Holt, Henry, 331.
Homer, 57.
Homestead (Pa.) riots, responsibility for, 197.
Honolulu, 222 _ff._
Hoover, Herbert, his plan for sending food into Russia, 423;
374, 411.
Hoover, Mrs. Herbert, 374.
Horowitz, Leopold, 133.
Hotchkiss, William H., 314, 315, 319, 324.
House, Edward M., at the Paris Conference, 400, 401, 403, 404, 410,
412, 413, 419, 420, 421, 424, 425, 426.
House of Lords, proposed reform of, 351.
Howick Castle, 354, 355.
Hudson, James A., first law partner of _S._, 32, 34.
Hudson and Straus, 32.
Huerta, President of Mexico, 340.
Hughes, Charles E., 34, 247, 255.
Hughes, Mrs. Charles E., 248.
Hughes, William Morris, 407.
Humphreys, Andrew B., 121.
Hunt, Gaillard, 232.
Hussein Hilmi Pasha, Grand Vizier, 277, 278;
Lynch affair causes his resignation, 280-282.
Iddings, Mr., Consul-General at Cairo, 287, 291.
Iddings, Mrs., 287.
Ignatieff laws, 80, 95.
Immigration, questions relating to, 216, 217. And _see_ Head-tax,
Japanese immigration.
Immigration acts: of 1903, 216, 230;
of 1906, questionnaire of aliens under, 231;
1907, "limited passports" provision of, 219;
anarchists defined in, 234.
Imperiali, Marquis, 278.
"In God We Trust," omitted from gold coins, and restored, 262, 263.
Ince, Howard, 120.
Industrial Conference (1919-20), work of, 203, 204.
Industrial peace, and the National Civic Federation, 195 _ff._;
Roosevelt dedicates Nobel Prize to promotion of, 239, 240.
Ingersoll, Raymond V., 415.
International arbitration, results of Hague Conferences concerning,
328, 329. And _see_ Lake Mohonk.
International Court of Justice, 357, 358.
International law, naval officers should be conversant with, 333.
International peace congress, conference regarding, 178.
Interstate Commerce Commission, 35.
Interstate Commerce law, and the trusts, 186.
Ireland, John, Archbishop, 240.
Isaacs, Isaac S., 33.
Isaacs, Meyer S., 33;
96.
Isaacs, Sir Rufus, 352. And _see_ Reading, Earl.
Isaacs, Lady, 352.
Ishii, Viscount, _S._'s interview with, 224.
Ismail Pasha, Khedive, 78.
Italy, and A. M. Keiley, 46;
neutral attitude of, in 1909, 279;
her purpose in declaring war on Turkey, 340, 341;
and Prof. Luzzatti, 347. And _see_ Great Powers.
Jackson, Andrew, 87.
James, Darwin, 121, 122.
Japan, and Russia, Roosevelt negotiates peace between, 188, 189;
"Gentlemen's Agreement" with, 218, 227;
nullified by legislation in California, 266;
danger of strained relations with, 220, 221;
proposed treaty with, 226, 227;
present relations of U.S. with, 229, 230;
voyage of U.S. fleet, how interpreted by, 338;
amendments of League Covenant desired by, 407, 413.
Japanese, in California, question of naturalization of, 219, 221, 225,
226, 227;
outbreak against, in San Francisco, 220;
transit of, between Mexico and Canada, 226.
Japanese immigration to Pacific coast, 217-221;
the "Gentlemen's Agreement," 218;
executive regulations concerning, 219;
question of, studied by _S._ in Hawaii, 222 _ff._;
further consideration of, 225 _ff._;
statistics of (1907), 228, 229.
Jefferson, Joseph, 115.
Jefferson, Thomas, 258, 388.
Jerusalem, _S._'s visit to, 82-84;
restrictions on sojourn of Jews in, 84, 85.
Jessup, Henry H., _Fifty-Three Years in Syria_, 75.
Jewish Colonization Association, 167.
Jewish question in Roumania, King Carol on, 303.
Jews, persecution of, in Alsace, etc., 2;
council of, convened by Napoleon I, 3, 4;
foreign, in Turkey, negotiations concerning, 80 _ff._;
in Russia, persecution of, 106-108;
and the Kishineff massacre, 170-173;
Count Witte and, 189, 190, 191;
troubles of, in Roumania, 167;
and emigration of, to U.S., 167-169;
immigration of, into Palestine, 156, 157;
Roosevelt's attitude toward, 179, 180, 182, 183;
Victor Emmanuel on, 344;
Zangwill's project concerning, 359;
expulsion of, from Spain, 366, 367;
in U.S., unjustly charged with being anti-Ally, 390, 391;
Balfour Declaration regarding home in Palestine for, 399;
threatened persecution of, after the war, 418, 419.
And _see_ American Jews.
Johnson, Hiram W., nominated for Vice-President by Progressives, 313,
317, 318, 319; 361.
Johnstown flood, Abdul Hamid contributes to relief fund, 103.
Jones, George, 43, 107.
_Journal of Race Development, The_, 146, 147.
Judaism, Disraeli's loyalty to, 364.
Judson, Frederick N., 200.
Jussen, Edmund, 56.
Jussen, Mrs. Edmund (Schurz), 56.
Jusserand, Jules, and mediations by U.S., 380, 381; 390.
Kaufmann, Isidor, 133.
Kaufmann Brothers, 5.
Keefe, Daniel J., 239, 240.
Keiley, Anthony M., and the Austro-Hungarian mission, 46, 47;
in Egypt, 78.
Keiley, Mrs. A. M., 46, 78.
Kellogg, Frank H., 427, 428, 429.
Kempster, Walter, 107.
Kennedy, Monsignor, 289.
Kent, Frederick I., 372.
Kerensky, Alexander, interview with, 425, 426.
Kiamil Pasha, Grand Vizier, and the mission schools, 71, 72;
and the Bible society agents, 74;
unofficial negotiations with, 77;
and foreign Jews in Turkey, 80, 81, 83;
and the proposed Bagdad railroad, 96, 97;
and the excavations in Babylonia, 98, 99;
his character and political views, 153; 92.
King, Henry C., 415.
King, Pendleton, 57, 58, 71, 99.
King, W. L. Mackenzie, 339.
Kipling, Rudyard, quoted, 359.
Kipling, Mrs. Rudyard, 359.
Kirchwey, George W., 334.
Kishineff massacre, and its sequel, 170-173;
and lynchings in U.S., 185.
"Kitchen cabinet," the, 207, 208.
Knapp, Martin A., 200.
Knox, Philander C., letter of, to _S._, 273;
_S._ offended by instructions from, 297, 298; 183, 186, 227, 295,
306, 330, 340.
Kohlsaat, H. H., 174.
Kolschak, General, 426.
Kraus, Adolph, 189.
Kuhn, Arthur, 400, 401, 409, 415.
Kuroki, Tamemoto, entertained in New York, 219, 220.
La Follette, Robert M., 122.
Labor, Roosevelt's attitude toward, 181, 182, 186.
Labor, Department of, created, 239.
Labor representatives, conference with, 238, 239.
Labor unions, and the teamsters' strike, 188.
Lake Mohonk Conferences on international arbitration, 333, 334.
Lamont, Daniel S., 48.
Langley, S. P., and his flying machine (1900), 159.
Lansing, Robert, side-tracked, 412;
his objections to the Covenant, 412, 413;
334, 405, 428.
Larnaud, M., 420.
Lauzanne, Stephane, 390.
Lavanburg, Hannah S., mother of Mrs. Straus, 37, 50.
Lavanburg, Sarah, marries _S._ And _see_ Straus, Sarah (Lavanburg).
Laveleye, Emile L. V. de, 41, 42.
Law of Associations (Turkish), all foreign institutions subject to, 296;
_S._ secures certain exemptions from, 296.
Lazar, Jacob. _See_ Straus, Jacob I.
Lazard, Eli, 56.
Lazard Freres, 56.
League to Enforce Peace, committee to represent, at Peace Conference,
397;
meetings of, in U.S., approve League Covenant, 413;
seeks to secure ratification of the treaty, 426-429.
League of Nations, a, American desire for, 397;
initial discouraging outlook for, at Paris, 400.
