WAR MEMOIRS OF DAVID LLOYD GEORGE 1917

Front by Lloyd George, 449; goes
to Italy with Lloyd George, 489.
Snowden, Philip, and the Russian expedition,
146; on the Asquith speech,
276.
Socialist Conference, at Stockholm, suggested,
136, 137; plans not yet abandoned
for, 139; further developments
in regard to, 143-168.
Socialist Party, British, divided in opinion,
136. See also Leeds Convention.
Somme, battle, significance of, 320, 321.
Sonnino, Baron, 234; at St. Jean de
Maurienne, 236-239; has no intention
of meeting English and French Ministers,
258; his continued resistance,
259; and the Vatican Note, 280; apprehensive
of German attack, 459; at
Inter-Allied Conference, 468; at Rapallo,
489; his great courage, 491; entirely
the diplomat, 491, 492; asks
for French and British divisions, 497.
South Africa, has difficulties of her own,
4, 5; represented by Smuts, 17.
Soviet, Russian, sends delegates to Allied
countries, 147; its powers reduced,
158.
Spain, and the German peace moves,
299-307.
Speaker's Conference, 206, 207; results
of, 208-217.
Special Register Bill, 206.
Stern, Sir Albert, 575.
Stockholm Conference. See Socialist
Conference.
Suez Canal, gateway to the East, 81,
82.
Sydenham, Lord, independent expert on
Air Board, 108.
Sykes, Sir Mark, 86; disapproves of
partition scheme, 87; and Anglo-
French Political Mission, 88.
Sykes-Picot Agreement, 86, 87.
Syria, as the theatre of war, 539.
TANK CORPS, seeks favourable battlefield,
436. See also Cambrai.
Terestchenko, M., recognizes services
of Thomas, 141.
Thomas, Albert, and British representation,
140; his success in Petrograd,
141; and Russian conditions, 142;
in an analogous position, 154; reports
to War Cabinet, 161; and the Vatican
Note, 280; his prodigious figures of
output, 343; a "zealous Nivellite",
507.
Thomas, J. H., 191.
INDEX 601
Thome, Will, joins Russian Mission,
136.
Tigris, offensive along, 77.
Times, London, gives ecstatic reports
of Passchendaele, 416-418; demands
inquiry into Cambrai reverses, 441,
442; chilly to Allied Council plan,
558; changes its attitude, 563.
Trade Unions. See Shop Steward Movement.
Trentino, a condition of Italian peace,
239; conditional upon Alsace-Lorraine,
259.
Trevelyan, Mr., seconds MacDonald,
274.
Turkey, as a feature in general strategy
of the War, 66, 67; directs its major
efforts towards the Caucasus, 67; its
army disorganised, 68; vulnerable to
attack from sea, 69; its rail equipment
in Asia Minor, 70, 71; campaigns
against, 71; its forces illnourished,
72; endeavours to suppress
Arabia, 74; defeats of, 76-79;
determined to recover lost ground,
80; its strength in Syria, 86; strength
of, 95; surrenders Jerusalem, 97;
broken by defeat, 97; the crumbling
bogey of its prowess exposed, 432-
434; accepts humiliating terms, 525;
psychological effect of its defeat, 572,
573.
UNITED STATES, encouraged by fall of
Jerusalem, 97; and the Stockholm
Conference, 143, 156; and the Vatican
Note, 281; arming, 298; its troups
arriving in France, 428; and councils
of Allies, 521, 522; approves
Unity of Control, 556, 557; its man
power not a military factor (1917),
570.
Unity of Command, idea of, 531; condemned
by Robertson, 537; approved
by America, 556, 557; the only sure
pathway to victory, 557; deprecated
by Asquith, 560; on the Western
Front, 563; ultimately achieved, 564.
See also Inter-Allied War Council.
VANDERVELDE, M., Belgian Socialist
leader, 139.
Vatican, issues note on peace, 278-280;
reactions to. 281-287; its effort terminated,
287; Germanv's reply to,
287-289.
Verdun, battle, 320, 321.
Versailles, Allied Council to meet at,
552; assures success of Beauvais de-