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A’Court-Repington,
Lt-Col. Charles [1858-1925].
British Military Attaché at Brussels and the Hague, 1899-1902; Military
Correspondent of the Times, 1904-18.
70-1, 75, 96-8, 159, 520
Abandonment
of Mediterranean, 8-9, 267, 272, 287, 293, 540
Abolition
of battleships, 390
Abrogation
of treaty of Berlin, 139
Acceleration
of British building programme, 344, 364, 366-8, 372, 374, 376, 378
Acceleration
of French building programme, 393
Acceleration
of German building programme, 104-5, 110-11, 125
Accommodation,
Britain with Germany, ix, 136, 241, 249
Accord
with France, 11, 317
Accord
with Germany, 144
Acquisition
of German port in Mediterranean, 161, 530
Acquisitions,
German territorial, 420
Admiral
Spaun (Austrian ship), 321
Admiralty
Committee, 54
Admiralty
policy, 4, 8-9, 31, 65, 79, 93, 96, 103, 172, 182, 470, 541
Admiralty
proposals, 100, 103, 519
Admiralty
War Staff, vi, xiii, 95-6, 128-30, 132, 134, 182, 199, 211-3, 215-8, 223-6,
247-8, 270, 284, 295, 300, 312, 339, 346-8, 370, 422
Adrianople,
330
Adriatic,
91, 101, 122-4, 126, 186-7, 258, 320, 331, 336-8, 341-2, 351, 385, 451, 471
Aehrenthal
Alois,
Baron Lexa Von (Count from 1909) [1854-1912]. Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at
St. Petersburgh, 1899-1906; Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1906-1912. 140
Aesop’s
Fables, 133
Afghanistan,
136-7, 139
Africa,
2, 11, 102, 151, 197, 271, 286-7, 307, 325, 342, 350, 473, 517, 525, 552
African
army, 338 (Italian), 415, 422 (French)
Agadir,
89, 135, 141, 151-81, 192, 226, 233, 235-6, 516, 530-1, 534, 536, 552
Agamemnon
(British semi-dreadnought), 52, 265, 273, 289
Agincourt
(British dreadnought, ex-Sultan Osman,
ex-Rio de Janeiro), 391
Aitken,
Max, 449
Aix-la-chapelle,
553
Åland
Archipelago, 139
Albania,
336-8
Albert,
King of Belgians, 481
Aldershot,
69, 134
Alexandretta,
333-4
Alexandria,
21, 26-8, 80, 220-1, 248, 261, 265, 271, 280, 325
Algeciras
Conference, 67, 69, 81, 140, 156, 159, 163, 525
Algeria,
345, 415, 505
Algerian
army corps (see also XIXth Army Corps), 187, 242, 315, 324-5, 415, 474, 503,
552, 554
Algiers,
473-4
Alsace,
552
America,
109, 395
Amphibious
operations, 102, 212
Amphion
(British cruiser), 452
Anglo-French
Entente, 25, 28-9, 32, 70, 79-80, 135-7, 140, 142, 144-5, 156, 221, 233, 236,
241, 249-50, 252, 268, 301, 308-10, 313-4, 316-7, 322, 347, 397, 405, 413, 435,
462, 507, 515-8, 523-5, 528, 530, 534, 536-7, 539-40, 542, 544-6, 549-50, 558-9
Anglo-French
relations, 11, 25, 28-9, 31-2, 78, 81, 93, 135, 142, 156, 162, 221-2, 232, 236,
249-50, 267-8, 277, 290, 299-300, 309, 314, 319, 324, 331, 335, 342, 374, 394,
396-7, 399, 409, 493, 501-2, 505, 507, 515-18, 525, 528, 532, 536-7, 540-1, 543,
547, 556-7, 559
Anglo-German
relations, xiii, 28, 50, 141-2, 234, 249, 338, 400, 411, 440, 461, 537
Anglo-Japanese
alliance, 43, 137
Anglo-Russian
Agreement, 31, 135-6, 138-40
Anglo-Russian
Naval Convention (proposed), 394-8, 400
Anglo-Russian
relations, 31-2, 135-6, 138-40, 394-6, 398, 400, 405-6, 412, 549, 559
Annex
to Triple Alliance, 342
Annexation,
Bosnia, 140, 291, 525
Annexation,
Tripoli, 266
Antwerp,
69, 91, 189-90
Appropriations,
124-5
Arbeiter
Zeitung, 123
Arbitration,
268, 416, 540
Archerfield
House, 198-9, 202
Ardennes,
554
Argentina,
395
Argentine
naval mission, 108
Armageddon,
12, 318, 406, 408
Armaments,
1, 51, 56, 107-9, 218, 241, 360
Armée
Navale, First, 186
Armenia,
334
Armstrong
(armaments manufacturer), 218, 312, 425, 446
Army,
British, v, vii, 11, 64, 104, 253, 527, 550
Army,
German, x, 9, 93, 126, 310, 462, 466, 548, 553
Arta,
Gulf of, 337
Asia,
138, 333-4, 412
Asiatic
agreement, 138-9
Aspern
(Austrian ship), 321
Asquith,
Herbert Henry [1852-1928].