League of Nations, the, and the Peace Palace, 357;
"Draft of, as Provisionally Approved," 400;
additional clauses insisted upon by France, 400;
and discussed by Bourgeois, 401-403;
Covenant of, discussed in Plenary Conference, 405-407;
Lansing's objections to Covenant of, 412, 413;
no provision concerning civil and religious liberty, and why, 413;
Article X, objections to, 410, 419;
Article XXI, revised by Wilson, 420;
these two articles in U.S. Senate, 427.
Lebowich, Mr., 183.
Lecky, W. E. H., _Democracy and Liberty_, 107.
Lee, Robert E., 19.
Lee, Sir Sidney, his lives of Shakespeare and Edward VII, 350.
Leishman, John G., 142, 289, 290.
Leo, Simeon N., 33.
Leopold II, of Belgium, death of, 282.
Levi, Leo N., 167, 171, 172.
Levy, Samuel, 367.
Lewes, George H., 51.
Lewis, William D., _Life of Theodore Roosevelt_, quoted, 311, 312.
Lewisohn, Adolf, 189.
Lichnowsky, Prince, _My London Mission_, the most convincing indictment
of Germany, 342.
Lidhold, Dr., on William II, 133, 139.
Lieber, Francis, his life and character, 30, 31.
Lieberman, Mr., 426.
Liliuokalani, Queen, 222.
Lincoln, Abraham, 180, 193, 269.
Littauer, Lucius N., 168.
"Little White House," at Lakewood, 112, 118.
Lloyd George, David, on divers Liberal measures, 351;
397, 405.
Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of, 199, 200.
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 308.
Loeb, William, Jr., 178, 212, 254, 256, 269, 394.
London, _S._'s visits to, 50-52, 304, 305, 350-354, 359;
from Paris to (July, 1914), 370, 371;
August 2 in, 371.
Long, Albert L., 76, 77.
Long Island Historical Society, _S._'s address before, 41.
Longworth, Alice (Roosevelt), 222, 360.
Longworth, Nicholas, 179, 209, 222.
Low, Seth, 170, 177, 240, 331.
Lowell, A. Lawrence, 397, 402, 421, 427, 428, 429.
Lowther, Gerard, British Ambassador to Turkey, 278.
Lubin, David, character and career of, 349, 350;
346.
Lusitania tragedy, the, 389.
Luther, Martin, 247.
Luzzatti, Luigi, _S._ and, 346, 347;
his _Liberty of Conscience_, 347;
349.
Lynch, Frederick, 415.
Lynch Company, affair of, and its result, 280-282.
Lynchings in the U.S., and Kishineff, 185;
remonstrance against, from Great Britain, 185.
McCarroll, William, 272.
McCormick, Vance, 411, 427.
McCumber, Porter J., 427, 428.
McGee, John C., nominates _S._ for Governor, 314-316.
Mack, Julian W., 418.
McKelway, St. Clair, 126, 160, 272.
Mackenzie, P. R., 347, 348.
McKinley, William, President, advises
with _S._ on Cuba, 123, 124, 126;
and on Turkey, 124, 125;
letter of _S._ to, 123;
appoints _S._ ambassador to Turkey, 124, 125;
quoted, on the appointment, 127, 128;
and _S._'s resignation, 159, 162;
commends his services, 160, 162;
thinks of offering him State portfolio, 160;
on granting independence to the Philippines, 161;
why he did not appoint _S._ on Hague Tribunal, 164, 165;
appoints a commission on naturalization, 232; 122, 128, 134, 135,
147, 149, 150.
McLane, Robert M., 52.
MacNamara, Thomas J., 351.
MacVeagh, Wayne, 184.
McVickar, Rev. Dr., 26, 27.
Madison, James, 389.
Madrid, Kermit Roosevelt married at, 362.
Mahmoud Chevket Pasha, Turkish Minister of War, impressions of, 292,
293, 295;
on conditions in Turkey, and her foreign relations, 293;
and the Crete affair, 293;
urges sale of warship by U.S., 295;
assassinated, 295.
Maine, battleship, blown up, 124.
Makino, Baron, quoted on the League Covenant, 407.
Manning, Mrs. Daniel, 299.
Marash, massacres at, 141.
Margherita, Queen of Italy, 158, 159.
Maria Christina, Regent of Spain, 122.
Marix, Adolph, 337.
Marks, Marcus M., 240.
Marschall von Bieberstein, Baron, _S._'s relations with, 278, 279;
135, 342.
Marshall, Louis, 251.
Marshall, Thomas R., 394.
Martens, Fedor F., 190, 356.
Martin, J. C., letter of Roosevelt to, on Taft's religion, 258-262.
Masaryk, Thomas G., 419.
Maspero. Sir Gaston, 289.
Massingham, H. W., 350.
Matthews, Brander, 25, 26, 28.
Maurer, Senor, 361.
Mavroyeni Bey, 84.
Mazzini, Giuseppe, 346.
Mediation of neutral powers and the Hague Conferences, 329, 340.
Mehmet, _cavass_, 58.
Merry del Val, Cardinal, 349.
Mesopotamia, as a place for colonization of Jews, 157.
Metcalf, Victor H., 212, 213, 227.
Methodist missions in Rome, 289, 290.
_Metropolitan Magazine_, 388.
Mexico, relations of U.S. with, 339, 340.
Meyer, Eugene, Jr., 390.
Meyer, George von L., U.S. Ambassador to Russia during Japanese war,
Roosevelt quoted on, 191; 254.
Mezes, Dr., 426.
Mezes, Mrs., 426.
Miller, Charles R., 44.
Miller, David H., 133, 424, 425.
Miller, Joaquin, 37, 301.
Miller, non-union printer, discharge of, 180;
reinstated by Roosevelt, 180, 181.
Mission schools in Turkey, negotiations concerning closing of, 70 _ff._;
visited by _S._, 73.
Missionaries, relations of, with Turkish government, 71, 73, 74;
ground of government's hostility to, 74, 75;
and Turkish passport regulations, 139, 140;
question of indemnities due to, 141, 142.
Mitchell, John, 240, 272.
Mitchell, S. Weir, in Constantinople, 150, 151;
attends Mme. Tewfik, 151;
his "Ode to a Lycian Tomb," 151.
Mitchell, Mrs. S. W., 150.
Mohammed V, Sultan, receives _S._ in audience, 276;
described, 276, 277; 282, 344.
Mohammedans, and Christianity, 75;
funerals of, 284.
Mohammedans in the Philippines. _See_ Sulu Islands.
Mohsin Khan, 101.
Monroe, James, 41, 388, 389.
Monroe Doctrine, why specifically referred to in Covenant of League,
420, 421, 427.
Montebello, Comte de, 72, 85.
Moody, William H., 186, 230.
Moore, Charles A., 195.
Moore, John Bassett, quoted, 176; 47, 48, 127, 128, 334.
Moore, J. Hampton, 241.
Morgan, J. P., & Co., 116.
Morocco. _See_ Algeciras.
Morris, E. J., 88.
Morrissey, P. H., quoted, 182; 200, 203.
Morrow, W. W., 334.
Morse, Samuel F. B., 24.
Moses, Adolf, 171.
Moses, George H., 286.
Munir Pasha, Grand Master of Ceremonies, 58, 99.
Munkacsy, Mihaly, 55, 56.
Munkacsy, Madame, 55.
Muenz, Sigmund, 304.
Murphy, Charles F., 117.
Murray, Gilbert, 415.
Murray, Lawrence O., 213, 234.
Nagel, Charles, 238.
Nansen, Dr., 416.
Napoleon I, and the Jews, 2;
convokes council of Jews at Paris, 3, 4, 412.
Nathan, Ernesto, Mayor of Rome, relations of _S._ with, 345, 346;
his descent, career, and character, 346; 349.
Nathan, Mr., father of Ernesto N., 346.
Nathan, Mr., brother of Ernesto, 345.
National Association of Manufacturers, 241.
National Civic Club, 126.
National Civic Federation, conference of, 194, 195;
industrial department of, its scope, and plan, 195;
its work, 195 _ff._
National Council of Commerce, 237, 238.
And _see_ Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.
National Insurance Act (Great Britain), 351.
National Primary Election League, 121, 122.
Nationalists, Egyptian, 288, 291.
Naturalization, careless administration of laws relating to, 231, 232;
report of commission on, 232;
treaties of, 333.
And _see_ Turkey.
Naval War College, 332, 333.
Navoni, dragoman, 87.
