INDEX
[A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [J], [K], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [R], [S], [T], [U], [V], [W], [Y], [Z]
Aden, [85]
Adler Line, [7]
Aehrenthal, Count, [141]
Agadir incident, [162]
Agents, emigration, work of, [8]
Alsace-Lorraine, problem of, [272]
America, [12]
Amerika, [25], [106], [129]
Andersen, Mr., and the Danish Royal Family, [99]
Anglo-American Alliance, Ballin’s opinion of, [256]
Anglo-German rapprochement, [134]
shipping agreement, [18]
understanding, [164], [165]
advantage of, [136]
Ballin as negotiator, [136]
failure of, [133]
Anglo-Russian agreement, [137]
Antwerp, [81], [82]
Aquitania, [113]
Asquith, Mr. H. H., [262]
on Lord Haldane’s mission, [177]
speech on Navy, [154]
Atlantic Conference, [111]
Atlantic Transport-Leyland Co., enlargement of, [45]
Auguste Victoria, [25], [27], [72], [75], [193], [196]
Australia, [12]
Austria, need of compromise with Italy, [242]
Austria-Hungary, strained relations between, [251]
Austro-German Zollverein, [251]
Baden-Powell, General, and the German menace, [138]
Bagdad Railway, [189]
Baker, B. N., American shipping magnate, [42]
comes to Europe, [44]
Baker, B. N., discusses terms of community of interest agreement, [42]
Balkan States, and Germany, [251]
Ballin, Albert, adopts Lord Pirrie’s advice, [44]
advises peace overtures, [245]
after the war problems, [255]
agreement with Harland and Wolff, [122]
American appreciation of, [308]
an English journalist on, [293]
ancestry of, [2]
and Admiral v. Tirpitz, [237]
and Adolph Woermann, [107]
and Anglo-German rapprochement, [134]
and Carl Laeisz, [294]
and Count Tisza, [252]
and Count Waldersee, [194]
and Government subsidies, [60]
and Hamburg-Amerika Linie, [69]
and Hugo Stinnes, [280]
and Mr. Gerard, [246]
and labour questions, [297]
and politics, [131]
and North German Lloyd, [116]
and Princess Marie of Denmark, [99]
and Reichstag, [279]
and submarine warfare, [252], [254]
and the Russo-Japanese War, [104]
and Union Line, [19]
and working classes, [297]
and world war, [132]
anxiety as to Roumania, [244]
article in Frankfurter Zeitung on blockade, [234]
as Anglo-German negotiator, [136]
as arbitrator, [79]
as general representative of Carr Line, 12
as head of Packetfahrt passenger department, [18], [21]
at Constitutional Club, [140]
at Neues Palais, [204]
at the German front, [266]
attempts at mediation during war, [233]
boldness of, [289]
business principle of, [132]
capacity for work of, [300]
chairman of Pool Conference, [36]
complains of German official high-handedness, [232]
conducts London emigration discussions, 189[8], [38]
death of, [286]
defends himself, [235]
dines with Danish Royal Family, [100]
disagrees with use of submarines, [229]
discusses Morgan Trust with William II, [53]
early biographical details of, [6]
education of, [3], [4]
establishes German-Japanese Bank, [204]
estimates British naval staying-power, [253]
Far East investigations, [84]
favours peace by compromise, [236]
forcing the British Lines, [36]
friendliness of William II toward, [206]
further reports on Morgan Trust negotiations, [49-50]
grave warning in 191[8], [279]
Hamfelde, his country home, [310]
handling of labour troubles, [298-9]
his father’s death, [5]
his life-work, [115]
his 1901 trip epitomized, [95]
his observation of details, [123]
his view on evading war, July [27], 191[4], [216]
ideal in forming Pool, [66]
impressions of Paris after Morocco affair, [181]
in London discussing Austrian ultimatum, [215]
in Vienna, 191[6], [249]
Ballin, Albert, intense patriotism of, [291]
international services of, vii
interview with Bethmann-Hollweg, [152]
interview with Grey, Haldane, and Churchill, [215]
last diary entry, [286]
last meeting with William II, [209], [280]
letter from William II, [175]
letter to Kiderlen-Wächter, [163]
letters to General v. Falkenhayn, [244]
made Packetfahrt Director, [27]
meets Sir Ernest Cassel, [138]
mental versatility of, [2]
mission to Vienna, 191[5], [242]
negotiations with Booth Line on Brazilian trade, [83]
notes of conversations with William II, [203]
official thanks to, [141]
on Agadir incident, [163]
on Blücher, [60]
on death of Edward VII, [160]
on engineering problems, [121]
on foreign exchange, [274]
on Hohenzollern, [202]
on London in election time, [158]
on naval armaments, [147]
on neutrals, [245]
on peace problems, [239]
on sale of confiscated fleet, [230]
on Sandjak Railway, [142]
on security of William II, [241]
on Serbian situation, [214]
on war’s failures, [258] et seq.
