the National Institute for the Blind, 10;
his visit to Paris, [82], 12;
opens the new buildings at the Leys School, 12;
opens the Edward VII. Galleries at the British Museum, 13;
his birthday, 16;
Honours, 18;
at Welbeck Abbey, [137];
Hull, [137], 19;
in Scotland, [151];
at the naval review, Spithead, [157];
his speech on the Ulster question at the Buckingham Palace conference, [159], [258];
his message to the Dominions, [173], [201], [419];
to the Army, [188];
receives the Belgian mission, 27;
his message to India, [202];
visit to the Front, [245], [296], [370], 35;
inspection of the troops, [246];
order to the Army, [246]

George, Rt. Hon. D. L., his views on naval expenditure, [1];
his land campaign, [2], [72], [166]

GERMANY.—Air-raids, [245], [252], 29, 30, 35, 36, 37.
Aisne, battle of the, [293], [321].
Anglo-German relations, [309].
Antwerp, siege of, [220], [368], 30.
Army Bill, [310];
Estimates, [310];
mobilisation, [168], [283], [313], 25.
Atrocities, [323], [367].
Belgium, violation of neutrality, [174], [178], [365];
invasion of, [174], [178], [283], [288], [314], [366], 25.
Bethmann-Hollweg, Herr von, his statement on the war, [324];
on terms of peace, [325].
British subjects, treatment of, [186].
Brunswick, Duke of, birth of a son, 10.
Bülow, Prince, Ambassador at Rome, [304].
Colonies, reforms, debate on, [311];
loss of, [322].
Crown Prince, attacks of Socialists, [307];
his indiscretions, [308].
Dernburg, Herr, on terms of peace, [325].
Espionage, cases of, [312].
Falkenhayn, Lieut. Gen. von, appointed Chief of the General Staff, [326].
France, invasion of, [287], 25.
Haase, Lieut. and Lieut. von L. St. George, duel between, 8.
Hindenburg, Gen., Field-Marshal, [347].
Hohenzollern Canal opened, 18.
Hopf, K., convicted of murder, 3.
"How the Franco-German Conflict Could Have Been Avoided," [315].
Humanity League, appeal, [323].
"Hymn of Hate for England," [305].
Jagow, Herr von, on foreign policy, [312].
Japan, ultimatum from, [322], 26.
Kiel Canal, British Navy at, [310];
new locks opened, [310].
Lodz, battles of, [346], [347].
Louvain, bombardment, [194], [366], [367], 27.
Luxemburg, invasion of, [169], [283], [314], [373], 25.
Manufacturers, visit England, 19.
Marne, battle of the, [291], [321].
"Memorandum with regard to the Outbreak of War," [316]-[320].
Merchant steamers captured, 30.
Mielzynski, Count, result of his trial, 7.
Moltke, Gen. von, Chief of the General Staff, his dismissal, [326].
Namur, fall of, [189], [367], 27.
Nancy, attack on, [287].
Naval operations, [322].
Navy Estimates, [310];
number of vessels, 8.
Poles, grievances of the, [309].
Prisoners, exchange of, [325].
Prussia, Prince Henry of, his telegram to King George V., [315].
Rheims Cathedral, bombardment, [213], [294], 29.
Schleswig-Holstein, anti-Danish policy, [308].
Solf, Dr., on colonial administration, [311].
Spies, system of, [185].
Stallupönen, battle of, [344], 26.
Tannenberg, victory at, [345].
Termonde, bombardment, [368], 26.
Thormann, H., his career, 12.
Tirpitz, Adm. von, on Naval Estimates, [309], [310].
War, declaration of, [174], [178], [314], 25, 27;
preparations, [282];
views on, [305];
operations, [321];
casualties, 37.
War Loan, [323].
Wedel, Count, Governor of Alsace-Lorraine, his resignation, [308].
Wolf, Prof. J., his estimate of financial losses, [321].
Women's suffrage, petition, [311].
Yser, battle of the, [295], [369].
Zabern, incidents, [306]

—— William II., Emperor of, at Kiel, [310];
Vienna, [311];
Venice, [311];
Norway, [312];
his telegrams to King George V., [315], [316];
to the Tsar, [318]-[320];
letter to Lord Tweedmouth on the Navy, 33;
his escape from bombs, 33

Gladstone, Lord, Governor-General of South Africa, his resignation, [27], 6

Goeben, escape of, [183], [351];
damaged by Russian battleship, 34

Gomme, Sir L., clerk of the London County Council, his resignation, 6

Gough, Gen., refuses to serve against Ulster, [56];
document signed by War Minister, [60]

