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London, first visit,49;commencement of practice,97Loucheur, M.,287Lowther, Right Hon. J. W.,133Ludendorff, General, attack on Italy,252,270;waning of hopes of,278;suggestion for armistice by,281Macedonia, Allies to occupy,192Maddocks, A.,41Manchester, birthplace,14;meeting of National Liberal Federation,81;speech (1918),281Manchester Guardian, Mr. Lloyd George writes for,98Manisty, Mr. Justice, and Llanfrothen,68Marconi Controversy,169Markham, Sir Arthur,166Marlborough, the Duke of,163Marne, the,280Martineau, Henry,14Maurice, Major-General Sir F., Letter to Press and retirement,267Max of Baden, Prince, overtures to President Wilson,282;resignation of,284Merchant Shipping Act (1906),142Meredith, George, admiration of,339Merionethshire,133Messines,278Metropolitan Tabernacle, speech on Welsh Disestablishment at,26Mezières,274Milan,247,253Military control, effect of divided,249;need for unification,250;unity of command decided on,254;speech at Paris on (1917),258Military Service Acts (1916), effect of,231;(1917) introduced,272;raising of age,278Millet, Philippe,349Milner, Lord,114;attends Peace Conference,287Miners’ crisis, Sankey Commission appointed,311Minsk,272Mons,175,284Montagu, Mr. E., Munition Statement (1916),221,224,229;joins Government (1916),243;attends Peace Conference,287Morley, Lord,112,149,197Morning Post, attacks on Government,309;interview with Signor Bissolati,353Morvin House, Criccieth,45,55Moulton, Lord, and Committee on Munitions,230Munitions, need for,206;committee appointed,213;Mr. Lloyd George becomes Minister of,216;formation of Department,218;trades unions and “leaving certificates,”225;organisation of volunteer workers,228Mynydd Ednyfed, home of Mrs. Lloyd George,69,72Nancy,151Nanney, Sir Ellis Hugh, opponent at election (1890),83,87,105Nantlle, Lake, prosecution of quarrymen for fishing,64Nansen, Dr., proposed Russian expedition,297Neuve Chapelle,199Nevin, speech on South African War,123Newcastle Programme (1891),103Newman, Cardinal,50Nivelle, General,245;Champagne attack,252;replaced by Pétain,252Norman, Sir Henry,163Northcliffe, Lord, and communications on, the Eastern Front,240North Wales Observer, article on Mr. Chamberlain,51Novo-Georgievsk,200Old Age Pensions, passing of Act,150,161;increase in,316Orlando, Signor, and question of Fiume,294Owen, D. Lloyd,42Owen, Rev. John,72Owen, Miss Maggie (Mrs. Lloyd George),59;marriage of,71Owen, Mrs., of Dolgelly (Llanfrothen),66Owens, Rev. Owen,25Oxford, impressions of,326Palace Mansions, Kensington, second London home,95Paris, speech on unity of control at,258;German attack towards, (1918),280;social life during Peace Conference in,300Parry, John, and Anti-tithe Campaign,62,83Passchendaele,252Patents Act,144Peace Conference, preliminaries,286;first meeting,288;correspondents at,289;proposed Bolshevist Conference,295Peace Treaty, presented and ratified,303Pedigree of Mr. Lloyd George,13Pencaenewydd, place of marriage,72Penrhyn,55Pétain, General,245Phillimore Report, basis of League of Nations,298Philippi, Philippo,246Pichon, M.,287Platt, Colonel, opponent at election (1900),95Poisoned arrow incident,324Portmadoc,11,41,46,55,94,96,122;Debating Society,47Poland, surrendered to Germany,273;question of Peace Conference,292,303Port of London Act,145Prime Minister, Mr. Lloyd George sent for by the King,242Prinkipo,295Puleston, Sir John, opponent at second election,105Pwllheli,14,123Queen Victoria,80Railway strikes, threat of (1907),146;(1919),311Rapallo Conference,254Reinforcements, situation, March (1918),276Religious tendencies,340Rendel, Lord,337Repington, Lieut.