^{page 131 note 1} Maria; widow of Georg V, last King of Hanover; mother of Duke of Cumberland.

^{page 131 note 2} Crackanthorpe; 2nd secretary.

^{page 131 note 3} Now Russian Foreign Minister.

^{page 132 note 1} Duke of Cumberland's residence.

^{page 132 note 2} The Traunsee.

^{page 132 note 3} The Traunstein.

^{page 133 note 1} Archduke; Franz Ferdinand's 3rd cousin.

^{page 133 note 2} Archduke; Franz Salvator's elder brother.

^{page 133 note 3} Archduke; Franz Joseph's 2nd cousin once removed; inspector-general of army.

^{page 133 note 4} Archduke Eugen; Friedrich's brother.

^{page 133 note 5} Cumberland's son-in-law.

^{page 133 note 6} Friedrich Franz IV; Cumberland's grandson.

^{page 133 note 7} Adolf Friedrich V; Cumberland's 2nd cousin.

^{page 133 note 8} Cumberland's sister.

^{page 133 note 9} Originally entered on page for 28 Jan., and corrected by Goschen.

^{page 133 note 10} Proprietor and editor, Review of Reviews.

^{page 133 note 11} Originally entered on page for 29 Jan., and corrected by Goschen.

^{page 133 note 12} Not identified; Goschen may have mis-spelt the name.

^{page 133 note 13} Added by Goschen at the bottom of the page.

^{page 134 note 1} Chiari.

^{page 135 note 1} The Hofball; to be distinguished from the Ball beim Hof.

^{page 135 note 2} Probably Prince Peter.

^{page 135 note 3} Prince Peter's father was the Due de Nemours, who was born at the Château d'Eu.

^{page 135 note 4} Prince August; captain, Austro-Hungarian Navy.

^{page 135 note 5} On 7 Feb. at Seacox Heath.

^{page 135 note 6} Goschen's eldest sister, Henrietta Vaughan, had died at Dresden in 1906.

^{page 136 note 1} Now permanent under-secretary, Foreign Office.

^{page 136 note 2} Councillor, Peking. He had served with Goschen in St Petersburg.

^{page 136 note 3} Appointed Minister, Santiago; did not proceed.

^{page 136 note 4} Grey's assistant private secretary.

^{page 136 note 5} Carnegie's wife.

^{page 136 note 6} Leader writer; authority on military matters.

^{page 137 note 1} Representatives.

^{page 137 note 2} Princess Clémentine's daughter; wife of Archduke Joseph.

^{page 137 note 3} Goschen was suffering from an abscess; it had been cut the previous day.

^{page 137 note 4} Probably Ernst von Plener; Liberal politician; former Finance Minister.

^{page 138 note 1} Minister-President in ‘Austria’.

^{page 138 note 2} For 1906.

^{page 138 note 3} Senior clerk, Foreign Office.

^{page 139 note 1} Casa Calvo.

^{page 139 note 2} Bulgarian agent.

^{page 139 note 3} Appointed the previous day.

^{page 139 note 4} Italian Foreign Minister.

^{page 140 note 1} Dzieduszycki.

^{page 140 note 2} The Admiral and his wife are difficult to identify in view of Goschen's uncertainty as to their name.

^{page 141 note 1} To his constituents.

^{page 141 note 2} Word or words evidently omitted in MS.

^{page 141 note 3} Schönaich.

^{page 141 note 4} United States Ambassador (Storer's successor).

^{page 141 note 5} Archduke Karl; next in line of succession after Franz Ferdinand.

^{page 141 note 6} Widow of Archduke Otto, Franz Ferdinand's brother, who had died in 1906.

^{page 142 note 1} Austro-Hungarian Ambassador in Constantinople; Goschen had known him in St Petersburg.

^{page 142 note 2} Goschen originally wrote: ‘I thought I had finished.’ He then deleted ‘had finished’. Hence the odd syntax.

^{page 142 note 3} Now 3rd secretary.

^{page 143 note 1} Neue Freie Presse, 29 04 1907.Google Scholar

^{page 143 note 2} Marie (May), wife of Friedrich Count Larisch, secretary, Austro-Hungarian Legation, Munich.

^{page 143 note 3} Austro-Hungarian Minister, Bucharest.

^{page 143 note 4} Goschen, to Grey, , 1 05 1907Google Scholar, F.O. 371/195.

^{page 144 note 1} Forgách; newly appointed Austro-Hungarian Minister, Belgrade; Goschen had known him in St Petersburg.

^{page 144 note 2} Letter, word or words, omitted.

^{page 144 note 3} Steed had probably referred to Tenuta di San Rossori at Cascine Vecchie, near Pisa.

^{page 144 note 4} Sister of Prince Hugo zu Windisch-Graetz.

^{page 144 note 5} Dzieduszycki.

^{page 145 note 1} For the history of this episode see Walters, E., ‘Aehrenthal's attempt in 1907 to re-group the European Powers’, Slavonic and East European Review, xxx (1951–1952), p. 213Google Scholar; for another view, Bridge, F. R., Great Britain and Austria-Hungary 1906–1914, p. 56.Google Scholar

^{page 145 note 2} This sentence evidently added subsequently.

