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by Robert K. Massie


  Churchill and, 762–63

  and conflict between Edward VII and William II, 107–8

  death of, 310

  decline of, 312, 321

  Disraeli and, 195–96, 200–201

  early parliamentary career of, 194–95

  Eastern Question and, 197–200, 211–12

  and exchange of territories between Britain and Germany, 209–10

  family life of, 205

  Fashoda crisis and, 248, 251–56, 342

  First Hague Peace Conference and, 429

  forgetfulness of, 203–4

  Frederick Ill’s death and, 207–8

  German colonialism and, 86, 88

  German naval expansion and, 184

  government formed by, 189–93

  Grey and, 587

  heritage of, 193–94

  hobbies of, 204

  House of Lords and, 642

  illnesses of, 194, 289–90

  Irish crisis and, 318

  isolationism of, 201–2, 241–42, 245

  Jameson Raid and, 212, 220, 222, 230

  Khaki Election and, 288–90, 459

  Kruger Telegram and, 212, 224, 227–28, 230, 240

  Lansdowne and, 338–39

  marriage of, 194–95

  physical appearance of, 190

  resignation of, 310–11, 326

  Samoan crisis and, 257–58, 260–61, 270

  travels of, 194

  Victoria and, 189–90, 201, 206–8, 211–12, 294

  William II and, 208–12, 258–62, 264–66, 299

  and withdrawal from Egypt, 250

  Samoan crisis, 257–58, 260–62, 270

  San Stefano, Treaty of, 197–98

  Sazonov, Sergei:

  Anglo-Russian naval talks and, 845–47

  Austro-Russian negotiations and, 877

  Austro-Serbian conflict and, 864–67, 869–70, 881, 884

  Russo-German conflict and, 874–76

  Schellendorf, Walter Bronsart von, 117, 222–23

  Schiemann, Professor, 136

  Schiff, Jacob, 792

  Schlee, Colonel, 223

  Schleswig-Holstein crisis, 12–14, 18, 57–58

  Schlieffen, Count Alfred von, 284, 355

  and German threat to Belgium, 894–95

  and German threat to France, 894–96

  Russo-German conflict and, 871–73, 895

  Schoen, Baron Wilhelm von, 683–84, 686, 801

  Anglo-German naval talks and, 702

  and German threat to France, 876

  Kiderlen and, 717–18

  Schwarzkopf, Colonel von, 431

  Schweinitz, General von, 114–15, 141–42, 222

  Schweninger, Ernst, 72

  Scott, Sir Percy, 378, 384–85, 396–97

  and bombardment of Alexandria, 421

  Channel collision averted by, 532–33

  Dreadnought and, 471, 484

  Fisher and, 424

  gunnery and, 398–400, 466, 786–88

  Paint Work Affair and, 525–27

  Scott, Sir Walter, 314

  “Sea Interest of the German Empire, The,” 177–78

  Second Hague Peace Conference, 562

  Selborne, Lord, 289, 321, 405, 498

  battle cruisers and, 492

  Beresford and, 513–14

  Dreadnought and, 470, 473–74

  Fisher and, 440–42, 445–47, 453, 456, 459–60

  German naval expansion and, 184–85

  Selves, M. de, 724

  Senden-Bibran, Gustav von, 164, 168–70, 223, 263

  Serbia:

  and assassination of Franz Ferdinand, 859–61, 865, 867–68

  Austrian conflict with, 855–73, 876–77, 879–89, 891, 901

  Austrian declaration of war against, 869–70

  Austrian ultimatum to, 865–69, 879–83, 896

  Balkan Wars and, 838–40

  Sergei, Grand Duke of Russia, 30

  Seymour, Sir Edward Hobart, 280–83

  Seymour, Sir Frederick Beauchamp, 396

  in action in Egypt, 421, 505–6

  Fisher and, 423–24

  Shadwell, Charles F. A., 411–12, 419

  Shuvalov, Count Paul, 113–14

  Siegel, Captain, 431–32

  Silesia, German Army maneuvers in, 818–19

  Simmern, Baron Langwerth von, 722

  Singh, Sir Pertab, xxx

  Slade, Edmund, 527–28, 530

  Smith, W. H., 203–4

  Somerset, Duke of, 649

  Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, 856, 859

  South Africa, 213–17

  Boer settlement of, 216

  Boer War and, see Boer War

  Campbell-Bannerman’s political reconciliation in, 563–64

  Chamberlain’s visit to, 327–29

  diamond mining in, 213–14

  gold mining in, 217

  Jameson Raid and, see Jameson Raid

  Kruger Telegram and, 212, 223–28, 230–31, 240–41, 244

  Uitlander case and, 217

  Spain:

