America and Great Britain, only free countries in the world, II 121
American Government, slight regard for by British,
I 145, 152, 190, II 153;
strong feeling against uncourteous Notes
of, II 74;
on handling of Lusitania case,
II 79;
on being under German influence, II 80,
97
American Luncheon Club, could not adhere to neutrality, II 230
American Navy, its aid in combatting the submarine, II 294
American supremacy, a before-the-war prophecy, I 144;
why the British will acknowledge, I 170
Ancona, torpedoed, II 79 note
Anderson, Chandler P., counsel for Committee for relief
of stranded
Americans, I 307;
backs up Ambassador in neutrality letter
to Wilson, I 373;
gives reasons why unwise to demand adoption
of Declaration of London,
I 387
Anglo-American-German “pact,” planned by Wilson and House, I 281
Anglomania, charged against ambassadors, I 257
Anti-Imperialists, protest declaration of war against Spain, I 62
Arabic, sinking of, thought surely to bring on war, II 26
Arbitration Treaty, renewal of, I 285;
significance of Germany’s refusal
to sign, I 294
Archbold, John D., attempts to explain Foraker letters, I 88
Archibald, James, trapped by British secret service, II 101
Asquith, H.H., opposition to the House of Lords, I
137;
at state dinner to King Christian, I 167;
hint to, on Mexican situation, I 185;
conciliatory remarks at Guildhall banquet,
I 210;
explains Dardanelles preparations, I 430;
his ministry suspected of pacifist or
“defeatist” tendencies, I 430;
aged by the war, II 141;
conversation with, regarding Casement
case, and relations between
Great Britain and America, II 168;
refuses to discuss Wilson’s peace
note, II 207;
in House of Commons speech welcomes America
as ally, II 230;
inclined toward seeking peace, II 353
Astor, Mr. and Mrs. Waldorf, at the home of, II 380
Atlantic Monthly, editor of, I 53
Atlantic Ocean, a blessing to America, I 162, 170, 310; II 117
Austrian Embassy, left in charge of American Ambassador,
I 305, 321;
difficulties incident to, I 345
Aycock, Gov. Charles B., efforts in educational
reform, I 85;
commendatory letter from, I 86
Babcock, Commander, arrival in England, II 274
Bacon, Senator Augustus O., declared he would have
blocked Page’s
Ambassadorship had he known he was author
of “The Southerner,”
I 93, 226
Baker, Secretary Newton D., sees the war at first-hand,
II 364;
dinner at Embassy to, II 364, 370;
Page’s memorandum of his visit,
II 366
Baker, Ray Stannard, visit at Sandwich, II 384