isolationism of, xxiii, xxv, 77, 241–42, 245
Jameson Raid and, 218–20, 222–23, 230–31
Japanese alliance with, 339–41, 343
Kruger Telegram and, 224–28, 230–31, 240
merchant navy of, xxi–xxii
Morocco and, 352–54, 359–63, 365–67, 588–92, 719, 724–25
Navy of, see Royal Navy, British and opening Dardanelles to Russian warships, 602–3, 605
population and industrial growth of, 134–35
proposed tunnel between France and, 631–32
Prussian antagonism toward, 43
relations between Russia and, 156
Russian entente with, xxv, 594–602
Russian naval talks with, 845–47
Russian threat to, xxiii, 460, 515
Russo-German conflict and, 871–72, 884–85, 899–900
Samoan crisis and, 257–58, 260–61
Schleswig-Holstein crisis and, 57–58
size of empire of, xx–xxii
South Africa and, 214–16
Tirpitz’s antagonism toward, 166–67, 172–75, 181, 185
U.S. independence from, xxi
as vulnerable to invasion, 627–39
war plans of, 744–48
at war with Germany, 908
William II’s ambivalence toward, 106
William II’s visits to, 108, 258–68, 297–303, 680–84, 724–25
see also Ireland
Greece, Balkan Wars and, 838–39
Grey, Dorothy Widdrington, 582, 584–86, 590
Grey, Sir Edward, 251, 528, 561, 581–93
on abandoning Mediterranean, 827
Agadir Crisis and, 729–39, 741, 744
ambition of, 584
Anglo-French Entente and, 588
Anglo-French naval talks and, 826
Anglo-German naval talks and, 697–99, 708, 710, 802, 804–5, 813–17
Anglo-Russian Entente and, 595, 597–600
Anglo-Russian naval talks and, 845–47
Asquith and, 576, 581, 583, 590, 593n, 906
and assassination of Franz Ferdinand, 860
Austro-Serbian conflict and, 865–68, 879–87, 889, 891
background of, 581–84
Balkan Wars and, 839–40, 844
Boer War and, 551, 555, 557, 587
Bosnia Crisis and, 604–5, 607–8
and Britain’s vulnerability to invasion, 629
and British Fleet’s visit to Baltic ports, 850
on British naval supremacy, 592–93
Campbell-Bannerman and, 557–60, 587, 590, 593n
Churchill’s Naval Estimates and, 835
Churchill’s Naval Holiday proposal and, 830–31
criticisms of, 590
Daily Telegraph crisis and, 687
foreign policy skills of, 583, 587–93
German naval expansion and, 829
and German threat to Belgium, 893–94, 898, 903, 905, 907
and German threat to France, 873, 876, 884–85, 887–93, 897–906
Haldane Mission and, 812, 814
Lichnowsky and, 844–45, 849
Morocco crisis and, 365, 588–92
Naval Scare and, 612–14, 617–22
and opening Dardanelles to Russian warships, 602–3, 605
private life of, 584–87
reclusiveness of, 587
Regulas Compact and, 557–60, 562, 581–82
Russo-German conflict and, 871–72, 875, 880–81, 884–85, 900
and veto power of House of Lords, 661
war plans and, 744
and William II’s state visit to Britain, 681, 683
Grey, Sir George, 581–82
Grey Declaration, 583
Grierson, J. M., 589–90
Haldane, Richard Burdon, 561, 725, 743, 890
Agadir Crisis and, 737, 807
Anglo-German naval talks and, 805, 807–8, 810–15
Anglo-Russian Entente and, 597
Asquith and, 568–69, 573, 576–77, 806
Austro-Serbian conflict and, 883
background of, 805–7
Boer War and, 551, 555, 557
and Britain’s vulnerability to invasion, 629–30, 637, 639
Campbell-Bannerman and, 557–60, 563
Churchill and, 748
Churchill’s Naval Estimates and, 823
and cutting military spending, 640, 644
Daily Telegraph crisis and, 687
Fisher-Beresford conflict and, 538, 540
German mission of, 805, 807–15, 820–22, 825, 829
and German threat to France, 901–2
Grey and, 581, 583–84, 586–87, 590, 593n
Morocco crisis and, 589–91
