_Berliner Tageblatt_ on Anglo-Russian naval agreement, 213

Bethmann-Hollweg, von, 151, 152, 156, 262, 270, 277 attacked respecting Agadir, 162 on British delegation, 166-7 telegram to Mexico, 271

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Boer War, European move to stop, 143 lesson of, 139

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British argument against German naval expansion, 133 Cabinet and German naval expansion, 182 confiscation of German merchant fleet, 229 convoys, how they outwitted the Germans, 267 emigration, comparison with German, 15 excitement over Morgan Trust, 60 feeling in Russo-Japanese war, at German attitude, 104 Ludendorff's promise to crush, 266 Navy, Ballin on, 239 opinion on shipping deals, 67 rivalry with Germany, 133 shipbuilding, developments in, and Hamburg-Amerika Linie, 128, 208 shipbuilding, German move against, 17 shipping companies, Pierpont Morgan and, 55 shipping lines, and emigration, 7-14; agreement with, 23; join the Continental Pool, 23; offered to German companies, 67 supremacy, Ballin on, 241

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Carr Line, the, 12 _et seq._ and Packetfahrt, 12

Cassel, Sir Ernest, 134 and Winston Churchill, 165 meets Ballin, 138 on Anglo-German understanding, 165 on naval problem, 179 on Sandjak Railway, 142 report of interview with, on Navy, 171 work for reduction of naval armaments, 134 _et seq._

Churchill, Mr. Winston, 166 at Kiel, 1914, 192 complains of Germany, 180 Sir Ernest Cassel on, 165 speech on Navy, 175 suggests a naval holiday, 186

Community of interest agreement (_see_ "Pool" and "Morgan Trust")

Cunard Line, and Austrian Government, 65 and Hungarian Government, 63 effect on Pool, 65 introduces turbines, 111 new liners, 113 opposition to cabin Pool, 61 refuses to join Pool, 37

Cuxhaven, development of, 69 regatta at, 205

_Daily Telegraph_, sent to William II, 270 the William II interview, 144

Dardanelles, the, operations in, 245 de Freitas and Co., A. C., 79 de Freitas Line, purchase of, 80

Denmark, emigration from, 13 Royal Family of, their interest in shipping, 99

Diesel engine, application to steamship, 102

Edward VII, chances of Anglo-German war, during reign of, 139 death of, 158 policy of, 135 the Kiel week, 206 visit to Wilhelmshöhe, 136 visits Berlin, 145 visits Kaiser at Friedrichshof, 142

Elbe, enlargement of harbour facilities on the, 69, 70, 79