Naval Academy, William II. at the,

264.

Naval Administration, reorganisation of
the, 236.

Naval Architects, the (British) Institu-
tion of, 104, 245.

Naval Architects, the (German) Institu-
tion of, 245, 251.
Naval Reserve, the, 306.

Navy, increase of the German, 245, 247,
248, 255, 256.

Navy League, the German, 244, 247, 248.
Navy, Proclamation to the German, 5.
Nelson, Admiral, 99, 100, 101, 308.
Neue Freie Presse, the, 2.

Newspapers, William II. on military
discussions in, 213, 214.

Nicholas II., the Tsar, 27, 30, 31, 34,
316.

Niederwald Monument, the, 199.
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, the,

15.

North German Lloyd, the, 304, 305,
306.

Nuremberg, visit of William II. to, 130,
131, 136.

0.

Oberon, Weber's opera, 182.

Officers in Army, status and supply of,
William II. on, 205-8.

Oldenburg, visit of William II. to, 118.
Omdurman, the Battle of, 105.
One-year volunteers, 164, 165.
Orange, the House of, 24, 25.
Orange, William of, 296.

Osborne, visit of William II. to, 98.
Oscar II., King, 15, 17.

Overpressure in schools, William II. on,
156, 163, 166.

Overproduction by higher schools, 163.

P.

Paderborn, the Bishop of, 66.

Palestine Association, the German, 62,
63, 64, 65.

Palestine, the journey of William II. to,
62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 131, 303.
Pan-Slavists, the, 1, 15.
Paris Exhibition, the, 35.

Patriots, the French League of, 35, 43,
44.

Pelée, eruption of Mt., 55.

People, Proclamation to the German, 6.
Pergamon Museum, the, 187.

Peter, Grand Duke, of Oldenburg, 118.
Phelps, Mr., American Ambassador,
280.

Philologists, William II. on fanatical,
155, 161.

Physical exercises in secondary schools,
155, 171, 177.

Pioneers, the Torgau battalion of, 212.
Pless, the Prince of, 88.

Pola, visit of William II. to, 241.
Poles, the, 150, 217.

Political outlook, the, in 1888, 1, 2, 3,
13, 14, 15.

Political outlook, the, in 1889, 18.
Posen and Gnesen, the Archbishop of,
58, 59, 67.

Pretoria, 103, 104.

Prussian Diet, speech at meeting of the,
in 1888, 10, 56.

Q.

Questioning, the Emperor's skill in, 107,
179.

R.

Recruits, swearing in of, 219, 226, 238,
241, 242, 244, 249.

Reed, Sir E. J., on William II., 107-11.
Regatta on the Elbe, 310, 311, 312.
Regiments-

Alexander Regiment of Grenadiers, the,
21, 27.

Dragoon Guards, the First Royal
(British), 101, 102.

Grenadiers, the King's Regiment of
Prussian, 225.

Infantry, 28th Regiment of Prussian,
18, 20.

Prussian Dragoons, the First, 18, 19,
98, 112.

Prussian Foot Guards, First, 52, 195,
220, 275.

Schwedt Dragoons, the, 203.
Reichsanzeiger, the, 1, 79, 131.

Reichstag, speech to the members of the,
274.

Reichstag, speech at opening of the,
1888, 7, 74.

Religion, the Emperor on the necessity
of, 73, 167.
Rhodes, Cecil, 107.
Roberts, Lord, 113.

Röchling, the painter, 178.
Roon, von, 302.

Roosevelt, President, 286, 287.
Rossbach, Battle of, 293.

Saalburg, the, 277.

St. John, Knights of the Order of, 114,
149, 267.

St. Petersburg, visit of William II. to, 14.
St. Privat, Battle of, 52, 53, 219-21.
St. Privat, the monument at, 52, 53,
178.

"Salamander," a students', 279.
Salisbury, Lord, 112.