opinion of German Chancellor, [259]
opinion of war’s duration, [237]
personal characteristics of, [287]
pioneer in steerage business, [11]
policy of, [79]
political views, [291]
premier position at twenty-nine, [19]
present from Marquis Ito, [311]
prodigious memory of, [4]
report on British attitude to Germany, [161]
report on development of German shipping, [47]
reticence of, 3
reviews war position in 191[6], [258]
ridicules submarine warfare, [268-9]
stimulating influences of his life, [2]
strain of war on health, [313]
sturdy honesty of, [309]
suggested as negotiator of peace, [286]
suggests Pool, [24]
talks with Prince Bülow, [271]
talks with William II on submarine war, [248]
threatens British traffic, [22]
trip round the world, [83]
value of wonderful memory, [35]
views on character of William II, [285]
visits London in 191[4], [184]
war problems of foreign policy, [241]
William II discusses politics with, [203]
William II writes to, on Navy Bill, [183]
William II’s personal interest in, [198]
wire from Leopold de Rothschild, [163]
with Prince Henry of Prussia on the Hohenzollern, [57]
with William II at Front, [266]
with William II in Italy, [204]
with William II on Kaiser Wilhelm II, [55]
work in Reichseinkauf, [224]
writes frank letter on war to William II, 191[6], [252] et seq.
writes on Morgan Trust, [46]
writes to William II, April, 191[7], [264]
Bauer, Lieut.-Col., [280]
Beck, Edward, [27]
Berg, Herr von, [282]
Berliner Tageblatt on Anglo-Russian naval agreement, [213]
Bernstorff, Count, [264]
Bethmann-Hollweg, von, [151], [152], [156], [262], [270], [277]
attacked respecting Agadir, [162]
on British delegation, [166-7]
telegram to Mexico, [271]
Bismarck, launch of, [202]
Bismarck, Prince, [114]
Blockade, German, futility of, [267]
Blohm and Voss, [113]
Blücher, Ballin on trial trip, [60]
Boer War, European move to stop, [143]
lesson of, [139]
Bohlen, Krupp v., [282]
Bolten, August, [10]
British argument against German naval expansion, [133]
Cabinet and German naval expansion, [182]
confiscation of German merchant fleet, [229]
convoys, how they outwitted the Germans, [267]
emigration, comparison with German, [15]
excitement over Morgan Trust, [60]
feeling in Russo-Japanese war, at German attitude, [104]
Ludendorff’s promise to crush, [266]
Navy, Ballin on, [239]
opinion on shipping deals, [67]
rivalry with Germany, [133]
shipbuilding, developments in, and Hamburg-Amerika Linie, [128], [208]
shipbuilding, German move against, [17]
shipping companies, Pierpont Morgan and, [55]
shipping lines, and emigration, [7-14];
agreement with, [23];
join the Continental Pool, [23];
offered to German companies, [67]
supremacy, Ballin on, [241]
Bülow, Prince, [141], [247], [270]
Canadian Pacific Railway, [62], [111]
Cargo and steerage shipping, [13]
Carr, Edward, [12]
Carr Line, the, [12] et seq.
and Packetfahrt, [12]
Cassel, Sir Ernest, [134]
and Winston Churchill, [165]
meets Ballin, [138]
on Anglo-German understanding, 165
on naval problem, [179]
on Sandjak Railway, [142]
report of interview with, on Navy, [171]
work for reduction of naval armaments, [134] et seq.
