CHAPTER XXVII

THE END

Page came home only to die. In fact, at one time it seemed improbable

that he would live to reach the United States. The voyage of the

_Olympic_, on which he sailed, was literally a race with death. The

great-hearted Captain, Sir Bertram Hayes, hearing of the Ambassador's

yearning to reach his North Carolina home, put the highest pressure upon

his ship, which almost leaped through the waves. But for a considerable

part of the trip Page was too ill to have much consciousness of his

surroundings. At times he was delirious; once more he lived over the

long period of "neutrality"; again he was discussing intercepted cargoes

and "notes" with Sir Edward Grey; from this his mind would revert to his

English literary friends, and then again he was a boy in North Carolina.

The _Olympic_ reached New York more than a day ahead of schedule; Page

was carried down the gangplank on a stretcher, propped up with pillows;

and since he was too weak then to be taken to his Southern home, he was

placed temporarily in St. Luke's Hospital. Page arrived on a beautiful

sunshiny October day; Fifth Avenue had changed its name in honour of the

new Liberty Loan and had become the "Avenue of the Allies"; each block,

from Forty-second Street north, was decorated with the colours of one of

the nations engaged in the battle against Germany; the street was full

of Red Cross workers and other picturesquely clad enthusiasts selling

Liberty Bonds; in its animated beauty and in its inspiring significance

it formed an appropriate setting for Page's homecoming.

The American air seemed to act like a tonic on Page; in a short time he

showed such improvement that his recovery seemed not impossible. So far

as his spirits and his mind were concerned, he became his old familiar

self. He was able to see several of his old friends, he read the

newspapers and discussed the international situation with his customary

liveliness. With the assistance of his daughter, Mrs. Loring, he even

kept track of his correspondence. Evidently the serious nature of his

illness was not understood, for invitations to speak poured in from all

quarters. Most of these letters Mrs. Loring answered, but there was one

that Page insisted on attending to himself. The City of Cleveland was

organizing some kind of a meeting dedicated to closer relations with

Great Britain, and the Mayor wrote Page asking him to speak. The last

thing which Page wrote with his own hand was his reply to this

invitation; and it is an impressive fact that his final written word

should have dealt with the subject that had been so close to his heart

for the preceding five years.

_To Harry L. Davis, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio_

I deeply regret my health will not permit me to attend any public

function for some time to come; for I deeply appreciate your

invitation on behalf of the City of Cleveland for the meeting on

December 7th, and have a profound sympathy with its purpose to

bring the two great English-speaking worlds as close together as

possible, so that each shall thoroughly understand the courage and

sacrifice and ideals of the other. This is the greatest political

task of the future. For such a complete and lasting understanding

is the only basis for the continued, progress of civilization. I

am proud to be associated in your thought, Mr. Mayor, with so

fitting and happy an occasion, and only physical inability could

cause absence.

Sincerely,

WALTER H. PAGE.

Page's improvement was only temporary; a day or two after this letter

was written he began to sink rapidly; it was therefore decided to grant

his strongest wish and take him to North Carolina. He arrived in

Pinehurst on December 12th, so weak that his son Frank had to carry him

in his arms from the train.

"Well, Frank," said Page, with a slightly triumphant smile, "I did get

here after all, didn't I?"

He lingered for a few days and died, at eight o'clock in the evening, on

December 21st, in his sixty-fourth year. He suffered no pain. He was

buried in the Page family plot in the Bethesda Cemetery near Aberdeen.

He was as much of a war casualty as was his nephew Allison Page, who

lost his life with his face to the German machine guns in Belleau Wood.

THE END

APPENDIX

SCRAPS FROM UNFINISHED DIARIES

Page was not methodical in keeping diaries. His documents, however,

reveal that he took many praiseworthy resolutions in this direction.

They include a large number of bulky books, each labelled "Diary" and

inscribed with the year whose events were to be recorded. The outlook is

a promising one; but when the books are opened they reveal only

fragmentary good intentions. Entries are kept up for a few days, and

then the work comes to an end. These volumes contain many scraps of

interesting writing, however, which are worth preserving; some of them

are herewith presented in haphazard fashion, with no attempt at order in

subject matter.

1913

PETHERICK

Petherick: may he be immortal; for he is a man who has made of a humble

task a high calling; and without knowing it he has caused a man of a

high calling to degrade it to a mean level. Now Petherick is a humble

Englishman, whose father many years ago enjoyed the distinction of

carrying the mail pouch to and from the post office for the American

Embassy in London. As father, so son. Petherick succeeded Petherick. In

this remote period (_the_ Petherick must now be 60) Governments had

"despatch agents," men who distributed mail and whatnot, sent it on

from capital to capital--were a sort of general "forwarding" factotums.

The office is really out of date now. Telegraph companies, express

companies, railway companies, the excellent mail service and the like

out-despatch any conceivable agent--except Petherick. Petherick has

qualities that defy change, such as an unfailing courtesy, a genuine joy

in serving his fellows, the very genius of helpfulness. Well, since a

governmental office once established acquires qualities of perpetuity,

three United States despatch agents have survived the development of

modern communication, one in London, one in New York, and the third (I

think) in San Francisco. At any rate, the London agent remains.

Now in the beginning the London despatch agent was a mail messenger (as

I understand) for the Embassy. He still takes the pouch to the post

office, and brings it back. In ordinary times, that's all he does for

the Embassy, for which his salary of about ---- is paid by the State

Department--too high a salary for the labour done, but none too high for

the trustworthy qualities required. If this had been all that Petherick

did, he would probably have long ago gone to the scrap heap. It is one

mark of a man of genius that he always makes his job. So Petherick. The

American Navy came into being and parts of it come to this side of the

world. Naval officers need help when they come ashore. Petherick was

always on hand with despatches and mail for them, and Petherick was a

handy man. Did the Captain want a cab? Petherick had one waiting. Did

the Captain want rooms? Such-and-such a hotel was the proper one for

him. Rooms were engaged. Did the Captain's wife need a maid? Petherick

had thought of that, too. Then a Secretary from some continental

legation wished to know a good London tailor. He sought Petherick. An

American Ambassador from the continent came to London. London yielded

Petherick for his guidance and his wants. Petherick became omni-present,

universally useful--an American institution in fact. A naval officer who

had been in Asiatic waters was steaming westward to the Mediterranean.

His wife and three babies came to London, where she was to meet her

husband, who was to spend several weeks here. A telegram to Petherick:

they needed to do nothing else. When the lady arrived a furnished flat,

a maid and a nurse and a cook and toys awaited her. When her husband

arrived, a pair of boots awaited him from the same last that his last

pair had been made on, in London, five years before. At some thoughtful

moment $1,000 was added to Petherick's salary by the Navy Department;

and a few years ago a handsome present was made to Petherick by the

United States Naval Officers all over the world.

But Petherick, with all his virtues, is merely an Englishman, and it is

not usual for an Englishman to hold a $3,000 office under appointment

from the United States Government. The office of despatch agent,

therefore, has been nominally held by an American citizen in London.

This American citizen for a good many years has been Mr. Crane, a

barrister, who simply turns over the salary to Petherick; and all the

world, except the Secretary of State, knows that Petherick is Petherick

and there is none other but him.

Now comes the story: Mr. Bryan, looking around the world for offices for

his henchmen, finds that one Crane has been despatch agent in London for

many years, and he writes me a personal and confidential letter, asking

if this be not a good office for some Democrat!

I tell the story to the Naval Attaché! He becomes riotous. He'll have

to employ half a dozen clerks to do for the Navy ill what Petherick does

well with ease, if he's removed. Life would not be worth living anyhow.

I uncover Petherick to the Secretary and show him in his glory. It must

be said to the Secretary's credit that he has said nothing more about

it. Petherick, let us hope, will live forever. The Secretary's

petty-spoils mind now works on grand plans for Peace, holy Peace, having

unsuccessfully attacked poor Petherick. And Petherick knows nothing

about it and never dreams of an enemy in all the world, and in all naval

and diplomatic life he has only fast friends. If Mr. Bryan had removed

him, he might have made a temporary friend of one Democrat from

Oklahoma, and lasting enemies of all that Democrat's rivals and of the

whole naval and diplomatic service.

_November, 1914._

We have to get away from it--or try to--a minute at a time; and the

comic gods sometimes help us. Squier[79] has a junior officer here to

hold his desk down when he's gone. He's a West Point Lieutenant with a

German name. His study is ordnance. A new kind of bomb gives him the

same sort of joy that a new species would have given Darwin. He was over

in France--where the armies had passed to and from Paris--and one day he

found an unexploded German bomb of a new sort. The thing weighed half a

ton or thereabouts, and it was loaded. Somehow he got it to London--I

never did hear how. He wrapped it in blankets and put it under his bed.

He went out of town to study some other infernal contraption and the

police found this thing under his bed. The War Office took it and began

to look for him--to shoot him, the bomb-harbouring German! They soon

discovered, of course, that he was one of our men and an officer in the

United States Army. Then I heard of it for the first time. Here came a

profuse letter of apology from the Government; they had not known the

owner was one of my attachés. Pardon, pardon--a thousand apologies. But

while this letter was being delivered to me one of the under-secretaries

of the Government was asking one of our secretaries, "In Heaven's name,

what's the Ambassador going to do about it? We have no right to molest

the property of one of your attachés, but this man's room is less than

100 yards from Westminster Abbey: it might blow up half of London. We

can't give the thing back to him!" They had taken it to the Duck Pond,

wherever that is. About that time the Lieutenant came back. His pet bomb

gone--what was I going to do about it?

The fellow actually wanted to bring it to his office in the Embassy!

"Look here, Lieutenant, besides the possibility of blow-up this building

and killing every mother's son of us, consider the scandal of the

American Embassy in London blown up by a German bomb. That would go down

in the school histories of the United States. Don't you see?" No, he

didn't see instantly--he does so love a bomb! I had to threaten to

disown him and let him be shot before he was content to go and tell them

to unload it--he _would_ have it, unloaded, if not loaded.

Well, I had to write half a dozen letters before the thing was done for.

He thinks me a chicken-livered old coward and I know much more about him

than I knew before; and we are at peace. The newspapers never got the

story, but his friends about town still laugh at him for trying first to

blow up Westminster Abbey and then his own Ambassador. He was at my

house at dinner the other night and one of the ladies asked him:

"Lieutenant, have you any darling little pet lyddite cartridges in your

pocket?" Think of a young fellow who just loves bombs! Has loaded bombs

for pets! How I misspent my youth!