Liberal MP, 1886-1918, 1920-4. Home Secretary, 1892-5; Chancellor of the
Exchequer, 1905-8; Prime Minister, 1908-16; Secretary of State for War, 30
March-5 August, 1914. v, 103, 107, 141, 156, 188, 190-1, 193-4, 211-12, 215-18,
221, 224-7, 249-50, 257, 267-9, 271, 277, 290, 292-4, 297, 300, 311-12, 320,
323, 347-9, 361, 365, 376-7, 385-7, 397, 405, 434-5, 444, 446, 448-9, 477-80,
490-93, 502, 505-7, 526-8, 530, 533-8, 541, 544, 551, 555-6; proposes defence
cuts, 56; informed of military talks, 76; becomes Prime Minister, 98; appoints
C.I.D. sub-committee, 100-1; and Two Power Standard, 108; and Dreadnought scare,
109, 111-12; and Fisher/Beresford feud, 128, 130-1; prevaricates in Commons,
143-5; and second Moroccan crisis, 157, 159-62, 164-8, 171, 174-6; decides on
changes at the Admiralty, 182-3; misgivings over dispatch of six divisions, 189;
and Radical anger, 195-7; appoints Churchill First Lord, 198-202; showdown with
Radicals, 203-4; and Malta conference, 247-8; at Malta, 258, 260, 262-4, 266;
defines new Mediterranean standard, 284-5, 287-8; ,and platitudinous French
formula, 316; on Mediterranean cruise, 335-7; and Naval Estimates crisis, 366-7,
370-2; and July crisis, 407-9, 411-13, 416-21, 424; drafts appeal to Tsar, 436;
supports Grey in Cabinet, 437-42;attempts to limit resignations, 452; the
decision for war and his reasoning, 453-4, 460-1, 463-6, 468-9; and
resignations, 489; reaction to Grey’s speech, 501; his position as War
Minister, 504
Asquith,
Violet, 260, 262
Asquithian
compromise, 104, 216
Assassination
of Franz Ferdinand, 386, 406
Assassination
of King George of Greece, 333
Athens,
333, 344-5
Atlantic
Fleet, 25-7, 69, 99, 158, 239, 244
Aubert,
Vice-Admiral Marie, 187, 290, 297-8
Augusta
harbour, 341
Australia
(Australian battle cruiser), 275, 290
Australia,
1, 257, 275, 290, 344
Austrian
Army Corps, 419
Austrian
building programme, xiv, 187, 315, 385-6, 548
Austrian
Navy, 91, 112, 122, 125, 176, 265, 275, 284, 294-5, 307, 310, 320-2, 331-2, 338,
343, 351, 364-5, 367, 399, 415
Austrian
ultimatum to Serbia, 407-8
Austro-German
co-operation, 339, 341
Austro-Italian
co-operation, 92, 269, 277, 319, 335, 341-3, 541
Auvert,
Admiral Paul, 222
Auxiliary
cruisers, 342
Bab-el-manded,
Straits of, 7
Bacon,
Admiral Sir Reginald Hugh (1863-1947). Naval Assistant to Lord Fisher, 1904-5;
Director of Naval Ordnance, 1907-9; managing director, Coventry Ordnance Works,
1909-1915. 47, 390
Bad
Nauheim, 165
Baedecker
guide, 260
Balfour,
Sir Arthur James (later the
Earl of Balfour) [1848-1930]. Conservative MP, 1874-85, 1885-1906, 1906-22.