Negro question, the, Roosevelt on, 104.
Negulesco, Professor, 415.
Neill, Charles P., 200, 214, 240.
New Granada, treaty of U.S. with (1846), construction of, 175, 176.
New York Chamber of Commerce, annual meeting of (1910), 308; 35.
New York Peace Society, reception to _S._, 330, 331.
New York Public Service Commission, _S._ chairman of, 204-206.
New York _Sun_, 347.
New York _Times_, 43, 44, 107.
New York _World_, 114.
Newberry, Truman H., 394.
Nicholas II, Czar, 171, 173, 282, 328, 377, 392, 411, 417.
Nicholas, Grand Duke, 411.
Nicolaiovitch, Grand Duke, death of, 282.
Nicoll, Sir W. Robertson, 350.
Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to Roosevelt, 239;
his disposition of the fund, 239, 240;
the foundation dissolved, and the fund distributed, 240, 241.
_North American Review_, "The First Year of Taft's Administration," 288.
North German Lloyd S.S. Co., 152.
Nubar Pasha, 79.
Oahu Island, 224.
O'Brien, Thomas J., 344.
Ochs, Adolph S., 391.
Ochs, Mrs. A. S., 391.
Ochs, George W., 121.
O'Conor, Charles, 32.
O'Conor, Sir Nicholas R., British Ambassador to Turkey, asks aid of
_S._ in protecting orphanages, 148; 135, 140, 149.
Offley, David, 87.
Ohio Society of New York, Taft's address to, 264.
Olmet, Fernando del, writes on birthplace and nationality of Columbus,
368, 369.
Olney, Richard, 253, 335.
Orlando, Signor, 406.
Orphanages, British, in Turkey, closing of, 148.
Osman Pasha, 63, 68, 134.
Ottendorfer, Oswald, 44.
Otterberg, ancestral home of the Strauses, 1, 8, 9.
Ottolenghi, Israel, 3.
Ottolenghi, General, 344.
Ottoman American Development Co., 300.
_Outlook, The_, 290, 310, 341.
Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, convention for, 328, 329.
Page, Catherine, 359, 360.
Page, Walter Hines, on _S._'s activities in project of mediation, 384;
Bryan's instructions to, 385; 359, 372, 373.
Paine, Robert Treat, 178.
Paine, Thomas, _Common Sense_, 41.
Palestine, restriction on residence of Jews in, 80 _ff._, 84 _ff._;
immigration of Jews into, 156, 157;
the Balfour Declaration, 399.
Panama, revolution in, and the treaty of 1846 with New Granada, 174-176;
question of freedom of transit, 175, 176;
army of, 185.
Panama Canal, question of remission of tolls, 338, 339;
tolls-exemption bill repealed, 339; 237.
Pangrati, E., 415.
Pansa, Signor, 135.
Paris, _S._'s visits to, 52-56, 275;
in July, 1914, 370.
And _see_ Peace Conference.
Parker, Alton B., 299.
Parker, Mrs. A. B., 299.
Parliamentary systems of Great Britain and U.S., compared, 352.
Parsons, Herbert, 209.
Peace Conference at Paris, proceedings of, 400 _ff._;
failure of, to condemn Bolshevism, 417.
And _see_ League of Nations, Plenary Conference.
Peace Palace, at The Hague, opening of, 356, 357;
future of, 358.
Peck, Ferdinand W., 131.
Pepper, William, favors retention of _S._ as minister to Turkey, 101,
102; 97.
Pera, conditions in, 61, 62.
Perkins, George W., 205.
Pershing, John J., 410.
Persia, Shah of, 101.
Persian ambassador to Turkey, 61.
Persian ambassadress, a former Circassian slave, 61.
Persian Gulf, proposed railroad to, from Constantinople, 96, 97.
Persons, Henry, 243.
Peter the Cruel, 367.
Peters, John P., and the proposed excavations in Babylonia, 97 _ff._;
_Nippur_, 100.
Pettibone, I. F., 103.
Phelan, James D., 121.
Phelps, Edward J., 50, 151.
Philip, Hoffman, 300.
Philippines, _S._'s advice concerning, 127;
Mohammedans in the, 143 _ff._;
ignorance in U.S. concerning, 144;
proposed punitive expedition against Mohammedans, 165, 166.
Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Co., 147.
Pineapples, in Hawaii, 224.
Pius IX, 46.
Pius X, why he did not receive Roosevelt, 289, 290, 348, 349.
Platt, Frank H., 378.
Platt, Thomas C., 211, 309.
Plenary Conference, sessions of, 405-408, 423, 424.
Pogroms in Poland, 426.
Politzer, Adam, 133.
Polk, Frank L., 421.
Porter, David, 87.
Porter, Horace, 131, 132, 255, 331, 336.
Porter, Governor James Davis, 46.
Portsmouth Conference (1905), 189, 190, 191.
Powderly, Terence V., 239, 251, 252.
Prague, attacks on Jews in, 418.
Prendergast, William A., 314, 315, 317.
Preston, Frances (Folsom-Cleveland), on Cleveland's character, 358.
Primaries. _See_ Electoral reform.
Pringle, J. Lynch, 58.
Progressive Party, genesis of, 309 _ff._
National Convention of, nominates Roosevelt and Johnson, 313;
New York State Convention of, nominates _S._ for Governor, 313-317;
poorly organized, 325;
not a party, but a crusade, 325;
Roosevelt on the future of, 360, 361; 351, 395.
Progressive Republicans seat a candidate for nomination in 1912,
309, 310.
Pulido, Angel, 366, 368.
Pullman Car Co., strike of employees of, 194.
Quail, Egyptian, 79.
Quincy, Josiah, 121, 122.
Radowitz, Herr von, 363.
Rafail Meir Panisel, 83.
Railroads, complaints against, of
discrimination, etc., investigated by Hepburn Committee, 35;
and the Interstate Commerce law, 186, 187.
Railway Labor Arbitration Board, jurisdiction of, 199;
membership of, 200;
_S._ chairman of, 200;
hearings and decision of, in matter of Eastern roads and their
employees, 200-203.
Ramazan, month of, 59, 276, 277.
Rampolla, Cardinal, 347, 348, 349.
Reading, Rufus D. Isaacs, Earl, 410.
Reclus, Jean Jacques, 144.
Reconstruction, why being halted, 429, 430.
Reed, Mr., at Madrid, 365.
Reid, Whitelaw, 128, 304.
Reis Effendi, 87.
Republican Party disrupted in 1910, 309.
Republicans of New York offer to nominate _S._ for Governor, 319;
why they did not, 319, 320.
Revolution of 1848, 4.
Reynolds, James B., 393.
Rhind, Charles, 87.
Ribot, Alexandre, 409.
Riddle, John W., 133, 134, 172, 173.
Riega, Celso G. de la, on the birthplace and ancestry of Columbus,
368, 369.
Rifaat Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, 276, 277, 278, 283, 294.
Robert College, _S._ presides at Commencement exercises of, 66, 67;
57, 76, 77, 297, 299.
Robinson, Corinne (Roosevelt), 247.
Robinson, Geoffrey, 374.
Robinson, Stewart, death of, 247.
Rockwood, photographer, and Cleveland, 117.
Rodin, Auguste, 360.
Rome, _S._'s visits to, 158, 159, 344-349;
modernization of, by Mayor Nathan, 346.
Roosevelt, Alice, quoted, 179; 209.
And _see_ Longworth, Alice (Roosevelt).
Roosevelt, Mrs. Alice Lee, 179.
Roosevelt, Archie, 188, 275, 394.
Roosevelt, Mrs. Edith Carow, her character, 177;
and the Kaiser's invitation, 287, 288; 174, 188, 209, 244, 245, 247,
255, 274, 275, 323, 387, 395.
Roosevelt, Ethel, 188, 275.
And _see_ Derby, Ethel (Roosevelt).
Roosevelt, George E., 323.
Roosevelt, Kermit, _S._ attends his marriage to Miss Willard at
Madrid, 362; 188, 244, 249, 358, 394.
Roosevelt, Philip, 360.
Roosevelt, Quentin, death of, 245; 188, 244, 275.
