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will again march in the van,342."Germany will be annihilated,"252.Girandin, Emilie de,327.Goethals, Colonel,238-239.Gorlice-Tarnow, battle of,136.Goschen, Sir Edward,248.Gossler, Gustav von,183.Gramont, Herzog Agénor,326.Greatcoats, English soldiers',256.Greater Germany,184."Great Orient Lodge,"258.Greece,28,141,142.Grey, Sir Edward,146,151,152,153,257,328,329.Gröner, General Wilhelm,281,283,285.Guetant, Louis,325.HHague, The,71.Hahnke, General Wilhelm von,23."Haldane Episode,"160.Haldane, Lord,146,151,152,153,154,158,161,162,188.Hamburg,3,49,137,252.Hamilton, Sir Ian,234.Handbook for English Naval Officers,154.Hanseatic ports,55,56,57,156.Harden, Maximilian,102.Hardinge, Sir Charles,149.Harkort, Friedrich,236.Harnack, Professor Adolf von,199.Hartmann, Cardinal Felix von,208.Hayashi, Tadasu,106.Headquarters, Great General,122,254,278,288.Heavy artillery,227.Heeringen, Josias von,151.Helfferich, Karl,128.Heligoland,8,11,55;a menace to Hamburg and Bremen,55;deal for,55;acquired by Germany,56;Kaiser at,86,117;development of,238;Colonel Goethals enthusiastic over,238.Helots,341.Henry of Prussia, Prince,68,237.Hertling, Count von,89,123,272.Highcliffe dispatches,117,119,121.Hildegard, Convent of Saint,218.Hindenburg, Field Marshal Paul von,181,275,277,281,282,285,288,295-302.Hinzpeter, Professor George Ernst,38,194,199,215,228.Höchst,181.Hohenfinow,124.Hohenlohe, Alexander ("the Crown Prince"),93.Hohenlohe, Prince, Chancellor,60-94;governor of Alsace-Lorraine,60;Bismarck's opposition,60,82,92;attitude toward Socialists,90,91;retires,92,111.Hohenzollern, House of,3,43,114,175,177.Holland.SeeNetherlands.Holleben, Ambassador von,308.Holstein, Fritz von,5,6,60,82,98-102.Hollmann, Admiral,66,67,84,94,215,218.Hövel, Freiherr Baldwin von,190.Homburg,104,180.Hongkong,78,79.Hubertusstock,61.Hülsen-Haeseler, Count George von,119,204.Hungary, defection of,273.Huns,262.I"Idea of risk,"230,231.Illustrated Naval Atlas,240.India,105,106.Intze,197.Italy,8,61;severs alliance with Germany,136;smuggling of arms from, to Albania,141;plots against William ofWied,167;would break away from Germany and Austria,253;and the Pope,265,266-268.Isvolsky,256,257,316,325.Ivan the Terrible,313.Ivangorod,136.JJagow, Gottlieb von, Secretary of State,127.Jameson raid,83,88.Januskevitch, General Nikolai,255.Japan,74;England and,78;watchwords,79;growing power of,79;menace to Russia and Europe,79;reproached by Kaiser,81;"Prussians of the East,"81;sympathies with England,82;alliance with England,106;war with Russia,106;pawn of England,106;free hand in Korea and China,106;Portsmouth Treaty,200.Jaurès, Jean,109.Jenisch, Martin von,118.Jerusalem,90;Church at,213,216.Joachimsthal,190.Jubilee, papal,210;Queen Victoria's golden,238.Jutland,58,161,231,242.KKaiser, Bismarck's fight against,2;his regard for Bismarck while Prince of Prussia,2;his grandfather's successor,3;in the Foreign Office,5,12;at St. Petersburg,13,16,25,63;prophecy of Russian downfall,16;conduct of Russian officers toward,16;relief at Bismarck's dismissal,18;and his father,21;he becomes Emperor,22;and Queen Victoria,26-27;conflict with Bismarck on Turkish policy,28;impressions of Greece,28;Constantinople impressions,28;Turkish policy,28;attitude of father's friends toward,29;his attitude toward parties,30-34;conflict with Bismarck,34;attitude of Bismarck cabinet toward,35;handles a coal strike,36;and the laboring classes,36,322;his welfare fund,45-46;and the Vulcan shipyard,47,50;presented with a laurel wreath by workingmen,50;"orphaned" young Emperor,54;newspaper criticism of,55,57;and Heligoland,55-58;and Prince Lobanoff,61-63;finds seed of World War,71;Tsar asks opinion as to growing power of Japan,79-80;reproaches for Japan,80;at Shimonoseki,81;sees complications with England,83;Kruger telegram,83-86;at Heligoland,86;loyalty to England,87;Cecil Rhodes consults about Cape-to-Cairo Railway and Telegraph line,88;visits England in 1899,90;reconciliation with Bismarck,92;at Friedrichsruh,93;his opinion of Englishmen,97-98;warns Bülow against Holstein,98;his reception in England at Queen Victoria's death,102-104;at Tangier,107;at the Portuguese Court,107;declines to visit Morocco,107;decides to do so,108;reception at Tangier,108;at Gibraltar,108;visit to Tangier,108;the construction of the cathedral and Berlin Opera House,112;disagreement with conservatives,112-114;at Windsor,117;Highcliffe dispatches,117,119,121;"Englishmen are as mad as March hares,"118 n.;Daily Telegraph"interview,"118-119;visitsEckartsauand Donaueschingen,119;"tell the Emperor the truth