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Canadian Militia: Advisory Coun-
cil, 180; Defence Commission, 145;
Dundonald-Lake scheme, 203,
205; Guides, 239; high wages
v. military service, 235, 236;
history, 26, 29, 73, 77, 81, 89, 92,
148; Hutton's report and Na-
tional Army scheme, 145-7;
Inspector-Generals' reports and
suggestions, 203-4, 235, 236,
236-8; Intelligence Branch, 239 ;
military laws, 92-5, 96-7, 129,
145, 179-80, 202; Minister of
Militia and Defence and Home
commanders, 179; non-compul-
sory service difficulties, 234-5,
237; Petawawa Camp, 203, 204;
recommendations of 1862 re-
jected, 93-4; scheme for Eastern
Canada, 235; statistics, 92,
102-3, 128, 202, 238; Universal
Service basis of National Army,
237; Western Prairies Mounted
Men, 239

Canadian Mounted Rifles, 130, 131
Canadian Navy: Niobe and Rain-
bow, 198, 217
Canadian Voltigeurs, 92
Canadian Volunteers:

creation,

93, 94-5; early work, 95-6;
joined with Militia, 96-7

Canadian Voyageurs, 98
Canterbury, N.Z., 82
Canton, 45, 46

Cape Breton Island, 6, 8
Cape Colony: class, 83, 86; de-

fence, 79, 80, 81, 90-1, 133, 134;
diamond fields, 91; Frontier
Police, 91; German legion, 80,
81; government, 66, 86, 91, 108;
history, 28; Imperial co-opera-
tion, 144, 152, 154, 182, 190, 216,
220, 226; wars, 91

Cape Mounted Riflemen, 79, 91,
134, 228

Cape of Good Hope, 4, 39, 59,
104

Capetown, 102, 130, 227

Captain's Point, 224

Cardwell, Mr., 105

Carleton, 26

Carnarvon, Lord, 87, 91, 92, 94,
96, 103, 104, 125, 138, 140, 141,
142, 244

Carnatic, 33, 112
Carrington, General, 133
Cartagena, 4-5

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1887: Concerned primarily
with defence, 140-1; decided
coaling stations and Australasian
Naval Agreement, 141, 216;

1897: Cape Colony offer, 144,
216; interchange of military
units, 144-5;

1902 Imperial Reserves, 149-
52; naval policy, 152–4, 216;

1907: Australasian Naval
Agreement reviewed, 189-90;
Dominion autonomy recognized,
187-9; Home Army and General
Staff, 186; Imperial General
Staff, 188-9; Imperial Confer-
ence, 183-4; self-governing Co-
lonies recognized as Dominions,
183, 184; subsidiary conferences,
184, 195; uniformity with diver-
sity problem, 184-5;

1909 (Naval and Military):
Admiralty suggests complete Do-
minion fleet units, 195-6; Cana-
dian Fleet inaugurated, 197-8 ;
defence as special and confidential
subject, 208-9; Empire Pacific
Fleet, 196-7; military resolution,
combining Dominion autonomy
with Imperial co-operation, 198;

1911 (Imperial): Conference
now established and representa-
tive, 207; existing machinery
left intact, 208; Imperial Coun-
cil, 207-8; Imperial Defence
Committee, 208-9; international
position, 209; local Defence Com-
mittees, 209-10

Colonial Defence Committee, 104,
143, 147, 149

Colonial military forces and cost

(1851-61), 79-81; (1887), 102-3
Colonial Naval Defence Act (1865),
105

Colonial Office, 75, 81, 83, 87, 88,

106, 137, 138, 184, 208; history,
125;' invites Colonial Conference,
139; Lyttelton dispatch, 181-2;
West African army, 261
Colonial policy: Pitt's, 13-14;
Palmerston's, 85; Gladstone's,
85, 90; Chamberlain's, 125-6
Colonial rights, 12

Colonial Secretaries, 125-6
Colonial self-government: financial
arguments for, 22, 70-1, 79;
gradually developed, 76, 84-5,
86, 89; its compatibility with