Cholera, epidemic at Hamburg, [36], [72]
Christiansand, port of, [21]
Churchill, Mr. Winston, [166]
at Kiel, 191[4], [192]
complains of Germany, [180]
Sir Ernest Cassel on, [165]
speech on Navy, [175]
suggests a naval holiday, [186]
Colombo, [86]
Columbia, [77], [201]
Community of interest agreement (see “Pool” and “Morgan Trust")
Congo, Franco-German agreement, [162]
Coolies, Chinese, [89]
Cunard Line, and Austrian Government, [65]
and Hungarian Government, [63]
effect on Pool, [65]
introduces turbines, [111]
new liners, [113]
opposition to cabin Pool, [61]
refuses to join Pool, [37]
Cuxhaven, development of, [69]
regatta at, [205]
Daily Telegraph, sent to William II, [270]
the William II interview, [144]
Dardanelles, the, operations in, [245]
de Freitas and Co., A. C., [79]
de Freitas Line, purchase of, [80]
Denmark, emigration from, [13]
Royal Family of, their interest in shipping, [99]
Deutschland, [25], [78], [130]
Diesel engine, application to steamship, [102]
Dreadnoughts, [200]
Eastern Asiatic Co., [98]
Edward VII, [134]
and Morgan Trust, [61]
Edward VII, chances of Anglo-German war, during reign of, [139]
death of, [158]
policy of, [135]
the Kiel week, [206]
visit to Wilhelmshöhe, [136]
visits Berlin, [145]
visits Kaiser at Friedrichshof, [142]
Elbe, enlargement of harbour facilities on the, [69], [70], [79]
Ellerman, Mr., of Leyland Line, [45]
Emden, rise of, [83]
Emigrants, early accommodation of, [7], [8], [14]
Emigration, anti-British action, [17]
Ballin’s work for, [9]
beginnings of pooling, [12]
British and German, [15]
British rates, [22]
business, how controlled, [8]
comparisons of Carr Line and Packetfahrt, [15]
cost of, [12]
Danish, [13]
Hungarian, [63]
in the ’seventies, [8]
medical control established, [74]
on pre-paid basis, [9] et seq.
rate war begins, [14]
statistics of, [103]
stopped by Hamburg cholera epidemic, [36]
Emigration Law, German, [23]
Erzberger, Herr, [244]
Esher, Lord, and the Admiralty, [138]
Europe, concerted inquiry to Germany, [140]
situation in September, 191[6], [262]
Falkenhayn, General v., Ballin and, [244]
Finland, [278]
Forced draught, first vessels under, [26]
Foreign exchange, Ballin on, [273]
Francis Joseph, Emperor, [250]
and Count Tisza, [250]
Frederick the Great on experience, viii
Frisch, Geheimrat, [223]
Furness, Sir Christopher, and Morgan Trust, [61]
Fürst Bismarck, [193]
Fürstenkonzern, [110]
George V, King, Ballin’s letter respecting, [160]
George, Mr. Lloyd, speech on Agadir incident, [162]
visits Germany, [143]
Gerard, Mr., and Ballin, [246]
German-British shipping agreement, [18]
German emigration fleet, in 188[2], [10]
German Government, note to British Government, [170]
German Naval Bill, [137]
German Navy, the 1908 affair, [138]
Germany, and Belgian Relief Committee, [231]
and the Merchant Service Bill, [228]
bad feeling among neutrals to, [245]
Ballin cries “everything is being gambled away,” [257]
Ballin discusses after-the-war problems, [255]
big naval programme, [143]
British agitation against, [137]
confiscation of merchant fleet, [229]
control of trade and industries, [274]
failure of political leaders, [264]
favourable shipping situation of, [80]
feeling towards British, [143]
food problem, September, 191[8], [284]
habit of premature actions, [273]
ignorance of British character, [260]
internal condition in August, 191[4], [223] et seq.