First Lord of the Treasury, 1891-2, 1895-1902; Prime Minister, 1902-5; First
Lord of the Admiralty, 1915-6; Foreign Secretary, 1916-9. 29, 31, 63-4, 66-9,
73, 110-1, 215, 267-8, 293, 437, 453, 492, 500, 519, 540, 559
Balkan
War, 320, 322, 330, 335-8, 351, 363
Balkans,
248, 317-8, 331, 339, 525, 549
Ballard,
Rear-Admiral George
Alexander [1862-1948]. Assistant Director of the Intelligence Department;
Director of the Operations Division, Admiralty; Admiral of Patrols, East Coast,
1914-16; Senior Naval Officer, Malta, 1916-18. 66-7, 89, 211, 215-6, 295
Ballin,
Albert, 232-, 234, 406-7
Balmoral,
198, 200, 292, 316
Baltic
Fleet (Russian), 30, 52, 298
Baltic
Scheme, 66-7, 73, 100-4, 171, 174, 526
Baltic,
15, 139, 158, 172-3, 291, 307, 210, 316, 396-9, 451, 549
Bank
of England, 435
Bankers
Association, 160
Barcelona,
345
Barrère,
M. Camille, French
Ambassador at Rome, 1897-1924. 349
Battenberg,
Prince Louis Alexander of
(later Admiral of the Fleet, Marquess of Milfordhaven) [1854-1921]. Director of
Naval Intelligence, 1903-5; commanded 2nd Cruiser Squadron, 1905-7; second in
command, Mediterranean 1908; C-in-C, Atlantic Fleet, 1910; Second Sea Lord,
1911; First Sea Lord, 1912-4. 29, 201, 210-14, 216-18, 221, 222-4, 248, 258,
260, 263, 278, 284, 288, 313, 323-5, 329, 331-2, 335, 337-9, 344, 347-8, 366-8,
374, 376, 386, 388-9, 393-4, 398, 409, 422, 425, 469-73, 502-3
Battle
cruisers, 21, 34-5, 53-5, 111, 264, 275, 289-90, 300, 321, 330, 334, 345-6, 386,
392, 394, 422, 470-1, 503
Battle
fleet, 89, 153-4, 223, 264, 271-2, 286, 288, 299, 389, 391, 543
Baudin,
Pierre. French Minister of Marine. 266, 335
Bavaria,
193
Bax-Ironside,
Sir Henry George Outram
[1859-1929]. British Minister at Berne, 1909-11; at Sofia, 1911-15. 125-6
Bay
of Naples, 260
‘Beagles’
in the cabinet, 405, 441, 465
Beatty,
Admiral David [1871-1936].
Naval Secretary to the First Lord, 1912; in command of the 1st Battle Cruiser
Squadron from 1914; C-in-C, Grand Fleet, 1916-19; First Sea Lord, 1919-27. 218,
260-4, 270, 324, 345-6, 385
Beauchamp,
seventh Earl (William Lygon) [1872-1938]. Liberal politician. First Commissioner
of Works, 1910-1914. 360, 371, 453, 460, 464-5, 476-8, 489-91, 502
Belfast,
235
Belfort,
417, 554
Belgian
Army, 169, 189-90, 192, 481, 532
Belgian
frontier, 219, 310, 325, 548, 552
Belgian
neutrality, x, 69, 72, 405, 415-7, 420-1, 434-5, 438, 440-3, 445, 449, 461-2,
466-7, 477, 479-80, 489-90, 502-3, 519, 554
Belgium,
67, 71, 90-1, 168, 171, 189-92, 195, 203, 310, 411, 413, 415-8, 420, 438, 441-2,
454, 460, 462-3, 465-8, 477-81, 490-1, 497-9, 501-3, 515, 526, 535, 548, 550,
552-5
Belgrade,
416
Benckendorff,
Count Alexander [1849-1917].
