151n–52n, 158, 263, 265–68, 680–81, 694–95
Caprivi and, 110–11, 115–17, 119–20
Chamberlain and, 241, 261, 264–65
childhood of, 26–29, 150
Churchill and, 818–19
Churchill’s Naval Estimates and, 823
Churchill’s Naval Holiday proposal and, 831
coup d’état against parliament sought by, 121
Daily Telegraph crisis and, 684–95, 705–6, 718, 801
damaged arm of, 26–27
and death of Hülsen-Haeseler, 691
depressions of, 692
Dreadnought and, 485
early diplomatic missions of, 34–35
Eastern Question and, 211–12
education of, 28–31
Edward VII and, 18, 27, 29, 106–8, 151–52, 154–58, 208–9, 211, 262–64, 267, 272–73, 297–301, 303, 529, 652–53, 656–57, 680–83, 697
Empress Victoria and, 23, 26–30, 32–33, 36–38, 40, 43–44, 106, 108–10
Eulenburg and, 663, 666–76, 679–81
and exchange of territories between Britain and Germany, 210
expansionism of, 76
Fashoda crisis and, 256
First Hague Peace Conference and, 429–30
first proclamation of, 105
Fisher-Beresford conflict and, 529
Frederick III and, 26–27, 29–30, 32–33, 35–37, 39–45, 105–8, 207
and German-Boer relations, 221–24
on German mobilization, 874–75
German Navy and, 163–64, 169–79, 182–84, 244, 407, 685–86, 790–91, 801, 849
and German threat to Belgium, 895
and German threat to France, 875–76, 885
Haldane Mission and, 808–12, 814, 821–22
Hohenlohe and, 117–21, 267–68
Holstein and, 123, 130–31, 263–65, 267, 664, 674
illnesses of, 679–81
Jagow and, 841–42
Jameson Raid and, 212, 222–25
Kiderlen and, 716–19
Kruger Telegram and, 212, 223–28, 231
Lichnowsky and, 843
marriage of, 33, 37
military training of, 33–34, 37
Morocco crisis and, 355–60, 362–64, 367–68, 522, 663–64, 729
Naval Scare and, 619–22
passion for British Navy, 108, 150–51
personal rule enjoyed by, 121–22
physical appearance of, 104
Queen Victoria and, 26–29, 37, 40, 44–46, 106–9, 111, 155, 208–9, 211–12, 225–27, 258–60, 262, 264–66, 296–300, 302
Reinsurance Treaty and, 114–15
romantic interests of, 29–30
Russo-German conflict and, 870, 874–76, 885
Salisbury and, 208–12, 258–62, 264–66, 299
Samoan crisis and, 258, 260–62
Tirpitz and, 164–65, 167–70, 172, 179, 182–83
travels of, 17–18, 30, 92, 98, 107
Waldersee and, 283–84
Weltmacht advocated by, 137–38