-Colonel C. A’C.,Timesshell despatch,214Rheims,151Ritchie, Lord, and creation of County Councils,80Roberts, A. Rhys, professional partner in London,97,122Roberts, Mr. G. H., remains in Government,308Robertson, Sir Wm., Allied Conference (1917),262;opposition to Versailles Council,264;refuses position on Versailles Council,267Rome, Allied Conference (1917),248Roosevelt, President,336,355Rosebery Government, fall of,105;resignation,112“Rose Cottage,” boyhood home,18Rothschild Pensions Committee,138Routh Road, Wandsworth, London home,119Rue Nitot, residence in Paris during Peace Conference,301Rumania,179,184;Greek conditions of joining war,186;less friendly,188;success of Germans,196;declares war,235Russia, situation, opening of (1915),178;fearful of Greece,191;diverts Germans from Serbia,192;collapse,272;proposed Bolshevist Conference,295Saar Valley,292,303St. Asaph, Bishop of,132St. Quentin,268,275Salisbury, Lord,248Salonika,179,180,295Samsonoff, General175Samuel, Mr. Herbert, refuses office,243Sanitorium benefit, creation,333Sankey Commission, inquiry into condition of miners,311Sarn Melltcyrn, debate with curate (1887),62Sartor Resartus,46Schools Act (1904-6),136Scotland Yard,319Scott, Sir Walter,50Serbia, question of saving,187;Bosnia and Herzegovina to be given to,192;plan to assist,202Shelley, Percy Bysshe,41Shortt, Mr., Transport Bill,313Sidebotham, Herbert,120Siedlce,200Silesia, Plébiscite,293,303Smuts General,119;Memo. on League of Nations,298Sofia,187Soissons,151Somerset House, investigation of system of working,329Sorel, M.,312South African War, outbreak,114;opposition to,116,117Strassburg,151Stavridi, Sir John, suggests Mr. Lloyd George should go to the Balkans,190Stuttgart,153;conversation at,327Suffragettes, in favour of leniency,325Sullivan, Donald,110Swetenham, Mr. Q.C., M.P., Carnarvon Boroughs (1886),77;death,82Tagliamento,253Tannenberg,175Tariff Reform, fight against (1903-6),137Tariff Reform League,164Tardieu, M.,287Temple, The, London home,95Tennant, Mr. H. J., and shell crisis (1915),214Téry, Gustave, inLa Victoire,350Thomas, M. Albert, friendship with,187;rearming of France,211;Munitions Conference,220,347Thomas, Mr. D. A. (Lord Rhondda),107Thomas, Mr. J. H., and railway strike,313Thomasson, Mr. F., Transfer ofDaily News,121Ticino,246Times, The, attack on Asquith Government (1916),240Tithes Bill (1899),112Transport Bill, introduced and passed,313Treasury, habits of work at,329Trevelyan, Sir George,53Trotsky, M., attempts to declare peace,272Trumpet of Freedom(1888),76Tube strike,309Turkey, strength (in 1915),198;surrenders,283;forfeited right to rule over Christians,300Turnin,247,253Udine,253Ukraine, surrendered to Germans,273Ulster, crisis (1914),170;speech to exclude (1910),337Valenciennes,284Venice,253Venizelos, M., Greece agrees to join Allies,186;refuses,188;Bulgaria pledged to Central Powers,190;resignation of,193;resumes office,194;mainstay of alliance in Near East,300,346Verdun,302Versailles Council, set up,255;functions, and opposition to,258;defence in House of Commons,262;meetings of,280Vienna,248Villa Murat, Parisian residence of President Wilson,301Villers Bretonneux,278Vitry,151Voluntary Schools Bill (1897),109-111Voluntary system of recruiting, doubts as to,199Von Below, General, attack on Italy,252Von Tirpitz, Admiral,269Vosges, The,151War, Secretary of State for, Mr. Lloyd George appointed (1916),233War Cabinet, formation (1916),244War Committee, suggested daily sittings,178Warsaw,176,200Watkins, Sir Edward,100White, Mr. Henry,287Williams, Llewellyn,98Williams, William, boyhood friend,24,29Wilson, President,158;organises reinforcements (1918),276;overtures from Prince Max,282;arrives at Paris,286;at Peace Conference,290;League of Nations scheme,298,299;return from America of,303;contrast,355Ypres,199,252Zeppelin, Count,153

