Acland, Sir Arthur,81,168Addison, Dr., speech on Munitions,218;Introduces Housing Bill,314Agadir Speech at Mansion House,159Agricultural Rates Bill (1896),108Aisne, the,280Albert,274American Army reinforcements, 1918,276Amiens,151;German attempt to capture,277,281Arabi Pasha,48Armentières,278Armistice, conditions of,283;declared,284Arnold, Matthew,50,147Asquith, Mr., and Welsh Disestablishment,105;successor to Campbell-Bannerman,112;and South African War,115;in opposition (1902),129,134;and Tariff Reform,136;Premier,149;evidence on Bulgaria,191;munition speech, Newcastle,213;reconstruction of Government (1915),214;interview of December 1916,236;negotiations with Mr. Lloyd George,237;downfall of Government,242;refuses Woolsack,242;and Maurice incident,267Athens,184Aubers Ridge, attack on,214Austria, strength in 1915,198;Italy declares war on,200;surrenders,283Bailleul278Balfour, Mr., weakening of his Government,130,133;Budget (1910),164;and conference of 1910,165;attends Peace Conference,287,299Balkans, the, proposal to combine,179,181;German intrigue in,184;suggestion to send Mr. Lloyd George,196;attempt to bring together,192Bangor, part of constituency,78;speech during South African War,117,123Bar le Duc,151Barnes, Mr. G., attends Peace Conference,287;remains in Government,308Berlin,154;visit to Central Insurance Office,158Bethmann-Hollweg, Herr, entertained by,154,155Birmingham, speech on South African War,117,322Bissolati, Signor,Morning Postinterview,353Blunt, Mr. Wilfrid,48Board of Education,134Board of Trade, Mr. Lloyd George appointed President,138;work at,139Bolshevists,coup d’état(1917),272;peace with Germany,272;proposed Conference,295Bonar Law, Mr., unable to form Government,242;attends Peace Conference,287;acts as leader of Government,313Booth, Mr. Charles,167Borden, Sir R., and Peace Conference,287Botha, General,118,119,180;conquers South-West Africa,200;and Peace Conference,287Brace, Mr. W., leaves Coalition,316Brecon,133Breese, Jones and Casson, Messrs., solicitors,41,43,54,95Brest-Litovsk,200; peace negotiations,272Briand, M.,347British Columbia, visit to,114Brockdorff-Rantzau, Herr, Treaty presented,302“Brutus,” pen-name (1880),46Budget (1890), compensation for licences,88;Conference of Party Leaders,165;(1909),162;thrown out by Lords,164,337Budget League,163Bukovina, invasion by Russians,176;Russians driven from,197Bulgaria, divided in counsel,179;Greek conditions of joining war,186;refuges promise of neutrality,189;pledged to Central Powers,190;offers to lend troops,191;President Wilson leans towards,300Bullitt, Mr. W. C., evidence before American Senate,296;Mission to Russia,296Burial Act (1880), case at Llanfrothen,66Burke, Edmund,124;Mr. Lloyd George’s opinion of,342Butler, Sir Wm.,115Buxton, the Brothers, journey to Sofia,184;proposals from Sofia,187Byron, Mr. Lloyd George’s admiration of,339Cadbury, Mr. George,121Cadorna, General, Conference July (1917),262Caine, Mr. W. S.,53Camber-Williams, Canon,25Campbell-Bannerman, Sir H., Premier,112;self-government for South Africa,118;in opposition,129;Premier (1905),138;resignation,149Cannes,328Carnarvon Boroughs, first aspirations to Parliament,75;adopted candidate,78;first election,84Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald,50,72,80,84Carpathians, German advance in,197Castberg, Mr., Norwegian Prime Minister,345Castlereagh, Lord,300Casson, Mr., solicitor,42,95Catechism, revolt against,271Cecil, Lord Robert, League of Nations Committee,298Central Powers, division amongst,223Châlons-sur-Marne,151Chamberlain, Mr. Joseph, Radical