lack of effective administration during war, [233]
mental attitude of, [134]
plans to approach President Wilson, [283]
Germany, state in 1916 “like living in a madhouse,” [257]
useless sacrifices of, [229]
war condition of, [257]
war-hopes in ruins, [269]
Germany’s industrial growth, [7]
Gigantic, [113]
Goschen, Sir Ernest, [153]
Gothenburg, port of, [21]
Grey, Sir Edward, [262]
on Lord Haldane’s mission, [177]
on naval armaments, [157]
on the Navy, [138]
Great War (see World War)
Grumme, Capt. v., joins Hamburg-Amerika Linie, [199]
with William II at Morgan Trust discussion, [53].
Hague Conference, [137]
Hahn, Dr. Diederich, Chairman Agrarian League, [59]
Haldane, Lord, [171]
and British neutrality, [190]
Cabinet’s attitude toward, [184]
explains to Ballin, [191]
German opinion respecting, [187]
success of his mission, [177]
visits Berlin, [134], [167]
William II’s discussions with, [174] et seq.
Hamburg, absorption into Prussia, [296]
birthplace of Ballin, [1]
cholera epidemic in, [36], [72]
dock strike, [299]
in the nineteenth century, [1-6]
Hamburg-Amerika Linie, and Great Britain, [207]
and Persia, [107]
and Russo-Japanese war, [105]
buys foodstuffs for isolated Germany, [223]
far-reaching alterations, [98]
fate of ships when war broke out, [220]
financial stability of, [116]
fleet of, [116]
instructions to ships on eve of war, [220]
new premises, [202]
sixtieth anniversary, [117]
William II and, 195
Hamburg-Amerika Linie (see also Packetfahrt)
Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft, [7]
Hamburg Regattas, William II at, [201]
Hamburg-South American S.S. Co., [79]
Hammann, Geheimrat, [138], [141]
Hammonia, [24]
Hansa Line, [69]
taken over by Hamburg-Amerika Linie, [70]
Hansemann, v., director Disconto-Gesellschaft, [55]
Hansen, President, Chief of Arbitration Court Pool, [35]
Harbou, Major v.,
[282]
Harland and Wolff, [112], [121]
Henckell-Donnersmarck, Prince, Kaiser’s interest in, [47]
Hintze, Herr v., [283]
Hohenzollern, [194]
Holland-America Line, [7]
Holland, Queen of, offers mediation, [283]
Holtzendorff, Admiral v., [246]
Hongkong, [88]
Huldermann, Bernhard, and Count Witte on averting war, [217]
and Navy Bill, [170]
Immco Lines, Pool name for Morgan Trust, [65]
Immigrants, Scandinavian trade, [36]
Imperator, [31], [113], [125], [126]
International Mercantile Marine Company (see Morgan Trust)
Inverclyde, Lord, and Morgan Trust, [64]
Italia Company, the, started, [79]
Italy, agreement with, necessary to success of war, [241]
Germany’s failure in, [242]
Jagow, Herr v., [213], [214]
Jewish ancestry of Ballin, [2]
Jones, Sir A., and the Morgan Trust, [6]
Jonquières, Herr v., [231]
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grösse, [77]
Kaiser Wilhelm II, [205]
Kaiserin, [113]
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, [25], [106], [129]
Kaiserin, the, and the war, [211]
opposition to private life, [285]
Kiautschou, [97]
Kiel Canal, widening the, [200]
Edward VII at, [206]
Week, origin of, [201]
Kirchheim, Chief Inspector Emil F., viii
Köhlhrand, agreement the, [295]
Kühlmann, Herr v., [189]
Kunhardt, M., [27]
Kuskop, Karl, [303]
Laeisz, Carl, [293]
Laeisz, F., [293]
Laird’s, orders to, [26]
Law, German Emigration, of 188[7], [23]
Leuthold, Prof., [199]
Leyland Line, acquired by Pierpont Morgan, [48]
Liberal Cabinet, and naval armaments, [149]
Liberal Government, and Anglo-German understanding, [136]
Lichnowsky, Prince, [188]
view on Haldane’s “neutrality” conversation, [191]
Liners, developments in, [125] et seq.
