Balfour, aged by the war, II 141;
  drafts reply to Wilson’s peace note, II 212;
  reply to question how best America could help, II 219;
  on the disposition of the German colonies, II 246;
  friendliness toward United States averts crisis in Venezuela dispute,
  II 249;
  much concerned at feeling toward British in the United States, II 251;
  his home life, II 257;
  conference with Bonar Law and, over financial help from America, II 261;
  satisfactory conference with Mr. Polk over blacklist and blockade,
  II 265;
  explains “secret
treaties” to President Wilson, II 267;
  conference with McAdoo on financial situation, II 267;
  sends dispatch to President Wilson substantiating previous reports
  of Page and Sims on submarine peril which were not taken seriously,
  II 284;
  indignant over misunderstanding with Brazilian Navy, II 304;
  at the Embassy dinner to Secretary Baker, II 365, 370;
  at train to bid good-bye, II 402;
  most affected at leave-taking, 403

Balfour Mission to the United States, II 249 et seq.

Barclay, Esther, Mr. Page’s maternal grandmother, I 6

Bayard, Thomas F., accused of Anglomania while Ambassador, I 257

Beckendorff, Count, talk with, II 82

Belgium, violation of, the cause of Great Britain’s participation in
  the war, I 315;
  sending food supplies to aid starving, I 346

Benham, misunderstanding over American destroyer’s action during
  submarine operations off Nantucket, II 253

Benton, William S., Englishman, murdered in Mexico, I 285

Beresford, Lord Charles, complains of attitude of Foreign Office in
  pacifying America, I 365;
  makes speech in House of Lords on attitude of U.S.  Destroyer
  Benham, II 253

Bernstorff, Count von, objectionable activities of, I 335;
  efforts to secure intercession of the United States toward peace, I 403;
  at the Speyer dinner, I 404;
  instructed to start propaganda for “freedom of the seas,” I 436;
  gives pledge that liners would not be submarined without warning,
  II 30 note;
  thought in England to dominate our State Department, II 80;
  cable proposing suspending of submarine war, II 149;
  threatens President Wilson with resumption of submarine sinkings
  unless he moves for peace, II 200;
  news of his dismissal received in London, II 215

Bethmann-Hollweg, not seen by Colonel House, I 289;
  tells King of Bavaria peace must be secured, II 181

Biddle, General, at the Embassy dinner to Secretary Baker, II 365, 370

Bingham School, studies and environment at, I 16;
  selected for honour prize by Ambassador, I 17

Blacklist, feeling in America over the, II 184;
  conditions change on American entry into war, II 264, 265, 266

Blanquet, General, in Mexican uprising, I 175