Naval Scare and, 614
Regulas Compact and, 557–60, 562
and reorganization of British Army, 560, 563
Russo-German conflict and, 900
war plans and, 745–47
and William II’s state visit to Britain, 682–83
Halsbury, Lord, 659–61
Hamburg-America Line (HAPAG), 794–97, 799–800
Hamilton, Lord George, 211
Hampton Roads, Battle of, 387–88
Hanotaux, Gabriel, 251, 254
Harcourt, Sir William, 84, 549, 574
Harden, Maximilian, 741, 798–800
Ballin and, 799–800
Eulenburg Affair and, 673–78
Hardinge, Sir Charles, 700
Hasse, Ernst, 136
Hatzfeldt, Count Paul von, 15–16, 74, 208–9, 212, 222, 224, 231, 697
Anglo-German alliance negotiations and, 245–46, 269–70, 291–92, 304
Boer War and, 272
Boxer Rebellion and, 283
Chamberlain and, 241, 244–45
and conflict between Edward VII and William II, 107–8
Holstein and, 126–27
and William II’s visit to Britain, 261–62, 266
Hayashi, Baron Tadasu, 339
Heckstall-Smith, Brooke, 158–59
Henry, Prince of Prussia, xx, 28–29, 42, 101, 137, 154, 179, 300, 420, 601, 693
and British Fleet’s visit to Baltic ports, 850–51
on William II’s yachting, 157
Hereford, Lord James of, 295
Herff, Herr von, 221–22
Heyderbrand, Ernst von, 742
Hicks-Beach, Sir Michael, 192, 318
Imperial Preference debate and, 326–27, 330
Hindenburg, Paul von, 811
Hinzpeter, George, 28–29, 99, 666
History of Germany in the Nineteenth Century (Treitschke), 136
Hobhouse, Emily, 554
Hohenlohe, Gustave zu, 118
Hohenlohe, Prince Chlodwig zu, 102, 117–22
background of, 118–19
Boxer Rebellion and, 282, 285
Bülow and, 120, 122, 142, 144–47
Caprivi and, 112, 119–20
Chamberlain and, 241
Holstein and, 118–21, 131, 133
Jameson Raid and, 223
Kruger Telegram and, 224–25
naval expansion and, 169–71, 175–76, 179
resignation of, 147
weaknesses of, 121–22
Weltmacht and, 138
and William II’s visit to Britain, 267–68
Hollmann, Friedrich von, 163–64, 168, 170–73, 176, 223, 225
Holstein, Friedrich von, 36, 43, 49, 72–74, 90, 102, 113–14, 117, 123–33, 136
Anglo-French Entente and, 345, 349, 354–55, 588
Anglo-German alliance negotiations and, 245, 270, 292, 300–301, 304–6, 341
Anglo-Russian Entente and, 600
anti-Semitism of, 798
Arnim scandal and, 125, 131
background of, 123–27
Bismarck and, 82, 93, 124–29, 132
Boer War and, 274
Boxer Rebellion and, 285, 287
Bülow and, 126, 128, 130–32, 139, 142–43, 146–48, 369, 664, 843
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p; and conflict between Bismarck and William II, 128–29
daily routine of, 129–30
Daily Telegraph crisis and, 689–90
Eulenburg and, 128, 131–32, 664, 666, 668, 671–74, 678
foreign policy role of, 123, 125–28, 130–32, 148
German colonialism and, 132
Hohenlohe and, 118–21, 131, 133
Jameson Raid and, 212, 223
Kiderlen and, 715–17
Kruger Telegram and, 212, 223–24
Morocco crisis and, 354, 360, 363, 365–68, 663–64, 729
naval expansion and, 171
political demise of, 368–69
private espionage system of, 131
reclusiveness of, 130
Reinsurance Treaty and, 114, 127–28
resignation and, 664, 672, 674
on Russia, 127–28
Salisbury compared with, 202
Samoan crisis and, 260
and William II’s visit to Britain, 263–65, 267
House of Lords, British, 641–52
attacks on veto power of, 647, 650–51, 654, 657–62
background of, 641–42
constitutional function of, 642
Home Rule and, 642
1909 budget and, 646–51, 654
social reform and, 641, 644–46
Hoyos, Countess, 100
Hsien-feng, Emperor of China, 278
Huguet, Victor, 589–90
