WAR MEMOIRS OF DAVID LLOYD GEORGE 1917

592 INDEX
Austria, obliged to promise reforms,
200; feels strain of the War, 218-
220; endeavours to detach France
from the Alliance, 227; her peace
negotiations, 221-261; is tired, 265;
aided on Italian Front, 419; accepts
humiliating terms, 525. See also Central
Powers.
Aviation, developed by the War, 102,
103; Royal Aircraft Factory, 113; reports
of Committee to consider, 119—
122. See also Air Board.
BAGHDAD, captured by British, 78, 79;
significance of, 572, 573
Baird, Major, appointed to Air Board,
108.
Baker-Carr, Brig. Gen., and responsibility
for Passchendaele affair, 324
and n.; quoted regarding Flanders
battlefields, 400; regarding the attitude
of G.H.Q., 401.
Balfour, Rt. Hon. Arthur J., Foreign
Secretary, 21; a persistent opponent
of coordination, 107, 108; his dialectic
exchange with Curzon, 109; in Paris,
147; and the Vatican Note, 280, 281;
his summary of peace negotiations,
307-310; and the proposals to France,
311, 312; discusses the offensive with
Lloyd George, 381.
Balfour Declaration (Nov. 9, 1917), 97,
98.
Balkans, fatal delays in, 560.
Barnes, George, Minister for Labour,
190.
Barrow strike. See Shop Steward Movement.
Beach, Sir Michael Hicks, 428.
Beauvais, the final achievement of Allied
Unity, 564.
Beershelba, Allenby's drive on, 96, 97.
Belgium, damaged by aircraft, 105; and
the Michaelis speech, 269, 271, 273;
and the Kaiser's memorandum, 288;
German plans regarding, 289-298, 312,
313, 317; Britain's war aim regarding,
317. See also Allies.
Bencdictus XVI, Pope, issues peace note,
278-280.
Bethmann-Hollweg, Chancellor, wages
war without enthusiasm, 268; deposed,
268.
Bikanir, Maharajah of, invited to War
Cabinet, 11, 12; a magnificent specimen,
18.
Bissolati-Bergamaschi, Leonida, an ardent
patriot, sent to England, 457.
Black Sea, in command of Russia, 69.
Bliss, Gen. Tasker H., to attend Supreme
War Council, 559.
Bonaparte, Napoleon, responsible for
creation of Prussian military system,
24, 256, 289, 486, 510.
Borden, Sir Robert, Premier of Canada,
4; at the Imperial War Cabinet,
16, 17, 21; believes public opinion
only basis for peace, 26; and limitation
of armaments, 29; and Customs
Preference, 29, 30.
Botha, Gen., has to cope with internal
dissension, 5.
Bouillon, Franklin, goes to Italy with
Painleve, 489.
Branting, Hjalmar, 136; not hostile to
Allied cause, 145.
Brest-Litovsk, armistice signed (Dec.
17, 1917), 481.
Briand, Aristide, and the Sixte memoranda,
228; and the Lancken overtures,
311; completely misled on German
attitude, 316; urges acceptance
of Nivelle offensive, 336; "speech the
same thing as action" for, 506; a
zealous Nivcllite, 507.
Broodseinde, victory at. 417.
Buchan, John, his "History of the
War" quoted, 430, 431.
Buchanan, Sir George, on the Russian
situation, 134, 135; quoted, 136; distrusted
by Kerensky Administration,
140; recalled to London, 141; has
no sympathy with Socialists, 142.
Bulgaria, accepts humiliating terms, 525.
See also Central Powers.
Buxton, Noel (later Lord Noel-Buxton),
authority on the Balkans, 560.
Byng, Gen., approves Cambrai idea,
437; muddles the attack, 438; not
called before investigating Committee,
442.
CADORNA, GEN., fears Italian revolution,
239, 240; failure of his offensive on
the Isonzo, 257; tries his hand at
peace overtures with Austria, 265; at
Military Council at Versailles, 432;
expects German attack on Italy, 458;
appeals for more Artillery» 463-466;
at the Paris Conference, 466-468;
receives letter from Robertson, 472-
475; gives up ghost of his offensive
478; his reply to Robertson, 478^80;
his reply to Foch, 480; estimate of,
484; confers with Allies at the Front,
489; replaced by Diaz, 501; should
have played up, 507, 508; represents
Italy on Inter-Allied Council, 551.