Roosevelt, Theodore, appoints _S._ to Hague Tribunal, 164, 165, 208;
and the Kishineff massacre, 171-173;
and the Alaskan boundary question, 173, 174;
and the Venezuelan dispute, 174;
and the Panama revolution, 174-176;
divers personal traits and characteristics, 176, 177, 179, 180,
181, 192, 193, 208, 215, 256, 289, 309;
quoted on _S._, 178;
his attitude toward Jews, 179, 180;
quoted on discharge of Miller, 181;
his policy with regard to labor, 181, 182, 186;
quoted on religious freedom, 182, 183, 347;
and on Americanism, 183;
on the negro question, 184, 187;
his Annual Message of 1904, 185-187;
favors eight-hour law, 186;
on trusts, 186;
negotiates between Russia and Japan, 188 _ff._;
letter of, to Count Witte, on plight of Jews in Russia, 191;
letter of, to _S._, on Germany's attitude and purposes, 192;
his "kitchen cabinet," 207, 208;
his miscalled "impulsiveness," 208, 256;
preparedness his outstanding characteristic, 208, 256;
his public addresses, 208, 209;
makes _S._ Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 210, 211, 212;
and Japanese immigration, 217 _ff._, 221, 225 _ff._;
reappoints commission on naturalization, 232;
awarded Nobel Peace Prize, 239;
his initial and final distribution of the prize fund, 240, 241;
his parting gift to _S._, 247;
favors Taft for President in 1908, 248,
and uses his influence in that sense, 249;
declines renomination, 249, 250;
proposed African trip, 252, 255;
_African Game Trails_, 252;
invited to lecture at Oxford, 253, 255;
in Taft campaign, 253 _ff._;
letter of, to Bryan, 254;
invited to speak at the Sorbonne, 255, 256;
preparing his Oxford address, 255, 256;
his relation to Taft's success, 256;
his administration again a new era in history of U.S., 257;
his relations with his cabinets, 257;
on Taft's religion, 257-262;
omits motto on gold coins, 262;
assures _S._ of Taft's purpose to reappoint him, 263;
one cause of his break with Taft, 263, 264;
his speech at dinner to Sherman, 265-267;
at the last Cabinet meeting, 267, 268;
at inauguration of Taft, 268-270;
his personal following, 269;
letter of, to _S._, on his reappointment to Turkish Embassy, 274;
_S._ on administration of, 274, 275;
opposition in Congress to his policies, 276;
at Cairo with _S._, 287 _ff._;
on Taft's failure to reappoint _S._ and others to Cabinet, 288;
his address in Cairo, and the murder of Budros Pasha, 288, 289, 291;
why he was not received by Pius X, 289, 290, 348, 349;
policies of, and Taft's administration, 306;
influence of, not dead in 1910, 308;
his attitude toward renomination, 308;
and the "bosses," 309;
appeal of the governors to, 310;
agrees to accept nomination if demanded by people, 310;
his speech at Columbus, O., 310, 311;
did his advocacy of the recall of judicial decisions defeat him?
311, 312;
his speech at Carnegie Hall, 312, 313;
nominated by Progressives, 313;
letter of, to _S._, and interview, on _S._'s nomination for Governor,
317-319;
in the campaign, 322-324;
his heroism when shot, 322;
speaks at Madison Square Garden, 323, 324;
letter of, to _S._, 325;
believes in the efficacy of strong armaments to ensure peace, 336;
sends a fleet round the world, 336-338;
on the future of the Progressive Party, 360, 361;
on the probability of the U.S. being involved in the World War, 387;
his offer to raise a division, 388;
criticizes the President, 388, 389,
but is ready to cooperate, 389;
his last illness, death, and funeral, 391-394;
his Nobel Prize address, 395, 397; 166, 187, 213, 214, 216, 222,
225, 230, 231, 234, 235, 237, 241, 245, 246, 247, 253, 272,
285, 291, 292, 320, 325, 330, 351, 358, 359, 362, 390, 397.
His _Autobiography_ quoted, 177, 191, 337.
Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr., 188, 394.
Roosevelt, William E., 360.
Roosevelt Pilgrimage, the, 394, 395.
Root, Elihu, and Japanese immigration, 217, 219, 221; 179, 230, 231,
236, 237, 258, 265, 335, 336, 339, 349, 393, 394.
Rosebery, Archibald P., Primrose, Earl of, conversation with, 149, 150.
Rosen, Baron, 189.
Rothschild, Alfred, on the Triple Entente, 305, 306.
Rothschild, Alfred Charles de, Baron, 52.
Rothschild, Lord, on the Triple Entente, 305.
Roumania, and the Jews, 80, 81, 303;
restrictions on, and oppression of Jews in, 166, 167;
emigration of Jews from, to U.S., 167-169;
Hay's note to the Powers concerning, and its effect, 169;
relations of U.S. with, 185;
visited by _S._, 300-304.
Roumeli-Hissar, 57.
_Round Table, The_, 374.
Rowe, Leo S., 334.
Rush, Benjamin, 41.
Russia, and Russian Jews in Turkey, 80, 81;
and the Jews, 106-108;
laws against Jews in, and the Kishineff massacre, 170, 171, 172, 173;
relations of U.S. with, 185;
and Japan, Roosevelt brings about Portsmouth Conference between,
188, 189;
Count Witte and the Jews in, 189, 190;
attitude of, toward Turkey, after 1905, 279, 293;
duty of, at outbreak of war, 375, 376, 377;
present conditions in, 411, 417.
And _see_ Great Powers.
Russian emigrants, and Baron de Hirsch, 95, 96.
Russo-Japanese War, 180.
Rustem Pasha, 50, 51.
Ryan, Thomas F., 264.
Sabbatai Zevi, 278.
Sage, William H., 26.
Said Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, 58, 85, 86, 99.
Salant, Samuel, 83.
Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Marquis of, 123, 148.
Salmon, Adolph, 52, 53.
Salmon, Mrs. Adolph, 53.
Salonica, visited by _S._, 285.
Samuel, Herbert L., 305, 352, 399.
Samuel, Mrs. H. L., 305, 352, 399.
Sapelli, Marquis and Marchioness, 349.
Savannah Board of Trade, 241, 242.
Sayce, Archibald H., 289.
Sazonoff, M., 377, 411, 417, 418.
Schaeffer, Mr., labor leader, 197.
Schiff, Jacob H., 96, 106, 168, 189.
Schurman, Jacob G., 170.
Schurz, Carl, criticizes appointment of Van Alen, 113; 4, 44, 56, 97,
122, 192.
Schuyler, Philip, 150.
Schuyler, Mrs. Philip, 150.
Schwab, Gustav H., 237.
Scipio Africanus, 344.
Scott, James B., 334, 335, 336.
Seasongood, Lewis, 106.
Selamlik, ceremony of, 63, 64, 152.
Seligman, Isaac, 52.
Seligman, Isaac N., 189, 345.
Seligman, Jesse, 96, 106.
Seligman, William, 55.
Seligman, Mrs. William, 55.
Seligman Freres, 55.
Senate of U.S., refuses to ratify naturalization treaty with Turkey,
90, 92;
and the Treaty of Paris, 426-429.
Serbia, claims towns awarded to Roumania, 414.
Seward, George F., 178.
Shakespeare, General, 120.
Sharp, William G., U.S. Ambassador to France, 411, 412.
Shaw, Albert, 121, 172, 173, 200.
Shaw of Dunfermline, Thomas, Lord, 398, 399, 415, 416.
Sheffield, James H., 209.
Shepard, Edward M., 170, 331.
Sherman, James S., Roosevelt's speech at dinner to, 265-267; 251, 269.
Sherman, William T., 53.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 253.
Sherman Silver Coinage Act, repeal of, 112.
Short, Dr., 427.
Sicily, Greek and Roman remains in, 343, 344.
Sidon, tombs unearthed at, 151.
Sieghortner, August, restaurant of, 44.
Sigel, Franz, 4.
Simon, Sir John, 3.
Sinaia, summer capital of Roumania, 300 _ff._
Sinzheim, Joseph, 3.
Skibo Castle, 355.
Slaton, John M., 391.
Slaton, Mrs. John M., 391.
Slavery, question of, 12, 13.
Slaves, condition of, 13.
Slicer, Thomas R., 331.
Smiley, Messrs., 333.
Smith, Charles Emory, 122.
Smith, Hope, 241.
Smuts, Jan, sketch of, 408;
_The League of Nations_, quoted, 409.
Smyrna, 153.
Solomon, Solomon B., 33.