_February, 1915._

This is among the day's stories: The British took a ship that had a

cargo of 100,000 busts of Von Hindenburg--filled with copper.

Another: When Frederick Watts was painting Lord Minto he found it hard

to make the portrait please him. When he was told that Lord Minto liked

it and Lady Minto didn't and that So-and-So praised it, he exclaimed: "I

don't care a d--n what anyone thinks about it--except a fellow named

Sargent."

And the King said (about the wedding[80]): "I have the regulation of the

dress to be worn at all functions in the Chapel Royal. I, therefore,

declare that the American Ambassador may have any dress worn that he

pleases!"

E.M. House went to Paris this morning, having no peace message from this

Kingdom whatever. This kind of talk here now was spoken of by the Prime

Minister the other day "as the twittering of a sparrow in a tumult that

shakes the world."

Lady P. remarked to me to-day, as many persons do, that I am very

fortunate to be Ambassador here at this particular time. Perhaps; but it

isn't easy to point out precisely wherein the good fortune consists.

This much is certain: it is surely a hazardous occupation now. Henry

James remarked, too, that nobody could afford to miss the experience of

being here--nobody who could be here. Perhaps true, again; but I confess

to enough shock and horror to keep me from being so very sure of that.

Yet no other phenomenon is more noticeable than the wish of every sort

of an American to be here. I sometimes wonder whether the really

well-balanced American does. Most of them are of the overwrought and

excitable kinds.

A conservative lady, quite conscientious, was taken down to dinner by

Winston Churchill. Said she, to be quite frank and fair: "Mr. Churchill,

I must tell you that I don't like your politics. Yet we must get on

together. You may say, if you like, that this is merely a matter of

personal taste with me, as I might not like your--well, your moustache."

"I see no reason, Madam, why you should come in contact with either."

My talk with Bonar Law: He was disposed to believe that if England had

declared at once that she would go to war with Germany if France was

attacked, there would have been no war. Well, would English opinion,

before Belgium was attacked, have supported a government which made such

a declaration?

Mr. Bonar Law thinks that President Wilson ought to have protested about

Belgium.

He didn't agree with me that much good human material goes to waste in

this Kingdom for lack of opportunity. (That's the Conservative in him.)

_Friday, April 30, 1915._

Sir Edward Grey came to tea to talk with Mr. House and me--little talk

of the main subject (peace), which is not yet ripe by a great deal. Sir

Edward said the Germans had poisoned wells in South Africa. They have

lately used deadly gases in France. The key to their mind says Sir

Edward, is this--they attribute to other folk what they are thinking of

doing themselves.

While Sir Edward was here John Sargent came in and brought Katharine the

charcoal portrait of her that he had made--his present to her for her

and Chud to give to W.A.W.P.[81] and me. A very graceful and beautiful

thing for him to do.

_April 30, 1915._

Concerning Peace: The German civil authorities want peace and so does

one faction of the military party. But how can they save their face?

They have made their people believe that they are at once the persecuted

and the victorious. If they stop, how can they explain their stopping?

The people might rend them. The ingenious loophole discovered by House

is--mere moonshine, viz., the freedom of the seas in war. That is a

one-sided proposition unless they couple with it the freedom of the land

in war also, which is nonsense. Nothing can be done, then, until some

unfavourable military event brings a new mind to the Germans. Peace

talk, therefore, is yet mere moonshine. House has been to Berlin, from

London, thence to Paris, then back to London again--from Nowhere (as far

as peace is concerned) to Nowhere again.

_May 3, 1915._

Why doesn't the President make himself more accessible? Dismiss X and

get a bigger man? Take his cabinet members really into his confidence?

Everybody who comes here makes these complaints of him!

We dined to-night at Y's. Professor M. was there, etc. He says we've got

to have polygamy in Europe after the war to keep the race up.

_Friday, May 21, 1915._

Last night the Italian Parliament voted to give the Government

war-powers; and this means immediate war on the side of the Allies.

There are now eight nations fighting against Germany, Austria, and

Turkey; viz., Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Japan, Belgium,

Serbia, Montenegro. And it looks much as if the United States will be

forced in by Germany.

The British Government is wrestling with a very grave internal

disruption--to make a Coalition Government. The only portfolios that

seem absolutely secure are the Prime Minister's and the Foreign

Secretary's (Sir Edward Grey's)--for which latter, many thanks. The

two-fold trouble is--(1) a difference between Churchill (First Lord of

the Admiralty) and Lord Fisher--about the Dardanelles campaign and (I

dare say) other things, and (2) Lord Kitchener's failure to secure

ammunition--"to organize the industries of the Kingdom." Some even

declare K. of K. (they now say Kitchener of Kaos) is a general colossal

failure. But the prevailing opinion is that his raising of the new army

has been good work but that he has failed with the task of procuring

munitions. As for Churchill, he's too restless and erratic and

dictatorial and fussy and he runs about too much. I talked with him at

dinner last night at his mother's. He slips far down in his chair and

swears and be-dams and by-Gods his assertions. But his energy does

interest one. An impromptu meeting in the Stock Exchange to-day voted

confidence in K. of K. and burned up a copy of the _Daily Mail_, which

this morning had a severe editorial about him.

Washington, having sent a severe note to Germany, is now upbraided for

not sending another to England, to match and pair it. That's largely

German influence, but also the Chicago packers and the cotton men. These

latter have easy grievances, like the Irish. The delays of the British

Government are exasperating, but they are really not so bad now as they

have been. Still, the President can be influenced by the criticism that

he must hit one side every time he hits the other, else he's not

neutral! I am working by every device to help the situation and to

prevent another note. I proposed to-day to Sir Edward Grey that his

Government make an immediate advance payment on the cotton that it

proposes to buy.

Unless Joffre be a man of genius--of which there are some

indications--and unless French also possibly have some claim to this

distinction and _perhaps_ the Grand Duke Nikolas, there doesn't yet seem

to be a great man brought forth by the war. In civil life, Sir Edward

Grey comes to a high measure. As we yet see it from this English corner

of the world, no other statesman now ranks with him.

_March 20, 1916._

I am sure I have the best secret service that could be got by any

neutral. I am often amazed at its efficiency. It is good because it is

not a secret--certainly not a spy service at all. It is all aboveboard

and it is all done by men of high honour and good character--I mean the

Embassy staff. Counting the attachés there are about twenty good men,

every one of whom moves in a somewhat different circle from any other

one. Every one cultivates his group of English folk, in and out of

official life, and his group in the diplomatic corps. There isn't a week

but every man of them sees his particular sources of information--at

their offices, at the Embassy, at luncheon, at dinner, at the

clubs--everywhere. We all take every possible occasion to serve our

friends and they serve us. The result is, I verily believe, that we hear

more than any other group in London. These young fellows are all keen as

razors. They know when to be silent, too; and they are trusted as they

deserve to be. Of course I see them, singly or in pairs, every day in

the regular conduct of the work of the Embassy; and once a week we all

meet together and go over everything that properly comes before so large

a "cabinet" meeting. Thus some of us are on confidential terms with

somebody in every department of the Government, with somebody in every

other Embassy and Legation, with all the newspapers and

correspondents--even with the censors. And the wives of those that are

married are abler than their husbands. They are most attractive young

women--welcome everywhere--and indefatigable. Mrs. Page has them spend

one afternoon a week with her, rolling bandages; and that regular

meeting always yields something else. They come to my house Thursday

afternoons, too, when people always drop in to tea-visitors from other

countries, resident Americans, English--everybody--Sometimes one

hundred.

Nobody in this company is a "Spy"--God forbid! I know no more honourable

or attractive group of ladies and gentlemen. Yet can conceive of no

organization of spies who could find out as many things. And the loyalty

of them all! Somebody now and then prefaces a revelation with the

declaration, "This is in strict confidence--absolutely nobody is to hear

it." The answer is--"Yes, only, you know, I have no secrets from the

Ambassador: no member of his staff can ever have."--Of course, we get

some fun along with our tragedies. If I can find time, for instance, I

am going to write out for House's amusement a verbatim report of every

conversation that he held in London. It has all come to me--from what he

said to the King down; and it all tallies with what House himself told

me. He went over it all himself to me the other day at luncheon.--I not

only believe--I am sure--that in this way I do get a correct judgment

of public feeling and public opinion, from Cabinet Ministers to

stock-brokers.

_December 11, 1916._

The new Government is quite as friendly to us in its intentions as the

old, and much more energetic. The old Government was a spent force. Mr.

Balfour is an agreeable man to deal with, with a will to keep our

sympathy, unless the dire need of ships forces him to unpleasantness.

The Prime Minister is--American in his ways. Lord Robert has the old

Cecil in him, and he's going to maintain the blockade at any cost that

he can justify to himself and to public opinion, and the public opinion

is with him. They are all eager to have American approval--much more

eager, I think, than a large section of public opinion, which has almost

ceased to care what Americans think or do. The more we talk about peace,

the more they think about war. There is no vindictiveness in the

English. They do not care to do hurt to the German people: they regard

them as misguided and misled. But no power on earth can stop the British

till the German military caste is broken--that leadership which attacked

Belgium and France and would destroy England. Balfour, Lloyd George, the

people, the army and the navy are at one in this matter, every labouring

man, everybody, except a little handful of Quakers and professors and

Noel Buxton. I think I know and see all the peace men. They feel that

they can talk to me with safety. They send me their pamphlets and

documents. I think that all of them have now become warlike but three,

and one of them is a woman. If you meet a woman you know on the street

and express a sympathy on the loss of her second son, she will say to

you, "Yes, he died in defence of his country. My third son will go next

week. They all die to save us." Doubtless she sheds tears in private.

But her eyes are dry in public. She has discarded her luxuries to put

money in the war loan. Say "Peace" to her? She would insult you.

_May 10, 1917._

We dined at Lambeth Palace. There was Lord Morley, whom I had not seen

since his long illness--much reduced in flesh, and quite feeble and

old-looking. But his mind and speech were most alert. He spoke of Cobden

favouring the Confederate States because the constitution of the

Confederacy provided for free trade. But one day Bright informed Cobden

that he was making the mistake of his life. Thereafter Cobden came over

to the Union side. This, Morley heard direct from Bright.

The Archbishop spoke in high praise of Charnwood's Lincoln--was

surprised at its excellence, etc. Geoffrey Robinson[82] asked who wrote

the _Quarterly_ articles in favour of the Confederacy all through the

war--was it Lord Salisbury? Nobody knew.

