Conference, 275

Benedict XV, Pope, Austria's answer to peace Note of, 175
German reply to, 333
proposals for peace by, 167, 177

Berchtold, Count, and Franz Ferdinand, 43, 44
and the Roumanian question, 77
criticised by pro-war party at Vienna, 33
ultimatum to Serbia, 7
vacillation of, 10

Berlin, Byzantine atmosphere of, 62, 66
the English Ambassador demands his passport, 14

Bessarabia, Bolshevism in, 265

Bethmann-Hollweg, and Austria's willingness to cede Galicia, 146
and the Supreme Military Command, 156
draws up a peace proposal, 139
opposes U-boat warfare, 115, 334
optimistic view of U-boat campaign, 151 _et seq._
replies to author's _expose_, 150
requests Vienna Cabinet to accept negotiations, 8
visits Western front, 73

Bilinski, Herr von, and the future of Poland, 205

Bismarck, Prince, and the invincibility of the army, 17
and William II., 52
dealings with William I., 65
heritage of, becomes Germany's curse, 15
his policy of "blood and iron," 15

Bizenko, Madame, murders General Sacharow, 220

Blockade, enemies feeling the grip of, 297
of Germany, 280
why established by Great Britain, 281

Bohemia as a possible theatre of war: author's reflections on, 24

Bolsheviks and the Kieff Committee, 245

Bolsheviks, dastardly behaviour of, 249
destruction wrought in Ukraine, 252
enter Kieff, 248, 249

Bolshevism, Czernin on, 216, 221
in Bessarabia, 265
in Russia, 211, 216, 229
terrorism of, 226
the Entente and, 273

Bosnia, as compensation to Austria, 207

Bozen, proposals for cession of, 170, 173

Bratianu, a tactless proceeding by, 112
apprises author of Sarajevo tragedy, 86
collapse of, 99
Ministry of, 88
on Russia, 263
reproaches author, 96

"Bread peace," origin of the term, 257

Brest-Litovsk, a dejected Jew at, 225
a victory for German militarism, 193
answer to Russian peace proposals, 224
arrival of Trotski at, 232
conflict with Ukrainians at, 235
episode of Roumanian peace, 260
evacuation of occupied areas: difficulties of, 312
first peace concluded at, 249
frontier question, 208
further Ukrainian representation at, 300
heated discussions at, 228
object of negotiations at, 305
peace negotiations at, 218 _et seq._, 311
Russians threaten to withdraw from, 227
territorial questions at, 235, 236, 245
Ukrainian delegation and their claims, 208, 231, 314

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