Lohmann, Mr., [10]
Director-General of Lloyd Line, [32]
Ludendorff, and the Crown Prince, [280]
and “to her knees” promise, [266]
Lusitania, [62], [113]
Marie, Princess, of Denmark, [99]
Marine engineering, Ballin’s enterprise in, [122]
development of, [119]
Packetfahrt types, [125]
progress in, [127]
Marschall, Bieberstein v., [188]
Mauretania, [62], [113]
Mediterranean Conference, [111]
Meteor, 197
Metternich, Count, at St. James’s, [212]
on Anglo-German understanding, [187]
predicts Great War, [188]
sees Sir Edward Grey, [178]
Morgan, Pierpont, guest of William II at Kiel, [61]
Morgan, Trust, the, [40] et seq.
agreement reached, [52]
announced to British Press, [59]
effect of freight slump, [61]
final discussions in New York, [55] et seq.
financial aspect, [45]
inception of, [45]
International Mercantile Marine Co., formal name of, [65]
King Edward VII and, [61]
outline of draft agreement, [51]
Pierpont Morgan at London Conference, [49]
Pierpont Morgan’s operations attract public attention, [46]
telegram from William II, [56]
terms of agreement, [58]
William II discusses, [53]
Morris and Co., [1] et seq.
Mutius, Herr v., [247]
Nanking, [92]
Naumann, Dr., and “Berlin to Bagdad,” [276]
Nautikus, naval propaganda in, [200]
Naval armaments, a cause of unrest, [133]
Ballin’s report on, [146] et seq.
big navy propaganda, [133]
Reichstag and reduction of, [145]
Naval Bill of 191[2], [155]
Ballin writes to Sir Ernest Cassel on, [168]
British alarm at, [166]
Naval holiday, Mr. Churchill suggests a, [186]
Navy, a bigger British, [171]
Navy League, German, [137]
New York, [49]
New York, emigration to, in the ’eighties, [7] et seq.
steerage passengers to, statistics, [29]
Normannia, [77]
North Atlantic Steamship Lines Association, history of, [32]
North German Gazette, [157]
North German Lloyd, [7], [98], [106], [111]
competes with Packetfahrt, [10]
jubilee of, [117]
Oertzen, Herr v., [91]
Olympic, [113]
Packetfahrt, the, a founder of, [10]
agreement with Philadelphia Shipping Co. and Pennsylvania Railroad Co., [77]
and Ballin, [289]
and Carr Line, [12]
and emigrants, [10]
and Harland and Wolff, [121]
and Russian coal, [104]
and the Russo-Japanese War, [103]
Ballin made director of, [27]
celebration of jubilee, [74]
1886 Pool, [21]
extension of South American business, [80]
improved appointments and accommodation on vessels, [26]
increase of capital, [26]
letter from chairman of Cunard Company, [75]
more new vessels built, [25], [74]
New York branch established, [27]
passenger department created, [19]
service to Mexico, [83]
statistics (1886), [19]
(see also Hamburg-Amerika Linie)
Panther, William II and, [210]
Paris Economic Conference, [276]
Passenger traffic, improvements in, [41]
Peace negotiations, Ballin and, [286]
Peters, Heinrich, central offices of, [34]
secretary of Pool, [31]
Philadelphia, [49]
Pirrie, Lord, [121]
advises Ballin, [44]
discusses Morgan Trust, 63
Pleasure cruises, inception of, [70] et seq.