  Battle of Trafalgar and, xiii-xiv

  Franco-Prussian War and, 61

  Morocco crisis and, 359, 362, 364, 367

  Spee, Count von, 496

  Spencer, Lord, 556–57

  Stanley, Venetia, 578, 834, 844, 879, 883, 899, 906, 908

  Stead, W. T., 627

  Sternburg, Hermann Speck von, 367

  Stewart, Houston, 375

  Stolypin, Peter, 598, 602, 604

  Story of the Malakand Field Force, The (Churchill), 761–63

  Stosch, Albrecht von, 110, 162–63, 231

  Stuart-Wortley, Edward Montague, 683–85, 696

  Stumm, Baron von, 811–12

  Sturdee, Frederick, 525

  Sudanese campaign, 250–51

  Churchill and, 762–64

  Sugiyama, Chancellor, 279–80

  Su Shun, 278

  Sutherland, Duke of, 504

  Swaine, Colonel, 43, 45, 120

  Switzerland, Fisher’s visit to, 425–26

  Szögyény, Count, 860–62

  Taillandier, René, 353–54

  Tattenbach, Count von, 364–66

  Tennant, Sir Charles, 316, 571, 574

  Thiers, Adolphe, 60

  Thun und Hohenstein, Count von, 53

  Thursfield, J. R., 444, 447, 450, 466

  Tibet, Anglo-Russian Entente and, 597, 599

  Tirpitz, Alfred von, xxiii-xxv, 164–85

  on abandoning Mediterranean, 827

  Agadir Crisis and, 790

  Anglo-German naval talks and, 700–701, 707, 801–3, 810–11, 814, 816, 820

  Austro-Serbian conflict and, 863

  Ballin and, 799–301

  battle cruisers and, 496

  Bethmann and, 706

  Boer War and, 180, 273–74

  and British Fleet’s visit to Baltic ports, 850–52

  British Navy admired by, 166

  Bülow and, 139

  Churchill’s Naval Holiday proposal and, 830

  Dreadnought and, 485–86

  German colonialism and, 135

  German naval expansion and, 169–70, 172–85, 244, 263, 269, 273–74, 790–91, 799–801, 829, 848–49

  and German threat to Belgium, 896

  Haldane Mission and, 809–12, 814

  heritage of, 165–66

  Kruger Telegram and, 231

  naval background of, 164–67

  Naval Scare and, 619, 621, 624

  on naval tactics and training, 168

  parliamentary approach of, 176–78

  Risk Theory of, 181–82, 800

  Samoan crisis and, 260

  in torpedo development, 167

  Tisza, Count István, 863

  Togo, Count Heihachiro, 471, 474, 480

  Trafalgar, Battle of, xiii-xvi, 440–41

  Treitschke, Heinrich von, 136–37, 797

  Tschirschky, Heinrich von, 368–69, 664, 672, 717

  Austro-Serbian confl
ict and, 857, 862–64, 869

  Russo-German conflict and, 872

  Tsingtao, 171, 242, 276

  Tsushima, Battle of, 471, 474

  Turgot, Robert Jacques, 325

  Turkish Empire, 83, 120, 211–12

  Balkan Wars and, 838

  competition for railway concessions in, 588, 682

  and Congress of Berlin, 198–200

  defeat of, 838–39

  and opening Dardanelles to Russian warships, 603–5

  Russian treaties with, 197–98

  Russian wars with, 78–79, 196–97

  Tweedmouth, Lord, 405, 499, 576, 801

  Campbell-Bannerman and, 558, 560

  Fisher-Beresford conflict and, 516–18, 520–21, 529–30

  indiscretions of, 529–30

  Tyron, Sir George:

  Fisher and, 414

  and ramming of Victoria, 393–95

  Tyrwhitt, Sir Reginald, 397

  Tz’u-hsi, Dowager Empress of China, 278, 282, 286–87

  Uitlander case, 217

  Umberto I, King of Italy, 143

  United States, xxi

  Anglo-German alliance negotiations and, 307

  Austro-Serbian conflict and, 867

  Boxer Rebellion and, 287

  Chamberlain’s mission to, 237

  Edward VII’s tour of, 9

  Fisher on, 426n

  and launching of Dreadnought, 480

  Morocco crisis and, 352, 355, 361–62

  Navy of, see Navy, U.S.