Russian Ambassador at London, 1903-17. 135, 139, 398-9, 412
Berchtold,
Leopold, Count Von
[1863-1942]. Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at St. Petersburgh, 1906-11; Minister
for Foreign Affairs, 1912-15. 307
Berehaven,
239
Beresford,
Admiral Sir Charles William
de la Poer [1846-1919]. Conservative MP, 1874-80, 1885-9, 1897-1900, 1902,
1910-6. Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, 1905-7; Channel, 1907-9. 4-6, 14,
56-7, 93-7, 107, 128, 130-3, 210-1, 271
Berliner
Tageblatt, 398, 406
Bernhardi,
General Friedrich von [1949-1930]. German General of cavalry and exponent of
militarism. 397, 515, 530, 539, 550
Berteaux,
French Minister of War. 152
Bertie,
Sir Francis Leveson (since
1915, 1st Baron; 1918, 1st Viscount) [1844-1919]. British Ambassador at Rome,
1903-4; at Paris, 1905-18. 144-5, 155, 238, 245, 251, 300-1, 308-9, 311, 400,
406, 472, 517, 524, 528, 538, 544, 546, 547
Berwick,
Northumberland, 75
Besika
Bay, 330
Bethell,
Rear-Admiral Alexander Edward [1855- ].
Director of Naval Intelligence, 1909-1912; Commander-in-Chief, East Indies,
1912; Commanded R. N. War College, 1913-4. 166
Bethmann-Hollweg,
Herr Theobald von
[1856-1921]. Prussian Minister of the Interior, 1905-7; German Minister for the
Interior, 1907-9; German Imperial Chancellor, 1909-17. 141, 143, 152, 156, 226,
232-7, 240-2, 314, 345, 378, 400, 405, 419-20
Bilateral
agreements, 559
Birrell,
Augustine [1850-1933]. Author and Liberal politician. Chief Secretary for
Ireland, 1907-16. 197, 464
Bizerta,
263, 298, 324, 341, 474
Black
Prince (British heavy
cruiser), 313
Black
Sea Fleet (Russian), 15, 30, 297-8, 307, 333, 342, 395, 397
Black
Sea, 15, 28, 30, 139, 297-8
Blockade,
65, 91, 103, 123, 172, 174-6, 191, 216
Blyth,
Northumberland, 175
Board
of Admiralty, 1, 26, 31-2, 55, 57, 64, 95-6, 131, 210, 217, 266, 275-6, 285-6,
322, 370, 373-4. See also, German Admiralty, French Admiralty
Boer
War, vi, 9, 11, 63
Bombardment
of Dardanelles, 248
Bombay,
1
Bona,
448, 503
Bonar
Law, see Law
Bonham
Carter, Maurice [1880-1960].
Private Secretary to Mr Asquith, 1910-6. 436
Borden,
Sir Robert Laird [1854-1937]. Conservative politician. Prime Minister of Canada,
1911-20. 291-2, 359-60, 362-6, 373, 376, 386, 389
Borkum,
90, 452
Bosnia,
99, 140, 241
Bosnian
crisis, 122, 525
Bosphorus,
1, 13, 139
Boulogne,
445
Boyle,
Captain (later Admiral of the Fleet) William Henry Dudley, twelfth Earl of Cork
and Orrery [1873-1967]. Naval Intelligence Department, 1909-11; Naval Attaché,
Rome, 1913-5. 385-6
Bradbury,
John Swanwick [1872-1950]. Civil servant. Joint Permanent Secretary to the
Treasury, 1913-9. 371
Brassey,
Thomas, first Earl Brassey [1836-1918]. Liberal MP, 1868-86; Civil Lord of
Admiralty, 1880-4. Founded Brassey’s
Naval Annual in 1886. 24-5, 27, 53
Bremen,
105
Breslau,
SMS (German light cruiser), 322, 338, 422-3, 448, 470-1, 473-5, 503-4, 540
Brest,
1, 8, 12, 128, 184, 186-7, 290, 299, 313, 315, 335, 532-3, 548
Brett,
see Esher
Briand,
Aristide [1862-1932]. French Premier. 142-3
Bridge,
Admiral Sir Cyprian, 49
Bridgeman,
Admiral Sir Francis Charles
[1848-1929]. Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, 1907-9; First Sea Lord, 1911-2.