London, first visit,49;

commencement of practice,97

Loucheur, M.,287

Lowther, Right Hon. J. W.,133

Ludendorff, General, attack on Italy,252,270;

waning of hopes of,278;

suggestion for armistice by,281

Macedonia, Allies to occupy,192

Maddocks, A.,41

Manchester, birthplace,14;

meeting of National Liberal Federation,81;

speech (1918),281

Manchester Guardian, Mr. Lloyd George writes for,98

Manisty, Mr. Justice, and Llanfrothen,68

Marconi Controversy,169

Markham, Sir Arthur,166

Marlborough, the Duke of,163

Marne, the,280

Martineau, Henry,14

Maurice, Major-General Sir F., Letter to Press and retirement,267

Max of Baden, Prince, overtures to President Wilson,282;

resignation of,284

Merchant Shipping Act (1906),142

Meredith, George, admiration of,339

Merionethshire,133

Messines,278

Metropolitan Tabernacle, speech on Welsh Disestablishment at,26

Mezières,274

Milan,247,253

Military control, effect of divided,249;

need for unification,250;

unity of command decided on,254;

speech at Paris on (1917),258

Military Service Acts (1916), effect of,231;

(1917) introduced,272;

raising of age,278

Millet, Philippe,349

Milner, Lord,114;

attends Peace Conference,287

Miners’ crisis, Sankey Commission appointed,311

Minsk,272

Mons,175,284

Montagu, Mr. E., Munition Statement (1916),221,224,229;

joins Government (1916),243;

attends Peace Conference,287

Morley, Lord,112,149,197

Morning Post, attacks on Government,309;

interview with Signor Bissolati,353

Morvin House, Criccieth,45,55

Moulton, Lord, and Committee on Munitions,230

Munitions, need for,206;

committee appointed,213;

Mr. Lloyd George becomes Minister of,216;

formation of Department,218;

trades unions and “leaving certificates,”225;

organisation of volunteer workers,228

Mynydd Ednyfed, home of Mrs. Lloyd George,69,72

Nancy,151

Nanney, Sir Ellis Hugh, opponent at election (1890),83,87,105

Nantlle, Lake, prosecution of quarrymen for fishing,64

Nansen, Dr., proposed Russian expedition,297

Neuve Chapelle,199

Nevin, speech on South African War,123

Newcastle Programme (1891),103

Newman, Cardinal,50

Nivelle, General,245;

Champagne attack,252;

replaced by Pétain,252

Norman, Sir Henry,163

Northcliffe, Lord, and communications on, the Eastern Front,240

North Wales Observer, article on Mr. Chamberlain,51

Novo-Georgievsk,200

Old Age Pensions, passing of Act,150,161;

increase in,316

Orlando, Signor, and question of Fiume,294

Owen, D. Lloyd,42

Owen, Rev. John,72

Owen, Miss Maggie (Mrs. Lloyd George),59;

marriage of,71

Owen, Mrs., of Dolgelly (Llanfrothen),66

Owens, Rev. Owen,25

Oxford, impressions of,326

Palace Mansions, Kensington, second London home,95

Paris, speech on unity of control at,258;

German attack towards, (1918),280;

social life during Peace Conference in,300

Parry, John, and Anti-tithe Campaign,62,83

Passchendaele,252

Patents Act,144

Peace Conference, preliminaries,286;

first meeting,288;

correspondents at,289;

proposed Bolshevist Conference,295

Peace Treaty, presented and ratified,303

Pedigree of Mr. Lloyd George,13

Pencaenewydd, place of marriage,72

Penrhyn,55

Pétain, General,245

Phillimore Report, basis of League of Nations,298

Philippi, Philippo,246

Pichon, M.,287

Platt, Colonel, opponent at election (1900),95

Poisoned arrow incident,324

Portmadoc,11,41,46,55,94,96,122;

Debating Society,47

Poland, surrendered to Germany,273;

question of Peace Conference,292,303

Port of London Act,145

Prime Minister, Mr. Lloyd George sent for by the King,242

Prinkipo,295

Puleston, Sir John, opponent at second election,105

Pwllheli,14,123

Queen Victoria,80

Railway strikes, threat of (1907),146;

(1919),311

Rapallo Conference,254

Reinforcements, situation, March (1918),276

Religious tendencies,340

Rendel, Lord,337

Repington, Lieut.-Colonel C. A’C.,Timesshell despatch,214

Rheims,151

Ritchie, Lord, and creation of County Councils,80

Roberts, A. Rhys, professional partner in London,97,122

Roberts, Mr. G. H., remains in Government,308

Robertson, Sir Wm., Allied Conference (1917),262;

opposition to Versailles Council,264;

refuses position on Versailles Council,267

Rome, Allied Conference (1917),248

Roosevelt, President,336,355

Rosebery Government, fall of,105;

resignation,112

“Rose Cottage,” boyhood home,18

Rothschild Pensions Committee,138

Routh Road, Wandsworth, London home,119

Rue Nitot, residence in Paris during Peace Conference,301

Rumania,179,184;

