^{page 186 note 1} First entry since 17 Dec. 1908.

^{page 186 note 2} Brandenburg frontier station.

^{page 186 note 3} Lieutenant-General von Loewenfeld.

^{page 186 note 4} Vice-Admiral.

^{page 186 note 5} Major-General.

^{page 186 note 6} Military attaché.

^{page 186 note 7} According to Ponsonby (op. cit., p. 255), there had been a misunderstanding about the time.

^{page 186 note 8} Former German Ambassador in Washington.

^{page 186 note 9} Former Ambassador in Washington. Goschen had served under him as secretary, 1893–4.

^{page 187 note 1} Lady of the Bedchamber.

^{page 187 note 2} Lady-in-waiting.

^{page 187 note 3} In German.

^{page 187 note 4} ‘Gott grüsse dich.’

^{page 187 note 5} Kirchner.

^{page 187 note 6} Silesian landowners; she was a lady-in-waiting.

^{page 187 note 7} Previously referred to as ‘Drachenberg’.

^{page 187 note 8} Grand Master of the Court; friend of Wilhelm II.

^{page 187 note 9} Westphalian landowner.

^{page 187 note 10} Silesian landowner.

^{page 187 note 11} Strictly, ‘Princess Salm-Salm’.

^{page 187 note 12} Szögyény-Marich; Austro-Hungarian Ambassador. Goschen had much difficulty with the spelling of this name.

^{page 187 note 13} Princess of Pless; English by birth; nee Corn wallis-West; for an interesting account of the King's visit see her Daisy Princess of Pless (1928), p. 173.Google Scholar

^{page 188 note 1} 1st Dragoon Guards.

^{page 188 note 2} The Kaiser himself was responsible for this work.

^{page 188 note 3} Pickelhaube.

^{page 189 note 1} As instructed by Grey; see Grey to Goschen, 18 Feb. 1909, B.D., v, no. 583.

^{page 189 note 2} The Crown Prince.

^{page 189 note 3} Of 10 March 1909.

^{page 189 note 4} It did not recognize the annexation of Bosnia-Hercegovina.

^{page 190 note 1} Goschen's successor in Vienna.

^{page 190 note 2} Entry continued on following page; 28 March 1909 was in fact the correct date.

^{page 190 note 3} No full stop in MS.; sentence unfinished.

^{page 191 note 1} Wife of Arthur Nicolson, now Ambassador in St Petersburg.

^{page 191 note 2} The Nicolsons' daughter.

^{page 191 note 3} Former French diplomat; winner of Nobel Peace Prize, 1909.

^{page 192 note 1} Former member of Diplomatic Service; former colonial governor.

^{page 192 note 2} Russian Prime Minister, 1906.

^{page 192 note 3} Governess.

^{page 192 note 4} Director, Munich Opera.

^{page 192 note 5} Abdul Hamid II's brother.

^{page 192 note 6} Muhammad V.

^{page 192 note 7} He was United States Ambassador.

^{page 192 note 8} The Mfumbiro (or Virunga) Mountains in East-Central Africa.

^{page 192 note 9} Head of geographical section, War Office.

^{page 192 note 10} Royal Engineers.

^{page 192 note 11} Instructor, Turkish Army.

^{page 193 note 1} First entry since 14 May; however, Goschen was not at Tentschach all that time, as his correspondence shows.

^{page 193 note 2} Bethmann Hollweg; Billow's successor.

^{page 194 note 1} Goschen to Grey with enclosure, and to Hardinge, 15 Oct. 1909, B.D., vi, nos. 200–1.

^{page 194 note 2} In Cairo.

^{page 194 note 3} Clarke's residence.

^{page 194 note 4} Goschen, to Grey, , 4 11 1909Google Scholar, B.D., vi, no. 204.

^{page 194 note 5} Wealsthy London banker; native of Cologne.

^{page 195 note 1} Director, Deutsche Bank.

^{page 195 note 2} Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; Regent of Brunswick in the enforced absence of the Duke of Cumberland.

^{page 195 note 3} Princess Elisabeth of Stolberg-Rossla.

^{page 195 note 4} Sister of the Regent.

^{page 195 note 5} Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

^{page 195 note 6} Queen Eleonora; née Reuss.

^{page 195 note 7} The Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Reuss families were related.

^{page 195 note 8} Cousins of Nicholas II.

^{page 195 note 9} Born 1885.

^{page 195 note 10} Born 1857.

^{page 196 note 1} Von Klencke; Marshal of the Court.

^{page 196 note 2} Princess Elise.