Austria-Hungary, a rejected proposal decides fate of, 2 and Albania, 6 and cession of Galicia, 145 and question of separate peace, 27, 164, 170 and the U-boat campaign, 124, 125, 149, 334 ceases to exist, 179 consequences of a separate peace, 24 death-blow to Customs dues, 168 declaration on submarine warfare, 279 democratic Parliament of, 306 enemy's secret negotiations for peace, 141, 162 food troubles and strikes in, 238, 239, 241, 314 her army merged into German army, 21 her position before and after the ultimatum, 13 heroism of her armies, 336 impossibility of a separate peace for, 19, 21 _et seq._ maritime trade obstructed by blockade, 280 mobilisation and its difficulties, 8, 9 obstinate attitude after Sarajevo tragedy, 8 parlous position of, in 1917, 188 peace negotiations with Roumania, 259, 318 peace terms to, 179 policy during war, Count Czernin on, 325 racial problems in, 190 separatist tactics in, 164 Social Democracy in, 21, 31 terms on which she could make peace, 29 the Archdukes, 22 views on a "tripartite solution" of Polish question, 201 Austrian Delegation, Count Czernin's speech to, 298 _et seq._ Austrian Government and the Ukrainian question, 242, 245 Austrian Navy, the, Franz Ferdinand and, 50 Austrian Ruthenians, leader of, 247 Austro-Hungarian demands at Bucharest negotiations, 319 Austro-Hungarian army, General Staff of, 22 inferiority of, 21 Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, the, and foreign policy, 134 peace idea of, 174 Austro-Polish question, the, and the Ukrainian demands, 242 no bar to peace, 331 solution of, 200 _et seq._ Avarescu, interview with, 263 retirement of, 323 =B= Baernreither, his views of a separate peace, 230 Balkan Wars, the, 6 Balkans, the, troubles in: attitude of German Emperor, 68 _Baralong_ episode, the, 133 Bathurst, Captain, and consumption of breadstuffs, 295 on an "un-English" system, 296 Bauer, Dr., German-Austrian Secretary of State, 18 Bauer, Herr, houses Trotski's library, 235 Bavarian troops enter into the Tyrol, 27 Belgian neutrality violated by Germany, 14 Belgian question, the, Germany ready for negotiations with England on, 180 Belgium, England's promise to, 14 German entry into, 14 Germany's views regarding, 157, 158 Belgium, invasion of, changes England's policy, 2 Benckendorff, Count, at London 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