programme of,53;defence of,56;liquor compensation,90;Kynoch debate,125;Tariff Reform,136;admiration of,232;party machine and,336Champagne, attack in,252Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Lloyd George appointed,149Churchill, Lord Randolph,53,90Churchill, Mr. Winston,163;Minister of Munitions,226City Temple, speech at,202Cividale,253Clemenceau, M.,270,275;discussion of Armistice terms,282;and Peace Conference,288;leanings to Turkey,300;after-war problems,304;inL’Homme Enchaîné,350Clergy Discipline Bill, opposition to,102Clynes, Mr. J. R., leaves Coalition,308Coalition Government formed,308Coleridge, Chief Justice, Llanfrothen case,68Compiègne,151Conferences, Allied (1915),186;Rome (1917),248;Allied Generals (1916),251;Rapallo (1917),254Congress of Vienna,300Conscription, conversion to,200Constantine, King, frustration of Entente,184;unfriendly to British,190;attempt to build up absolute monarchy,193;exiled,194Cook, Sir Edward,121County Councils, creation of,80Courland, invaded by Russians,196Creelman, Mr. J.,354Criccieth,11,41,73,95,98,123Cromer, Lord,48Daily News,85;transfer of,121;attacks on Government,309Daniel, D. R.,76Danube, proposed diversion along line of,179Dardanelles Report of Commission,178;campaign opens,190;in progress,195;composition of committee,196;failure of naval attack,202;meetings of committee,203Davitt, Michael,52-53Derby Scheme,202Denikin, General,297De Wet, General,116,119Dillon, John,110Disciples of Christ, religious sect17,340Disestablishment, Welsh, resolution at meeting of National Council (1889), speech at Met. Tabernacle,93;production of Bill (1893),82;speech at Cardiff (1907),146,104;Defaulting Authorities Act (1904),133Downing Street, speech on Armistice Day,285Du Cane, Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. P., Munitions Conference (1915),219Dunajec,199Durazzo,180Eastern Prussia, Russian invasion of,176Eastern Galicia, Russian invasion of,176Ebert, Herr, appointed German Chancellor,284Education Bill (1902), opposition to,129Edwards, Sir Frank,98,132Elections, parliamentary, (1885),56;financial arrangements for,94;(1900),127;(1910),164;(2nd 1910),166;(1918),286,306,309;figures,328Ellis, “Tom,”60,77,98Estimates, criticism of (1890),92European War, menace of,170;declared,171Evans, David, schoolmaster of Llanystumdwy,23,38Evans, Sir Samuel,65,97Explosives Committee, formation of,208Extension of Rents Act, passed,316Fairbairn, Principal,341Falkenhayn, General,269Finland, surrendered to Germany,292Fitzmaurice, M., inFigaro,351Fiume, question at Peace Conference,292Flavelle, Sir Richard,356Foch, Marshal, Conference (July, 1917),262;appointed Generalissimo,268;exercises powers of disposition,275;conditions of Armistice,282Fontainebleau,302Fourteen Points, President Wilson declares them,282Franchise, extension of,307French, Viscount, and shell crisis (1915),213Galicia, German preparations,193;fighting in,196Gallipoli,179;evacuation of,205Geddes, Sir Eric, appointed Director of Transport, France,233;defends Transport Bill,323Gee, Thomas, and Anti-Tithe Campaign,62,83George, Right Hon. D. Lloyd, for principal dates in lifeseeAppendix I.359George, Gwilym Lloyd (son),302George, Mair Lloyd (daughter),98;death of,149George, Mary (sister),13,18George, Megan Lloyd (daughter),302George, Olwen Lloyd (daughter),98George, Richard Lloyd (son),94,100,122George, William (father),13,16George, Mrs. William (mother),13,16,18,21,36George, William (brother),18,29,55,56,94German Navy League,156Germany, tour in,150;relations with