Sonnenthal, Adolf von, 133.
Sorbonne, the, Roosevelt invited to lecture at, 255, 256;
_S._ delivers address at, 421, 422.
South, the, conditions in, in 1850's, 11 _ff._;
in the Civil War, 15 _ff._
South American republics, development of U.S. relations with, 238.
South Carolina, imports skilled labor, 216.
Southern Commercial Congress, 244.
Southerners, white, Roosevelt's attitude toward, 184.
Spain, strained relations of U.S. with, 122-124;
U.S. at war with, 124;
political conditions in (1910), 361.
Spanish American Peace Commission, 128.
Sperry, Admiral, 337.
Speyer, James, 378, 379.
Speyer, Mrs. James, 378.
Spooner, John C., criticizes Roosevelt's policies, 264; 209, 330.
Spring-Rice, Sir Cecil, and proposed mediation of U.S., 380, 381,
382, 390.
Stahl, General, 4.
Steamboat inspection, 234, 235.
Stedman, Edmund C., 300.
Steed, H. Wickham, 415.
Steele-Maitland, Sir Arthur, 399, 415.
Stefanovich-Schilizzi, Dmitri, 153.
Stefanovich-Schilizzi, Paul, _S._ visits, at Athens, 152-154.
Stein, Adolph, 133.
Sterne, Simeon, law partner of _S._, 34;
counsel for N.Y. Chamber of Commerce before Hepburn Committee, 35.
Sterne, Hudson & Straus, 34.
Sterne, Straus & Thompson, 34, 35.
Stiassny, Wilhelm, 133.
Stimson, Henry L., 308, 394.
Stone, Melville E., 122.
Stone, Nahum I., 236.
Stone, Warren S., 239, 240.
Stratton, Samuel W., 214.
Straus, Aline, _S._'s daughter, 49, 50, 131, 242, 272, 317.
Straus, Hermina, _S._'s sister, 9, 10, 14.
Straus, Isidor, _S._'s brother, in Congress, 112, 115; 2, 9, 10, 11,
14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 29, 31, 36, 43, 48, 96, 117,
118, 131, 154, 155, 211, 286, 306.
Straus, Mrs. Isidor, 115, 154, 155, 286.
Straus, Jacob I, _S._'s great-grandfather, 1, 2, 4, 412.
Straus, Jacob II., _S._'s paternal grandfather, 1, 2.
Straus, Lazarus I., _S._'s uncle.
Straus, Lazarus II., _S._'s father, in the troubles of 1848, 4;
comes to America, 5;
a peddler in Georgia, 5, 6;
settles in Talbotton, Ga., and opens shop there, 6, 7;
joined by his family, 9;
a student of the Bible, 10;
views of, on slavery, 12, 13;
in business in New York, after the Civil War, 20, 21;
his high sense of honor, 21, 22;
quoted, 144; his death, 144; 1, 2, 15, 16, 18, 24, 29, 36, 43.
Straus, Mildred, _S._'s daughter, 50, 131, 155, 274, 317.
Straus, Nathan, _S._'s brother, 9, 10, 11, 18, 21, 29, 43, 111, 112,
118, 131, 374.
Straus, Oscar S., ancestry, 1, 2;
joins his father at Talbotton, Ga., 8, 9;
religious instruction, 10, 11;
at Collinsworth Institute, 11;
memories of life in the South, 11 _ff._,
and of the Civil War, 15 _ff._, 19;
early schooling in Columbus, Ga., 17, 18;
in New York City, 21 _ff._;
at Columbia Grammar School, 22, 23;
at Columbia College, 25 _ff._;
and Dr. McVickar, 27;
class poet, 28; decides to study law, 29;
in Columbia Law School, 30, 31;
practicing law, 32 _ff._;
helps to organize Young Men's Hebrew Association, 33;
an original poem, 33;
friendship with J. H. Choate, 36;
abandons the law to enter his father's firm, 36;
marries Sarah Lavanburg, 37;
enters politics in N.Y. mayoralty campaign, 38;
in Cleveland-Blaine campaign, 38, 39;
address on the "Origin of the Republican Form of Government," 40,
41, 120,
published in book form, and translated into French, 41, 42, 365;
suggested for appointment as Minister to Turkey, and recommended to
President Cleveland, 42-44;
favorable attitude of Protestant bodies, and of H. W. Beecher,
45, 46;
nominated by Cleveland, 46;
impressions of the Clevelands, 48, 49.
The journey to Turkey: in London, 50-52;
interview with Rustem Pasha, 51;
in Paris, 52-56;
General Boulanger, 52-54;
and Munkacsy, 55;
in Vienna, 56;
arrival in Constantinople, 57, 58;
many postponements of audience with the Sultan, 58, 59;
official calls among the diplomatic corps, 60, 61;
life in Constantinople, 61 _ff._;
Selamlik, 63, 64, 152;
and Sir H. D. Wolff, 64;
at Therapia, 65;
presides at commencement of Robert College, 66, 67;
his first audience with the Sultan, to present credentials, 67-69;
negotiations concerning the Mission schools, 71, 72;
visits Palestine, 73;
and the agents of Bible societies, 74;
unofficial dealings with Kiamil Pasha, 77;
in Egypt, 78, 79;
Khedive Tewfik, 78,
and Nubar Pasha, 79;
question of expulsion of foreign Jews from Jerusalem, 80, 81, 82;
and the vali, 82, 84;
at Jerusalem, 82-84;
procures release of Jewish immigrants, 83;
memorial presented to, 83;
question of limitation of sojourn of Jews in Jerusalem, 84-86;
question of Turkish jurisdiction over American citizens under treaty
of 1830, 87-90;
fails to obtain ratification of Treaty of Naturalization and
Extradition, 91, 92;
and Turkey's claim against Baron de Hirsch, 92-94;
declines honorarium, 94;
friendship with the de Hirsches, 95;
assists de Hirsch in organizing his philanthropic work in N.Y., 96;
and the proposed Bagdad railway, 96, 97;
and the proposed excavations in Babylonia, 97-100;
the Sultan's obligation to, 100, 101;
resigns, after Cleveland's defeat, 101, 102;
the question of salary, 102;
farewell audience, 102, 103;
expressions of regret on his leaving his post, 103;
farewell to Turkey, 104.
Reenters business in N.Y., 105;
on committee of protest against treatment of Jews in Russia,
106, 107;
delegate to Democratic State Convention (1891), 108, 110;
stands for sound-money plank in platform, 110;
letters of Cleveland to, 110, 111; relations with Cleveland, 110;
on the appointment of Van Alen to Italian mission, 113, 114;
letter of Cleveland to, 113;
entertains Cleveland, 114-118;
_Roger Williams, the Pioneer of Religious Liberty_, 119, 120,
121, 347;
_Development of Religious Liberty in the United States_, 119, 120;
his interest in Roger Williams, 120;
places tablet to him in Charterhouse School, 120, 121;
president of National Primary Election League, 122;
why he voted for McKinley (1896), 122;
consulted by McKinley on Spain and Cuba, 123, 127;
the suzerainty plan, 124;
consulted by McKinley on affairs in Turkey, 124;
appointed Minister to Turkey by McKinley, 124-126;
the appointment favorably received, 126, 127;
and John Bassett Moore, 127, 128;
disapproves sending warships to Turkey, 128; McKinley's confidence
in, 128, 129.
The second mission to Turkey, 130 _ff._;
confers with Hay and others in London, 130, 131;
suggests need of cooerdination and cooperation among representatives
of U.S. in Europe, 132;
and Baroness de Hirsch, 132, 133;
in Constantinople, 133;
his return welcomed by Government officials, 134;
received by the Sultan, 134, 135;
diplomatic colleagues, 135;
and the visit of the Kaiser, 136 _ff._;
negotiations concerning right of American citizens to travel in
Turkey, 139, 140;
and the question of naturalization, 140;
and the question of indemnities due to missionaries 141, 142;
and the Mohammedans of the Sulu Islands, 143 _ff._;
and the admission of American flour, 147;
assists British ambassador in matter of closing of orphanage
schools, 148;
conversation with Lord Rosebery, 149, 150;
secures Dr. Mitchell's services for Madame Tewfik, 151;
visits Stefanovich-Schilizzi, in Athens, 152-154;
at Therapia, 154;
on leave of absence, 155 _ff._;
conversation with Dr. Hertzl on Zionism, 156, 157;
visits Rome, 158, 159;
and Queen Margherita, 158, 159;
reports to Secretary Hay, 159;
resigns his post, 159-161;
commended by McKinley, 160,
who contemplates offering him the State portfolio, 160;
on the granting of independence to the Philippines, 161;
on the open-door policy in China, 161;
commendatory letter of Hay, 162.
