Ballin, Albert, intense patriotism of, 291 international services of, vii interview with Bethmann-Hollweg, 152 interview with Grey, Haldane, and Churchill, 215 last diary entry, 286 last meeting with William II, 209, 280 letter from William II, 175 letter to Kiderlen-Wächter, 163 letters to General v. Falkenhayn, 244 made Packetfahrt Director, 27 meets Sir Ernest Cassel, 138 mental versatility of, 2 mission to Vienna, 1915, 242 negotiations with Booth Line on Brazilian trade, 83 notes of conversations with William II, 203 official thanks to, 141 on Agadir incident, 163 on _Blücher_, 60 on death of Edward VII, 160 on engineering problems, 121 on foreign exchange, 274 on _Hohenzollern_, 202 on London in election time, 158 on naval armaments, 147 on neutrals, 245 on peace problems, 239 on sale of confiscated fleet, 230 on Sandjak Railway, 142 on security of William II, 241 on Serbian situation, 214 on war's failures, 258 _et seq._ opinion of German Chancellor, 259 opinion of war's duration, 237 personal characteristics of, 287 pioneer in steerage business, 11 policy of, 79 political views, 291 premier position at twenty-nine, 19 present from Marquis Ito, 311 prodigious memory of, 4 report on British attitude to Germany, 161 report on development of German shipping, 47 reticence of, 3 reviews war position in 1916, 258 ridicules submarine warfare, 268-9 stimulating influences of his life, 2 strain of war on health, 313 sturdy honesty of, 309 suggested as negotiator of peace, 286 suggests Pool, 24 talks with Prince Bülow, 271 talks with William II on submarine war, 248 threatens British traffic, 22 trip round the world, 83 value of wonderful memory, 35 views on character of William II, 285 visits London in 1914, 184 war problems of foreign policy, 241 William II discusses politics with, 203 William II writes to, on Navy Bill, 183 William II's personal interest in, 198 wire from Leopold de Rothschild, 163 with Prince Henry of Prussia on the _Hohenzollern_, 57 with William II at Front, 266 with William II in Italy, 204 with William II on _Kaiser Wilhelm II_, 55 work in _Reichseinkauf_, 224 writes frank letter on war to William II, 1916, 252 _et seq._ writes on Morgan Trust, 46 writes to William II, April, 1917, 264