England (1908-14),160;strength (in 1915),197;advance (in March, 1918),274;mutiny of Fleet,284Gladstone, Mr., Government of 1880,51;in debate (1884),53;letter at by-election (1890),84;at Hawarden,90;and Clergy Discipline Bill,102;resignation of (1894),104Glasgow, speech at, during South African War,117Glyndwr, Owen,69Goffey, Thomas,37Gorizia,246,253Gray’s Inn, first London home,95Greece, as neutral,179;Entente frustrated by King,184;agrees to join in war,186;refuses,197;offers troops and fleet for Dardanelles,189;offers again to enter war,192Grey, Lord, and South African War,115;evidence on Dardanelles,200Haig, F.-M. Lord, agreement with Foch,275Hamburg, visit to,156Handel,339Hankey, Sir M., at Peace Conference,289Harcourt, Sir Wm., approval of maiden speech,91;leader of House of Commons,105Health Ministry Bill, introduced and passed315Henry, Sir Charles,150Henry of Prussia, Prince, criticism of estimates providing for and expenditure on,92Hertling, Count, resignation of,273Hervier, Paul Louis, inJe Sais Tout,352“Highgate,”18,36,40Hobhouse Miss E. and South African Concentration Camps,120Home Rule (1885-6),52,84,103;speech to exclude Ulster (1910),351;for Wales,82,101,106House, Colonel,287;and Bullitt Mission,296House of Commons, suspension from,111;scene over Defaulting Authorities Bill,133Housing Bill introduced and passed,314Hughes, Mr., at Peace Conference,288Indemnities, telegram from M.P.’s,300India, extension of self-government,316Indian Patriot, article in,357Industrial Courts Act passed,316Insurance, National, investigation of German system,150;preparation of Bill,167;passing of Bill,168;inspiration of,332Ireland, conscription extended to,279;outline of new proposals,316Isonzo,246,253Italian Press, opinions of,352Italy, declares war on Austria,200;situation (in 1917),245;German advance (1917),252;British reinforcements for,255Ivangorod,200Johnson, Dr.,50Jones, “Bobby,”20Jones, J. R., of Ramoth,17Jones, Miss, niece of Richard Lloyd,21Jones, Michael of Bala,59Jones, Rev. Richard, Llanfrothen,68Journal de Genève,358Kaiser, the, part played in politics by (1908),156;abdication of,284Kavalla, fear of Bulgarians seizing,189Kemmel,278Kerensky, M., destroyed by Lenin,272Kieff,272King Edward VII,149;visit to Czar,154;death of,164King George V, Conference of Party Leaders (1910),164;formation of Government of Mr. Lloyd George,242;friendship of,343Kitchener, Lord, view of length of war,172,178;troops for Greece,185;at the War Office,210;Munition Committee,213;shell crisis (1915),214;death,232,262,265Koltchak, Admiral,297Kovno,200Kropotkin, Prince,346Kruger, President,114Labour Conference, Central Hall,309Labour Party, joins Government,243;leaves Coalition,307;in opposition,309Land Acquisition Act passed,316Land, appointment of Committee of Inquiry,168;preparation of Bills (1914),170Lansdowne, Lord,163Lansing, Mr., and Committee of League of Nations,298Laurier, Sir Wilfrid,356League of Nations, conception of scheme,298Lemnos,295Lenin, destroys Kerensky Government,272,279Lens,252Le Journal,351L’Œuvre,349Le Temps,349Lewis, Mr. Herbert,98,110,111Leygues, Georges, inEvènement,347Licensing Act (1905),136Lithuania, surrendered to Germany,272Llanystumdwy,11,20,23,39,42,169Llanfrothen,66Lloyd, Richard (uncle),24,31,35,39,45,72,93,101Lloyd, David (grandfather),20Local Veto, resolution at meeting of National Liberal Federation,81
Acland, Sir Arthur,81,168
Addison, Dr., speech on Munitions,218;
Introduces Housing Bill,314
Agadir Speech at Mansion House,159
Agricultural Rates Bill (1896),108
Aisne, the,280