The widow of the former Archbishop Benson was there--the mother of all

the Bensons, Hugh, A.C., etc., etc.--a remarkable old lady, who talked

much in admiration of Balfour.

The Bishop of--Winchester(?)--was curious to know whether the people in

the United States really understood the Irish question--the two-nation,

two-religion aspect of the case. I had to say no!

There is an orphan asylum founded by some preceding Archbishop, by the

sea. The danger of bombardment raised the question of safety. The

Archbishop ordered all the children (40) to be sent to Lambeth Palace.

We dined in a small dining room: "The children," Mrs. Davidson

explained, "have the big dining room." Each child has a lady as

patroness or protector who "adopts" her, i.e., sees that she is looked

after, etc. Some of the ladies who now do this were themselves orphans!

At prayers as usual at 10 o'clock in the chapel where prayers have been

held every night--for how many centuries?

At lunch to-day at Mr. Asquith's--Lord Lansdowne there; took much

interest in the Knapp farm work while I briefly explained.

Lord Morley said to Mrs. Page he had become almost a Tolstoyan--Human

progress hasn't done much for mankind's happiness, etc. Look at the

war--by a "progressive" nation. Now the mistake here is horn of a

class-society, a society that rests on privilege. "Progress," has done

everything (1) in liberating men's minds and spirits in the United

States. This is the real gain; (2) in arraying all the world _against_

Germany.

_Tuesday, January 22, 1918._

Some days bring a bunch of interesting things or men. Then there

sometimes come relatively dull days--not often, however. To-day came:

General Tasker H. Bliss, Chief-of-Staff, now 64--the wisest (so I judge)

of our military men, a rather wonderful old chap. He's on his way to

Paris as a member of the Supreme War Council at Versailles. The big

question he has struck is: Shall American troops be put into the British

and French lines, in small groups, to fill up the gaps in those armies?

The British have persuaded him that it is a military necessity. If it

were less than a necessity, it would, of course, be wrong--i.e., it

would cut across our national pride, force our men under another flag,

etc. It is not proposed to deprive Pershing of his command nor even of

his army. The plan is to bring over troops that would not otherwise now

come and to lend these to the British and French armies, and to let

Pershing go on with his army as if this hadn't been done. Bliss is

inclined to grant this request on condition the British bring these men

over, equip and feed them, etc. He came in to ask me to send a telegram

for him to-morrow to the President, making this recommendation. But on

reflection he decided to wait till he had seen and heard the French

also, who desire the same thing as the British.

General Bliss is staying with Major Warburton; and Warburton gave me

some interesting glimpses of him. A telegram came for the General.

Warburton thought that he was out of the house and he decided to take it

himself to the General's room. He opened the door. There sat the General

by the fire talking to himself, wrapped in thought. Warburton walked to

the middle of the room. The old man didn't see him. He decided not to

disturb him, for he was rehearsing what he proposed to say to the

Secretary of State for War or to the Prime Minister--getting his ears as

well as his mind used to it. Warburton put the telegram on the table

near the General, went out, and wasn't discovered.

Several nights, he sat by the fire with Warburton and began to talk,

again rehearsing to himself some important conclusions that he had

reached. Every once in a while he'd look up at Warburton and say: "Now,

what do you think of that?"

That's an amazing good way to get your thought clear and your plans well

laid out. I've done it myself.

I went home and Kipling and Carrie[83] were at lunch with us. Kipling

said: "I'll tell you, your coming into the war made a new earth for me."

He is on a committee to see that British graves are properly marked and

he talked much about it. I could not help thinking that in the back of

his mind there was all the time thought of his own dead boy, John.

Then in the afternoon Major Drain brought the copy of a contract between

the United States Government and the British to build together 1500

tanks ($7,500,000). We took it to the Foreign Office and Mr. Balfour and

I signed it. Drain thinks that the tanks are capable of much development

and he wishes our army after the war to keep on studying and

experimenting with and improving such machines of destruction. Nobody

knows what may come of it.

Then I dined at W.W. Astor's (Jr.) There were Balfour, Lord Salisbury,

General and Lady Robertson, Mrs. Lyttleton and Philip Kerr.

During the afternoon Captain Amundsen, Arctic explorer came in, on his

way from Norway to France as the guest of our Government, whereafter he

will go to the United States and talk to Scandinavian people there.

That's a pretty good kind of a full day.

_April, 19, 1918._

Bell[84], and Mrs. Bell during the air raid took their little girl

(Evangeline, aged three) to the cellar. They told her they went to the

cellar to hear the big fire crackers. After a bomb fell that shook all

Chelsea, Evangeline clapped her hands in glee. "Oh, mummy, what a _big_

fire cracker!"

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 79: Colonel (now Major General) George O. Squier, Military

Attaché at the American Embassy.]

[Footnote 80: The wedding of Mr. Page's daughter at the Chapel Royal.]

[Footnote 81: Mrs. Page.]

[Footnote 82: Editor of the London _Times_.]

[Footnote 83: Mrs. Kipling.]

[Footnote 84: Mr. Edward Bell, Second Secretary of the American

Embassy.]

INDEX

_Age_, Louisville, connection with, I 32

Aid to stranded Americans in Europe on outbreak of war, I 304, 307, 329

_Alabama_ claims, the framed check for, in British Foreign Office,

I 390, II 78

Alderman, Dr. Edwin A., early efforts in behalf of public education,

I 73, 78;

stricken with tuberculosis, but recovers health, I 120;

on committee to lecture in England, II 346.

_Letters to_: expressing fear and hope of Wilson, I 121;

on meeting of the Southern and the General Education Boards, I 125;

after Wilson's inauguration, I 128;

while enroute to port as Ambassador, I 129;

on changed world conditions, II 142

Ambassador, some activities of an, I 159;

as a preventer of calamities, I 166

America and Great Britain, only free countries in the world, II 121

American Government, slight regard for by British, I 145, 152, 190, II 153;

strong feeling against uncourteous Notes of, II 74;

on handling of _Lusitania_ case, II 79;

on being under German influence, II 80, 97

American Luncheon Club, could not adhere to neutrality, II 230

American Navy, its aid in combatting the submarine, II 294

American supremacy, a before-the-war prophecy, I 144;

why the British will acknowledge, I 170

_Ancona_, torpedoed, II 79 _note_

Anderson, Chandler P., counsel for Committee for relief of stranded

Americans, I 307;

backs up Ambassador in neutrality letter to Wilson, I 373;

gives reasons why unwise to demand adoption of Declaration of London,

I 387

Anglo-American-German "pact," planned by Wilson and House, I 281

Anglomania, charged against ambassadors, I 257

Anti-Imperialists, protest declaration of war against Spain, I 62

_Arabic_, sinking of, thought surely to bring on war, II 26

Arbitration Treaty, renewal of, I 285;

significance of Germany's refusal to sign, I 294

Archbold, John D., attempts to explain Foraker letters, I 88

Archibald, James, trapped by British secret service, II 101

Asquith, H.H., opposition to the House of Lords, I 137;

at state dinner to King Christian, I 167;

hint to, on Mexican situation, I 185;

conciliatory remarks at Guildhall banquet, I 210;

explains Dardanelles preparations, I 430;

his ministry suspected of pacifist or "defeatist" tendencies, I 430;

aged by the war, II 141;

conversation with, regarding Casement case, and relations between

Great Britain and America, II 168;

refuses to discuss Wilson's peace note, II 207;

in House of Commons speech welcomes America as ally, II 230;

inclined toward seeking peace, II 353

Astor, Mr. and Mrs. Waldorf, at the home of, II 380

_Atlantic Monthly_, editor of, I 53

Atlantic Ocean, a blessing to America, I 162, 170, 310; II 117

Austrian Embassy, left in charge of American Ambassador, I 305, 321;

difficulties incident to, I 345

Aycock, Gov. Charles B., efforts in educational reform, I 85;

commendatory letter from, I 86

Babcock, Commander, arrival in England, II 274

Bacon, Senator Augustus O., declared he would have blocked Page's

Ambassadorship had he known he was author of "The Southerner,"

I 93, 226

Baker, Secretary Newton D., sees the war at first-hand, II 364;

dinner at Embassy to, II 364, 370;

Page's memorandum of his visit, II 366

Baker, Ray Stannard, visit at Sandwich, II 384

Balfour, aged by the war, II 141;

drafts reply to Wilson's peace note, II 212;

reply to question how best America could help, II 219;

on the disposition of the German colonies, II 246;

friendliness toward United States averts crisis in Venezuela dispute,

II 249;

much concerned at feeling toward British in the United States, II 251;

his home life, II 257;

conference with Bonar Law and, over financial help from America, II 261;

satisfactory conference with Mr. Polk over blacklist and blockade,

II 265;

explains "secret

treaties" to President Wilson, II 267;

conference with McAdoo on financial situation, II 267;

sends dispatch to President Wilson substantiating previous reports

of Page and Sims on submarine peril which were not taken seriously,

II 284;

indignant over misunderstanding with Brazilian Navy, II 304;

at the Embassy dinner to Secretary Baker, II 365, 370;

at train to bid good-bye, II 402;

most affected at leave-taking, 403

Balfour Mission to the United States, II 249 _et seq._

Barclay, Esther, Mr. Page's maternal grandmother, I 6

Bayard, Thomas F., accused of Anglomania while Ambassador, I 257

Beckendorff, Count, talk with, II 82

Belgium, violation of, the cause of Great Britain's participation in

the war, I 315;

sending food supplies to aid starving, I 346

_Benham_, misunderstanding over American destroyer's action during

submarine operations off Nantucket, II 253

Benton, William S., Englishman, murdered in Mexico, I 285

Beresford, Lord Charles, complains of attitude of Foreign Office in

pacifying America, I 365;

makes speech in House of Lords on attitude of U.S. Destroyer

_Benham_, II 253

Bernstorff, Count von, objectionable activities of, I 335;

efforts to secure intercession of the United States toward peace, I 403;

at the Speyer dinner, I 404;

instructed to start propaganda for "freedom of the seas," I 436;

gives pledge that liners would not be submarined without warning,

II 30 _note_;

thought in England to dominate our State Department, II 80;

cable proposing suspending of submarine war, II 149;

threatens President Wilson with resumption of submarine sinkings

unless he moves for peace, II 200;

news of his dismissal received in London, II 215

Bethmann-Hollweg, not seen by Colonel House, I 289;

tells King of Bavaria peace must be secured, II 181

Biddle, General, at the Embassy dinner to Secretary Baker, II 365, 370

Bingham School, studies and environment at, I 16;

selected for honour prize by Ambassador, I 17

Blacklist, feeling in America over the, II 184;

conditions change on American entry into war, II 264, 265, 266

Blanquet, General, in Mexican uprising, I 175

Bliss, General Tasker, wisdom and tact impress the Allies, II 351

Blockade, British, compared to our blockade in Civil War, II 55 _et seq._;

the American Note protesting against, II 69

Blockade, strong feeling in America against, II 184

Bolling, Thomas, at President Wilson's luncheon, II 171

Bones, Miss, at President Wilson's luncheon, II 171

Boy-Ed, dismissal of, II 108

Brazilian Navy, ships join American unit in European waters, II 304

Breitung, E.N., makes test case with _Dacia_ registry, I 393

British Navy League, activity in keeping up the navy, I 284

Bryan, William Jennings, uncomplimentary editorial on, in _World's

Work_, I 87;

attitude toward concession holders in Mexico, I 181;

refuses to consider intervention in Mexico, I 193;

an increasing lack of confidence in, I 193;

tirade against British, to Sir William Tyrrell, I 202,

to Col. House, I 206;

