La Fayette, Marquis de, emphasis of history on, 38;
"La Fayette, we are here!" 123

Lammasch, Austrian liberal, 232

Lamont, T. W., and Wilson, 12;
on Wilson, 12-13 (note);
at Peace Conference, 259, 276

Lane, F. K., Secretary of Interior, 153

Lansdowne, Lord, peace speech (1917), 232

Lansing, Robert, Secretary of State, 58, 153-54;
Wilson and, 13, 271;
proposes ceasing to arm merchantmen, 58;
on Peace Commission, 249;
in Council of Ten, 268, 269

Latin America, United States' relations with, 35

League to Enforce Peace, Wilson's speech before, 95;
Taft president of, 96;
Wilson and, 283

League of Nations, 281 _et seq._;
refusal to discuss (1916), 102;
Wilson and, 238, 353;
Taft and Root pledged to, 249;
Wilson heads commission working on, 275, 276;
incorporation in treaty, 286, 287-88, 327;
Covenant completed, 290;
mechanism, 290-92;
revised Covenant adopted, 309;
Germany excluded from, 317;
opposition to, 330 _et seq._;
reservations suggested by Senate, 334;
in operation, 359

Lever Act, 161, 167

_Leviathan_, _Vaterland_ rechristened, 179

Lewis machine gun, 137

Liberty Bonds, 183, 184-186

Liberty Motor, 140

Lloyd George, and Balfour, 13;
signs plea for American troops, 210;
and separate peace with Austria, 231;
outlines terms of peace (1917), 232-33, 236;
and indemnity, 244, 281, 300, 301;
and Wilson's peace programme, 252;
at Peace Conference, 258;
in Council of Ten, 269-70;
on Council of Premiers, 277;
on committee to formulate armistice policy, 278;
delays opening of Peace Conference, 285;
and League of Nations, 287;
and "mandatories," 289;
change in attitude toward Wilson, 295;
opposes French annexation of Saar region, 302;
and Fiume, 313;
on modification of treaty terms, 318, 319

Lodge, H. C., reservation on Article X of League Covenant, 15;
opposition to treaty and League, 330, 333, 335, 339, 342, 344,
345, 347, 348;
personal conflict with Wilson, 340, 346

Lorraine front, Americans on, 211

Loucheur, financial expert, 300

Louvain library burned, 73

Ludendorff, General Erich von, German leader, 230, 232, 239, 240

_Lusitania_, Germans sink, 49;
effect on America, 50-51, 114;
notes, 53, 54, 56;
German pledge, 56-57;
Germany does not disavow, 57

McAdoo, W. G., Secretary of Treasury, 153;
Director-General of Railroads, 172;
concessions to labor, 174;
and