Removed to make way for Battenberg. 133, 218, 221-2, 224, 258, 270, 278, 284,
290, 295, 298-9, 301, 313, 322-3
Brindisi,
337, 475
British
Channel Fleet, 5, 10, 24, 27, 31, 45, 93-4, 131
British
Channel Squadron, 5-8, 25
British
Expeditionary Force, x, 166-7, 169, 183, 189-90, 195, 325, 396, 439, 441, 444,
465-6, 468-9, 499, 532, 550, 552, 556, 559
British
intervention, xii, 408, 418, 421, 434, 449-52, 466, 479-80, 490, 506-8, 515, 551
British
Mediterranean Squadron, 4-5, 8-10, 24-5, 57, 102, 239-40, 244-5, 249, 252, 294,
296, 330-1, 346, 385, 537
British
Naval Estimates, xiv, 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 16, 22, 32-3, 52, 55-6, 98, 104, 109-10,
183, 200-1, 217, 223, 239, 242, 251, 292, 322, 343, 349, 356, 358-61, 365-75,
377-9, 389, 392, 394, 538
British
Squadrons: Third Cruiser Squadron, 27, 344; proposed River Squadron, 93; First
Cruiser Squadron, 52, 289, 344, 470-1; First Battle Cruiser Squadron, 345-6;
Second Battle Cruiser Squadron, 394, 422; Third Battle Squadron, 320-1, 329-30;
Fourth Battle Squadron, 244, 246, 262, 264, 289, 292, 294, 344; Fifth Battle
Squadron, 344
British
withdrawal from Mediterranean, 7, 91-2, 102, 222, 240, 242, 245-6, 248, 252,
260-1, 265, 269, 271, 285, 300, 315, 321, 445, 469, 537, 541, 544, 548
Brittany,
335
Brodrick,
William St. John Fremantle
[1856-1942]. Conservative MP, 1880-1906; Secretary of State for War, 1900-3. 64
Brussels,
481
Buchanan,
Sir George William
[1854-1924]. British Agent and Consul-General in Bulgaria, 1903-9; Ambassador at
St Petersburg, 1910-18; at Rome, 1919-21. 395-6, 409, 412, 549
Buckingham
Palace, 163, 436
Budget,
10, 16, 24, 64, 129, 141, 441
Bulgaria,
99, 447
Bülow,
Bernard Count Von (since
1905, Prince) [1849-1929]. German Imperial Chancellor, 1900-09. 517
Bülow,
Herr Alfred Von, German
Minister at Berne, 1898-1912. 126
Burney,
Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil [1858-1926]. Commanded International Naval Force in
Adriatic, 1913. 342
Burns,
John Elliot [1858-1943]. President of Local Government Board, 1905-14. 404, 416,
441, 453, 462-4, 466, 476-8, 480, 489-91, 502
Buxton,
Noel Edward [1869-1948].
Liberal MP, 1905-6, 1910-18. Labour MP, 1922-30. Co-founded the Balkan
Committee, 1903. 284, 360
Cadogan
Gardens, 438
Cagliari,
341-2
Caillaux,
Joseph [1863-1944]. French politician. Finance Minister, 1906, 1911, 1913;
Premier, 1911. 151, 153, 164
Cairo,
261
Calais,
v, 70, 445, 463, 519
Callaghan,
Sir George Astley, Admiral
[1852-1920]. Admiral commanding the First and Second Fleets, 1911-14;
Commander-in-Chief, the Nore, 1915-18. 345
Callwell,
Major-General Charles Edward
[1859-1928]. Intelligence Branch, War Office [1887-92. Retired from the Army in
1909 and recalled to the active list in 1914. Director of Military Operations
and Intelligence, 1914-6. 66-7
Cambon,
M. Jules, French Ambassador
at Madrid, 1902-7; at Berlin, 1907-14. 157, 508
Cambon,
M. Paul [1843-1924]. French
Ambassador at London, 1898-1920. 30, 73-5, 77-8, 156, 158, 184, 186, 196,
249-50, 258-9, 266, 270-1, 293, 299-302, 308-9, 312-19, 331, 349, 397, 399,
404-5, 410, 420, 434-7, 439, 443-6, 449, 452, 460-1, 464, 466-7, 469-72, 476,
479-81, 489-90, 492-3, 497, 506, 515, 517-8, 520-2, 524, 537-8, 543-9, 555, 559
Campbell-Bannerman,
Sir Henry [1836-1908].