Asquith's opinion of, 236;

Page's appeal to Colonel House that he be kept out of Europe, I 235, 236;

regards Ambassador as un-neutral, I 362;

insists that Great Britain adopt the Declaration of London, I 373, 377;

interested in the Straus peace proposal, I 407;

resignation after _Lusitania_ notes, II 6;

proposes going to England and Germany to try peace negotiations, II 12

Bryan, comments on his political activity but diplomatic laxity,

I 194, 225, 236;

crank once, crank always, II 27;

democratic party wrecked by his long captaincy, II 190

Bryce, Lord, hopeless of the two countries ever understanding one

another, II 39;

concern at our trivial notes, II 67;

conversation with, on misunderstandings between America and Great

Britain, and the peace settlement, II 165;

depressed at tenor of Wilson's note proposing peace, sends him

personal letter, II 207;

in House of Lords speech welcomes America as ally, II 230;

frequent visitor at the Embassy, II 315;

attitude toward a League of Nations, II 357

Burns, John, resigns from British Cabinet on declaration of war, I 316

Buttrick, Dr. Wallace, intimacy with, I 85;

efforts in building up Southern agriculture, I 94;

in hookworm eradication, I 99;

lectures on the United States throughout Great Britain, II 291;

his speeches a source of inspiration to British masses, II 345;

asked to organize a committee of Americans to extend the work, II 345;

informed by Colonel House of Wilson's disapproval, II 348;

warns Page of breakdown if he does not at once return to America, II 375;

beneficial effects of his lectures, II 388

Canterbury, Archbishop of, in House of Lords speech welcomes America as

ally, II 231;

on gratitude shown to America, II 245

Carden, Sir Lionel Edward Gresley, his being sent to Mexico, a British

mistake, I 187;

anti-American propaganda in Cuba, I 196;

as British Minister to Mexico shows great hostility to the United

States, I 197;

formally advises Huerta to abdicate, I 209;

Page's part in recall from Mexican post, I 215 _et seq._

Carlyle, Thomas, new letters from, discovered in Canada, I 60

Carnegie, Andrew, visit to, at Skibo, I 142

Carranza, Venustiano, thought by Wilson to be a patriot, I 227, 228

Carson, Sir Edward, resists the Home Rule Bill, I 137;

at Bonar Law dinner, II 119;

tells Lloyd George submarines must be settled before Irish question,

II 260

Casement, Sir Roger, trial and conviction inspire movement from

Irish-Americans resulting in Senate resolution, II 166

Cecil, Lord Robert, incident of the "Boston Tea Party," I 392;

receives German proposal from Page as "German Ambassador," II 201;

letters to Sir C. Spring Rice on Germany's peace proposal, II 201, 202;

Page's interview with to explain Wilson's peace communication, II 208;

at train to bid good-bye, II 402

Chamberlain, Senator, presents petition demanding Ambassador's removal,

I 259;

demands Senate be furnished with copy of Panama tolls speech, I 260

Chancery, removal of, to better quarters, I 341

Children, crusade for education of, I 72

China case, the, satisfactorily settled, II 154, 155

Choate, Joseph H., understanding of Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, I 242;

accused of Anglomania while Ambassador, I 257

Christian, King, royal reception to, I 167

Christmas in England, 1915, II 103

Churchill, Winston, proposal for naval holiday, I 277, 278, 279, 298

Civil War, first contact with, I 1;

his father's attitude toward, I 5;

early recollections of Sherman's invasion, II 10;

the aftermath, I 13

Clark, Champ, opponent of repeal of Panama Tolls Bill, I 264

Cleveland, President, an influence in formation of ideals, I 40;

conversation with, I 40

Cotton, the question of contraband, I 267

Country Life Commission, appointed on, by President Roosevelt, I 89

Court, presentations at, I 156, 172

Courtesies in diplomatic intercourse, necessity for, I 147, 190

Cowdray, Lord, head of British oil concessions in Mexico, I 181;

withdraws request for Colombian oil concession, I 217;

long talk with on intervention in Mexico, I 225;

great monetary loss in giving up oil concessions, I 227

Cradock, Admiral, does not approve American policy toward Mexico, I 230

Crewe, Marquis of, on Page's tact as Ambassador, II 397

Criticisms and attacks on Ambassador Page;

the "knee-breeches" story, I 133;

Hearst papers watching for opportunity, I 149, 261;

furor over "English-led and English-ruled" phrase, I 258;

speech before Associated Chambers of Commerce, on Panama tolls, I 259

Cuba, a problem, I 176

Curzon, Lord, in House of Lords speech welcomes America as ally, II 230

_Dacia_ incident, the, a serious crisis averted, I 392, II 4

Daniels, Josephus, protest made against his appointment to

Secretaryship of Navy, I 119

Dardanelles:

Asquith explains preparations, I 430

Daughters of the Confederacy, considered not helpful to Southern

regeneration, I 44

Davis, Harry L., Mayor of Cleveland, letter to, expressing regret at

not being able to attend meeting for purpose of bringing England and

America closer together, II 405

Davis, Jefferson, call on, I 37

Declaration of London, Bryan insists on adoption by Great Britain,

I 373, 377;

history of the articles, I 375;

the solution of the difficulty, I 385

Declaration of War, America's, and its effect in Great Britain,

II 230 _et seq._

Delcassé, Kaiser makes proposal to, to join in producing "complete

isolation" of the United States, II 192

De Kalb, Courtney, congratulations from, I 59

Dent, J.M., loses two sons in the war, II 111;

opinion of Asquith, II 116

Depression in England, the dark days of the war, II 64, 81, 94

Derby, Lord, "excessive impedimenta," II 344;

at the Embassy dinner to Secretary Baker, I 365, 370

Dernburg, Bernhard, instructed to start propaganda for "freedom of the

seas," I 436

Desart, Earl of, formulates Declaration of London, I 375

Diaz, Porfirio, authority maintained by genius and force, I 175

Dilettanti, Society of, dinners at, II 312

Doubleday, Frank N., joins in publishing venture with S.S. McClure,

I 64;

the Harper experiment, I 65;

has "business" visit from a politician, I 88

_Letters to_: impressions of England, I 138;

anent the Christmas holidays, etc., I 164;

Christmas letter, 1915, II 110;

impressions of Europeans, II 132;

on America's programme after declaration of war, II 224;

on wartime conditions and duties, II 240;

on the good showing of the Americans in war preparation, II 324;

depressed at long continuation and horrors of the war, II 325

Doubleday, Page & Co., founding of the firm, I 66;

attains great influence and popularity, I 86

Dumba, Dr. Constantin, given his passports, II 30 _note_

Duncan, Dr., president of Randolph-Macon College, I 20

Education:

efforts in behalf of Southern child, I 72;

church system declared a failure, I 78;

organization of Southern Educational Conference, I 83;

Southern Education Board organized, I 84;

General Education Board founded by John D. Rockefeller, I 84;

the South's awakening, I 85

England, why unprepared for war, II 35;

changed and chastened, II 342

Englishwoman's letter from Berlin giving Germany's intentions toward

England, America, and the world, I 347

"English-led and English-ruled," furor over phrase, I 258

"Excoriators," disregarded, I 80-83

Falkenhayn, cynical toward proposals of Colonel House, I 289

Farming, love of, and home in South, I 115, 127, 128

Field, Eugene, succeeds to desk of, on St. Joseph _Gazette_, I 36

Fisher, Lord, remark that Balfour was "too much of a gentleman" for

First Lord of the Admiralty, II 101

Flexner, Dr. Abraham, cites Page as greatest educational statesman, I 85

Flexner, Dr. Simon, interested in hookworm campaign, I 100

Foraker, Senator Joseph B., career destroyed by exposure of

Archbold-Standard Oil letters, I 88

Forbes, Cameron, fails to see President Wilson on his return from

Philippines, II 174

Ford, Henry, the venture in the peace ship, II 110 _note_

Forgotten Man, The, address at Greensboro, I 74

_Forum_, The, made of great influence and a business success,

under editorship, I 49

Fosdick, Harry Emerson, on proposed committee to lecture in England, II 346

Fowler, Harold, in London, I 134;

sent to Belgium, I 338;

enlists in British Army, I 358

France, not in favour of England reducing naval programme, I 284;

a gift of a billion dollars to, proposed, II 218

"Freedom of the seas," Colonel House's proposed reform, I 435

French, Field Marshal Sir John, informs Page of undiplomatic methods of

State Departments in peace proposals, I 425, 427;

aged by the war, II 141

Frost, W.G., writes for _Atlantic Monthly_, I 60

Fryatt, Captain, execution of, hardens British people to fight to

finish, II 182

Garfield, President, assassination deplored throughout the South, I 39

Gates, Dr. Frederick T., interested in hookworm campaign, I 99

Gaunt, Captain, sends news from Washington of Bernstorff's dismissal,

II 215

General Education Board, organized by John D. Rockefeller, I 84;

assists Dr. Knapp in agricultural demonstration work, I 96

George V, received by, I 135;

very likeable, I 157;

overwrought condition in speaking with Page on declaration of war, I 309;

much distressed at tenor of Wilson's note proposing peace, II 207;

as a "human being," II 235;

night spent with, II 236, 240;

luncheon to General Pershing, II 237;

telegram of regret at resignation of Mr. Page and ill-health that

occasioned it, II 397

German Embassy, left in charge of American Ambassador, I 306;

difficulties incident to, I 306, 345, 359

Germany:

ridicules idea of naval holiday, I 279;

would have been victorious in World War had she signed arbitration

treaty with United States, I 294;

attempts to embroil the United States and Great Britain, I 393, 400;

move for peace, 1916, II 179

Germany, travels in, in 1877, I 30

Gildersleeve, Professor, Basil L., at Johns Hopkins University

I 24, 25;

