INDEX
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Acland, Sir Arthur, 81, 168
Addison, Dr., speech on Munitions, 218;
Introduces Housing Bill, 314
Agadir Speech at Mansion House, 159
Agricultural Rates Bill (1896), 108
Aisne, the, 280
Albert, 274
American Army reinforcements, 1918, 276
Amiens, 151;
German attempt to capture, 277, 281
Arabi Pasha, 48
Armentières, 278
Armistice, conditions of, 283;
declared, 284
Arnold, Matthew, 50, 147
Asquith, Mr., and Welsh Disestablishment, 105;
successor to Campbell-Bannerman, 112;
and South African War, 115;
in opposition (1902), 129, 134;
and Tariff Reform, 136;
Premier, 149;
evidence on Bulgaria, 191;
munition speech, Newcastle, 213;
reconstruction of Government (1915), 214;
interview of December 1916, 236;
negotiations with Mr. Lloyd George, 237;
downfall of Government, 242;
refuses Woolsack, 242;
and Maurice incident, 267
Athens, 184
Aubers Ridge, attack on, 214
Austria, strength in 1915, 198;
Italy declares war on, 200;
surrenders, 283
Bailleul 278
Balfour, Mr., weakening of his Government, 130, 133;
Budget (1910), 164;
and conference of 1910, 165;
attends Peace Conference, 287, 299
Balkans, the, proposal to combine, 179, 181;
German intrigue in, 184;
suggestion to send Mr. Lloyd George, 196;
attempt to bring together, 192
Bangor, part of constituency, 78;
speech during South African War, 117, 123
Bar le Duc, 151
Barnes, Mr. G., attends Peace Conference, 287;
remains in Government, 308
Berlin, 154;
visit to Central Insurance Office, 158
Bethmann-Hollweg, Herr, entertained by, 154, 155
Birmingham, speech on South African War, 117, 322
Bissolati, Signor, Morning Post interview, 353
Blunt, Mr. Wilfrid, 48
Board of Education, 134
Board of Trade, Mr. Lloyd George appointed President, 138;
work at, 139
Bolshevists, coup d’état (1917), 272;
peace with Germany, 272;
proposed Conference, 295
Bonar Law, Mr., unable to form Government, 242;
attends Peace Conference, 287;
acts as leader of Government, 313
Booth, Mr. Charles, 167
Borden, Sir R., and Peace Conference, 287
Botha, General, 118, 119, 180;
conquers South-West Africa, 200;
and Peace Conference, 287
Brace, Mr. W., leaves Coalition, 316
Brecon, 133
Breese, Jones and Casson, Messrs., solicitors, 41, 43, 54, 95
Brest-Litovsk, 200; peace negotiations, 272
Briand, M., 347
British Columbia, visit to, 114
Brockdorff-Rantzau, Herr, Treaty presented, 302
“Brutus,” pen-name (1880), 46
Budget (1890), compensation for licences, 88;
Conference of Party Leaders, 165;
(1909), 162;
thrown out by Lords, 164, 337
Budget League, 163
Bukovina, invasion by Russians, 176;
Russians driven from, 197
Bulgaria, divided in counsel, 179;
Greek conditions of joining war, 186;
refuges promise of neutrality, 189;
pledged to Central Powers, 190;
offers to lend troops, 191;
President Wilson leans towards, 300
Bullitt, Mr. W. C., evidence before American Senate, 296;
Mission to Russia, 296
Burial Act (1880), case at Llanfrothen, 66
Burke, Edmund, 124;
Mr. Lloyd George’s opinion of, 342
Butler, Sir Wm., 115
Buxton, the Brothers, journey to Sofia, 184;
proposals from Sofia, 187
Byron, Mr. Lloyd George’s admiration of, 339
Cadbury, Mr. George, 121
Cadorna, General, Conference July (1917), 262
Caine, Mr. W. S., 53