Samoa, the hurricane at, 235, 236.
Sans-Souci, a visit to, 40.

Schools, German secondary, 152.
Schorlemer-Alst, Herr von, 61, 62.
Science, the end of all, 175, 194.
Sculpture, Berlin school of, 187.

Sea-power, the importance of, to Ger-
many, 108, 109, 231, 234, 244, 247,

248, 255, 259, 263, 311.

"Secession," the, criticised by William
II., 185, 188, 189.
Sedan, Battle of, 221, 222.
Seeadler, S.M.S., 103.
Seniorenkonvent, 196, 197.
Seymour, Admiral Sir E., 249.
Shortsightedness in German schools,
154, 165, 166.

Siegesallee, the, at Berlin, 184, 185, 186,
187, 189, 261.

Simon, Jules, 36, 37, 46, 47, 48, 49.
Simon's, Jules, account of William II.,
37-42.

Social democracy, the Emperor on, 76,
77, 89, 160, 169, 173, 222, 278, 292,
301, 303.

Social legislation, 74, 80, 82, 83, 89.
Sonnenburg, the, 149, 267.

Sophia, marriage of Princess, 22, 26, 99.
Spanish-American War, the, 281.
Spithead review, 1897, 244.
Sports, the Emperor's taste for, 111.
Stage, William II. on the influence of
the, 181, 182.
State Council, the, 81-5.

Stettin, visit of William II. to, 306.
Stockholm, visit of William II. to, 15.
Strassburg, visit of William II. to, 68,
93, 94.

Strassburg, the Bishop of, 68.
Strike of coal-miners, 76-9.
Strikers, warnings to, 77.

Studios, visits of William II. to artists',
183, 184.

Stuttgart, visit of William II. to, 116,
120.

Sultan, the, of Turkey, 22, 63, 64, 322.
Switzerland, visit of William II. to, 29.

Technical High Schools, the Prussian,
172, 173, 174.

Templars, the Knights, 149, 321.
Teutonic Order, the, 114, 149, 151.
Theatre, Berlin Court, 181.
•Togoland, 101.

Torpedo-boats, flotilla of, up the Rhine,
253-255.

Trafalgar, the Battle of, 99, 101.

Training ships, French and German,
meet, 51, 52.

Triple Alliance, the, 9, 14, 18, 20, 55.
Twentieth century, commencement of
the, 230-3.

U.

Unity of Germany, re-establishment of
the, 141, 142, 258, 270.
University of Berlin, 193.

Urville, William II. establishes a home
at, 92, 93.

Usury in the Army, William II. on, 229.

V.

Veterans' societies, 121, 147, 221.
Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy, 30,
217.

Victoria, Queen, 18, 23, 98, 99, 112, 113,
266.

Victoria, foundering of H.M.S., 101.
Vionville. See Mars-la-Tour.

W.

Waldemar, Prince, 275.

Waldersee, Count, 201, 315, 316.
Warlike ambitions repudiated by Wil-
liam II., 3, 36, 288.

Waterloo, the Battle of, 20, 99, 105,
228.

Waterways, importance of inland, 309,

310.

Weimar, visit of William II. to, 119,
211.

Weissenburg, the Battle of, 44, 226.
Wellington, the Duke of, 20, 113.
Wettin, the House of, 120.
Wied, the Prince of, 247, 271.
Wiese, Inspector, report on Prince
William by, 152, 153.

Wildenbruch, the playwright, 179.
Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands,

25.

Wilhelm-Order, founded, 143, 299.
Wilhelmshaven, visit of William II. to,
235, 239, 313.

William I., the Emperor, 4, 129, 145,

148, 201, 226, 231, 262, 270, 271, 272,
296, 298, 300, 308.
William II., King of Würtemberg, 222,

223, 248, 321, 322.
William, Prince of Prussia (afterwards
William II.), 3, 195.

William, Crown Prince, 134, 275, 276,

277.
Windthorst, Herr, 58.