Page a favourite pupil of, in Greek, II 299

Gilman, Daniel Coit, constructive work as president of Johns Hopkins

University, I 23

Godkin, E.L., writes for _Atlantic Monthly_, I 60

Grady, Henry, kindness of, I 34, 37

Great Britain and the United States only free countries in the world,

II 121

Great Britain's participation in the war, the cause of, I 315

Greek, proficiency in, I 21, 24, 25, 30; II 299

Grey, Lord, ex-Governor-General of Canada, I 150

Grey, Sir Edward, credentials presented to, I 135;

high regard for, I 150;

his fairness facilitates diplomatic business, I 155;

talks with on Mexican situation, I 184, 185, 188, 199;

informed as to Carden's activities, I 219, 220;

asked to meet Colonel House at luncheon, I 245;

note to Sir C. Spring Rice on Wilson's address to Congress on

Tolls Bill, I 254;

criticized for "bowing too low to the Americans," I 261;

depressed at extent of Anglophobia in the United States, I 266;

evinces satisfaction at clearing up of problems, I 285;

weeps as he informs Page of ultimatum to Germany, I 309, 315;

"subservience" to American interests, I 364;

accepts Declaration of London with modifications, I 384;

joking over serious affairs, I 390;

welcomes Page's solution of the _Dacia_ tangle, I 394;

letter to Sir Cecil Spring Rice regarding Speyer-Straus peace

proposal, I 408;

states war could be ended more quickly if America ceased protests

against seizure of contraband, I 421;

talk on detained shipping and Wordsworth poems, II 103;

"a God's mercy for a man like him at his post," II 118;

aged by the war, II 141;

satisfactory settlement of the _China_ case, II 155;

speech in House of Commons on Peace, II 157;

nothing but praise heard of him, II 159;

memorandum of conversation with, on conditions of peace, II 160;

receives Senate Resolution asking clemency for Sir Roger Casement,

II 167;

forced to resign, because he refused to push the blockade and risk

break with America, II 233;

guest with Mr. and Mrs. Page at Wilsford Manor, II 288;

walk to Stonehenge with, II 292;

serious blockade questions give way to talks on poets, II 305;

promises government support of Belgian Relief plan, II 310;

frequent visitor at the Embassy, II 315

_Letters from_: congratulations on Wilson's address to Congress

advising declaration of war, II 234;

expressing grief at Page's departure and citing his great help, II 400

Haldane, Viscount, at Thanksgiving Dinner of the American Society, I 213;

discussion with Von Tirpitz as to relative sizes of navies, I 278;

knew that Germany intended war, II 35

Hall, Admiral William Reginald, brings news of Bernstorff's dismissal,

II 215

Hanning, Mrs. Robert, sister of Thomas Carlyle, I 60

Harcourt, Right Honourable Lewis, eulogizes work of International

Health Board, I 101

Harden, Maximilian, says Germany must get rid of its predatory

feudalism, II 193

Harper & Brothers, difficulties of, I 64

Harrow, visit to, and talk to schoolboys, I 17

Harvey, George, succeeds Page as editor of Harper's, I 66

Hay, John, understanding of Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, I 242;

accused of Anglomania while Ambassador, I 257

Hays, Sir Bertram, captain of the _Olympic_, races ship to hasten

Page's homecoming, II 404

Hearst, William Randolph, used by Germans in their peace propaganda,

I 410, 411

Hearst papers, antagonism of, I 149, 256, 264, 286

_Hesperian_, submarined in violation of Bernstorff's pledges, II 30

Hewlett, Maurice, his son among the missing, II 115

Home Rule Bill, Carson threatens resistance to, I 137;

"division" in house of Lords, I 138

Hookworm eradication, efforts in, I 98

Hoover, Charles L., war relief work while American Consul at Carlsbad,

I 334

Hoover, Herbert C., relief work at beginning of war, I 333;

selected by Page for Belgian Relief post, II 310

House, Colonel Edward M., wires Page to come North, expecting to offer

Secretaryship of Interior, I 118;

transmits offer of Ambassadorship, I 130;

on Cowdray and Carden, I 218, 220;

meets Sir Edward Grey to talk over Panama Tolls question, I 246;

mission to the Kaiser a disappointment, I 289;

no success in France, I 297;

fancied security in England, thinks his mission unnecessary, I 298;

telegrams, to and from Wilson on proffering good offices to avert

war, I 317, 318;

declares bill admitting foreign ships to American registry "full of

lurking dangers," I 392;

declares America will declare war on Germany after _Lusitania_

sinking, II 2;

sees "too proud to fight" poster in London, II 6;

recommends Page's appointment as Secretary of State, II 11;

fails to alter Wilson's opposition to Taft Committee visiting

England, I 348

_Letters from_: reporting progress in Panama Tolls matter, I 253;

plans to visit Kaiser and bring about naval holiday between nations,

I 277;

cites further plans for visiting Germany, I 281;

respecting proposed trip to Germany, I 285, 286,

en route, I 288;

note from Berlin, I 296;

from Paris, I 297;

on the outbreak of the war, I 299;

transmitting Wilson's warning to adhere more strictly to neutrality,

I 362;

explains the toning down of demands that Declaration of London be

adhered to, I 378;

on German peace proposals, and giving his ideas for a settlement,

I 413;

proposing that Wilson start peace parleys, I 416;

thinks Germany ready for peace proposals, I 424, 425;

decides to visit combatants in interests of peace, I 425, 429;

talks in Berlin with Zimmermann and others regarding peace parleys,

I 432, 433, 434;

on appointment of Lansing to succeed Bryan, II 11;

on Bryan's intentions of going to England and Germany to try peace

negotiations, II 12;

reporting success of Balfour Mission, II 263

_Letters to_: comparing the Civil War with the World War, I 5;

on the Mexican situation, I 189;

asked personally to deliver memorandum to President on intervention

in Mexico, I 194;

on visit of Sir William Tyrrell to the United States, I 201;

letters to Page on Mexican situation, I 205, 206;

on Mexican question, I 210, 211;

on Lord Cowdray and oil concessions in Mexico, etc., I 216;

protesting publication of secret information respecting Carden, I 223;

suggesting intervention in Mexico, I 230;

on serious disadvantage in not having suitable Embassy, I 233;

on rashness of Bryan's visit to Europe, I 235;

appeal for attention to cables and letters by State Department, I 239;

on necessity of repeal of Panama Tolls Bill, I 247;

on the prevention of wars, I 270;

asked to further plan to have Wilson visit England, as a

preventative of European war, I 275;

favouring alliance of English-speaking peoples, I 282;

on French protest against reduction of British naval programme, I 283;

transmitting pamphlets on "federation" and disarmament, I 284;

told he will have no effect on Kaiser, I 287;

reply to note as to prevention of the war, I 300;

describing conditions in second month of the war, I 327;

on the horrors of war, and the settlement, I 340;

on difficulties of Sir Edward Grey with Army and Navy officers in

releasing American cargoes, I 365;

on evil of insisting on Declaration of London adoption, I 380;

regarding the Straus peace proposal, I 410;

explaining there can be no premature peace, I 417;

on harmlessness of Bryan on proposed peace visit and cranks in

general, II 13;

commenting on slowness of Wilson in _Lusitania_ matter, II 26;

on sinking of _Arabic_, II 27;

not interested in "pleasing the Allies," II 28;

on Dumba's intrigues, and Wilson's "watchful waiting and nothing

doing," II 30, 31, 37, 38;

on the lawyer-like attitude of the State Department, II 54;

the best peace programme--the British and American fleets, II 69;

on uncourteous notes from State Department, II 72;

on British adherence to the blockade, and an English Christmas,

1915, II 103;

on the conditions of peace and the German militarism, II 134, 157;

on prophecy as to ending the war by dismissal of Bernstorff, II 197;

on the beneficial visit of the Labour Group and others, II 387

Houston, David F., suggested to Wilson for Secretary of Agriculture,

II 114; has proper perspective of European situation, II 176

_Letters to_: impressions of diplomatic life, II 151;

suggesting vigorous action of Administration in prosecuting the war,

II 226;

on American cranks being sent to England, others prevented, II 359

Houston, Herbert S., letters to, giving impressions of England, I 139

Huerta, General Victoriano, seizes presidency of Mexico, I 175;

attitude of Great Britain and the United States toward recognition,

I 180;

an epochal figure, I 183;

rejects proposals submitted by Lind, I 193;

proclaims himself dictator, I 197

Huxley, Thomas H., delivers address at opening of Johns Hopkins

University, I 25

International Health Commission, endowed by John D. Rockefeller, I 100;

coöperation by British Government, I 101

Irish Question, the, British difficulties with, I 159;

cause of feeling against British in the United States, II 251;

Wilson requests Great Britain to settle, II 255;

Lloyd George striving for solution, II 259

James, Henry, frequent visitor at the Embassy, II 315

Jeanes Board, appointment to, I 89

Jellicoe, Admiral Sir John, vigilance in war time, I 335;

after battle of Jutland, II 141;

reply to question how best America could help, II 219;

drafts dispatch explaining seriousness of submarine situation which

Balfour sends to President Wilson, II 285

Johns Hopkins University, teaching on new lines, I 23

Johnston, Miss Mary, noted serial of, in _Atlantic Monthly_, I 56, 61

Judson, Harry Pratt, on proposed Committee to lecture in England, II 346

Jusserand, opinion of the Straus peace proposal, I 407

Keller, Helen, persuaded to write "Story of My Life," I 90

Kent, Mr., forms American Citizens Relief Committee in London at

outbreak of war, I 304, 307

Kerr, Philip, conversation with on future relations of the United

States and Great Britain, II 84

Kipling, Rudyard, loses his son in the war, II 115

Kitchener, Lord, speech in House of Lords a disappointment, II 96;

criticism of, II 120;