Camber-Williams, Canon, 25
Campbell-Bannerman, Sir H., Premier, 112;
self-government for South Africa, 118;
in opposition, 129;
Premier (1905), 138;
resignation, 149
Cannes, 328
Carnarvon Boroughs, first aspirations to Parliament, 75;
adopted candidate, 78;
first election, 84
Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald, 50, 72, 80, 84
Carpathians, German advance in, 197
Castberg, Mr., Norwegian Prime Minister, 345
Castlereagh, Lord, 300
Casson, Mr., solicitor, 42, 95
Catechism, revolt against, 271
Cecil, Lord Robert, League of Nations Committee, 298
Central Powers, division amongst, 223
Châlons-sur-Marne, 151
Chamberlain, Mr. Joseph, Radical programme of, 53;
defence of, 56;
liquor compensation, 90;
Kynoch debate, 125;
Tariff Reform, 136;
admiration of, 232;
party machine and, 336
Champagne, attack in, 252
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Lloyd George appointed, 149
Churchill, Lord Randolph, 53, 90
Churchill, Mr. Winston, 163;
Minister of Munitions, 226
City Temple, speech at, 202
Cividale, 253
Clemenceau, M., 270, 275;
discussion of Armistice terms, 282;
and Peace Conference, 288;
leanings to Turkey, 300;
after-war problems, 304;
in L’Homme Enchaîné, 350
Clergy Discipline Bill, opposition to, 102
Clynes, Mr. J. R., leaves Coalition, 308
Coalition Government formed, 308
Coleridge, Chief Justice, Llanfrothen case, 68
Compiègne, 151
Conferences, Allied (1915), 186;
Rome (1917), 248;
Allied Generals (1916), 251;
Rapallo (1917), 254
Congress of Vienna, 300
Conscription, conversion to, 200
Constantine, King, frustration of Entente, 184;
unfriendly to British, 190;
attempt to build up absolute monarchy, 193;
exiled, 194
Cook, Sir Edward, 121
County Councils, creation of, 80
Courland, invaded by Russians, 196
Creelman, Mr. J., 354
Criccieth, 11, 41, 73, 95, 98, 123
Cromer, Lord, 48
Daily News, 85;
transfer of, 121;
attacks on Government, 309
Daniel, D. R., 76
Danube, proposed diversion along line of, 179
Dardanelles Report of Commission, 178;
campaign opens, 190;
in progress, 195;
composition of committee, 196;
failure of naval attack, 202;
meetings of committee, 203
Davitt, Michael, 52-53
Derby Scheme, 202
Denikin, General, 297
De Wet, General, 116, 119
Dillon, John, 110
Disciples of Christ, religious sect 17, 340
Disestablishment, Welsh, resolution at meeting of National Council (1889), speech at Met. Tabernacle, 93;
production of Bill (1893), 82;
speech at Cardiff (1907), 146, 104;
Defaulting Authorities Act (1904), 133
Downing Street, speech on Armistice Day, 285
Du Cane, Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. P., Munitions Conference (1915), 219
Dunajec, 199
Durazzo, 180
Eastern Prussia, Russian invasion of, 176
Eastern Galicia, Russian invasion of, 176
Ebert, Herr, appointed German Chancellor, 284
Education Bill (1902), opposition to, 129
Edwards, Sir Frank, 98, 132
Elections, parliamentary, (1885), 56;
financial arrangements for, 94;
(1900), 127;
(1910), 164;
(2nd 1910), 166;
(1918), 286, 306, 309;
figures, 328
Ellis, “Tom,” 60, 77, 98
Estimates, criticism of (1890), 92
European War, menace of, 170;
declared, 171
Evans, David, schoolmaster of Llanystumdwy, 23, 38
Evans, Sir Samuel, 65, 97
Explosives Committee, formation of, 208