Imperial co-operation, 152, 182,
185, 188-9, 191
Colonial self-defence: a corollary
of self-government, 76, 84; argu-
ments for, 77-9, 84, and against,
87, 96; Canadian difficulties-
Militia Bill of 1862 rejected,
93-4; Canadians suppress rising
unaided, 97; family analogy, 70;
finance, 76-7, 78-9; forwarded
by New Zealand War, 86–7;
history, 22, 69, 70-3, 75; Home
support continuous from 1755,
73; influence of war and peace
on policy, 75, 77; local circum-
stances considered, 84, 88; offi-
cial figures, 79-81; recommenda-
tions of Parliamentary Commit-
tee, 82, 84; Resolution of House
of Commons, 85-6; withdrawal
of garrisons, 87-8, 89-91, 96, 97,
229, 256, 257

Colonial troops, early, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11,
13-14, 15, 16-17, 18, 19-20
Colonies, early, 2; in 1859, classi-
fied, 82 (note); new classification,
1861, 83-4; self-governing, be-
come Dominions, 183, 184
Colonists, brilliant feat by, 7;
London centre for, 106

Colour line in South Africa, 128;
obstruction to United Empire,
136; upheld by Lt.-Col. Altham,
150

Columbus, 245

Commander-in-Chief, 186
Commando system, 17, 228
Compulsory military training: Aus-
tralia, 191, 200, 201, 230; New
Zealand, 201, 202, 230; South
Africa, 228-9

Concentration in modern warfare,
84, 102, 185, 256

Congo, Lower, 266

Connaught, Duke of, 95, 96
Connecticut, 17

Conscientious objectors, 18, 234
Constantine, King, 121
Constantinople, 53, 161

Constitutions, various, of British
Empire, 243-4
Cook, Sir Joseph, 200
Coote, Sir Eyre, 10

Co-ordination, a need proved by

South African War, 154-5
Crimean War, 42, 43, 48-9, 66-7,
77, 80, 92, 125, 264

Cromwell, Oliver, 2, 3

Cronje, 130

Cunard Company, 250

Curzon, Lord, 112, 117, 168
Cyprus, 53-4, 102, 242

Dalhousie, Lord, 49
Dalley, W. B., 100
Damascus, 161, 163

Dardanelles Commission, 147, 211
Dar-es-Salaam-Tanganyika Rail-
way, 266

Deakin, Mr., 176, 184, 189, 191,
194, 200

Delhi, 49, 174, 175, 302
Delta, Nile, 255

Democracy and preparation for
war, 246-7, 274, 286; in peril
from military domination, 299
Democratic soldiers, 19, 146, 200
Denison, Col. George, 93, 129
Deolali, 171

Derby, Lord, on Australian pro-
gress, 101

Derrick, Col. G. A., 265
Dervishes, 120

Deutsche Bank, 162
Deutschland über Alles, 272
De Wet, 133, 134

Diversity within the Empire, 9,
159, 241-4; disadvantageous in
war, 12; problem of its recon-
ciliation with military uniformity,
155, 184-5, 226

Dominion forces at outbreak of
European War, 239, 254
Dominions and Imperial Defence
Committee, 209-11

Dominions, difficulties of organized
defence in, 205; unity of, grown
up from below, 243; volunteer
utmost support in European War,
290, 297

Dorsetshire Regiment, 61
Doukhobors, 234

Dowager Empress of China, 121
Downing Street, 79, 83, 106, 184
Dual control of Indian Army,
167-8; its abolition criticized,

169

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Dupleix, 31

Durban, 127, 227

Durbars, 158, 164, 172, 302
Durham, Lord, 66, 75, 92

Dutch, 2, 3, 17, 24, 28, 37, 39, 41,
45, 141

East African Rifles, 262
Eastern lands and political unrest,
254-5
39;

East, French designs on,
German ditto, 160, 161-2, 163,
273

East India Company, 1, 31, 33, 38,
43, 45, 50, 57, 60, 61, 62, 109,
112, 172

East Indies, 37, 196

Edward VII, 69, 150, 174; pro-

motes accord with France, 157
Edwards, Maj.-Gen. Bevan, 141, 143
Egypt, 43, 53, 59, 98, 124, 157, 163,
239; British interests, 254;
French invasion, 39-40; Nation-
alist rising, 54-5, 58; occupied
by British and Indians, 255
Egyptian garrisons in Somaliland,
119