Memorandum after attending service in memory of, II 140

Knapp, Dr. Seaman A., his "Demonstration Work" in Southern agriculture,

I 95;

his funeral, I 96

Kropotkin, Prince Peter, writes Memoirs for _Atlantic Monthly_, I 61

Lane, Secretary Franklin, comment on feeling against British for

conduct in Huerta affair, I 198

Lansdowne, Marquis of, letter favouring premature peace severely

criticized, II 327, 353

Lansing, Robert, regards Ambassador as un-neutral, I 362;

a lawyer, not a statesman, I 369;

insistence that Great Britain adopt Declaration of London, I 378 _et seq._;

attitude of lawyer, not statesman, II 53;

arguments against British blockade, II 62;

mind running on "cases", not diplomacy, II 176;

answers Page's letter of resignation, transmitting President Wilson's

request to reconsider and stay at his post, II 199

Lassiter, General, encouraged on trip to the front, II 245

Laughlin, Irwin, First Secretary of the Embassy, I 133;

requested to ascertain Great Britain's attitude toward recognition of

Huerta, I 180;

tells Colonel House he will have no success with Kaiser, I 285;

on Germany's intentions toward America, I 351 _note_;

as to depressing effect of the war on Page, I 357;

backs up Ambassador in neutrality letter to Wilson, I 373;

gives opinion that persistence is unwise in demanding acceptance of

Declaration of London, I 387;

Wilson's comment to, on Page's letters, II 22;

diplomatically presents to Sir Edward Grey the Senate Resolution

asking clemency' for Casement, II 167;

letters from, on occasion of Germany's 1916 peace movement, II 180;

commended to President Wilson in letter of resignation, II 394

Law, Ponar, gives depressing news from the Balkans, II 104;

dinner with, II 119;

reply to question how best America could help, II 219;

conference with Balfour and, over financial help from America, II 261

Lawrence, Bishop, on proposed committee to lecture in England, II 346

Leadership of the world, American, II 105, 110, 145, 254

League to Enforce Peace, Page's opinion of, II 144;

Sir Edward Grey in sympathy with objects of, II 163;

Lord Bryce, remarks as to favourable time for setting up such a

league, II 165

Leaks in diplomatic correspondence, gravity of,

I 147, 148, 151, 222, 223, 224, 235, II 7, 276

Lichnowsky, German Ambassador at London, almost demented at breaking

out of the war, I 306, 309, 315;

places blame for war on Germany, I 322

Lincoln, Abraham, monument to, erected at Westminster, I 274

Lind, John, failure of mission to Mexico, I 193

Literary style and good writing, advice on, II 341

Lloyd George, his taxing of the aristocracy, I 137;

landowners fear of, I 158;

at state dinner to King Christian, I 167;

on the necessity of reducing navy programme, I 283;

holding up under strain of war, II 83;

aged by the war, II 141;

in House of Commons speech welcomes America as ally, II 230;

has the touch of genius in making things move, II 259;

working for solution of Irish question, II 259;

too optimistic regarding submarine situation, II 287;

his energy keeps him in power, II 354;

at the Embassy dinner to Secretary Baker, II 365, 370;

congratulates Mr. and Mrs. Page on American success at Cantigny, II 375;

letter expressing sorrow at Mr. and Mrs. Page's departure and

reviewing their good work, II 398

Loring, Charles G., marries Miss Katharine Page, II 87;

in service on western front, II 375

Loring, Mrs. Charles G., letters to, on travelling-and staying at home,

II 88;

autumn, gardens, family, and war news, II 92;

Christmas letter, 1915, II 117;

from St. Ives, II 332, 339

Lowell, James Russell, accused of Anglomania while Ambassador, I 257

_Lusitania_, torpedoed, I 436;

bulletins of the tragedy received at the dinner given in honour of

Colonel and Mrs. House, II 1;

distress and disillusionment of the Wilson notes, II 6

Madero, Francisco, overthrown as president of Mexico, and assassinated,

I 175

_Mayflower_ Pilgrims, dedication of monument to, at Southampton, I 258

Mayo, Admiral, sent to Europe to study naval situation, II 322

McAdoo, Secretary, conference with Balfour Mission on financial

situation, II 267

McClure, S.S., joins forces with F.N. Doubleday, I 64;

the Harper experiment, I 65;

anecdote of, II 303

McCrary, Lieut.-Commander, on Committee for relief of stranded

Americans, 307

McIver, Dr. Charles D., educational statesman, I 73, 74, 78;

as the character, Professor Billy Bain, in "The Southerner," I 93

McKinley Administration endorsed on measures against Spain, by

_Atlantic Monthly_, I 63

Mary, Queen, received by, I 136

Mensdorf, Austrian Ambassador, marooned in London, at outbreak of war.

I 305, 309;

the war a tragedy to, I 321

Mersey, Lord, comments on the tariff, I 150;

at dinner of Dilettanti Society, II 312

Mexico, "policy and principle" in, I 175 _et seq._;

difficulties of self-government, II 177;

progress due to foreign enterprise, I 178;

the problem of oil concessions, I 179, 181;

intervention believed by Page the only solution,

I 188, 193, 194, 200, 230, 273

Mims, Professor Edwin, letter to, on attacks of Southern theologians, I 80

Monroe Doctrine, the Kaiser's proposal to smash it, II 192

Moore, John Bassett, suggestion that he be put in charge of

American-British affairs, I 239

Morley, John, at state dinner to King Christian, I 167;

resigns from British cabinet on declaration of war, I 316;

visitor at the Embassy, II 315

Morley, Lord, on reforms, I 141

Morgan, J.P., account of Allies with, greatly overdrawn at time of

America's entrance into war, II 272;

this paid by proceeds of Liberty Loans, II 273

Morgan, J.P. & Co., in control of Harper & Brothers, I 64

"Mummy" theme applied to the unawakened South, I 45, 75

Munitions, American, importance of to the Allies, I 368

Munsterberg, Prof. Hugo, pro-German activities of, I 335

Navy Department, ignores urgent recommendations of Admiral Sims that

destroyers be sent, II 276, 284

Negro, the, the invisible "freedom", I 12;

wrong leadership after the Civil War, I 14;

fails to take advantage of university education during

Reconstruction, I 18

Negro education, and industrial training advocated, I 43

Neutrality, strictly observed, I 358, 360;

the mask of, II 230

New York _Evening Post_, connection with, I 48

New York _World_, correspondent for, at Atlanta Exposition, I 34;

on editorial staff, I 35

Northcliffe, Lord, illness from worry, II 66;

"saving the nation from its government", II 116;

attitude on Wilson's peace note, II 207

Norway, shipping destroyed by submarines, II 281

Nicolson, Harold, the silent toast with, II 301

Ogden, Robert C., organizes Southern Educational Conference, I 83;

after twenty years of zealous service, I 126

O'Gorman, Senator, active in Panama Tolls controversy, I 243, 283

"O. Henry," on Page's "complimentary" rejection of manuscripts, II 303

Osler, Sir William, Page's physician, insists on the return home, II 393

Pacifism, work of the "peace spies," II 210

Pact of London, binding the Allies not to make a separate peace, I 409 _note_

Page, Allison Francis, a builder of the commonwealth, I 4;

attitude toward slavery and the Civil War, I 5;

ruined by the war, I 13

Page, Allison M., falls at Belleau Wood, II 392, 406

Page, Anderson, settles in Wake County, N.C., I 4

Page, Arthur W., Delcassé in conversation with tells of Kaiser's

proposal to join in producing "complete isolation" of the United

States, II 192;

called to London in hopes of influencing his father to resign and

return home before too late, II 393

_Letters to_;

on the motor trip to Scotland, I 142;

on conditions in second month of the war, I 335;

a national depression and the horrors of war, I 344;

emotions after _Lusitania_ sinking, II 5;

on the tendency toward fads and coddling, II 10;

on the future relations of the United States and Great Britain, II 84;

on the vicissitudes of the "German Ambassador to Great Britain," 1190;

Christmas letter, 1915, II 121;

on the attitude in the United States toward Germany, II 129;

on the effect of the war on future of America, and the world, II 217;

never lost faith in American people, II 223;

on America's entrance into the war, II 238;

on grave conditions, submarine and financial, II 287;

on the occasion of the Plymouth speech, and the receptions, II 317;

on the Administration's lack of confidence in British Navy, Wilson's

reply to Pope, etc., II 322;

Christmas letter, 1917, depicting a war-weary world, II 328;

on pacifists-from the President down, II 337;

views on Palestine, II 350;

on personal diet, and the benefit of Secretary Baker's visit, II 369;

on the anti-English feeling at Washington, II 385;

while resting at Sandwich, II 388

Page, Mrs. Catherine, mother and close companion, I 7;

Christmas letter to, I 8

Page, Frank C. in London, I 134;

with his father in Rowsley when news of _Arabic_ sinking was

received, II 26;

in service with American troops, II 375;

realizes his father is failing fast and insists on his returning home,

II 393

_Letters to_: on building up the home farm, and the stress of war, I 353;

Christmas letter, 1915, II 121

Page, Henry A., letters to, stating a government might be neutral, but

no _man_ could be, I 361;

on illusions as to neutrality and the peace proposals, II 152

Page, Miss Katharine A., arrival in London, I 134;

married in the chapel Royal, II 87;

_see also_, Loring, Mrs. Charles G.

