Bailleul 278 Balfour, Mr., weakening of his Government, 130, 133; Budget (1910), 164; and conference of 1910, 165; attends Peace Conference, 287, 299 Balkans, the, proposal to combine, 179, 181; German intrigue in, 184; suggestion to send Mr. Lloyd George, 196; attempt to bring together, 192 Bangor, part of constituency, 78; speech during South African War, 117, 123 Bar le Duc, 151 Barnes, Mr. G., attends Peace Conference, 287; remains in Government, 308 Berlin, 154; visit to Central Insurance Office, 158 Bethmann-Hollweg, Herr, entertained by, 154, 155 Birmingham, speech on South African War, 117, 322 Bissolati, Signor, _Morning Post_ interview, 353 Blunt, Mr. Wilfrid, 48 Board of Education, 134 Board of Trade, Mr. Lloyd George appointed President, 138; work at, 139 Bolshevists, _coup d’état_ (1917), 272; peace with Germany, 272; proposed Conference, 295 Bonar Law, Mr., unable to form Government, 242; attends Peace Conference, 287; acts as leader of Government, 313 Booth, Mr. Charles, 167 Borden, Sir R., and Peace Conference, 287 Botha, General, 118, 119, 180; conquers South-West Africa, 200; and Peace Conference, 287 Brace, Mr. W., leaves Coalition, 316 Brecon, 133 Breese, Jones and Casson, Messrs., solicitors, 41, 43, 54, 95 Brest-Litovsk, 200; peace negotiations, 272 Briand, M., 347 British Columbia, visit to, 114 Brockdorff-Rantzau, Herr, Treaty presented, 302 “Brutus,” pen-name (1880), 46 Budget (1890), compensation for licences, 88; Conference of Party Leaders, 165; (1909), 162; thrown out by Lords, 164, 337 Budget League, 163 Bukovina, invasion by Russians, 176; Russians driven from, 197 Bulgaria, divided in counsel, 179; Greek conditions of joining war, 186; refuges promise of neutrality, 189; pledged to Central Powers, 190; offers to lend troops, 191; President Wilson leans towards, 300 Bullitt, Mr. W. C., evidence before American Senate, 296; Mission to Russia, 296 Burial Act (1880), case at Llanfrothen, 66 Burke, Edmund, 124; Mr. Lloyd George’s opinion of, 342 Butler, Sir Wm., 115 Buxton, the Brothers, journey to Sofia, 184; proposals from Sofia, 187 Byron, Mr. Lloyd George’s admiration of, 339