Extension of Rents Act, passed, 316
Fairbairn, Principal, 341
Falkenhayn, General, 269
Finland, surrendered to Germany, 292
Fitzmaurice, M., in Figaro, 351
Fiume, question at Peace Conference, 292
Flavelle, Sir Richard, 356
Foch, Marshal, Conference (July, 1917), 262;
appointed Generalissimo, 268;
exercises powers of disposition, 275;
conditions of Armistice, 282
Fontainebleau, 302
Fourteen Points, President Wilson declares them, 282
Franchise, extension of, 307
French, Viscount, and shell crisis (1915), 213
Galicia, German preparations, 193;
fighting in, 196
Gallipoli, 179;
evacuation of, 205
Geddes, Sir Eric, appointed Director of Transport, France, 233;
defends Transport Bill, 323
Gee, Thomas, and Anti-Tithe Campaign, 62, 83
George, Right Hon. D. Lloyd, for principal dates in life see Appendix I. 359
George, Gwilym Lloyd (son), 302
George, Mair Lloyd (daughter), 98;
death of, 149
George, Mary (sister), 13, 18
George, Megan Lloyd (daughter), 302
George, Olwen Lloyd (daughter), 98
George, Richard Lloyd (son), 94, 100, 122
George, William (father), 13, 16
George, Mrs. William (mother), 13, 16, 18, 21, 36
George, William (brother), 18, 29, 55, 56, 94
German Navy League, 156
Germany, tour in, 150;
relations with England (1908-14), 160;
strength (in 1915), 197;
advance (in March, 1918), 274;
mutiny of Fleet, 284
Gladstone, Mr., Government of 1880, 51;
in debate (1884), 53;
letter at by-election (1890), 84;
at Hawarden, 90;
and Clergy Discipline Bill, 102;
resignation of (1894), 104
Glasgow, speech at, during South African War, 117
Glyndwr, Owen, 69
Goffey, Thomas, 37
Gorizia, 246, 253
Gray’s Inn, first London home, 95
Greece, as neutral, 179;
Entente frustrated by King, 184;
agrees to join in war, 186;
refuses, 197;
offers troops and fleet for Dardanelles, 189;
offers again to enter war, 192
Grey, Lord, and South African War, 115;
evidence on Dardanelles, 200
Haig, F.-M. Lord, agreement with Foch, 275
Hamburg, visit to, 156
Handel, 339
Hankey, Sir M., at Peace Conference, 289
Harcourt, Sir Wm., approval of maiden speech, 91;
leader of House of Commons, 105
Health Ministry Bill, introduced and passed 315
Henry, Sir Charles, 150
Henry of Prussia, Prince, criticism of estimates providing for and expenditure on, 92
Hertling, Count, resignation of, 273
Hervier, Paul Louis, in Je Sais Tout, 352
“Highgate,” 18, 36, 40
Hobhouse Miss E. and South African Concentration Camps, 120
Home Rule (1885-6), 52, 84, 103;
speech to exclude Ulster (1910), 351;
for Wales, 82, 101, 106
House, Colonel, 287;
and Bullitt Mission, 296
House of Commons, suspension from, 111;
scene over Defaulting Authorities Bill, 133
Housing Bill introduced and passed, 314
Hughes, Mr., at Peace Conference, 288
Indemnities, telegram from M.P.’s, 300
India, extension of self-government, 316
Indian Patriot, article in, 357
Industrial Courts Act passed, 316
Insurance, National, investigation of German system, 150;
preparation of Bill, 167;
passing of Bill, 168;
inspiration of, 332
Ireland, conscription extended to, 279;
outline of new proposals, 316
Isonzo, 246, 253
Italian Press, opinions of, 352
Italy, declares war on Austria, 200;
situation (in 1917), 245;
German advance (1917), 252;
British reinforcements for, 255