Page, Lewis, leaves Virginia to settle in North Carolina, I 3

Page, Logan Waller, has proper perspective of European situation, II 176

Page, Mary E., letter to, II 376

Page, Ralph W., letters to;

impressions of London life, I 161;

on wartime conditions, I 352;

Christmas letter, 1915, II 121;

on longings for fresh Southern vegetables and fruits and farm life,

II 335;

on style and good writing, II 340;

on the big battle, etc., II 371, 372;

in praise of book on American Diplomacy, II 381;

on success of our Army and Navy, II 390

Page, Mrs. Ralph W., Christmas letter to, 163

Page, Robert N., letters to, impressions of social London, I 153

Page, Thomas Nelson, Colonel House confers with in regard to peace

parleys, I 434

Page, Walter Hines, impressions of his early life, 1;

family an old one in Virginia and North Carolina, 3;

maternal ancestry, 6;

close sympathy between mother and son, 8, 11;

birthplace, and date of birth, 9;

recollections of the Civil War, 10;

finds a market for peaches among Northern soldiers, 14;

boyhood and early studies, 16;

intense ambition, 20;

Greek Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, 24;

renewed for the next year, 27;

early prejudices against Yankees, 28;

travels in Germany, 1877, 30;

lectures on Shakespeare, 30;

teacher of English at Louisville, Ky., 32;

enters journalism, 32;

experience with Louisville _Age_, 32;

reporter on, then editor of, _Gazette_, at St. Joseph, Mo., 33;

a free lance, 34;

correspondent for N.Y. _World_ at Atlanta Exposition, 34;

on the staff of N.Y. _World_, 35;

married, 37;

first acquaintance with Woodrow Wilson, 37;

Americanism fully developed, 40;

regard for President Cleveland, 40;

founds _State Chronicle_ at Raleigh, 42;

a breaker of images--of the South, 44;

the "mummy letters," 45;

instrumental in establishment of State College, Raleigh, 47;

with N.Y. _Evening Post_, 48;

makes the _Forum_ of great influence and a business success, 49;

a new type of editor, 50;

editor of _Atlantic Monthly_, 53;

discovers unpublished letters of Thomas Carlyle, 60;

attitude toward Spanish American War, 62;

the Harper experiment, 65;

joins in founding Doubleday, Page & Co., 66;

his policy for the _World's Work_, 66;

public activities, 72;

in behalf of education, 72;

his address, "The Forgotten Man," 74;

his Creed of Democracy, 78;

work with General Education Board, 85;

independence as an editor, 87;

severely criticizes John D. Archbold for Foraker bribery, 88;

appointed by Roosevelt on Country Life Commission, 89;

other public services, 89;

author of "the Southerner" 90;

activities in behalf of Southern agriculture and Hookworm

eradication, 94;

his interest in Wilson's candidacy and election, 102, _et seq._;

discourages efforts to have him named for Cabinet position, 113;

why he was not named, 118;

protests against appointment of Daniels, 119;

love for farming, 127, 128;

offered Ambassadorship, 130;

impressions of London and the Embassy, 132, 144;

impressions of Scotland, 142;

handling of the Mexican situation, 183;

belief in intervention in Mexico, 193, 194;

complimented by President Wilson, Bryan, and Sir William Tyrrell, 208;

his part in the removal of Sir Lionel Carden from Mexican post, 215;

commended by Wilson, 219, 221;

suggested for Secretary of Agriculture, 232, 286;

why he wished to remain in London, 240;

work in behalf of Panama Tolls Bill repeal, 244;

assailed for certain speeches, 258, 259;

opposed to including Germany in international alliance, favouring

understanding between English-speaking peoples, 282;

difficulties at outbreak of the war, 301 _et seq._;

asked to take over Austrian Embassy, 305, German Embassy, 306;

varied duties of war time, 337;

difficulties in charge of German and Austrian and Turkish embassies, 345;

relief work in starving Belgium, 346;

ageing under the strain and the depressing environment, 357;

difficulties of maintaining neutrality, 358;

warned from Washington, 362;

tactful handling of the demands that Declaration of London be

adopted, 370, 373;

writes Colonel House that he will resign if demands are insisted on, 383;

memorandum of the affair, 385;

his solution of the _Dacia_ puzzle, 394;

attitude toward a premature peace, 417;

learns through General French of the undiplomatic methods of State

Department in peace proposals, 425, 427

VOL. II

Humiliations from Washington's failure to meet the situation, 5;

remarks on Bryan's resignation, 10;

considered for appointment as Secretary of State, 11;

his feeling toward policies of Wilson, 18;

boldness of his criticism, 21;

Wilson and Lansing express anxiety that he may resign, 24;

describes Zeppelin attack on London, 34, 38;

Christmas in England, 1915, 103;

perplexed at attitude of the United States, 128;

his impressions of Europeans, 132;

summoned to Washington, 148;

memorandum of his visit to Washington, 171;

Impressions of President Wilson, 172;

waits five weeks before obtaining interview, 183;

disappointing interview at Shadow Lawn, 184;

letter of resignation seat to Wilson, 189;

and the reply, 199;

delivers Germany's peace proposal to Lord Robert Cecil, 201;

comments to Secretary of State on "insulting words" of President

Wilson's peace proposal, 207;

implores Wilson to leave out the "peace without victory" phrase

from his speech, 213;

learns of Bernstorff's dismissal, 215;

memorandum of his final judgment of Wilson's foreign policy to

April 1, 1917, 222;

memorandum written on April 3, the day after Wilson advised Congress

to declare war, 228;

on friendly footing with King George, 234;

joins with Admiral Sims in trying to waken the Navy Department to

seriousness of the submarine situation, 278;

Page--the man, 295-320;

moves for relief of Belgium, 310,

and delegates Hoover, 311;

Speech at Plymouth, 316;

goes to St. Ives for brief rest, 332;

heatedly referred to as "really an Englishman" by President Wilson, 348;

memorandum on Secretary Baker's visit, 366;

failing health, 374;

resignation in obedience to physicians orders, 393;

representatives from King, and Cabinet at train to bid good-bye, 402;

rallies somewhat on arrival in America, 405;

the end--at home, 406

Page, Walter H. Jr., Christmas letter from his "granddaddy," II 124

Page, Mrs. Walter H., arrival in London, I 134;

plays part in diplomacy, I 215, 224, 226;

her great help to the Ambassador, II 315;

the last letter, II 395

Palestine and Zionism, views on, II 351

Panama Tolls, a wrong policy, I 190;

Sir William Tyrrell's talk with President Wilson, I 207, 209

Panama Tolls Bill, Wilson writes of hopes for repeal, I 222;

repeal of, I 232 _et seq._, the bill a violation of solemn treaties, I 242;

the contest before Congress, I 255

Paris, capture of city thought inevitable, I 401

Parliament, holds commemorative sessions in honour of America's

participation in the war, II 230

Pasha, Tewfik, leaves Turkish Embassy in charge of American

Ambassador, I 345

Peace, Germany's overtures, I 389;

her first peace drives, I 398;

Wilson's note to warring powers, received with surprise and

irritation, II 205

"Peace without Victory" speech, of President Wilson, and its

reception in Great Britain, II 212

Peace Centennial, plans being formed for, I 236, 274

Pershing, General, at luncheon with King George, II 237;

his presence of moral benefit to French Army, II 290

Philippines, a problem, I 176

Pinero, Sir Arthur, reminiscences of Page at Dilettante gatherings, II 313

Plymouth, Mayor and Council, present the freedom of the city, II 402

Plymouth Speech, inspires confidence in American coöperation, II 316

Polk, Frank L., invited by British Foreign Office to consultation in

England, II 248;

"could not be spared from his desk," II 256

_Letter from_: on wonderful success of Balfour Mission, II 263

_Letters to_: on Balfour and his Mission to the United States, II 252;

on Secretary Baker's visit, II 361

Price, Thomas R., noted professor at Randolph-Macon, I 22

Probyn, Sir Dighton, calls at Embassy, I 339

Raboteau, John Samuel, Mr. Page's maternal grandfather, I 6

Randolph-Macon College, studies at, I 20

Rawnsley, Rev. Hardwicke Drummond, a subject of conversation, I 149

Rayleigh, Lady, political ability, II 257, 258

Rayleigh, Lord Chancellor of Cambridge University, II 145

Reconstruction, more agonizing than war, I 14;

effects of, upon State University, I 18

Reed, John, account of Mexican conditions influences Wilson's policy, I 228

Religion, deepest reverence for, I 80

Rüs, Jacob, writes for _Atlantic Monthly_, I 60

Rockefeller, John D., organizes General Education Board, I 84;

publication of Reminiscences, I 88;

founds Hookworm Commission and International Health Commission, I 100

Roosevelt, Theodore, writes for _Atlantic Monthly_, I 60;

appoints Country Life Commission, I 89

_Letter to_: introducing the Archbishop of York, II 307

_Letter from_: praising the Ambassador's services, II 401

Root, Elihu, understanding of Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, I 242

Rose, Dr. Wickliffe, dinner to, in London, as head of International

Health Board, I 101;

hookworm work, I 127

Round Table, The, organization for study of political subjects, II 84;

_Round Table, The_, organ of above, a quarterly publication, II 84, 105

Royal Institution of Great Britain, address before, I 191

Royce, Josiah, associate at Johns Hopkins, I 25

Russian Collapse, effect on the Allies, II 353

Rustem Bey, Turkish Ambassador, given passports, II 49 _note_

St. Ives, Cornwall, seeking rest at, II 332

St. Joseph _Gazelle_, connection with, I 33, 37,

succeeds to Eugene Field's desk, on I 36

Sackville-West, Sir Lionel, handed his passports by Cleveland, II 33 _note_

Sargent, John, frequent visitor at the Embassy, II 315

Saw-mill units, favourable reception of, II 291

Sayre, Mr. and Mrs., hearty reception in London, I 213, 222, 275

Schrippenfest, celebration of, in Berlin, I 291

Schwab, Charles M., supplying war material to Allies, I 341

Scotland, impressions of, I 142

Scudder, Horace E., succeeded as editor of _Atlantic Monthly_, I 53

Secret treaties, explained to President Wilson by Mr. Balfour, II 267

Sedgwick, Ellery, recollections of Mr. Page, as editor of _Atlantic

Monthly_, I 55;

on the high regard in which Page was held, II 298

Shakespeare, lectures on, I 30

Sharp, Ambassador, his mention of peace resented by the French, I 389;

at President Wilson's luncheon, II 171

Sherman's army, cavalry troop camp at Page home, ransack, and destroy

contents, I 10

Shoecraft, Mr., receives news of Bernstorff's dismissal, II 215

Sihler, Prof. E.G., reminiscences of Page at Johns Hopkins, I 27

Simon, Sir John, frequent visitor at the Embassy, II 315

Sims, Admiral, with Ambassador Page, dines with Lord Beresford, II 254;

advised of terrible submarine situation, II 273, 275;

arrival and welcome in England, II 274;

recommendations ignored by Washington, II 276;

backed up by Page in strong dispatch, II 278;

praised in letter to Wilson, II 281;

in command of both English and American naval forces at Queenstown,

II 282;

letters from, on submarine situation, II 282;

in high regard with British Admiralty, II 290;

at the Embassy dinner to Secretary Baker, II 365, 370

Shaler, Millard, reports on destitution in Belgium, II 310

Skinner, Consul-General, on Committee for relief of stranded

Americans, I 307

Slocum, Colonel, urged to hasten arrival of American troops, II 363

Smith, C. Alphonso, an exchange professor to Germany, II 145

Smith, Senator Hoke, "friendly deportation" of, suggested, II 17;

campaign against British Blockade, II 56, 61, 63;

urging embargo on shipments to Allies, II 211

South, the, efforts in behalf of, I 38, 43, 74;