His address on "The United States Doctrine of Citizenship and
Expatriation," 163;
appointed member of Hague Court of Arbitration by Roosevelt, 163,
165, 208;
why he was not appointed by McKinley, 164;
opposes sending punitive expedition against Mohammedans in
Philippines, 165, 166;
prepares brief on condition of Jews in Roumania, 168;
discusses situation of Jews in Russia with Roosevelt and others,
172, 173;
advises against arbitration of Venezuela dispute by Roosevelt, 174;
interprets the treaty of 1846 with New Granada, 175, 176;
impressions of Mrs. Roosevelt, 177;
the conference societies in Washington, and Roosevelt's
complimentary address, 178;
Roosevelt on attitude of, on Jewish questions, 180;
in the campaign of 1904, 182;
at the conference on Roosevelt's Annual Message (1904), 184-188;
on the eight-hour law, 186;
at conference with Witte and Rosen, at Portsmouth, on the
condition of Jews in Russia, 189, 190;
conversation with Martens, 190;
impressions of Roosevelt's political action, 192, 193;
and the work of the National Civic Federation, industrial
department, 195 _ff._;
on the method of securing permanent industrial peace, 196;
and the Homestead troubles, 197;
result of his studies of the relations between labor and capital,
etc., 199;
on Board of Railway Labor Arbitration, 200-203;
member of Wilson's Industrial Conference (1919-20), 203;
chairman of New York Public Service Commission, 205;
services of, in that capacity, in adjusting labor difficulties, 206.
A member of Roosevelt's "kitchen cabinet," 207, 208;
on Roosevelt's "impulsiveness," 208, 256,
and his public addresses, 208, 209;
invited by Roosevelt to join the Cabinet, 210;
a personal selection, 211;
prepares to quit business, 211, 212;
appointed Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 212;
plans conduct of the Department, 213;
his official staff, 213, 214;
social life in Washington, 214;
his first official dinner-party, 215;
and the importation of skilled labor into South Carolina, 216;
action of, on divers questions relating to immigration, 216 _ff._;
and Japanese immigration on the Pacific coast, 217;
on the naturalization of Japanese, 218, 221;
confers with Root on revision of Executive regulations, 219, 226;
and the visit of General Kuroki, 220;
on anti-Japanese agitation in California, 220;
visits Hawaii, to study the Japanese question, 221-224;
replies to Japanese editors, 223;
confers with Viscount Ishii, 224;
suggests negotiation of new naturalization treaty with Japan,
226, 227;
gives out statistics of Japanese immigration, 228;
and the head-tax, 230, 231;
and the naturalization laws, 231, 232;
and the exclusion and deportation of criminals and anarchists,
233, 234;
Roosevelt's comment on leanings of, 234;
and the inspection of passenger steamboats, 234, 235;
orders closing of rivers to salmon fishing, 235, 236;
seeks to establish closer relations between commercial bodies
and the Government, 236;
organizes National Council of Commerce, 237;
recommends extension of Postal Subsidy Act, 237;
complimentary resolution of the Council, 238;
calls conference on cooperation between his Department and labor
organizations, 238;
draws preamble and bill for creating foundation to administer
Roosevelt's Nobel Prize, 240;
made a trustee of the foundation, 240;
addresses on divers subjects, 240;
revisits early homes in the South, 242, 243;
his change of politics, 241;
addresses Southern Commercial Congress on the old and the new
South, 244;
and Quentin Roosevelt, 244;
gives last Cabinet dinner to Roosevelt, 247;
Roosevelt's parting official gift to, 247;
impressions of Taft, 250;
interview with Taft on articles in his brother's paper, 251;
takes part in campaign of 1908, 253, 255;
answers Olney on question of prosecution of trusts, 253;
on sectarian and hyphenated politics, 255;
Roosevelt on Taft's declared purpose to retain _S._ in Cabinet,
263, 264;
Taft writes of his uncertainty as to retaining him, 267;
at the last Cabinet meeting, 267, 268;
at Taft's inauguration, 268-270.
Banquet to, on returning to New York, 271, 272;
Turkish Embassy offered to, by Taft, with promise of transfer,
272, 273;
letter of Knox to, 273;
operated on, for appendicitis, 273;
letter of Roosevelt to, on his appointment, 274;
address on "The Spirit of the Roosevelt Administration," 274, 275;
purpose of the address, 275;
in Paris with Mrs. Roosevelt, 275;
in Constantinople, 276;
received by Sultan Mohammed, 276, 277;
diplomatic colleagues, 278, 279;
observes signs of development of Triple Entente, 279;
goes to Cairo, to meet Roosevelt, 285;
at Salonica, 285;
at Athens, 286;
received by King George, 286, 287;
in Cairo with Roosevelt, 287-292;
consulted by Roosevelt on his remarks about the murder of Budros
Pasha, 288;
entertained by Sir E. Gorst, 290, 291;
and Princess Eitel Friedrich, 292;
relations with Chevket Pasha, 292, 293;
advises sale of warship to Turkey, 295;
on Venizelos, 296;
secures exemption of certain institutions from the Law of
Associations, 296;
obtains charter for Syrian Protestant College, etc., 297;
Knox's offensive instructions regarding a shift of activities
from educational to commercial ends, 297, 298;
entertains Vice-President Fairbanks and others, 298, 299;
requests leave of absence, intending to retire, 300;
at Sinaia in Roumania, 300;
conversations with "Carmen Sylva," 300-302, 303, 304;
discusses Roumanian Jewish question with King Carol, 302, 303; in
Vienna, 304;
entertained by Ambassador Reid and others in London, 304, 305;
interview with the Rothschilds, on the Triple Entente, 305, 306;
resigns, 306;
purpose to transfer to another post dropped, 306.
Speaks on "American Prestige" at dinner of N.Y. Chamber of Commerce,
308;
arouses enthusiasm by mention of Roosevelt, 308;
consulted by Roosevelt on his proposed speech, "The Charter of
Democracy," 310;
objects to recall of judicial decisions, but not to the
breaking-point, 311;
believes that that statement caused Roosevelt's defeat, 311, 312;
made permanent chairman of N.Y. State Progressive Convention, 314;
impressions of the body of delegates, 314;
nominated for Governor by "Suspender Jack," 314-316;
the nomination made unanimous, 317;
letter of Roosevelt to, on his nomination, 317, 318;
Roosevelt's interview on the same topic, 318, 319;
is offered the Republican nomination, but declines for cause,
319, 320;
in the campaign, 320-322;
fills some of Roosevelt's engagements after the shooting at
Milwaukee, 322;
Roosevelt's commendatory speech at final rally, 324;
letter of Roosevelt to, 325;
on the Progressive organization, 325, 326,
and the result, 326;
attempts to improve arbitration treaties, 330;
speaks on "The Threatening Clouds of War," at reception given him
by the N.Y. Peace Society, 331;
speaks on "World Peace" at dinner of Authors' Club, 331;
at peace meeting in Carnegie Hall, 332;
on the right of expatriation, denied by European countries, 332;
addresses at Naval War College, 332, 333;
chairman of conference at Lake Mohonk (1905), 334;
which resulted in the formation of the American Society of
International Law, 335, 336;
favors repeal of act exempting U.S. coastwise shipping from tolls
on Panama Canal, 338, 339;
urges sending commission to Mexico, 339, 340;
writes in _The Outlook_ on the Italo-Turkish War and the Hague
Treaty, 341;
motor-tour in Algeria and Tunis, 343;
in Sicily, 343;
in Rome, 344-350;
received in audience by Victor Emmanuel, 344, 345;
friendship with Mayor Nathan, 345, 346;
Professor Luzzatti, 346, 347;
interviews with Cardinals Falconio, 347, 348,
and Rampolla, 348, 349;
relations with D. Lubin, 349;
in London, 350-354;
entertained by William Watson, 350,
Sir Charles Henry, 350, 351, 352;
meets Lloyd George, 351;
Sir Rufus Isaacs, 352,
Herbert L. Samuel, 352,
and John Burns, 352, 353;
entertained by the Brittains, 353,
and Earl Grey, 353, 354, 355;
visits the Hampstead Garden Suburb, 353, 354;
entertained by Mr. Carnegie at Skibo Castle, 355;
attends opening of Peace Palace at The Hague, 356, 357;
journeys to Madrid for the marriage of Kermit Roosevelt, 358 _ff._;
meets Kipling in London, 359,
and I. Zangwill, 359;
with Roosevelt in Paris, and travels to Madrid with him, 360;
declared by Roosevelt to be the type of man for U.S. Senator, 360;
on the prospects of the monarchy in Spain, 361;
renews acquaintance with Sir H. D. Wolff, 366,
and von Radowitz, 367;
interview with E. Castelar, 365, 366;
visits Toledo, 366-368.