Ivangorod, 200
Johnson, Dr., 50
Jones, “Bobby,” 20
Jones, J. R., of Ramoth, 17
Jones, Miss, niece of Richard Lloyd, 21
Jones, Michael of Bala, 59
Jones, Rev. Richard, Llanfrothen, 68
Journal de Genève, 358
Kaiser, the, part played in politics by (1908), 156;
abdication of, 284
Kavalla, fear of Bulgarians seizing, 189
Kemmel, 278
Kerensky, M., destroyed by Lenin, 272
Kieff, 272
King Edward VII, 149;
visit to Czar, 154;
death of, 164
King George V, Conference of Party Leaders (1910), 164;
formation of Government of Mr. Lloyd George, 242;
friendship of, 343
Kitchener, Lord, view of length of war, 172, 178;
troops for Greece, 185;
at the War Office, 210;
Munition Committee, 213;
shell crisis (1915), 214;
death, 232, 262, 265
Koltchak, Admiral, 297
Kovno, 200
Kropotkin, Prince, 346
Kruger, President, 114
Labour Conference, Central Hall, 309
Labour Party, joins Government, 243;
leaves Coalition, 307;
in opposition, 309
Land Acquisition Act passed, 316
Land, appointment of Committee of Inquiry, 168;
preparation of Bills (1914), 170
Lansdowne, Lord, 163
Lansing, Mr., and Committee of League of Nations, 298
Laurier, Sir Wilfrid, 356
League of Nations, conception of scheme, 298
Lemnos, 295
Lenin, destroys Kerensky Government, 272, 279
Lens, 252
Le Journal, 351
L’Œuvre, 349
Le Temps, 349
Lewis, Mr. Herbert, 98, 110, 111
Leygues, Georges, in Evènement, 347
Licensing Act (1905), 136
Lithuania, surrendered to Germany, 272
Llanystumdwy, 11, 20, 23, 39, 42, 169
Llanfrothen, 66
Lloyd, Richard (uncle), 24, 31, 35, 39, 45, 72, 93, 101
Lloyd, David (grandfather), 20
Local Veto, resolution at meeting of National Liberal Federation, 81
London, first visit, 49;
commencement of practice, 97
Loucheur, M., 287
Lowther, Right Hon. J. W., 133
Ludendorff, General, attack on Italy, 252, 270;
waning of hopes of, 278;
suggestion for armistice by, 281
Macedonia, Allies to occupy, 192
Maddocks, A., 41
Manchester, birthplace, 14;
meeting of National Liberal Federation, 81;
speech (1918), 281
Manchester Guardian, Mr. Lloyd George writes for, 98
Manisty, Mr. Justice, and Llanfrothen, 68
Marconi Controversy, 169
Markham, Sir Arthur, 166
Marlborough, the Duke of, 163
Marne, the, 280
Martineau, Henry, 14
Maurice, Major-General Sir F., Letter to Press and retirement, 267
Max of Baden, Prince, overtures to President Wilson, 282;
resignation of, 284
Merchant Shipping Act (1906), 142
Meredith, George, admiration of, 339
Merionethshire, 133
Messines, 278
Metropolitan Tabernacle, speech on Welsh Disestablishment at, 26
Mezières, 274
Milan, 247, 253
Military control, effect of divided, 249;
need for unification, 250;
unity of command decided on, 254;
speech at Paris on (1917), 258
Military Service Acts (1916), effect of, 231;
(1917) introduced, 272;
raising of age, 278
Millet, Philippe, 349
Milner, Lord, 114;
attends Peace Conference, 287
Miners’ crisis, Sankey Commission appointed, 311
Minsk, 272
Mons, 175, 284
Montagu, Mr. E., Munition Statement (1916), 221, 224, 229;
joins Government (1916), 243;
attends Peace Conference, 287
Morley, Lord, 112, 149, 197
Morning Post, attacks on Government, 309;
interview with Signor Bissolati, 353
Morvin House, Criccieth, 45, 55
Moulton, Lord, and Committee on Munitions, 230