Elands River, 133

Elgin, Lord, 46, 50, 77, 108
Elizabeth, Queen, 1, 62
Elliot, Sir Frederick, 75, 83, 84
Emden, raider, 199

Emin Pasha, 262
Empires, war-made, 1

England, slow to expand overseas,
245

English in China, 121

Entente Powers and Austria's ulti-

matum to Serbia, 276
Enver Pasha, 163

Erego, 120

Esher Commission, 186

Esquimalt, 89, 90, 104, 217
Euphrates, 64

Eurasians, 109, 265

Europe, no military concern of
India (1900), 59; a vital concern
(1914), 299

European coalitions against military
despotism, 42; volunteers in
India, 109

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European Legations in Peking be-
sieged, 121–2; relieved by mixed
forces, 122-3

European world dominance and its
reaction, 299-300

Expeditionary Force, British, 253-4

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Fenian raid in Canada, 88-9, 92, 95-6
Ferdinand, Archduke Franz, mur-
dered, 274

Fielding, Mr., 212-13
Fiji Islands, 242

Fisher, Mr. Andrew, 194, 207, 209
Fitzgerald, Lt.-Col., 259
Flanders clothworkers and English
wool, 280

Flying, developed by war, 251
Forbes, 15, 19

Foreign Office, 261, 291
Foreign policy a concern of the
Dominions, 209, 211, 215, 219-20,
221, 222

Foresight, an English need, 164-5;
professional, of the German dan-
ger, 246-7

Forrest, Sir John, 153

Forster, Mr. W. E., 54, 106

Fort Duquesne, 10, 15;

David, 32, 33;

32, 33, 242

St.

St. George,

Fortescue, Chichester, 85

France, alliances with, 42, 46, 66,
157-8; and Luxemburg, 284;

and New Hebrides, 243
France and the European War:
abstains from offensive action,
279; accepts British mediation
proposal, 277; accused by Ger-
many of design to invade Bel-
gium, 287, 288; Ambassador in
Berlin, 293; engages to respect
Belgian neutrality, 281; in-
formed of British policy, 282;
orders mobilization, 284; presses
Britain to warn Germany, 285-6;
promised naval support by Bri-
tain, 286, 289; threatened by
Germany, 278, 279; war declared
by Germany on, 291

France and world dominance, 267,
268, 269

France, Lord Roberts visits, 116
France, British peace with, 8, 42;
rivalry with, 159; wars with, 3,
5-7, 9-23, 28, 43, 104
Franco-German
Africa, 266

relations as to

Franco-Russian alliance, 270
Frederick of Prussia, 295
Freedom in Imperial relations, 183;
of the seas, 28-9; threatened by
military dominance, 299; under
British rule, 24, 29, 304-5
Freetown, 104, 242, 261
Fremantle, 199

French and the aeroplane, 251;
in Egypt, 39-40, 156; China,
121; South India, 31, 32; mili-
tary service law, 273, 274; Presi-
dent, 286; reports on war tension
in Germany (1913), 272, 273;
Revolution, 27, 42; sea record,
252; training of native troops,
259

French-Canadians, 23, 25, 29;
anti-militarist feeling, 92; atti-
tude on South African War, 129;
on Imperial defence, 152, 214-15,
304

French, Lord, 132, 133, 203, 204,
205, 235, 236

French, Maj.-Gen. George, 150
Frere, Sir Bartle, 108

Gallipoli, 201, 233

Gambia Company, 261

Gambia River, 2, 84, 263

Gaselee, General Sir Alfred, 122,
123

Gazette of India, 116, 117
Geelong, 224

George II, 7

George V, 158, 174, 175, 207, 286,
288, 289, 300, 302

Gerard, Mr., 293

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legion, 80, 81;