  population growth of, 135n

  Samoan crisis and, 257–58, 261

  Varley, Mr., 351–52

  Victoria, Empress of Germany (Vicky), xxvi, xxviii, 6–12, 16, 18, 293–94, 303

  Albert’s death and, 30

  Augusta Victoria and, 34

  birth of, 6

  Bismarck and, 25, 32, 36, 99

  Bülow and, 109–10, 145

  childhood of, 23–25, 30

  courtship and marriage of, 24

  death of, 109–10, 294n

  Frederick III’s death and, 45, 207–8

  Frederick III’s illness and, 38–44

  illnesses of, 294

  Kruger Telegram and, 224

  political influence of, 25–26, 30–32, 35–37

  pregnancies of, 26

  Queen Victoria and, 23–25, 31–32

  William II and, 23, 26–30, 32–33, 36–38, 40, 43–44, 106, 108–10

  Victoria, H.M.S., 386, 389

  Camperdown’s ramming of, 393–95, 476

  Victoria, Queen of England, xxiii-xxiv, 3–23, 150, 279, 353, 378, 549

  Albert’s death and, 11, 13, 21, 30

  Albert’s relationship with, 5–6

  Alexandra and, 11–12, 16

  Alfred’s death and, 294

  Anglo-Russian Entente and, 595

  Asquith and, 569

  Beresford and, 504, 506

  Bismarck and, 42, 99n

  Boer War and, 272, 275, 288, 292, 294, 296, 685

  Boxer Rebellion and, 281

  Caprivi and, 111

  childhood of, 4

  and conflict between Edward VII and William II, 107–8

  death of, 297–302

  Diamond Jubilee Review and, xix, xxvi–xxviii, xxix

  Disraeli and, 21–22, 206

  Eastern Question and, 197, 200, 211

  Edward VII and, 7–20, 23–24, 293, 297–99, 301

  Empress Victoria and, 23–25, 31–32

  and exchange of territories between Britain and Germany, 210

  extended family of, 20–21

  Fashoda crisis and, 254–56, 342

  Fisher and, 404, 420, 423–24, 455

  Frederick III’s death and, 45, 207–8

  Frederick III’s illness and, 38, 40–42, 44–45

  funeral of, 299–300, 302–3

  German heritage of, 3

  Gladstone and, 22

  illnesses of, 292, 294–97

  Ireland visited by, 293

  on isolationism, 241

  Khaki Election and, 288–90

  Kruger Telegram and, 224, 226–28

  Lansdowne and, 338–39

  Melbourne and, 5

  Mrs. Chamberlain and, 237–38

  predecessors of, 3–4

  pregnancies of, 6, 23

  Rhodes and, 214

  Salisbury and, 189–90, 201, 206–8, 211–12, 294

  Schleswig-Holstein crisis and, 12–14

  seclusion of, 13–14, 18

  sense of humor of, 21

  William II and, 26–29, 37, 40, 44–46, 106–9, 111, 155, 208–9, 211–12, 225–27, 258–60, 262, 264–66, 296–300, 302