In Paris, in July, 1914, 370; the difficult journey to London, 370;
the demand for gold, 371;
assists in relieving Americans stranded in London, 371 _ff._;
chairman of the embassy committee, 372;
at Cliveden, with the Astors, 374;
impresses on Sir E. Grey the necessity of making clear Great
Britain's reasons for entering the war, 375;
on Russia's duty to her subjects, 375, 376;
gives out an interview to American correspondents, 376, 377;
with Bernstorff at J. Speyer's, 378;
negotiations with Bernstorff on the possible mediation of the
United States, 378 _ff._;
reports to Bryan thereon, 380;
consults with Spring-Rice
and Jusserand, 380, 381, 382;
said to have been duped by Bernstorff, 382, 384;
defended by Spring-Rice, 382, 383;
Sir E. Grey to, 383;
negotiations result in exposure of German insincerity, 384, 385, 386;
New Year's message (1915), 387;
conversation with Roosevelt on Wilson's course and duty, 387, 388;
urges Wilson to seek cooperation of Taft and Roosevelt, 388, 389;
and the report that Jews in U.S. were anti-Ally, 390-391;
last meeting with Roosevelt, 391-393;
at Roosevelt's funeral, 394.
Chairman of overseas committee of League to Enforce Peace, 396;
confers with Taft, 397;
his associates on the committee, 397;
conversation with Lord Chancellor Birkenhead, 398, 399;
and Sir A. Steele-Maitland, 399;
interview with Leon Bourgeois on additional clauses to the League
Covenant, 400-403, 404;
commended for favorable results of the interview, 403, 404;
attends sessions of Plenary Conference, 405-407, 423, 424;
on Wilson's prestige and leadership, 408;
and General Smuts, 408;
attends session of French Senate, 409;
talk with Pershing, 410,
and with Sazonoff, 411;
praised by Bourgeois, 412;
talk with Lansing, 412, 413;
conferences with divers representatives of Balkan countries, 413,
414, 418, 419;
at meeting of allied societies for a League of Nations, proposes
resolution regarding free exercise of religion, etc., 416;
reports to Wilson, 416;
Wilson's reply to, 417;
discusses with Bourgeois revised draft of Article XXI, 420,
which is adopted, 421;
letter of Wilson thereon, 421;
address at the Sorbonne, on "America and the League of Nations," 422;
letter of Wilson to, 424;
requested by House to return to U.S., 424, 425;
meets Kerensky, 425, 426;
confers with Wilson on measures to secure ratification of treaty,
427;
conferences with Senators on reservations, 427-429;
reflections on the failure of the U.S. to act her part in
world-reconstruction, 429, 430.
Straus, Percy, 131.
Straus, Roger W., _S._'s son, in Siberia, 392, 397; 131, 152, 299,
318, 354, 378.
Straus, Mrs. Roger W., 394.
Straus, Salomon, _S._'s maternal grandfather, 1, 2, 9.
Straus, Sara, _S._'s mother, 2, 9, 10, 13, 14, 21.
Straus, Sarah (Lavanburg), decorated by Abdul Hamid, 104;
and William II, 137, 138; 46, 48, 49, 50, 53, 56, 58, 94, 96, 99,
111, 115, 131, 136, 211, 214, 215, 242, 245, 247, 274, 275,
285, 290, 298, 316, 318, 321, 337, 343, 345, 348, 353, 354,
360, 362, 365, 374, 378, 394, 409.
Straus, Sissy, 131.
Straus, L., & Sons, _S._ becomes a member of, 36, 37.
Straus family, the, comes to America, 9;
at Talbotton, 9-17;
at Columbus, Ga., 17-20.
Strauss, Lewis L., 418.
Strauss, Paul, 409.
Striker, Miss, 294.
Strong, William L., 121.
Sublime Porte. _See_ Turkey.
Sullivan, Algernon S., 40.
Sultan's mosque, the, 63.
Sulu Islands, Mohammedans of, submit to U.S. army, 143-146.
Sulzburger, Solomon, 170.
Sulzer, William, 320.
Supreme Court of the U.S., and the trusts, 186, 187.
"Suspender Jack," _See_ McGee, John C.
Sussex, the, sinking of, 389.
Suttner, Baroness Bertha von, 304.
Syria, mission schools in, closed, 71.
Syrian Protestant College, 36, 297, 299.
Taft, Charles P., 251.
Taft, Hulbert, 251.
Taft, William H., favored by Roosevelt for President, 248, 249;
nominated, 250;
his qualifications, 250;
his contagious laugh, 250;
overshadowed by Roosevelt in campaign, 254, 255;
elected, 256;
his chief source of strength, 256;
his religion, attempt to make it an issue, 257;
Roosevelt's letter to Dixon thereon, 258-262;
his failure to reappoint _S._, and others to the Cabinet, 263, 264,
267, 288, 292;
his address to Ohio Society, 264;
signs of departure from Roosevelt's policies, 264;
suggests to _S._ embassy to Japan, 267;
his inauguration, 268-270;
offers _S._ Turkish mission, 272, 273;
_S._'s relations with, 272;
rumors of break with Roosevelt, 275;
growing rift between his administration and Roosevelt's policies, 306;
his position in 1912, 309;
the Winona speech and the Norton letter, 309;
and a League of Nations, 397;
and the Covenant of the League, 413; 166, 183, 185, 186, 222, 231,
239, 253, 265, 309, 394, 402, 419, 421.
Taft, Mrs. W. H., 270.
Talaat Bey, 278, 282.
Talbotton, Ga., _S._'s father settles in, 6 _ff._;
the Straus family at, 9 _ff._;
revisited by _S._, 243.
Tammany Hall, 320.
Tanaka, Captain, 220.
Tardieu, Andre, 414.
Tchaikovsky, Nicolas, on sending food into Russia, 422, 423;
on Lenin and Trotzky, 423.
Tcheragan (Turkish Chamber of Deputies), burning of, how regarded, 299.
Tewfik Pasha (Mohammed), Khedive, 78, 79.
Tewfik Pasha, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, 134, 140, 141, 142;
and the closing of British orphanages, 148; 151, 173.
Tewfik, Madame, attended by Dr. Mitchell, 151.
Tezkirahs (passports), 139, 140.
Thackeray, W. M., 120.
Theotocopuli, Dominico, 367.
Therapia, 65.
Thomas, J. H., 415.
Thompson, Daniel G., law partner of _S._, 34.
Tilden, Samuel J., 33.
_Times, The_, on _S._ as mediator, 382; 148.
Toledo, Spain's objects of interest in, 367, 368.
Tombs unearthed at Sidon, 151.
Toombs, Robert, 19, 20.
Trade unions, organization of, 194.
Treaty of Paris, measures to secure ratification of, by Senate, 46-49;
reservations offered, 427, 428.
Trent, William P., 331.
Triple Entente, development of, 279; 305, 306.
Tripoli, treaty of U.S. with, 145.
Trotzky, M., 423.
Trumbull, Frank, 378.
Trusts, question of, 186, 187.
Tucker, Henry H. G., 178.
Tunis, 343.