Liberal MP [1868-1908; Prime Minister, 5 December 1905-4 April 1908. V, 56, 68,
73-4, 80, 98, 493, 520-3, 525
Canada,
278, 290, 292, 322, 343, 359-60, 362, 366, 373-4, 376, 378, 387
Canadian
Senate, 364
Canadian
ships, 292-3, 343, 345, 349, 357-9, 366, 368, 373, 376, 378, 389
Cape
of Good Hope, 1, 26, 154-5, 257
Cape
Santa Maria di Leuca, 101
Cardiff,
159
Carlton
club, 361
Cartwright,
Sir Fairfax L. [1857-1928].
Ambassador at Vienna, 1908-13. 249
Casablanca
incident, 99
Cassel,
Sir Ernest [1852-1921].
British Financier. 232-4, 236, 238, 290
Casus
belli, 192, 240, 479, 481,
489
Casus
foederis, 339
Cavalry,
167, 169, 192, 531, 552
Cawdor,
third Earl (Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell) [1847-1911]. First Lord of the
Admiralty, 1905. 31, 55-6, 67
Cecil,
Lord Hugh [1869-1956]. Conservative MP. 494-5
Cephalonia,
337
Cessation
of naval building (see also ‘Naval Holiday’), 242
Chamberlain,
Right Hon. Austen
[1836-1914]. Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1895-1903. 110, 453
Chamberlain,
Sir Joseph [1863-1937].
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1903-5. 15
Chancellor
of the Exchequer, 3-4, 6, 16, 56, 76, 106-7, 129, 160-3, 189, 322, 361, 363,
368-71, 375, 414, 441, 465, 478-80, 530. See also, Goschen, Chamberlain,
Asquith, Lloyd George
Chancellor,
see German Imperial Chancellor, Bülow, Bethmann-Hollweg
Channel
Committee, 45-6
Channel
Fleet, see British Channel Fleet
Channel
Squadron, see British Channel Squadron
Charing
Cross station, 453
Charlemagne
(French ship), 474
Chatham,
330
Cherbourg,
1, 12, 445
Chief
of the War Staff (C.O.S.), 212-4, 223-5, 266, 270, 278, 295, 312-3, 323, 347-8,
393, 469
Chile,
55, 395
China
Station, 31, 275, 508
Churchill,
Sir Winston [1874-1965].
President of the Board of Trade, 1908-10; Home Secretary, 1910-11; First Lord of
the Admiralty, 1911-5. 331-2, 334, 348-9, 405, 421, 444, 448, 476, 480, 489,
506-7, 525, 531-2, 534-8, 540-3, 545-9, 556; and 1909 Naval scare, 106-7;
proposes abandonment of Mediterranean, 153-5; and second Moroccan crisis, 161,
163-6, 171, 173-4, 176; desire for Admiralty, 183; influenced by Henry Wilson,
188-94; presses claim for Admiralty, 197-201, 203; transfers to Admiralty to
form Naval War Staff, 210-25; advocates abandonment of Mediterranean, 226-7; and
Haldane Mission, 232-5, 237-41; proposes Naval Holiday, 242-6; plans maximum
concentration in North Sea and C.I.D. meeting in Malta, 247-8, 250, 252-3,
257-64, 266-80; and Cabinet opposition to withdrawal scheme, 284-91; promise of
Canadian ships, 292-8; informs French of his proposal, 299-303; holds out fro
freedom of action, 308, 310-17, 319; and Balkan War, 320-1, replaces Bridgeman,
322-5; cruises in Mediterranean, 335-7; orders Mediterranean show of strength,
343-5; his estrangement from C.I.D., 346-7; naval estimates crisis and policy of
substitution, 356-61, 363-78; new tactics and submarines for Mediterranean,
385-92; and Russian approach, 397-400; and July crisis, 407, 409-12, 415, 417;
sends warning telegram, 418; issues operational orders, 422-3; embargoes Turkish
ships, 424-5; and possible coalition, 435-6; monopolizes discussion in Cabinet,
441-2; and reaction to embargo, 447; and Sunday Cabinet, 2 August, 451-3, 463-5,
467; and Mediterranean naval situation, 469-71; informs French Naval Attaché of
Cabinet decision, 472; authorizes communication with French, 479; and Belgian
neutrality, 481; requests immediate action, 501; reaction upon sighting of Goeben