Munitions, need for, 206;
committee appointed, 213;
Mr. Lloyd George becomes Minister of, 216;
formation of Department, 218;
trades unions and “leaving certificates,” 225;
organisation of volunteer workers, 228
Mynydd Ednyfed, home of Mrs. Lloyd George, 69, 72
Nancy, 151
Nanney, Sir Ellis Hugh, opponent at election (1890), 83, 87, 105
Nantlle, Lake, prosecution of quarrymen for fishing, 64
Nansen, Dr., proposed Russian expedition, 297
Neuve Chapelle, 199
Nevin, speech on South African War, 123
Newcastle Programme (1891), 103
Newman, Cardinal, 50
Nivelle, General, 245;
Champagne attack, 252;
replaced by Pétain, 252
Norman, Sir Henry, 163
Northcliffe, Lord, and communications on, the Eastern Front, 240
North Wales Observer, article on Mr. Chamberlain, 51
Novo-Georgievsk, 200
Old Age Pensions, passing of Act, 150, 161;
increase in, 316
Orlando, Signor, and question of Fiume, 294
Owen, D. Lloyd, 42
Owen, Rev. John, 72
Owen, Miss Maggie (Mrs. Lloyd George), 59;
marriage of, 71
Owen, Mrs., of Dolgelly (Llanfrothen), 66
Owens, Rev. Owen, 25
Oxford, impressions of, 326
Palace Mansions, Kensington, second London home, 95
Paris, speech on unity of control at, 258;
German attack towards, (1918), 280;
social life during Peace Conference in, 300
Parry, John, and Anti-tithe Campaign, 62, 83
Passchendaele, 252
Patents Act, 144
Peace Conference, preliminaries, 286;
first meeting, 288;
correspondents at, 289;
proposed Bolshevist Conference, 295
Peace Treaty, presented and ratified, 303
Pedigree of Mr. Lloyd George, 13
Pencaenewydd, place of marriage, 72
Penrhyn, 55
Pétain, General, 245
Phillimore Report, basis of League of Nations, 298
Philippi, Philippo, 246
Pichon, M., 287
Platt, Colonel, opponent at election (1900), 95
Poisoned arrow incident, 324
Portmadoc, 11, 41, 46, 55, 94, 96, 122;
Debating Society, 47
Poland, surrendered to Germany, 273;
question of Peace Conference, 292, 303
Port of London Act, 145
Prime Minister, Mr. Lloyd George sent for by the King, 242
Prinkipo, 295
Puleston, Sir John, opponent at second election, 105
Pwllheli, 14, 123
Queen Victoria, 80
Railway strikes, threat of (1907), 146;
(1919), 311
Rapallo Conference, 254
Reinforcements, situation, March (1918), 276
Religious tendencies, 340
Rendel, Lord, 337
Repington, Lieut.-Colonel C. A’C., Times shell despatch, 214
Rheims, 151
Ritchie, Lord, and creation of County Councils, 80
Roberts, A. Rhys, professional partner in London, 97, 122
Roberts, Mr. G. H., remains in Government, 308
Robertson, Sir Wm., Allied Conference (1917), 262;
opposition to Versailles Council, 264;
refuses position on Versailles Council, 267
Rome, Allied Conference (1917), 248
Roosevelt, President, 336, 355
Rosebery Government, fall of, 105;
resignation, 112
“Rose Cottage,” boyhood home, 18
Rothschild Pensions Committee, 138
Routh Road, Wandsworth, London home, 119
Rue Nitot, residence in Paris during Peace Conference, 301
Rumania, 179, 184;
Greek conditions of joining war, 186;
less friendly, 188;
success of Germans, 196;
declares war, 235
Russia, situation, opening of (1915), 178;
fearful of Greece, 191;
diverts Germans from Serbia, 192;
collapse, 272;
proposed Bolshevist Conference, 295
Saar Valley, 292, 303
St. Asaph, Bishop of, 132
St. Quentin, 268, 275
