Underwood Tariff Bill, impressions of in Great Britain, 150, 172
Van Hise, on proposed committee to lecture in England, II 346
Vanderlip, Frank A., at the Speyer “peace dinner”, I 404
Villa, Pancho, thought by Wilson to be a patriot, I 227, 228
Vincent, George, on proposed committee to lecture in England, II 346
Von Jagow, offers no encouragement to Colonel House’s proposals, I 289
Von Papen, dismissal of, II 108
Von Tirpitz, discussion with Viscount Haldane as to
relative sizes of
navies, I 278;
hostile to Colonel House’s proposals,
I 289
Waechter, Sir Max, efforts for “federation” and disarmament, I 284
“Waging neutrality”, policy of, I 362
Wallace, Henry, letters to:
on Wilson’s candidacy, I 105;
on backing up new Secretary of Agriculture,
etc., I 115
Wallace, Hugh C., accompanies Colonel House to Europe,
I 288;
joins “assemblage of immortals”
at Embassy, II 315
Walsh, Sir Arthur, Master of the Ceremonies, I 135;
at train to bid good-bye, II 402
Walsh, Senator Thomas, anti-English attitude, II 61
War, American efforts to prevent the, I 270 et seq.
War, memorandum at outbreak of the, I 301
Washington, Booker T., writes for Atlantic Monthly,
I 60;
induced to write “Up From Slavery”,
I 90
Wantauga Club, activities of the, I 47;
crusade for education of Southern child,
73
Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, gives Colonel House information
of conditions
in Germany, I 281
White, Henry, understanding of Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, I 242
White, William Allen, writes for Atlantic Monthly, I 60
Whitlock, Brand, eulogized, I 334
Willard, Joseph E., Colonel House confers with, in
regard to peace
parleys, I 434
Williams, Senator John Sharp, demonstrates blockade
against Germany
not an injury to cotton-producing states,
II 63
Wilhelm II, nullifies Hague Conferences, I 280;
Colonel House disappointed in mission
to, I 289;
derides American arbitration treaty, I
294;
Colonel House’s impressions of,
I 295;
asks President Wilson to transmit peace
offer to Great Britain, I 426;
makes proposal to Delcasse to join in
producing “complete isolation”
of the United States, II 192
Wilson, Miss Willia Alice, married to Page, I 37
Wilson, Dr. William, father of Mrs. Page, I 37
Wilson, Sir Henry, succeeds Sir William Robertson
as Chief of Imperial
General Staff, II 354 note