and Breslau, 503-5
Cicoli,
Alfred Captain (Austrian naval officer) 340, 343-4
Clandestine
naval activity, 105, 108
Claridge's
Hotel, 97
Clarke,
George Sydenham, first Baron Sydenham [1848-1933]. Secretary, Committee of
Imperial defence, 1904-7. 8, 11, 64, 67-74, 76, 79, 519-20, 522
Clemenceau,
M. Georges [1841-1929].
French Minister of the Interior, 1906; Premier and Minister of the Interior,
1906-9; Premier and Minister of War, 1917-20. 82, 102, 127, 142
Clerk,
Sir George R. [1874-1951].
First Secretary at Constantinople, 1910-2; Senior Clerk at the Foreign Office
(Eastern Department), 1913-4. 460
Cloan,
199-200
Clowes,
William Laird [1856-1905]. Naval writer. 7-9
Coal,
45, 159, 330, 344, 360, 424, 451, 503
Coaling
stations, 3, 80-1
Coalition
Government, x, xii, 405, 436, 453, 478-80
Coatit
(Italian ship), 321
Colonial
aspirations, 157
Colonial
concessions, 237
Colonial
wars, 2, 550
Commerce
protection, 3-4, 6, 15, 51-2, 69, 101, 112, 143, 186-7, 258, 265, 319, 332, 415,
498
Committee
of Designs, 26, 33, 46, 53-4
Committee
of Imperial Defence, vi-viii, xiii, 63-9, 71, 75, 78, 80-1, 96, 100-3, 106,
128-30, 165-6, 171, 175, 182-4, 188-90, 192, 195, 200, 202, 211, 213, 215-7,
220-1, 223-7, 247, 252, 257-8, 263, 271, 278-80, 284-5, 288, 290-3, 312, 324,
346-7, 358, 362, 385, 409, 417, 439, 467, 480, 508, 518-20, 526-7, 531-3, 542,
556
Committee
of Imperial Defence sub-committees, 65-7, 96, 100, 103-4, 128-30, 132, 175,
216-7, 223, 526-7
Compensation,
territorial, 80, 151-2, 157, 159, 317, 524
Concessions,
territorial, 81
Conference
proposal (by Grey), 413, 416
Conferences:
Hague, 12, 56, Algeciras, 30-2, 67, 69, 81, Malta, 257, 267, 278, Triple
Alliance, 340-1, Russian, 395, Ambassadors, 410, Admiralty, 422, 425
Congo,
90, 151, 157-9, 196
Conrad
von Hötzendorf, Field Marshal Franz, Count [1852-1925]. Chief of Staff,
Austro-Hungarian Army from 1906. 125
Conservative
Government, vi, 55, 135
Conservative
Party, 31
Constantinople,
9, 99, 105, 140, 320-2, 329, 333, 391, 395, 397, 424, 447-8, 505
Constitutional
crisis, 157
Continental
strategy, 80, 104, 165, 184, 253, 409, 508, 527
Conversations,
naval and military, 74-6, 78-9, 100-2, 141, 171, 196, 201-3, 221, 249-50, 252,
259, 279, 291, 299-300, 302, 308-9, 350, 393, 397-9, 493-4, 508, 515-6, 518,
520-2, 526, 528, 533-5, 537-9, 543, 545-7, 551, 555
Convoys,
474-6
Conz,
Capitano di fregata Angelo (Italian Naval Staff), 339-40, 343-4
Corbett,
Sir Julian [1854-1922].
Naval historian. 89-90, 129, 296
Cordite,
9
Corfu,
320, 336-7, 363
Cornwallis
(British pre-dreadnought), 263
Council
of ministers, 102
Courbet
(French dreadnought), 374, 393
Coventry
Ordnance Works, 105
Cressy
(British heavy cruiser), 51-2
Crete,
99
Crewe,
Marquess [1858-1945].
Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1908-10; Secretary of State for India,
1910-15. 165, 183, 188, 197, 284, 405, 444, 449, 461, 464-5, 481
Criccieth,
189, 193, 477
Cricket,
24, 406-7
Cromarty,
193
Cromer,
1st Earl of (Evelyn Baring)
[1841-1917]. British Consul-General and Agent in Egypt, 1883, 1885-1907. 27,
220, 409
Crowe,
Mr. (later Sir) Eyre
[1864-1925]. Entered Foreign Office, 1885. Senior Clerk, British Foreign Office,
1906-12; Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1912-20; Permanent
Under-Secretary, 1920-5. 136, 155-8, 245, 247-9, 252-3, 329, 351, 397, 410-1,
420-1, 435, 437, 440, 477-8, 516, 539-40
Cruppi,
144-5, 528
Cuniberti,
Italian naval architect, 112
Curragh
incident, 504
Curzon
of Kedleston, George Nathaniel, 1st
Baron [1859-1925]. Viceroy and Governor-General of India, 1899-1905. 16
Curzon-Howe,
Admiral, 153
Custance,
Admiral Sir Reginald Neville [1847-1935]. Consistent critic of Admiralty policy;
retired 1912. 348
Cuxhaven,
93
Cyprus,
8, 12, 257, 261, 320, 336
Cyrenaica,
219, 329
D3-D8
(British submarines), 387
Dalmatian
coast, 335
Dante
Alighieri (Italian
dreadnought), 112-3, 393
Danton
(French semi-dreadnought), 127, 185-6
Danubius
yard, Fiume, 124
Dardanelles,
viii, 1, 128, 139, 154, 171, 248, 333, 342, 397
Darrieus,
Contre-Amiral (later
Vice-Amiral) Pierre Joseph Gabriel Georges [1859-1931]. Commanded Division des
écoles de la Méditerranée, 1913. 265, 474
Daveluy,
Captain. French naval writer. 265
Dawson,
Sir Arthur Trevor [1866- ].
Managing Director, Vickers. 391
Debt,
national, 3
Declaration
of neutrality, 242, 297, 443, 469, 540
Declaration
of war, 137, 153, 203, 419, 436, 451, 460, 463-7, 477, 539
Defence
(British heavy cruiser), 52
Defence
of India, 139; of Malta, 102, 261; of the Straits of Dover, 101-2, 184; of the
Suez Canal, 102, 261, 325
Defence
of the Empire, 24, 290, 292, 376, 378
Defence
spending, 9, 16, 192, 536
Delcassé,
M. Théophile [1852-1923].
French Minister of Foreign Affairs 1898-1905 and 1914-9. 25, 29-30, 126-7,
185-8, 222, 290, 517
Delegations
(Hungarian), 122, 124
Denmark,
66, 174, 191
Détente
(Anglo-German), 400, 411
Deuxieme
Bureau, 553
Devonshire
class (British heavy cruiser), 264
Devonshire,
Duke of, 453
Dieppe,
193
Diocletian’s
Palace, 335
Diplomacy,
32, 81, 136, 139, 197, 232, 268, 287, 351, 490, 542
Director
of Naval Intelligence (D.N.I.), 32, 97, 223
Director
of the Mobilization Department (D.N.M.), 223
Director
of the Operations Department (D.N.O.), 223
Discussions,
104, 157, 234, 237, 241, 245, 249-50, 258, 264, 271, 309, 410, 450, 464, 467,
474, 504, 519, 527, 537, 547
Disembarkation
ports, 452, 529
‘Ditherers’
in the Cabinet, 489-90
Djavid
Pasha [1875-1926]. Turkish
Deputy for Salonica, member of the CUP inner circle. Minister of Finance,
1909-11, 1912, and from January 1913. 447
Djemal
Pasha,
Ahmed [1872-1922]. Military Governor of Constantinople, 1913; Minister of
Public Works, 1914; Minister of Marine, 1914; assassinated. 447
Dodecanese,
248, 307
Dogger
Bank, 28
Dominions,
248, 287, 290
Domvile,
Commander Barry, Assistant
Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence, 1914. 467
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