Salisbury, Lord, 248
Salonika, 179, 180, 295
Samsonoff, General 175
Samuel, Mr. Herbert, refuses office, 243
Sanitorium benefit, creation, 333
Sankey Commission, inquiry into condition of miners, 311
Sarn Melltcyrn, debate with curate (1887), 62
Sartor Resartus, 46
Schools Act (1904-6), 136
Scotland Yard, 319
Scott, Sir Walter, 50
Serbia, question of saving, 187;
Bosnia and Herzegovina to be given to, 192;
plan to assist, 202
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 41
Shortt, Mr., Transport Bill, 313
Sidebotham, Herbert, 120
Siedlce, 200
Silesia, Plébiscite, 293, 303
Smuts General, 119;
Memo. on League of Nations, 298
Sofia, 187
Soissons, 151
Somerset House, investigation of system of working, 329
Sorel, M., 312
South African War, outbreak, 114;
opposition to, 116, 117
Strassburg, 151
Stavridi, Sir John, suggests Mr. Lloyd George should go to the Balkans, 190
Stuttgart, 153;
conversation at, 327
Suffragettes, in favour of leniency, 325
Sullivan, Donald, 110
Swetenham, Mr. Q.C., M.P., Carnarvon Boroughs (1886), 77;
death, 82
Tagliamento, 253
Tannenberg, 175
Tariff Reform, fight against (1903-6), 137
Tariff Reform League, 164
Tardieu, M., 287
Temple, The, London home, 95
Tennant, Mr. H. J., and shell crisis (1915), 214
Téry, Gustave, in La Victoire, 350
Thomas, M. Albert, friendship with, 187;
rearming of France, 211;
Munitions Conference, 220, 347
Thomas, Mr. D. A. (Lord Rhondda), 107
Thomas, Mr. J. H., and railway strike, 313
Thomasson, Mr. F., Transfer of Daily News, 121
Ticino, 246
Times, The, attack on Asquith Government (1916), 240
Tithes Bill (1899), 112
Transport Bill, introduced and passed, 313
Treasury, habits of work at, 329
Trevelyan, Sir George, 53
Trotsky, M., attempts to declare peace, 272
Trumpet of Freedom (1888), 76
Tube strike, 309
Turkey, strength (in 1915), 198;
surrenders, 283;
forfeited right to rule over Christians, 300
Turnin, 247, 253
Udine, 253
Ukraine, surrendered to Germans, 273
Ulster, crisis (1914), 170;
speech to exclude (1910), 337
Valenciennes, 284
Venice, 253
Venizelos, M., Greece agrees to join Allies, 186;
refuses, 188;
Bulgaria pledged to Central Powers, 190;
resignation of, 193;
resumes office, 194;
mainstay of alliance in Near East, 300, 346
Verdun, 302
Versailles Council, set up, 255;
functions, and opposition to, 258;
defence in House of Commons, 262;
meetings of, 280
Vienna, 248
Villa Murat, Parisian residence of President Wilson, 301
Villers Bretonneux, 278
Vitry, 151
Voluntary Schools Bill (1897), 109-111
Voluntary system of recruiting, doubts as to, 199
Von Below, General, attack on Italy, 252
Von Tirpitz, Admiral, 269
Vosges, The, 151
War, Secretary of State for, Mr. Lloyd George appointed (1916), 233
War Cabinet, formation (1916), 244
War Committee, suggested daily sittings, 178
Warsaw, 176, 200
Watkins, Sir Edward, 100
White, Mr. Henry, 287
Williams, Llewellyn, 98
Williams, William, boyhood friend, 24, 29
Wilson, President, 158;
organises reinforcements (1918), 276;
overtures from Prince Max, 282;
arrives at Paris, 286;
at Peace Conference, 290;
League of Nations scheme, 298, 299;
return from America of, 303;
contrast, 355
Ypres, 199, 252
Zeppelin, Count, 153
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