Albert,274
American Army reinforcements, 1918,276
Amiens,151;
German attempt to capture,277,281
Arabi Pasha,48
Armentières,278
Armistice, conditions of,283;
declared,284
Arnold, Matthew,50,147
Asquith, Mr., and Welsh Disestablishment,105;
successor to Campbell-Bannerman,112;
and South African War,115;
in opposition (1902),129,134;
and Tariff Reform,136;
Premier,149;
evidence on Bulgaria,191;
munition speech, Newcastle,213;
reconstruction of Government (1915),214;
interview of December 1916,236;
negotiations with Mr. Lloyd George,237;
downfall of Government,242;
refuses Woolsack,242;
and Maurice incident,267
Athens,184
Aubers Ridge, attack on,214
Austria, strength in 1915,198;
Italy declares war on,200;
surrenders,283
Bailleul278
Balfour, Mr., weakening of his Government,130,133;
Budget (1910),164;
and conference of 1910,165;
attends Peace Conference,287,299
Balkans, the, proposal to combine,179,181;
German intrigue in,184;
suggestion to send Mr. Lloyd George,196;
attempt to bring together,192
Bangor, part of constituency,78;
speech during South African War,117,123
Bar le Duc,151
Barnes, Mr. G., attends Peace Conference,287;
remains in Government,308
Berlin,154;
visit to Central Insurance Office,158
Bethmann-Hollweg, Herr, entertained by,154,155
Birmingham, speech on South African War,117,322
Bissolati, Signor,Morning Postinterview,353
Blunt, Mr. Wilfrid,48
Board of Education,134
Board of Trade, Mr. Lloyd George appointed President,138;
work at,139
Bolshevists,coup d’état(1917),272;
peace with Germany,272;
proposed Conference,295
Bonar Law, Mr., unable to form Government,242;
attends Peace Conference,287;
acts as leader of Government,313
Booth, Mr. Charles,167
Borden, Sir R., and Peace Conference,287
Botha, General,118,119,180;
conquers South-West Africa,200;
and Peace Conference,287
Brace, Mr. W., leaves Coalition,316
Brecon,133
Breese, Jones and Casson, Messrs., solicitors,41,43,54,95
Brest-Litovsk,200; peace negotiations,272
Briand, M.,347
British Columbia, visit to,114
Brockdorff-Rantzau, Herr, Treaty presented,302
“Brutus,” pen-name (1880),46
Budget (1890), compensation for licences,88;
Conference of Party Leaders,165;
(1909),162;
thrown out by Lords,164,337
Budget League,163
Bukovina, invasion by Russians,176;
Russians driven from,197
Bulgaria, divided in counsel,179;
Greek conditions of joining war,186;
refuges promise of neutrality,189;
pledged to Central Powers,190;
offers to lend troops,191;
President Wilson leans towards,300
Bullitt, Mr. W. C., evidence before American Senate,296;
Mission to Russia,296
Burial Act (1880), case at Llanfrothen,66
Burke, Edmund,124;
Mr. Lloyd George’s opinion of,342
Butler, Sir Wm.,115
Buxton, the Brothers, journey to Sofia,184;
proposals from Sofia,187
Byron, Mr. Lloyd George’s admiration of,339
Cadbury, Mr. George,121
Cadorna, General, Conference July (1917),262
Caine, Mr. W. S.,53
Camber-Williams, Canon,25
Campbell-Bannerman, Sir H., Premier,112;
self-government for South Africa,118;
in opposition,129;
Premier (1905),138;
resignation,149
Cannes,328
Carnarvon Boroughs, first aspirations to Parliament,75;
adopted candidate,78;
first election,84
Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald,50,72,80,84
Carpathians, German advance in,197
Castberg, Mr., Norwegian Prime Minister,345
Castlereagh, Lord,300
Casson, Mr., solicitor,42,95
Catechism, revolt against,271
Cecil, Lord Robert, League of Nations Committee,298
Central Powers, division amongst,223
Châlons-sur-Marne,151
Chamberlain, Mr. Joseph, Radical programme of,53;
defence of,56;