three "ghosts" which prevent progress, I 91

Southampton speech, press comments on, I 41

Southern Education Board, active work with, I 84

Southern Educational Conference, organization of, I 83

"Southerner, The," only effort at novel writing, I 90

Spanish-American War, attitude toward, I 62

Speyer, James, connected with German peace move, I 403

Spring Rice, Sir Cecil, notifies Washington of British change of

attitude toward recognition of Huerta, I 181;

confidentially consulted by Cot. House regarding demands that

Declaration of London be adopted, I 379;

notifies Washington that _Dacia_ would be seized, I 393;

opinion of Straus peace proposal, I 407;

letters from Lord Robert Cecil on Germany's peace proposal, II 201, 202

Squier, Colonel, American military attaché in London at outbreak of the

war, I 301

Standard Oil Co., editorial against, in Archbold-Foraker scandal,

I 88

_State Chronicle_, connection with, I 42;

editorially a success, I 48

State College, Raleigh, N.C., instrumental in establishment of,

I 47, 48

State Department, leaks of diplomatic correspondence through,

I 147, 148, 151, 223, 224

State Dept., ignores official correspondence,

I 94, 213, 219, 224, 225, 232, 238, 239, II 7, 55, 217, 253;

not properly organized and conducted, II 8;

trivial demands and protests, II 54, 68;

uncourteous form of Notes, I 72

Stiles, Dr. Charles W., discovers hookworm, I 98;

work in combatting, I 127

Stone, Senator William J., spokesman of pro-German cause, I 380

Stovall, Pleasant A., Colonel House confers with, regarding peace

parleys, I 434

Straus, Oscar S., used as a tool in German peace propaganda,

I 389, 403 _et seq._

Submarine sinkings, Germany threatens to resume, unless Wilson moves

for peace, II 200;

German military chieftains at Pless conference decide to resume

unrestricted warfare, II 212;

the most serious problem at time of American entry into war,

II 273, 275, _et seq._

Sulgrave Manor, ancestral home of the Washingtons, restoration and

preservation, I 274;

plan to have President Wilson at dedication of, I 274, 275, II 248

_Sussex_ "pledge", a peace move of Germany, II 150

Taft, William H., fails in having Carden removed from Cuba,

I 196, 215, 219;

accepts British invitation to head delegation explaining America's

purposes in the war, II 346;

Wilson's strong disapproval interferes with the project, II 347

Tariff Commission, travelling with, for N.Y. _World_, I 35

Teaching democracy to the British Government, I 187, 211

_Tennessee_, sent to England on outbreak of war with gold for

relief of stranded Americans, I 307

Thayer, William Roscoe, disappointed in policy of the _World's Work_, I 66;

letter to, in explanation, I 67

Tillett, Wilbur Fisk, friend at Randolph-Macon College, I 20

Towers, Lieutenant, shown remnant of torpedo from _Hesperian_, II 40

Trinity College, studies at, I 19

Turkish Embassy left in charge of American Ambassador, I 346

Tyrrell, Sir William, significance of his visit to the United States,

I 201;

unsatisfactory consultation with Bryan, I 202;

explains to President Wilson the British policy toward Mexico,

I 204, 207;

conversation with Colonel House, I 206;

Colonel House informs him of plan to visit Kaiser in behalf of

naval holiday plan, I 277;

advises House not to stop in England on way to Germany, I 289;

expresses relief on withdrawal of demands that Declaration of

London be adopted, I 387;

comment on Dumba's dismissal, and Bernstorff, II 101

Underwood Tariff Bill, impressions of in Great Britain, 150, 172

Van Hise, on proposed committee to lecture in England, II 346

Vanderlip, Frank A., at the Speyer "peace dinner", I 404

Villa, Pancho, thought by Wilson to be a patriot, I 227, 228

Vincent, George, on proposed committee to lecture in England, II 346

Von Jagow, offers no encouragement to Colonel House's proposals, I 289

Von Papen, dismissal of, II 108

Von Tirpitz, discussion with Viscount Haldane as to relative sizes of

navies, I 278;

hostile to Colonel House's proposals, I 289

Waechter, Sir Max, efforts for "federation" and disarmament, I 284

"Waging neutrality", policy of, I 362

Wallace, Henry, letters to:

on Wilson's candidacy, I 105;

on backing up new Secretary of Agriculture, etc., I 115

Wallace, Hugh C., accompanies Colonel House to Europe, I 288;

joins "assemblage of immortals" at Embassy, II 315

Walsh, Sir Arthur, Master of the Ceremonies, I 135;

at train to bid good-bye, II 402

Walsh, Senator Thomas, anti-English attitude, II 61

War, American efforts to prevent the, I 270 _et seq._

War, memorandum at outbreak of the, I 301

Washington, Booker T., writes for _Atlantic Monthly_, I 60;

induced to write "Up From Slavery", I 90

Wantauga Club, activities of the, I 47;

crusade for education of Southern child, 73

Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, gives Colonel House information of conditions

in Germany, I 281

White, Henry, understanding of Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, I 242

White, William Allen, writes for _Atlantic Monthly_, I 60

Whitlock, Brand, eulogized, I 334

Willard, Joseph E., Colonel House confers with, in regard to peace

parleys, I 434

Williams, Senator John Sharp, demonstrates blockade against Germany

not an injury to cotton-producing states, II 63

Wilhelm II, nullifies Hague Conferences, I 280;

Colonel House disappointed in mission to, I 289;

derides American arbitration treaty, I 294;

Colonel House's impressions of, I 295;

asks President Wilson to transmit peace offer to Great Britain, I 426;

makes proposal to Delcassé to join in producing "complete isolation"

of the United States, II 192

Wilson, Miss Willia Alice, married to Page, I 37

Wilson, Dr. William, father of Mrs. Page, I 37

Wilson, Sir Henry, succeeds Sir William Robertson as Chief of Imperial

General Staff, II 354 _note_

Wilson, Woodrow, first acquaintance with, I 37;

writes for _Atlantic Monthly_, I 60;

Page greatly interested in his candidacy and election, I 102, _et seq._;

Colonel House introduced to, I 107;

memorandum of interview with, soon after election, I 110;

offers Ambassadorship, I 130;

attitude toward recognition of Huerta, I 180;

formulates new principle for dealing with Latin American republics,

I 182;

refuses to consider intervention in Mexico, I 193;

suggestion that he officially visit Sulgrave Manor, the ancestral

home of the Washingtons, I 195;

explains attitude on Panama Toll question to Sir William Tyrrell, I 207;

expresses gratification in way Page has handled Mexican situation, I 208;

letter giving credit for Carden's recall from Mexico, and for

constructive work, I 221;

addresses Congress asking repeal of Panama Tolls Bill, I 253;

plan to visit England on occasion of restoration of Sulgrave Manor,

1274, 275, II 248;

requested by resolution of the Senate to proffer his good offices

for mediation between Austria and Serbia, I 317;

telegrams to and from Colonel House on proffering good offices to

avert war, I 317, 318;

message to King George proffering good offices to avert war, I 320;

neutrality letter to the Senate, I 360;

desires to start peace parleys, I 416;

insists on pressing the issue, I 423;

the "Too proud to fight" speech derided and denounced in England, II 6;

the _Lusitania_ notes, II 6;

Page's feeling toward policies of, II 8;

appreciation of Page letters, II 22;

peace activities after Sussex "pledge", II 148;

his reply to the German note concerning the submarine cessation,

II 150, 156;

reluctant to speak on foreign matters with his ambassadors, II 171, 172;

lived too much alone, no social touch, II 173;

addresses Congress on threatened railroad strike, II 172;

refuses to send high ranking officers as military attachés, II 177;

interview with Ambassador Page at Shadow Lawn, II 185;

sends peace communication to all the warring Powers, II 204;

reception in Great Britain of the "Peace without Victory" speech, II 212;

answer to the Pope's peace proposal, II 321, 323;

coldness toward the Allies, II 345;

his strong disapproval of closer relations with Great Britain,

prevents visit of Taft and noted committee, II 346

_Letters from_:

on "mistaken" opinion of British critics of Carranza and Villa,

I 227, 228;

expressing gratitude and regard of and hopes for repeal of Toll

Bill, I 254;

regarding the criticized speeches, I 262, 265;

reply to proposal to visit England, I 276;

acceptance of Page's resignation, II 396

_Letters to_:

congratulations and suggestions on Election Day, I 108;

as to best man for Secretary of Agriculture, I 114;

impressions of the British people, I 144;

on royal reception to King Christian of Denmark, I 167;

on the Mexican situation, I 184, 185, 188;

memorandum sent through Colonel House on intervention in Mexico, I 194;

on feeling in England toward Panama Tolls question, I 248;

recapitulating events bringing the two countries more in unity, I 251;

explanation of speech before Associated Chambers of Commerce, I 260, 263;

suggests speech attacking Anglophobia, I 264;

on the outbreak of war, I 303;

on German atrocities, I 325;

on agreement of nations not to make peace separately, etc., I 338;

attempts to enlighten on the real nature of the war, I 370;

"Rough notes toward an explanation of the British feeling toward the

United States," I 373;

on liability of Paris being captured and German peace drive being

launched, I 401;

on feeling of English toward American inaction after _Lusitania_

notes, II 40, 41, 43, 44, 45;

told that if he broke diplomatic relations with Germany he would end

the war, II 51;

on the military situation, fall of 1915, and the loss of American

prestige, II 94;

while waiting for interview sends notes of conversations with Lord

Grey and Lord Bryce, II 183;

letter of resignation--with some great truths, II 190;

regarding success of Balfour Mission, etc., II 256;

on financial situation among the Allies and the necessity of

American assistance, II 269;

on seriousness of submarine situation, II 280, 283, 286;

on slow progress of war and comments on Lord Lansdowne's peace

letter, II 327;

on British opinion on subject of League of Nations, II 355;

on the cheering effect of his war speeches and letters, II 385;

the resignation in obedience to physician's orders, II 393

Wilson Doctrine, the, I 217

Wood, Gen. Leonard, methods in Cuba an object lesson, I 177

_World's Work_, founding of, I 66

Worth, Nicholas, nom de plume in writing "The Southerner", I 90

York, Archbishop of, letter commending him to Roosevelt, II 401

Zeppelin attack on London, II 34, 38

Zionism, view of, II 350

Zimmermann, German under Foreign Secretary in communication with

Colonel House regarding peace proposals to Great Britain, I 426;

talk with House on peace terms, I 432

Zimmermann, says Germany must apply for armistice, II 182

Zimmermann-Mexico telegram influence on the United States declaration

of war, II 214.