Затем во второй половине дня майор Дрейн принес копию контракта между правительством Соединенных Штатов и британцами о совместном строительстве 1500 танков (7 500 000 долларов). Мы отнесли его в Министерство иностранных дел, и мистер Бальфур и я подписали его. Дрейн считает, что танки способны к большому развитию, и он хочет, чтобы наша армия после войны продолжала изучать, экспериментировать и улучшать такие машины разрушения. Никто не знает, что из этого может выйти.
Затем я обедал у У. У. Астора (мл.). Там были Бальфур, лорд Солсбери, генерал и леди Робертсон, миссис Литтлтон и Филип Керр.
Во второй половине дня зашел капитан Амундсен, арктический исследователь, направлявшийся из Норвегии во Францию в качестве гостя нашего правительства, после чего он отправится в Соединенные Штаты и будет выступать перед скандинавским населением там.
Это довольно хороший, насыщенный день.
19 апреля 1918 г.
Белл [84] и миссис Белл во время воздушного налета отвели свою маленькую девочку (Эванджелин, трех лет) в подвал. Они сказали ей, что пошли в подвал, чтобы послушать большие хлопушки. После того как упала бомба, которая потрясла весь Челси, Эванджелин захлопала в ладоши от радости. «О, мамочка, какая большая хлопушка!»
ПРИМЕЧАНИЯ:
[79] Полковник (ныне генерал-майор) Джордж О. Сквайр, военный атташе в американском посольстве.
[80] Свадьба дочери мистера Пейджа в Королевской часовне.
[81] Миссис Пейдж.
[82] Редактор лондонской «Таймс».
[83] Миссис Киплинг.
[84] Мистер Эдвард Белл, второй секретарь американского посольства.
УКАЗАТЕЛЬ
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;