liquor compensation,90;
Kynoch debate,125;
Tariff Reform,136;
admiration of,232;
party machine and,336
Champagne, attack in,252
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Lloyd George appointed,149
Churchill, Lord Randolph,53,90
Churchill, Mr. Winston,163;
Minister of Munitions,226
City Temple, speech at,202
Cividale,253
Clemenceau, M.,270,275;
discussion of Armistice terms,282;
and Peace Conference,288;
leanings to Turkey,300;
after-war problems,304;
inL’Homme Enchaîné,350
Clergy Discipline Bill, opposition to,102
Clynes, Mr. J. R., leaves Coalition,308
Coalition Government formed,308
Coleridge, Chief Justice, Llanfrothen case,68
Compiègne,151
Conferences, Allied (1915),186;
Rome (1917),248;
Allied Generals (1916),251;
Rapallo (1917),254
Congress of Vienna,300
Conscription, conversion to,200
Constantine, King, frustration of Entente,184;
unfriendly to British,190;
attempt to build up absolute monarchy,193;
exiled,194
Cook, Sir Edward,121
County Councils, creation of,80
Courland, invaded by Russians,196
Creelman, Mr. J.,354
Criccieth,11,41,73,95,98,123
Cromer, Lord,48
Daily News,85;
transfer of,121;
attacks on Government,309
Daniel, D. R.,76
Danube, proposed diversion along line of,179
Dardanelles Report of Commission,178;
campaign opens,190;
in progress,195;
composition of committee,196;
failure of naval attack,202;
meetings of committee,203
Davitt, Michael,52-53
Derby Scheme,202
Denikin, General,297
De Wet, General,116,119
Dillon, John,110
Disciples of Christ, religious sect17,340
Disestablishment, Welsh, resolution at meeting of National Council (1889), speech at Met. Tabernacle,93;
production of Bill (1893),82;
speech at Cardiff (1907),146,104;
Defaulting Authorities Act (1904),133
Downing Street, speech on Armistice Day,285
Du Cane, Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. P., Munitions Conference (1915),219
Dunajec,199
Durazzo,180
Eastern Prussia, Russian invasion of,176
Eastern Galicia, Russian invasion of,176
Ebert, Herr, appointed German Chancellor,284
Education Bill (1902), opposition to,129
Edwards, Sir Frank,98,132
Elections, parliamentary, (1885),56;
financial arrangements for,94;
(1900),127;
(1910),164;
(2nd 1910),166;
(1918),286,306,309;
figures,328
Ellis, “Tom,”60,77,98
Estimates, criticism of (1890),92
European War, menace of,170;
declared,171
Evans, David, schoolmaster of Llanystumdwy,23,38
Evans, Sir Samuel,65,97
Explosives Committee, formation of,208
Extension of Rents Act, passed,316
Fairbairn, Principal,341
Falkenhayn, General,269
Finland, surrendered to Germany,292
Fitzmaurice, M., inFigaro,351
Fiume, question at Peace Conference,292
Flavelle, Sir Richard,356
Foch, Marshal, Conference (July, 1917),262;
appointed Generalissimo,268;
exercises powers of disposition,275;
conditions of Armistice,282
Fontainebleau,302
Fourteen Points, President Wilson declares them,282
Franchise, extension of,307
French, Viscount, and shell crisis (1915),213
Galicia, German preparations,193;
fighting in,196
Gallipoli,179;
evacuation of,205
Geddes, Sir Eric, appointed Director of Transport, France,233;
defends Transport Bill,323
Gee, Thomas, and Anti-Tithe Campaign,62,83
George, Right Hon. D. Lloyd, for principal dates in lifeseeAppendix I.359
George, Gwilym Lloyd (son),302
George, Mair Lloyd (daughter),98;
death of,149
George, Mary (sister),13,18
George, Megan Lloyd (daughter),302
George, Olwen Lloyd (daughter),98
George, Richard Lloyd (son),94,100,122
George, William (father),13,16
George, Mrs. William (mother),13,16,18,21,36
George, William (brother),18,29,55,56,94