Gravesend, Mayor of, warning on hostile aircraft, 30

GREAT BRITAIN (in War).—Army, mobilisation, 25.
Austria-Hungary, war with, [188], [334], 26.
Cyprus, annexation, [352], 33.
Germany, ultimatum to, [174], 25;
war with, [174], [284], [315].
Martial law proclaimed, 26.
Neutrality, views on, [169], [313].
Peace, agreement not to be concluded separately, [198].
Turkey, war with, [226], [352], 33.
War, preparations for, [168], [172]

GREECE.—Ægean Islands, question, [350].
Chios and Mytilene, annexed, [357].
Fleet, increase of, [357], [459].
Neutrality, policy of, [357]


Hamel, G., loops the loop at Windsor Castle, 5

Harrison, F., his proposals on the Home Rule Bill, [33]

Hartlepool, bombardment, [248], 36

Hawke, H.M.S., sunk by a submarine, 31

Heligoland, naval engagement off, [193], [322], 27

Herkomer, his portrait of the Duke of Wellington injured by suffragists, [112], 14, 67

Hertford, pageant at, 20

Hobhouse, Rt. Hon. C. E. H., appointed Postmaster-General, [27]

Hooch, P. de, sale of his picture, 25

Horse Races. See Sports

Howard, Sir H., mission to Vatican, [250]

Hull, King George Dock, opened, [137], 19

Hundred Years' Peace, with the United States, plans for the celebration, [468], 5

Hunter v. Coleman, case of, [66]

Hyde Park, demonstrations in, [35], [68];
review in, 15


Income tax, amount of, [237]

INDIA.—Budget, [403], [404], [406].
Conspiracies, cases of, [408].
Delhi, cost of the work, [405].
Estimate, revised, [403].
Expenditure, [405].
Famine, [406].
Finance, [403].
Gifts from, for war, [200].
Indians, treatment of, in the Colonies, [407], [479], 30;
riot, [407].
Loyalty, professions of, [200], [409].
Madras, shelled by the Emden, [218], [410], 29.
Native States, [410].
North-West Frontier, [403].
Plague, [407].
Revenue, [404].
Troops, despatch of, [409], 27, 29.
Ways and Means, [405], [406]

Insurance Act, working of the, [17], [38]

IRELAND.—Belfast, Ulster Day celebrations, [216].
Casement, Sir R., disloyalty, [259].
Cherry, Lord Justice, appointed Lord Chief Justice, 6.
Co-operative Congress, at Dublin, 16.
"Defence of Ireland Fund," [123].
Dublin, riot, [162], [258];
strike, [256], 3.
Enlistment, opposition to, [259].
Gun-running, [258].
Home Rule Amending Bill, [258].
Housing, Report on, [257].
Legislative measures, [260].
Mahaffy, Rev. J., appointed Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, 34.
O'Connor, J., appointed Solicitor-General, 20.
Pim, J., appointed Attorney-General, 20.
Police (Dublin) in 1913 strike, inquiry, [256];
in Howth gun-running, [162].
Press, seditious, [259], [260].
Provisional Committee of Volunteers and the Nationalist party, [121].
Recruits, number of, [259];
opposition of the Press, [259].
Shipbuilding industry, [261].
Sinn Fein and the War, [259].
Trade, [261].
Ulster, military operations against, [56], [80], 10;
review of Volunteers, [80];
landing of arms, [84], [258], 12, 23;
Provisional Government, preamble to the Constitution, [152];
conference at Buckingham Palace, [158], [258];
resistance to Home Rule, [6], [114], [257];
alleged plot against, [80] seqq., [257] seqq.
Volunteer force, [114], [121], [258]

Isle of Man, Douglas, German prisoners' riot, 34

Islington, Lord, appointed Under-Secretary for the Colonies, 26

ITALY.—Army, mobilisation, [303].
Benedict XV., elected Pope, [303], 27;
his policy, [303];
appeal for peace, 28.
Budget, [300].
Bülow, Prince, Ambassador, [304].
Civil Marriage Bill, [299], [300].
Elections, provincial and municipal, [301].
Fleet, mobilisation, [302];
at Valona, [304].
Giolitti, Signor, his resignation, [299].
Howard, Sir H., his mission to the Vatican, [250].
Irredentist demonstrations, [300].
Libya, expedition, expenditure on, [299].
Ministry, Giolitti, resigns, [299];
the new (Salandra), [300], [304].
Navy, number of vessels, 8.
Neutrality, policy of, [302], [303].
Oggioni, Signora, her acquittal, 16.
Peruggia, V., convicted, 16.
Pius X., Pope, his death, [302], 26;
funeral, 27.
Revolution, suppression, [301].
Salandra, Signor, Prime Minister, [300], [304];
his policy, [300].
Socialists, demonstrations, [301].
Taxation Bill, [300]