Hülsen-Haeseler, Count, 690–91
Imperial Navy, German, xx, 160–85
administration of, 163–64
Agadir Crisis and, 727
annual training cycle of, 168
anti-Semitism in, 797
Austro-Serbian conflict and, 862
battle cruisers and, 490, 495–96
Boer War and, 180
and Britain’s vulnerability to invasion, 633, 636
and British Fleet’s visit to Baltic ports, 851–53
British security threatened by, xxiv–xxv
Churchill on, 820
Churchill’s Naval Estimates and, 821–22, 824, 828, 831
Churchill’s Naval Holiday proposal and, 830–32
expansion of, 169–85, 244, 263, 269, 273–74, 360, 402, 406–7, 446, 609–25, 685–86, 696–702, 707, 790–91, 799–802, 804, 808–17, 819–22, 829, 848–49
first modern battleship of, 163
German colonialism and, 137
and German threat to France, 900–901
history of, 160–63
Naval Scare and, 609–25
and redistribution of British Fleet, 462–63
and spread of Anglophobia, 178–79, 181, 183
Tirpitz’s Risk Theory and, 181–82
India:
Anglo-Russian Entente and, 597–98, 600
British rule over, xxii
Inflexible, H.M.S., xix, 151, 390
in bombardment of Alexandria, 421–22
Fisher and, 419–23, 424n, 504–5
hybrid uniqueness of, 419–20
Warrior compared to, 413–14
Influence of Sea Power upon History, The (Mahan), xxi, xxiii–xxiv
Ingenhol, Friedrich von, 850, 852–53
Insult to Our Country, An (MacDonald), 601
Invasion of 1910, The (Le Queux), 635–39
Invincible-class battle cruisers, 464
in Battle of Jutland, 496–97
construction of, 495
description of, 493–94
design flaws in, 494
Ireland:
breakdown of law and order in, 318–20
Home Rule and, 235–38, 318, 556, 634n–35n, 642, 650, 878–79
Victoria’s visits to, 293
Irresistible, H.M.S., Dreadnought compared with, 475
Isvolsky, Alexander:
Anglo-Russian Entente and, 595–99, 602
Austro-Serbian conflict and, 865
Bosnia Crisis and, 604–8
and opening Dardanelles to Russian warships, 602–6
Italy:
Anglo-French naval talks and, 826
Anglo-German alliance negotiations and, 305–6
Austro-Serbian conflict and, 865–66, 868, 876, 883
Balkan Wars and, 839
Churchill’s Naval Estimates and, 823–24
Morocco crisis and, 362
Navy of, 493, 623
Russo-German conflict and, 871
Turkey and, 838
Ito, Marquis Hirobumi, 339
Jagow, Gottlieb von, 830–31
ambassadorship of, 841
Anglo-Russian naval talks and, 847
Austro-Serbian conflict and, 863–64, 866, 868–69, 881–83
Belgium and, 894, 896–97
and German threat to France, 873, 888, 907
state secretary appointment of, 841–42
Jagow, Hermann von, 841
James, Henry, 630
Jameson, Leander Starr, 218–20, 222–23, 227–30, 240
Jameson Raid, 169–70, 212, 218–31, 240–41, 244
Boer War and, 271
Kruger Telegram and, 223–28
parliamentary investigation of, 229
punishment of perpetrators of, 228–29, 574
Japan:
alliance between Britain and, 339–41, 343
Anglo-Russian Entente and, 595–96
Boxer Rebellion and, 279–81
Daily Telegraph crisis and, 685–86, 689
and launching of Dreadnought, 480
Navy of, 492–93, 469
and opening Dardanelles to Russian warships, 603
and redistribution of British Fleet, 462
Jellicoe, John, 374, 384
Agadir Crisis and, 735n
Churchill and, 771–72
Dreadnought and, 470–71, 476, 484
Fisher and, 401–2, 407, 424
gunnery and, 397–98, 787–88
on naval education, 392
and ramming of Victoria, 395
steam-propelled ironclads and, 389–90
Jocelyn, John Strange, 751
Jones, Oliver, 412–13
Jowett, Benjamin, 567, 573–74, 582
Jutland, Battle of, 407
battle cruisers and, 490, 496–97
Queen Elizabeth in, 782
Keppel, Alice, 19–20, 156, 291, 575, 654–55