German Navy League,156
Germany, tour in,150;
relations with England (1908-14),160;
strength (in 1915),197;
advance (in March, 1918),274;
mutiny of Fleet,284
Gladstone, Mr., Government of 1880,51;
in debate (1884),53;
letter at by-election (1890),84;
at Hawarden,90;
and Clergy Discipline Bill,102;
resignation of (1894),104
Glasgow, speech at, during South African War,117
Glyndwr, Owen,69
Goffey, Thomas,37
Gorizia,246,253
Gray’s Inn, first London home,95
Greece, as neutral,179;
Entente frustrated by King,184;
agrees to join in war,186;
refuses,197;
offers troops and fleet for Dardanelles,189;
offers again to enter war,192
Grey, Lord, and South African War,115;
evidence on Dardanelles,200
Haig, F.-M. Lord, agreement with Foch,275
Hamburg, visit to,156
Handel,339
Hankey, Sir M., at Peace Conference,289
Harcourt, Sir Wm., approval of maiden speech,91;
leader of House of Commons,105
Health Ministry Bill, introduced and passed315
Henry, Sir Charles,150
Henry of Prussia, Prince, criticism of estimates providing for and expenditure on,92
Hertling, Count, resignation of,273
Hervier, Paul Louis, inJe Sais Tout,352
“Highgate,”18,36,40
Hobhouse Miss E. and South African Concentration Camps,120
Home Rule (1885-6),52,84,103;
speech to exclude Ulster (1910),351;
for Wales,82,101,106
House, Colonel,287;
and Bullitt Mission,296
House of Commons, suspension from,111;
scene over Defaulting Authorities Bill,133
Housing Bill introduced and passed,314
Hughes, Mr., at Peace Conference,288
Indemnities, telegram from M.P.’s,300
India, extension of self-government,316
Indian Patriot, article in,357
Industrial Courts Act passed,316
Insurance, National, investigation of German system,150;
preparation of Bill,167;
passing of Bill,168;
inspiration of,332
Ireland, conscription extended to,279;
outline of new proposals,316
Isonzo,246,253
Italian Press, opinions of,352
Italy, declares war on Austria,200;
situation (in 1917),245;
German advance (1917),252;
British reinforcements for,255
Ivangorod,200
Johnson, Dr.,50
Jones, “Bobby,”20
Jones, J. R., of Ramoth,17
Jones, Miss, niece of Richard Lloyd,21
Jones, Michael of Bala,59
Jones, Rev. Richard, Llanfrothen,68
Journal de Genève,358
Kaiser, the, part played in politics by (1908),156;
abdication of,284
Kavalla, fear of Bulgarians seizing,189
Kemmel,278
Kerensky, M., destroyed by Lenin,272
Kieff,272
King Edward VII,149;
visit to Czar,154;
death of,164
King George V, Conference of Party Leaders (1910),164;
formation of Government of Mr. Lloyd George,242;
friendship of,343
Kitchener, Lord, view of length of war,172,178;
troops for Greece,185;
at the War Office,210;
Munition Committee,213;
shell crisis (1915),214;
death,232,262,265
Koltchak, Admiral,297
Kovno,200
Kropotkin, Prince,346
Kruger, President,114
Labour Conference, Central Hall,309
Labour Party, joins Government,243;
leaves Coalition,307;
in opposition,309
Land Acquisition Act passed,316
Land, appointment of Committee of Inquiry,168;
preparation of Bills (1914),170
Lansdowne, Lord,163
Lansing, Mr., and Committee of League of Nations,298
Laurier, Sir Wilfrid,356
League of Nations, conception of scheme,298
Lemnos,295
Lenin, destroys Kerensky Government,272,279
Lens,252
Le Journal,351
L’Œuvre,349
Le Temps,349
Lewis, Mr. Herbert,98,110,111
Leygues, Georges, inEvènement,347
Licensing Act (1905),136
Lithuania, surrendered to Germany,272
Llanystumdwy,11,20,23,39,42,169
Llanfrothen,66
Lloyd, Richard (uncle),24,31,35,39,45,72,93,101
Lloyd, David (grandfather),20
Local Veto, resolution at meeting of National Liberal Federation,81