Turkey, mission to, 42 _ff._;
_S._ thrice appointed minister or ambassador to, 46, 124 _ff._,
272, 273;
his arrival in, 57-59;
negotiations about mission schools in, 70 _ff._;
hostility to missionaries in, 74, 75;
negotiations concerning persecution of Jews in, 83 _ff._;
permanent settlements with impossible, 86;
interpretation of treaty of 1830 with, 87 _ff._;
treaty of 1862, 88, 89;
slight regard of, for terms of treaties, 89;
Treaty of Naturalization and Extradition, 90-92, 140, 141;
claim against de Hirsch, 92-94;
proposal to send warships to, 128;
U.S. mission to, authorized to be raised to embassy, 134, 135, 150;
_S._'s negotiations concerning passport regulations in, 139, 140;
and the question of indemnities to missionaries, 141, 142;
question of shipments of flour to, 147, 148;
_S._ resigns as minister, 161, 162,
his reception on his third appointment, 276, 277;
the government of Young Turks, 277, 278;
German influence in, 279;
promises Germany the concession for building railroad to Bagdad, 279;
attitude of Russia toward, 279;
effect on, of mutual jealousy of the Great Powers, 280;
Chevket Pasha on conditions in, and attitude of Powers toward, 293;
and the Crete affair, 293 _ff._:
U.S. refuses to sell warship to, 294, 295;
buys one from Germany, 295;
Italy's war on, 340, 341;
proposed mandate of U. S. over, 410.
And _see_ Law of Associations, Young Turks.
Turks, the, characteristics of, 62.
Turull, Enrique de Arribas y, on the ancestry and nationality of
Columbus, 369.
Uhler, George, 234.
"Union and Progress," party of. _See_ Young Turks.
United States, treaty of 1830 with Turkey, interpretation of, 87 _ff._;
treaty of 1862 with Turkey, 88, 89;
treaty of Naturalization and Extradition, 90-92, 140, 141;
attitude of, toward Sulu Mohammedans, 144, 145;
Roosevelt's administration the beginning of a new era in history
of, 257;
attitude of toward international affairs, 327, 328;
and the Hague Peace conferences, 328;
effect on, of sending fleet round the world, 337, 338;
proposed mediation of, at outbreak of World War, 378 _ff._;
hopes of bringing about a peace conference between belligerents,
386, 387;
and the mandate for Turkey, 410;
responsibility of, for withholding cooperation in
world-reconstruction, 429, 430.
University of Pennsylvania, confers honorary degree on _S._, 160.
Ure, Sir Alexander, 351.
Vacaresco, Helene, 405.
Vali, the, of Jerusalem, 82, 83, 84.
Van Alen, James J., and the Italian mission, 113, 114.
Van Dyke, Henry, 119, 331.
Van Hise, Charles R., 200, 201.
Van Karnebeek, Dr., 357.
Van Karnebeek, Jonkheer, 357.
Van Rensselaer, Henry, 25.
Van Swinderen, Mr., 357.
Van Tetz, Baron and Baroness, 65.
Van Valkenburg, E. A., 395.
Vanderbilt, William K., 97.
Vanderlip, Frank A., 378.
Vanderlip, Mrs. F. A., 378.
Vandervelde, M., 416.
Varna, to Constantinople, 56, 57.
"Venetian Palace," _S._'s home in Washington, 214.
Venezuelan controversy (1902), 174.
Venizelos, Eleutherios, his rank as a statesman, 296;
maltreated by Greeks, 296; 153, 407, 411, 414, 415, 416.
Venizelos, Mme., 153.
Vermilye, Joseph F., 26.
Very, Rear-Admiral, 224.
Vesnitch, M., 411, 414.
Victor Emmanuel II, 46.
Victor Emmanuel III, Roosevelt received by, 290;
_S._ received by, 344, 345, 349.
Victoria, Queen, Jubilee of, 66.
Vienna, _S._'s visits to, 56, 156, 304.
Villard, Henry, 97.
Vivian, Henry, 354.
Wadhams, William H., 400.
Wadsworth, James W., 209.
Wald, Lillian M., 393, 425.
Wallace, Lew, 43.
Ward, John E., 31.
Ward, William H., 97.
Washburn, George, President of Robert College, 66, 69;
_Fifty Years in Constantinople_, 76; 75.
Washington, Booker T., entertained by Roosevelt, 184, 187.
Washington, George, 41, 183, 258.
Washington, Rev. George, 66.
Washington Conference on Limitation of Armaments (1921), 229, 230.
Watchorn, Robert, 168, 216.
Watson, William, why he missed the laureateship, 350.
Weardale, Philip J. Stanhope, Baron, 377.
Weber, John B., 107.
Webster, Charles B., 115.
Webster, Daniel, 17, 258.
Westminster, Hugh R. A. Grosvenor, Duke of, 148.
Westminster Hall, John Burns on, 353.
_Westminster Review_, 51.
Wheeler, Everett P., 334.
White, Andrew D., _Autobiography_, 328 _n._, 356; 132, 138, 237,
331, 334.
White, Edward D., 128, 300.
White, Henry, 405, 423.
White, Horace, 308.
White, Sir William A., British ambassador to Turkey, 60, 65, 72, 74,
85, 132.
White, Lady, 60.
White House, luncheons at, in Roosevelt's day, 176, 177;
Christmas tree at, 245;
New Year's reception at, 245, 246;
official functions at, 246.
Whitman, Charles S., 205.
Whitney, Traverse H., 205.
Whitney, William C., 113, 114.
Wighe, Mr., labor leader, 197.
Wilhelmina, Queen, 356, 357.
Willard, Daniel, 200, 203.
Willard, Joseph, 358, 362.
Willard, Miss, marries Kermit Roosevelt, 358, 362.
Willcocks, Sir William, 299.
William II, German Emperor, visit of, to Constantinople, 136-139;
his visit resented by Christians in Turkey, 139;
and Zionism, 157;
and Mrs. Roosevelt, 287, 288; 247, 279, 291, 328 _n._, 363, 385.
Williams, Aneurin, 415.
Williams, Roger, _S._ places memorial tablet to, in Charterhouse
School, 120, 121, 347.
Wilson, George G., 334.
Wilson, James, 240.
Wilson, James H., 19.
Wilson, William L., 112, 126, 127.
Wilson, Woodrow, reappoints _S._ on Hague Court, 165,
and Panama Canal tolls, 338, 339;
his offer to act as mediator at outbreak of war, 378, 379, 384, 387;
Roosevelt on his proper course, 388, 389;
_S._'s relations with, 338;
_S._ advises him to invite cooperation of Taft and Roosevelt, 389;
objects to proposed additions to draft of League Covenant, 400;
opposes French demand for international army to guard frontier, 403;
address to American correspondents, 404;
in the Plenary Conference, 405-407, 423, 424;
early adoption of Covenant due to, 408;
returns to U.S., 414;
letters of, to _S._, 421, 424;
on the treaty debate and reservations, 427; 203, 322, 402, 416, 417,
420, 425, 426.
Wilson, Judge, 56.
Wise, Stephen S., 390.
Witte, Count Sergius, and the question of Jews in Russia, 189, 190;
letter of Roosevelt to, 191.
Wolf, Simon, 171, 173.
Wolfe, Catherine L., 97.
Wolff, Sir Henry D., career of, 64;
advises _S._, 65;
in Madrid, 122;
reminiscences of Disraeli, 363-365; 86, 362.
Wolff, Lady, 362, 363.
Woodford, Stewart L., U.S. Minister to Spain, and Sir H. D. Wolff, 122;
seeks to avert war, 124.
Woodruff, Timothy L., 316, 317.
Woolsey, Theodore S., 334.
Wordsworth, William, "The Happy Warrior," 119.
World War, the, outbreak of, 371 _ff._;
Sir E. Grey on Great Britain's reasons for entering, 375, 376;
proposed mediation of U.S., 378 _ff._
Wright, Luke V., 264.
Wu Ting Fang, 160.
Yahuda, A. S., 366.
Yale College Kent Club, 119, 120.
Yates, William F., 239.
Yenikeui, _S._'s residence at, 154.
Yildis Palace, _S._ received in audience at, 66, 67.
Young Men's Hebrew Association, founded by _S._ and others, 33, 40, 41.
Young Turks, government of, 277, 278;
fall of their first ministry due to Lynch affair, 280-282.
Young Women's Hebrew Association, 33.
Yovanovich, M., 415.
Zangwill, Israel, his project concerning the Jews, 359.
Zionism, Hertzl on, 156, 157.
Zorn, Professor, 328 _n._
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Transcriber's note: Punctuation has been normalized and obvious printer
errors have been corrected. Variations in spelling and hyphenation have
been retained.
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