tive Works, suspected German plot at, 79

Balfour, A. J., Lloyd George and, 13;
in Council of Ten, 270-71

Baltimore, Democratic convention (1912), 7-8

Banat of Temesvar, "The Inquiry" gathers facts concerning, 260

Bapaume, capture of, 192

Bartlett, C. L., introduces bill in House prohibiting sales to
belligerents, 73

Baruch, B. M., appointment by Wilson, 15;
on Council of National Defense, 155;
chairman of War Industries Board, 157;
at Peace Conference, 259, 276

Belgium, American sympathy for, 38, 73, 114;
Wilson's answer to appeal, 40;
relief, 67;
effect in America of deportation of civilians, 97, 99;
Germans rank United States Army with that of, 117;
Hoover in, 160;
complaint against treaty, 321;
treaty provision regarding, 324

Belleau Woods, attack on, 214, 225

Benes, Edward, Foreign Minister of Czecho-Slovak Republic, and Council
of Ten, 274

Benson, Admiral W. S., and Daniels, 144

Bernstorff, Johann von, German Ambassador in Washington, 41-42, 75, 106;
dismissed, 108

Bethlehem Steel Company, suspected German plots in plant of, 79

Bethmann-Hollweg and submarine warfare, 106

"Big Four," _see_ Council of Four

Bliss, General T. H., on Supreme Military Council, 205-206;
on Peace Commission, 249

Blockade, British blockade of foodstuffs, 45;
as justification of submarine warfare, 53;
effect of submarine warfare upon American ports, 110

Bolshevik revolution, 193

Borah, W. E., against treaty and League of Nations, 330-331,342;
speech-making tour, 339-40

Bordeaux, port allotted American Expeditionary Force, 202, 203

Bosch Magneto Company, German intrigue and, 75

Bourgeois, Leon, on committee to draft plan for League of Nations, 289

Boy-Ed, Karl, German naval attache, 75;
and Mexico, 76;
dismissed, 78

Brandegee, F. B., against treaty and League of Nations, 342

Bratiano, J. J. C., of Rumania, and Council of Ten, 274

Brest, destroyer base at, 199;
port allotted American Expeditionary Force, 202-03;
_George Washington_ reaches, 254

Brest-Litovsk treaty, 239

Bridgeport, German manufacturing company at, 75;
strikes at, 79

British Grand Fleet, American battleships join, 199

Brockdorff-Rantzau, U. K. C., graf von, German Minister for Foreign
Affairs, 317

Browning machine gun, 137, 138

Brusilov attack, 193

Bryan, W. J., leader in Democratic convention (1912), 7, 8;
resigns as Secretary of State, 53-54