James, Henry, his portrait damaged by a suffragist, [112], 13, 67

JAPAN.—Budget, [412], [414];
naval, [413].
Empress Dowager, her death, [411].
Germany, ultimatum to, [322], [413], 26;
war declared, [413], 27.
Hokkaido and Hondo, famine, [411].
Kagoshima, volcanic eruption, [411], 2.
Kiao-chou, blockade of, [322], [413];
surrenders, [414].
Kongo battleship, scandal, [412].
Marshall Islands, handed over to Australia, [322], [415], [496].
Ministry,
resign, [413];
the new, [413].
Navy, number of vessels, 8.
Okuma, Count, his Ministry, [413].
Sakurashima, eruption of, [411], 2.
Tsingtau, blockade of, [218], [227], [322], [413];
surrenders, [414], 33

Jellicoe, Admiral Sir J., in command of the Home Fleets, [173]

Jones, Sir D. B., appointed a Commissioner of Lunacy, [250]

Jones, L. A. A., appointed judge of the City of London Court, 1

Judges, appointment of, 1, 12


Keats, J., publication of two sonnets, 14

Keith, Dr. A. D., appointed Regius Professor of Sanskrit at Edinburgh University, 31

Kemp v. Yexley, case of, 15

Kinnaird, Lord, Order of the Thistle conferred, 19

Kitchener, Earl, appointed Secretary for War, [179], 25;
his instructions to the Army, [188];
appeal for more men, [192];
elected Lord Rector of Edinburgh University, 32

KNIGHTHOODS conferred, Frazer, Dr. J. G., 19;
Garforth, W. E., 1;
Henschel, Dr., 19;
Hope, Dr. W. H. St. J., 19;
Rutherford, E., 1;
Seaman, O., 1;
Sharkey, Dr. S. J., 19;
Smith, Judge L., 1

Koehn, O., discovered in a box on board the s.s. Batavier V., 36

Königsberg, German cruiser, bombarded by H.M.S. Chatham, 32;
discovery of, 34


Labour party, manifesto on the war, [221];
unrest, [3], [9], [72], [113], [150];
strikes, [9], [10], [72]

Land Inquiry Committee, Report, [72];
Welsh Report, [166]

Lane, Sir H., appointed Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, 8

Lansdowne, Lord, his house picketed by suffragists, [112]

Lavery, W., his portrait of the King, damaged by suffragists, [113]

Leader, B. W., receives the freedom of Worcester, 16

Leeds, Territorial barracks, attempt to blow up, 2

Leys School, new buildings opened, 12

LITERATURE, principal works—
Aliotta, Prof., "The Idealistic Reaction against Science," 40.
Allen, Mr., "The Age of Erasmus," 38.
Allison, Sir R., translation of five of the Plays of Plautus, 42.
Armstrong, E. C. R., "Irish Seal-Matrices and Seals," 42.
Ayscough, H. G. C. P., "With the Russians in Mongolia," 46

Baedeker's "Guide-book to Russia," 46.
Baring, M., "The Mainsprings of Russia," 46;
"An Outline of Russian Literature," 46.
Barron, E. M., "The Scottish War of Independence," 44.
Baudry, Lieut. A., "The Naval Battle," 47.
"Bayeux Tapestry, The Book of the," 48.
Benson, A. C., "Where No Fear Was," 43.
Benson, Father, "Lourdes," 41.
"Beresford, Memoirs of Admiral Lord Charles," 39.
Bertrand, L., "Saint Augustin," 38.
Bickersteth, J. B., "The Land of
Open Doors," 48.
Binyon, Mr., "The Winnowing Fan," 49.
Björnson, B., "Plays," 49.
Bonnerot, J., "Life of Saint-Säens," 45.
Booth, M., translation of "Eucken's Essays," 40.
Bosanquet, Dr. H., "Social Work in London," 40.
Boutroux, Prof., "Natural Law in Science and Philosophy," 40.
Brandes, G., "Essays on Nietzsche," 40.
Bridges, J. D., "Life and Works of the 'Admirable Doctor,'" 38.
Broad, C. D., "Perception, Physics and Reality," 40.
Brown, P. H., "The Legislative Union of England and Scotland," 44.
Browning, R., "New Poems," 49.
Buchanan, E. S., "The Epistles of St. Paul from the Codex Laudianus," 41.