  Victoria Mary Louisa of Saxe-Coburg, Princess, 3–4

  Villeneuve, Pierre, xiii-xiv, xvi

  Virchow, Rudolf, 39

  Viviani, René, 888–89

  Volkov, Captain, 847

  Waldersee, Count Alfred von, 92, 121

  Bismarck undermined by, 93

  Boxer Rebellion and, 283–87

  Caprivi and, 111, 284

  William II and, 283–84

  Waldersee, Countess, 283–84

  Walker, Barclay, 153

  Warburg, Max, 720, 723, 799, 801

  War of 1812, 398

  Warrender, Sir George, 849–53

  Warrior, H.M.S., 413–14

  Warwick, Countess of, 19

  Waterloo, Battle of, xv, 47

  Watson, G. L., 156

  Watts, Sir Philip, 469–70, 475, 482

  Webb, Beatrice, 550, 766

  West, Sir Algernon, 571

  White, Arnold, 444–45, 447, 460, 518

  White, Sir George, 427

  White, Sir William, 487–89

  Whitehead, Robert, 414

  Widenmann, Wilhem, 403, 618–19

  Wiesner, Herr, 868

  Wilburg, Herr, 726–27

  William I, Emperor of Germany, 24, 30–33, 53–54, 75, 137, 151

  Austro-German Treaty and, 80–81

  Austro-Prussian War and, 59–60

  Bismarck and, 49, 55–61, 67–68, 71–72, 78–79, 91–93, 99, 705

  death of, 41–42, 91

  Fisher and, 414–15

  Franco-Prussian War and, 61–64, 73, 77

  Frederick III’s illness and, 39–41

  German colonialism and, 88

  German constitution and, 66–67

  Germany Navy and, 167

  German unification and, 64–67, 71

  Hohenlohe and, 118

  parliamentary crisis and, 54–56

  Schleswig-Holstein crisis and, 58

  William II and, 32–38, 105

  William II, Emperor of Germany (Willy), xxvi, 23–46, 94–122, 694–97

  abdication considered by, 691–92

  accession of, 45–46, 91

  Agadir Crisis and, 724–26, 736n, 739–40, 742

  ambitions of, xxiii-xxv

  ambivalence toward Britain, 106

  Anglo-French Entente and, 588

  Anglo-German alliance negotiations and, 245–46, 268, 300–303, 305

  Anglo-German naval talks and, 698–702, 707, 710, 801–4, 809–12, 814–17, 820

  Anglo-Japanese alliance and, 340

  Anglo-Russian Entente and, 601

  anti-Semitism of, 798

  and assassination of Franz Ferdinand, 852, 860–61, 868

  Austro-Serbian conflict and, 857–58, 860–64, 868–70, 884–87

  Balkan Wars and, 839, 843

  Ballin and, 796–99

  Ballin-Cassel meetings and, 801

  battle cruisers and, 495

  Beresford and, 514, 518, 520–22, 526

  Bethmann and, 702–6

  birth of, 26

  Bismarck and, 34–35, 46, 76, 91–103, 113, 115–16, 120, 128–29, 209, 266

  Boer War and, 272–75, 685–87

  Bosnia Crisis and, 605–8

  Boxer Rebellion and, 282–87

  and Britain’s vulnerability to invasion, 633–37 />
  Britain visited by, 108, 258–68, 297–303, 680–84, 724–25

  and British Fleet’s visit to Baltic ports, 850–52

  Bülow and, 138–40, 143–49, 151n–52n, 158, 263, 265–68, 680–81, 694–95

  Caprivi and, 110–11, 115–17, 119–20

  Chamberlain and, 241, 261, 264–65

  childhood of, 26–29, 150

  Churchill and, 818–19

  Churchill’s Naval Estimates and, 823

  Churchill’s Naval Holiday proposal and, 831

  coup d’état against parliament sought by, 121

  Daily Telegraph crisis and, 684–95, 705–6, 718, 801

  damaged arm of, 26–27

  and death of Hülsen-Haeseler, 691

  depressions of, 692

  Dreadnought and, 485

  early diplomatic missions of, 34–35

  Eastern Question and, 211–12

  education of, 28–31

  Edward VII and, 18, 27, 29, 106–8, 151–52, 154–58, 208–9, 211, 262–64, 267, 272–73, 297–301, 303, 529, 652–53, 656–57, 680–83, 697

  Empress Victoria and, 23, 26–30, 32–33, 36–38, 40, 43–44, 106, 108–10

  Eulenburg and, 663, 666–76, 679–81

  and exchange of territories between Britain and Germany, 210

  expansionism of, 76

  Fashoda crisis and, 256

  First Hague Peace Conference and, 429–30

  first proclamation of, 105

  Fisher-Beresford conflict and, 529

  Frederick III and, 26–27, 29–30, 32–33, 35–37, 39–45, 105–8, 207

  and German-Boer relations, 221–24

  on German mobilization, 874–75

  German Navy and, 163–64, 169–79, 182–84, 244, 407, 685–86, 790–91, 801, 849

  and German threat to Belgium, 895

  and German threat to France, 875–76, 885

  Haldane Mission and, 808–12, 814, 821–22

  Hohenlohe and, 117–21, 267–68

  Holstein and, 123, 130–31, 263–65, 267, 664, 674

  illnesses of, 679–81

  Jagow and, 841–42

  Jameson Raid and, 212, 222–25

  Kiderlen and, 716–19

  Kruger Telegram and, 212, 223–28, 231

  Lichnowsky and, 843

  marriage of, 33, 37

  military training of, 33–34, 37

  Morocco crisis and, 355–60, 362–64, 367–68, 522, 663–64, 729

  Naval Scare and, 619–22

  passion for British Navy, 108, 150–51

  personal rule enjoyed by, 121–22

  physical appearance of, 104

  Queen Victoria and, 26–29, 37, 40, 44–46, 106–9, 111, 155, 208–9, 211–12, 225–27, 258–60, 262, 264–66, 296–300, 302

  Reinsurance Treaty and, 114–15

  romantic interests of, 29–30

  Russo-German conflict and, 870, 874–76, 885

  Salisbury and, 208–12, 258–62, 264–66, 299

  Samoan crisis and, 258, 260–62

  Tirpitz and, 164–65, 167–70, 172, 179, 182–83

  travels of, 17–18, 30, 92, 98, 107

  Waldersee and, 283–84

  Weltmacht advocated by, 137–38

 

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