Greek conditions of joining war,186;

less friendly,188;

success of Germans,196;

declares war,235

Russia, situation, opening of (1915),178;

fearful of Greece,191;

diverts Germans from Serbia,192;

collapse,272;

proposed Bolshevist Conference,295

Saar Valley,292,303

St. Asaph, Bishop of,132

St. Quentin,268,275

Salisbury, Lord,248

Salonika,179,180,295

Samsonoff, General175

Samuel, Mr. Herbert, refuses office,243

Sanitorium benefit, creation,333

Sankey Commission, inquiry into condition of miners,311

Sarn Melltcyrn, debate with curate (1887),62

Sartor Resartus,46

Schools Act (1904-6),136

Scotland Yard,319

Scott, Sir Walter,50

Serbia, question of saving,187;

Bosnia and Herzegovina to be given to,192;

plan to assist,202

Shelley, Percy Bysshe,41

Shortt, Mr., Transport Bill,313

Sidebotham, Herbert,120

Siedlce,200

Silesia, Plébiscite,293,303

Smuts General,119;

Memo. on League of Nations,298

Sofia,187

Soissons,151

Somerset House, investigation of system of working,329

Sorel, M.,312

South African War, outbreak,114;

opposition to,116,117

Strassburg,151

Stavridi, Sir John, suggests Mr. Lloyd George should go to the Balkans,190

Stuttgart,153;

conversation at,327

Suffragettes, in favour of leniency,325

Sullivan, Donald,110

Swetenham, Mr. Q.C., M.P., Carnarvon Boroughs (1886),77;

death,82

Tagliamento,253

Tannenberg,175

Tariff Reform, fight against (1903-6),137

Tariff Reform League,164

Tardieu, M.,287

Temple, The, London home,95

Tennant, Mr. H. J., and shell crisis (1915),214

Téry, Gustave, inLa Victoire,350

Thomas, M. Albert, friendship with,187;

rearming of France,211;

Munitions Conference,220,347

Thomas, Mr. D. A. (Lord Rhondda),107

Thomas, Mr. J. H., and railway strike,313

Thomasson, Mr. F., Transfer ofDaily News,121

Ticino,246

Times, The, attack on Asquith Government (1916),240

Tithes Bill (1899),112

Transport Bill, introduced and passed,313

Treasury, habits of work at,329

Trevelyan, Sir George,53

Trotsky, M., attempts to declare peace,272

Trumpet of Freedom(1888),76

Tube strike,309

Turkey, strength (in 1915),198;

surrenders,283;

forfeited right to rule over Christians,300

Turnin,247,253

Udine,253

Ukraine, surrendered to Germans,273

Ulster, crisis (1914),170;

speech to exclude (1910),337

Valenciennes,284

Venice,253

Venizelos, M., Greece agrees to join Allies,186;

refuses,188;

Bulgaria pledged to Central Powers,190;

resignation of,193;

resumes office,194;

mainstay of alliance in Near East,300,346

Verdun,302

Versailles Council, set up,255;

functions, and opposition to,258;

defence in House of Commons,262;

meetings of,280

Vienna,248

Villa Murat, Parisian residence of President Wilson,301

Villers Bretonneux,278

Vitry,151

Voluntary Schools Bill (1897),109-111

Voluntary system of recruiting, doubts as to,199

Von Below, General, attack on Italy,252

Von Tirpitz, Admiral,269

Vosges, The,151

War, Secretary of State for, Mr. Lloyd George appointed (1916),233

War Cabinet, formation (1916),244

War Committee, suggested daily sittings,178

Warsaw,176,200

Watkins, Sir Edward,100

White, Mr. Henry,287

Williams, Llewellyn,98

Williams, William, boyhood friend,24,29

Wilson, President,158;

organises reinforcements (1918),276;

overtures from Prince Max,282;

arrives at Paris,286;

at Peace Conference,290;

League of Nations scheme,298,299;

return from America of,303;

contrast,355

Ypres,199,252

Zeppelin, Count,153


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