Kerr, Sir Walter:
and Britain’s vulnerability to invasion, 628
Fisher and, 443–45
Ketteler, Baron Klemens von, 280, 286
Keynes, John Maynard, 313
Khartoum:
Kitchener’s march on, 250, 762–63
relief of, 507–8
Kiderlen-Waechter, Alfred von, 112, 139, 170, 211
Agadir Crisis and, 724–26, 728–30, 733–34, 736n, 737–44, 748, 790
Anglo-German naval talks and, 707–8
background of, 715–19
Daily Telegraph crisis and, 718
death of, 841
foreign policy skills of, 717–19
Haldane Mission and, 810–11
Jagow compared with, 842
Morocco and, 718–24
Kitchener, Lord Horatio Herbert:
Boer War and, 274, 308, 553–54
Churchill and, 762–63, 766, 773
Churchill’s Naval Estimates and, 824
Fashoda crisis and, 252–53, 255, 342
Sudanese campaign and, 250–51, 762–63
Klehmet, Reinhold, 684, 686, 689n
Kluck, Alexander von, 902
Knorr, Eduard von, 163–64, 174, 223
Kotwitz, Baron von, 158
Kruger, Paul, 155, 216–18
Boer War and, 271–72, 275, 289, 550–51
conspiracy against, 218–19
Germany and, 221, 223–24
Jameson Raid and, 218–21, 223
Uitlander case and, 217
Victoria’s illness and, 297
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nbsp; Kruger Telegram, 212, 223–28, 230–31, 240–41, 244
Krupp, Friedrich, 48, 178, 286
Krypke, Hedwig, 717, 740, 842
Kühlmann, Baron Richard von, 357
Lambton, Admiral, 516, 536
Lamsdorff, Count Vladimir, 596–97
Langtry, Edward, 19
Langtry, Lillie, 19, 156
Lansdowne, Lord, 192, 290–91, 308, 321, 337–41, 365, 589n, 592, 903
Anglo-French Entente and, 343–44, 346–49, 562
Anglo-German alliance negotiations and, 292, 302, 304–5, 309
Anglo-Japanese alliance and, 339–41
Anglo-Russian Entente and, 597
background of, 337–39
Boer War and, 338–39
Bosnia Crisis and, 606
House of Lords and, 645, 657–61
Morocco crisis and, 360–61, 363
1909 budget and, 649, 651
social reform and, 643
Lascelles, Sir Frank, 222, 340, 681
Anglo-German alliance negotiations and, 305
Samoan crisis and, 258, 261
Lawson, Sir Wilfred, 330
League of Three Emperors, 78–79, 81–82
Leboeuf, Edmond, 62, 617
LeCompte, Raymond, 673
Lee, Arthur, 533
Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, 61
Le Queux, William, 635–39
Lesseps, Ferdinand de, 83
Letters from the Front (Churchill), 760
Liberal Party:
Boer War and, 550–52, 554–55, 557, 587
Campbell-Bannerman and, 548–64
imperialist vs. Gladstonian idealist factions of, 550–52, 554–64
Lichnowsky, Prince Karl Max, 817, 830–31
Anglo-Russian naval talks and, 847
Austro-Serbian conflict and, 880–87, 901
and Bülow-Holstein conflict, 843
German naval expansion and, 848–49
and German policy toward Britain, 843–45
and German threat to Belgium, 903
and German threat to France, 875–76, 885, 890, 900
Russo-German conflict and, 871–72, 875, 880–81, 885, 900
Liebknecht, Wilhelm, 66, 135
Life of Nelson and His Times (Beresford), 511
Lindequist, Friedrich von, 741
Linevitch, General, 281, 283
Lipton, Sir Thomas, 154, 156
Lloyd George, David, 487, 771, 904
Agadir Crisis and, 731–38
Anglo-German naval talks and, 697–99, 709, 802
and anti-war movement, 898
Asquith and, 576
Austro-Serbian conflict and, 880, 889
Boer War and, 550, 560, 562
and Britain’s vulnerability to invasion, 629
Churchill and, 776
Churchill’s Naval Estimates and, 833–36
Fisher-Beresford conflict and, 531–32
and German threat to France, 902
House of Lords and, 642, 644, 648–49, 657–58
Naval Scare and, 609, 614–15, 622, 624–25, 819
1909 budget and, 646–51