Pool accommodation discussions (1898), [38]
actuarial basis of, [34]
agreement on (1891), [24]
agreement with Allan Line, [74]
agreement with Italian Lines, [74]
agreement with Lloyd Line, [74]
Ballin’s opinions upon, [115]
British Lines refuse (1892), [33]
cardinal principles of, [30]
Cunard Line refuses to join, [37]
details of the, [28]
Heinrich Peters, secretary of, [31]
its most dramatic episode, [67]
more internal troubles, [115]
negotiations for a greater, [35]
North Atlantic Steamship Lines Association, formal name of, [33]
proposed by Ballin, 188[6], [24]
special, for Mediterranean business, [34]
terms definitely made, [33]
the General, [111]
the transatlantic, [110]
tonnage and passenger statistics, [29]
U.S.A. Railway pool compared, [28]
world war’s effect upon, [111]
Port Said, [85]
Pretoria, [201]
Princes’ Trust, [110]
Prinzessin Victoria Luise, [130]
Prussia, Prince Henry of, [57]
Rate war, the, [14], [110]
Red Star Line, [7]
Reichseinkauf, the, formation of, [223]
Reuchlin, Mr., of Holland-American Line, [32]
Richardson, Spence and Co., [9]
Riga, fall of, [272]
Roumania, anxiety regarding food from, [251]
neutrality of, [244]
supplies grain during war to Germany, [227]
Rupprecht of Bavaria, Prince, [137]
Russia, army of, [139]
Russian East Asiatic S.S. Co., [101]
Russian Press, outburst against Sandjak Railway, [141]
Russian Volunteer Fleet, [111]
Russo-Japanese War, [102]
coaling problems for Russian fleet, [105]
ships for, [25]
St. Louis, [49]
St. Paul, [49]
Sandjak Railway, [141]
Scandia Line, [21]
Scandinavian emigration, [21]
Schön, Herr v., [141]
Schratt, Frau Kathi, [250]
pro-English sympathies of, [252]
Schwander, Dr., [272]
Shanghai, [90]
Shaughnessy, Lord, [62]
Shipping agreement on rates, [17]
agreements, enormous range of, [111]
British tonnage in 190[1], [49]
crisis of 190[7], [111]
Imperial Government’s interest in, [55]
some tonnage comparisons, [49]
statistics (1881-1885), [29]
transatlantic business, trend of, [67]
Ships, speed of, in 188[2], [10]
Singapore, [87]
Skoda, Baron, [251]
Sloman and Co., R. M., [18]
South African War, [79]
South America, development of, [82]
Southampton, Packetfahrt service transferred to, [73]
Spanish-American War, ships for, [25]
Steinhöft, Hamburg, [1]
Stettin, Vulkan Yard, [78], [113]
orders to, [26]
Stinnes, Hugo, [280]
Storm, Director A., viii
Strasser, Mr., of the Red Star Line, [32]
Stürgkh, Count, [243]
Francis Joseph and, [250]
Submarine warfare, [248], [252], [258]
amazing achievements, [268]
unrestricted, beginning of, 263
Thingvalla Line, [21]
Times, The, on German neutrality, [104]
Tirpitz, Admiral v., [151], [152], [199]
and Ballin, [237]
threatens resignation, [246]
Tisza, Count, [243]
and Count Stürgkh, [250]
Titanic, [113]
Tokio, [93]
Trans-Andine Railway, completion of, [82]
Tsingtau, [92], [97]
Tweedmouth, Lord, and the Kaiser, [137]
Ukraine, the, [278]
U.S.A., application of Monroe doctrine in, [82]
cholera and isolation in, [73]
devastating effects of entry into war, [255]
economic depression of the ’eighties, [9]
enters the war, [269]
German fears of intervention, [252]
immigration from Scandinavia, [21]
Railway Pool, [29]
railways and shipping co-operation, [44]
Vaterland, [113]
Versailles treaty, German view of, [208]
Vienna, conditions in, [249]