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German African possessions, 241;
Cameroons, 266; Confederation,
284; East Africa, 259, 266;
intrigue in South Africa, 24; in
Russian politics, 269; lack of
psychological insight, 290, 296-7;
mercantile
marine, 249-50; military union,
140; Navy League, 160; Pacific,
241; preparedness for war, 104,
273, 274, 283; South-West Africa,
266; spy system, 273-4; sub-
marines, 161, 250-1; unity, 101,
267;
view of British Empire,

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Germany, 12, 24, 39, 156, 158, 218,
220; a military despotism, 267,
268; African extensions, 266;
area, population, Empire (1914),
241; Army, 252, 253, 273; Army
Laws, 273; aspires to world-rule,
160, 266, 268; central position in
Europe, 270; compulsory na-
tional service, 253; contrasted
with British Empire, 241, 296;
danger from, foreseen in Britain,
161, 193, 219, 246; England the
obstacle, 160, 296-7; evolution
of the bid for world-power, 268-
70; forcing process illustrated,
249-50; history and growth
from 1870, 159-60, 267, 272-3;
militarist aims and ideals, 159–60,
161-2, 268, 269-70; mobiliza-
tion, a convenient formula, 283;
Naval Laws, 160-1, 218-19; Navy
160-1, 193, 252, 253; peace
forces overborne, 272; readiness
for war, 274; relations with
England, 159, 160, 295, 296;
relations with France, 266, 272-3;
sense of growing danger precipi-
tates the day, 270-1; tariff
war with Canada, 177; Triple
Alliance, 160; Turkey and the
East, 160, 161-2, 163, 273;
virtues sacrificed to militarism,
271-2; war feeling in 1913, 272,
273


Germany and the European War :
ambiguous attitude in Austro-
Serbian crisis, 275, 276, 277;
bargains for British neutrality,
278, 281-2, 289, 290-1; begins
war by invading Luxemburg, 284,
287; demands passage through
Belgium to France, 287-8; de-
tains British ships at Hamburg,
286; exploits French and Rus-
sian military preparations, 278,
279,282-3; forces on the war, 279,
283-4, 294-5; formally declares
war on France, 291; invades
Belgium, 291; pleads military
necessity for violations of neu-
trality, 288, 292-3
Ghent, Treaty of, 30

Gibraltar, 72, 84, 102, 103, 104, 242
Girgeh, 40

Gladstone, Mr., 54, 70, 71, 78, 85,
90, 106, 296

Glengarry Light Infantry, 29, 92

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Gordon and Khartoum, 56, 97-8,
100

Gordon, Charles, 47

Gordon Highlanders, 130

Goschen, Sir Edward, 292, 293, 295
Gough, Sir Hugh, 45
Governors, interchange of, 108
Graham, General, 100
Grant, Sir Hope, 46
Granville, Lord, 138

Great Britain: foreign relations
after Waterloo, 42; after South
African War, 156-8; interest in
Bagdad Railway, 162; past
friendship with Germany, 295
Great Britain and the European
War: assures France of protec-
tion against German Fleet, 286;
attitude in crisis consistently
pacific, 277, 282, 285-6, 289, 294;
bargaining as to neutrality de-
clined, 278, 289, 293; Belgian
neutrality the deciding factor,
281, 291, 294, 300; efforts at
peace-making, 277; Fleet kept
concentrated, 278; Germany
warned against assuming British
neutrality if France attacked,
282, 296-7; Government reluct-
ance to commit country to war,
285-6, 289, 297, 300; limited
concern with Luxemburg, 285;
mobilization of Army, 289;
Naval Reserves called out, 286;
non-committal as to Austria,
Serbia, and Russia, 282; Opposi-
tion leader urges intervention,
286-7; Parliament leaves Govern-
ment free to act, 289-90; Pre-
mier on British motive in going
to war, 297; protest against de-
tention of ships at Hamburg,
286; protest to Germany, fol-
lowed by ultimatum, against
violation of Belgian neutrality,
291-2; ultimatum negatived,
British Ambassador leaves Ber-
lin, 292-3; War between British
Empire and Germany, 293-5;
war supplies voted by Parlia-
ment, 297

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