for once,"119;his mental anguish,119;lectured by Chancellor Bülow,120;"The tear flows, Germania has me again,"121;his attitude,128;fury of all parties against,122;appoints Bethmann-Hollweg chancellor,124;goes to London to funeral of Edward VII,128-130;his reception,129;finds fault with Bethmann,132;at Pless,136;at Nisch,137;at Orsova,137;meets Bulgarian Tsar,137;his franchise plan,135-138;at Corfu,141,204;goes to London at the unveiling of statue of Queen Victoria,142;surprise at "verbal note" from England,148;writes the answer,149;and the naval bill,156-159;defends naval program,160;and Albania,163,165-169;meets Tsar at Baltisch-Port,169-170,249;and von Stephan,171;the "White Drawing Room,"172;and the Academy of Building,172-173;and the Central (Rhine-Weser-Elbe) Canal,174;and the railways,175-182;and the schools,183-186;and forestry,189;interest in science and art,196;Russian foresight,200-201;Assyriology and theAchæans,203-207;at Corfu,204,205,206,249;relations with the Catholic Church,208-213;boycotted by Rhenish-Westphalian families,208;friendship for Pope Leo XIII,209;consecration of portal of Cathedral at Metz,210;welfare of Catholic subjects,211-212;Union of Protestant churches,213;DoctorDryander'sinfluence over,214;presents "Dormition" to German Catholics at Jerusalem,216;and the Benedictine monks,216,217,218;letter to Hollmann,219-222;his theology,220;relations with army and navy,223-245;at Vienna,246;his journey to Norway,247-248;Tsar's treachery toward,249;evidence war had been prepared for in France, England, and Russia in spring of 1914,251-257;hisComparative Historical Tables,251,253,297,298;abdication of,258,280-288;orders churches, châteaux, castles, and art treasures protected,260;receives papal nuncio,263;suggests Pope make peace offer,263;deceived by Vienna,272,273;goes to the front,277;note to Wilson,277;rumors of abdication,277-278;Wilson's armistice note,278;orders retreat to Antwerp-Meuse line,279;retreat begun,279;joyfully received by army,279;in danger from aircraft bombs,279;hostile attitude of people against,280,282;Minister of Interior Drews suggests abdication,281;"fateful consequences of my abdication,"281;refuses to abdicate,281;sends Delbrück to Berlin,282;son declines to suggest abdication,282;address to the Ministry,282;abdication no longer to be avoided,285;abdication demanded,285;calls conference,286;wishes to prevent bloodshed,286;willing to renounce Imperial throne, but not to abdicate as King of Prussia,286;decision too late,287;abdication summarily announced,287;as to the abandonment of the army by,287;advised to go to neutral country,288;sacrifice in vain,289;sorrows at disaffection in army and navy,289;opinions of German people as to what he should have done,290;decides to leave country for country's good,291,294;Entente demands his surrender for trial,292,300;undecided,292;surrender debated in German circles,293;decides not to give himself up,294;letter from Hindenburg,296-297;the Kaiser's answer,297-302;silent in the face of lies and slanders,298;does not recognize the validity of sentence pronounced by any mortal judge,300;toasts the French army,312;tries to influence Nicholas II,313;Tsar's obstinacy,314;receives the Grand Duke Michael,314;suggests alliance between Russia and Germany,316;opinion of American women,318,319;accuses Wilson of wronging Germany,319;counts on American people making good wrong done by Wilson,319;sees dark future for America,319;Wilson first to demand abdication,320;political principles,322;policy eminently peaceful,322;constant striving for peace,322-331;legacies of Bismarck and Moltke,330;impervious to criticism,337;disappointed in German people,337;conscience is clean,337;has confidence in the Lord,337;his sympathy and love for German people,338;is homesick,338.Kaiser Wilhelm Children's Home,46.Kato, Baron Takaaki,68.Kiao-Chau,64-84,82.Kiderlen, Alfred von,132,141.Kiel,109,116,145,246,319,324.Kirschner, Miss,46.Kluck, General Alexander von,262.Knights of Malta, German,216.Koehler, K. F.,299.Kokovzeff, Count Vladimir,253.Kopp, Cardinal George,208,210,212.Korea,106.Krieg und Revolution,285 n.Krueznach,269.Krug, Archabbot,217.Kruger dispatch,64,82-86,88,89,90,91,140."Kulturkampf,"2,33,208,209,212.LLabor-protective legislation,2.La Gaulois,109.Landtag,138.Langemark,187.Lascelles, Sir Frank,83 n.Law, international,301.Legislation, labor-protective,2.Lemberg,136.Leo XIII, Pope,209;receptions of,209;friendship between Kaiser and,209-210,218;Kaiser asks to make peace effort,261-271.Leopold, King of Belgium,


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