Vulkan Yard, Stettin, [26], [78], [113]
Waldersee, General Count Georg, and Ballin, [194]
on rationing Germany, [221]
Westminster Gazette (article in facsimile at end), [163], [235]
White Star Line, and Pierpont Morgan, [55]
new liners, [113]
Wiegand, Dr. Heinrich, [119]
and Morgan Trust, [54]
Wilding, Mr., Ballin’s friendship for, [9]
William II, and “a place in the sun,” [202]
and British Navy, British feeling aroused, [137]
and Daily Telegraph interview, [143]
and Nicholas, suggested talk to avert war, [220]
and President Wilson’s note, [285]
and the Bismarck, [114]
at Hamburg, [193]
Ballin explains situation in September, 191[8], [209]
Ballin reports to, on navy problem, [138]
Ballin tells him the ugly truth in 191[7], [267]
blind to situation, September, 191[8], [283]
“brimful of optimism,” [272]
comments on Westminster Gazette article, [163]
designs excursion steamer, [196]
discusses Morgan Trust with Ballin, [53]
discusses Morocco question, [205]
facsimile comments on Westminster Gazette article (see end of book)
interest in German shipbuilding, [196]
interest in Morgan Trust, [197]
intervenes in shipping struggle, [106]
isolation of, [255]
last meeting with Ballin, [280]
letter on British Navy, [137]
maritime interests of, [201]
monarchical discussions, Ballin and, [285]
on balance of power, [165]
on Germany’s Austro-Hungarian policy, [189]
on the Churchill speech, [183]
outspoken letter in 1916 from Ballin, [252] et seq.
personal interest in Ballin, [198]
persuaded to retire into private life, [285]
sees Edward VII at Friedrichshof, [142]
supports Ballin’s mission of inquiry
to U.S.A., [54]
telegram to Morgan Trust, 56
venerated in Austria, [251]
visits Windsor, [136]
wants apology from Great Britain, [183]
writes to Ballin on Haldane interview, [175]
Wilson, President, [263]
Witt, Mr. Johannes, [27]
Witte, Count, on situation July, 191[4], [217]
Woermann, Adolph, [107]
character sketch of, [108]
World war, the, [213]
Ballin attempts mediation, [233]
Ballin describes 1917 situation to William II, [265]
Ballin favours a compromise, [236]
Ballin on neutrals, [245]
Ballin on the blockade, [234]
Ballin on the crisis, [215]
Bismarck’s prophecy regarding, [133]
British censorship in, [225]
coal problems during, [102]
Count Witte on situation, July 24th, 191[4], [217]
defection of German conscripts, [281]
effect on Pool, [111]
World war, the, entry of U.S.A., effect of, [253] et seq.
food problems of Germany, [222]
forced upon William II, [285]
foreign policy and food during, [241]
German mistakes in, [258-9]
Germany stunned by débâcle, [236]
grain from Roumania, [227]
indemnities, [261]
Mexico telegram, [271]
outbreak of, [132]
peace overtures, [245]
position in 191[6], [258]
provisioning Germany, [221]
shipping profits during, [65]
submarine warfare in, [229]
the British blockade, [224]
Tyrol, failure in the, [259]
Verdun and Italian campaigns, political and military failures, [258]
World’s shipping collapse, cause of, [229]
Yang-Tse-Kiang, the, [91], [96]
Zentral-Einkaufs-Gesellschaft, [226] et seq.
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] Gross registered tonnage.
[2] Then British Ambassador in Berlin.
[3] This refers to the political events in Berlin immediately prior to the outbreak of war.