Krüger, President, telegram to, from Wilhelm II, iv. 20, 21, 27, 38, 39, 40; confers with Sir A. Milner, iv. 36 _seq._; arrives in France, iv. 40 "Kulturkampf," iii. 19 Kyrle Society, and the working classes, iii. 288; criticised by _P._, iii. 334 Lablache, Luigi, i. 277, 283 Labouchere, Henry, iii. 46, 75; and Royal grants, iii. 226, 232; and statue of John Bright, iv. 206 Labour, organized, ii. 56 _seq._; iii. 85; iv. 13; delegates, ii. 65 _seq._ Labour Party, ii. 43, 86 _seq._; iv. 124-6, 136; and Liberals, ii. 86 _seq._; factor in elections, iv. 58 Labour problems, ii. 56 _seq._ _See also_ Capital and labour, Trade unions Lacrosse in England, iii. 296 Ladas, Lord Rosebery wins Derby with, in 1894, iv. 359 "Lady helps," proposed introduction, iii. 270 _La Grande Duchesse_, ii. 290, 305 Lamb, Charles, centenary, iii. 317; _P.'s_ admiration of, iv. 278 Lancashire: cotton famine, ii. 66 _seq._; mill-owners, profiteering, ii. 72 Land Acts (Ireland): 1870, ii. 39; 1885 and 1887, iii. 50; 1891, iii. 65; 1903 (Land Purchase Act), iv. 49 Land League, iii. 33 Landseer, Sir Edwin, R.A., i. 295; ii. 318 _seq._ Lang, Andrew, iii. 298; iv. 299 Lansdowne, 3rd Marquess of, i. 203; ii. 4 Lansdowne, 5th Marquess of, iv. 4, 6, 66; and Upper Chamber reform, iv. 67; and Trade Disputes Bill, iv. 126 Larkin, Jim, Irish labour leader, iv. 13, 86; and strike of Dublin transport workers, iv. 134 Laureateship, the, i. 179, 251; _P._ advocates discontinuance, iv. 227 Laurie, Sir Peter, i. 306 Law, Mr. Bonar, defeated at polls, 1906, iv. 58; supports Sir E. Carson and Ulster, iv. 86; and Home Rule Bill of 1914, iv. 98 Law Courts built, iii. 179 Lawn tennis, ii. 347 _seq._; iii. 295 _seq._, 303; iii. 132; _v._ golf, iii. 299; an international pastime, iv. 347 Lawrence, Sir Henry, ii. 7 Lawrence, Sir John (1st Baron), death, iii. 374 Lawyers, i. 232 _seq._; harsh sentences, i. 18, 19; judicial levity censured, i. 233 Lear, Edward, ii. 31 Lee, General Robert, ii. 22 Leech, John; and sport, i. 173; and street noises, i. 159; his women, ii. 238, 239; his sportsmen, ii. 339 _seq._; tribute by Ruskin, iii. 343; his children and girls, iv. 136, 167 Leicester Square, i. 147; conditions, ii. 151 Leighton, Lord, elected P.R.A., iii. 332; character and art of, iv. 303 Lemon, Mark, 1st editor of _P._, i. 112, 159; ii. 280; as playwright, iii. 343 Lennox, Lord W., i. 202 Leno, Dan, iii. 356; iv. 318 Leo XIII, Pope, golden jubilee of, iii. 48; death, iv. 160 Leopold I, King of the Belgians, death, ii. 25 Leopold II, King of the Belgians, character, iii. 60; and Congo atrocities, iv. 55 Léotard, acrobat, ii. 238 Lesseps, Count Ferdinand de, ii. 19 Levées, i. 191 Lever, Charles, ii. 273; iii. 340