^{page 145 note 3} Edward VII.

^{page 145 note 4} This paragraph evidently added subsequently.

^{page 145 note 5} Clothilde.

^{page 145 note 6} Probably wife of Count Gyula Karolyi.

^{page 145 note 7} Hungarian landowner and wife.

^{page 146 note 1} Descendant of the last Palatine of Hungary.

^{page 146 note 2} Now Councillor, Foreign Ministry.

^{page 146 note 3} Wife of Hungarian Minister-President.

^{page 146 note 4} French Ambassador.

^{page 147 note 1} That is, the page for 4 June.

^{page 147 note 2} Although Goschen wrote this entry on the page for 4 June, the events described occurred on 3 June.

^{page 147 note 3} Mensdorff noted in his diary for Sunday 2 June 1907 that he had had an exhausting week. He had had unpleasant conversations with Grey and Hardinge, who had received information to the effect that Aehrenthal wanted to introduce a new grouping of the powers into Macedonian affairs; this grouping would consist of the three ‘Kaisermächte’, together with France, to the exclusion of England and Italy. He commented: ‘Natürlich nehmen sie es übel und sind sehr schlect auf uns zu sprechen.’ (Mensdorff, Tagebuch, 2 June 1907, Nachlass Albert Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein, Karton IV, Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv, Vienna.) I am much indebted to Dr. F. R. Bridge, who has kindly lent me his transcript of this material.

^{page 147 note 4} Aristides Count Baltazzi; wealthy Moravian landowner.

^{page 147 note 5} Wednesday 5 June.

^{page 147 note 6} Goschen to Hardinge, 23 May 1907, H.P., 10.

^{page 147 note 7} Hardinge to Goschen, 28 May 1907 (copy), H.P., 10.

^{page 147 note 8} 3 June 1907.

^{page 147 note 9} In Moravia.

^{page 148 note 1} Not identified.

^{page 148 note 2} Wife of Prince Otto Windisch-Graetz; daughter of Archduke Rudolf.

^{page 148 note 3} Wife of Count Gyula Széchenyi.

^{page 148 note 4} Grey to Goschen, 4 June 1907, B.D., v. no. 161.

^{page 148 note 5} Goschen originally wrote ‘appeared’; hence the odd syntax.

^{page 149 note 1} Mürzsteg.

^{page 149 note 2} For Demidoff's part in the episode see Goschen to Hardinge, 10 June 1907 (decypher), H.P., 10.

^{page 150 note 1} Notes exchanged in London and Paris, 16 May 1907, B.D., vii, nos. 39–41.

^{page 151 note 1} Prince Karl Kinsky; former Austro-Hungarian diplomat; also famous amateur rider, who won the Grand National, riding his own mare, in 1883; spent much time in England.

^{page 151 note 2} In London.

^{page 151 note 3} See Goschen to Hardinge, 28 June 1907, H.P., 10.

^{page 152 note 1} ‘Mürzsteg’.

^{page 152 note 2} Journal des Débats, 10 07 1907.Google Scholar

^{page 153 note 1} Carnegie.

^{page 153 note 2} ‘Benjie’ was a nickname.

^{page 154 note 1} To Wilhelm II at Wilhelmshöhe, 14 Aug.; to Franz Joseph at Ischl, 15 Aug.

^{page 154 note 2} Herrero leader.

^{page 154 note 3} President, French Council of Ministers.

^{page 154 note 4} From Carlsbad.

^{page 155 note 1} American soprano.

^{page 155 note 2} Princess Joachim de Murat.

^{page 155 note 3} Marienbad habituée. Upholder formerly of General Boulanger, later of women's rights.

^{page 155 note 4} Agent and Consul-General, Bulgaria.

^{page 155 note 5} Goschen, to Hardinge, , 2 09 1907Google Scholar, H.P., 10.

^{page 156 note 1} Goschen, to Grey, , 5 09 1907Google Scholar, B.D., iv, no. 523.

^{page 156 note 2} On 5 Sept. Isvolsky came to Marienbad and lunched with the King; he had a talk with Goschen before lunch.

^{page 156 note 3} Edward VII's younger brother.

^{page 156 note 4} Of which the duke was colonel-in-chief.

^{page 156 note 5} Nicholas II's uncle.

^{page 156 note 6} Wife of the grand duke; a duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

^{page 156 note 7} Member of Connaught's suite.

^{page 156 note 8} Friedrich I.

^{page 157 note 1} He was 2nd secretary.

^{page 157 note 2} Ethel Smyth; composer.

^{page 157 note 3} Probably Der Strandrecht ( The Wreckers).

^{page 157 note 4} Manuel Garcia, 1805–1906; Catalan singing-master; taught at Royal Academy of Music, 1848–95.

^{page 157 note 5} See Goschen, to Grey, , 4 10 1907Google Scholar, B.D., v. no. 168.

^{page 157 note 6} Tschirschky; hitherto Secretary of State.

^{page 158 note 1} Frau von Tschirschky was Viennese, but not of an aristocratic family.

^{page 158 note 2} In the Banat.

^{page 158 note 3} Chief of Section, Foreign Ministry.

^{page 159 note 1} Chief of Section, Foreign Ministry.

^{page 159 note 2} German Ambassadress.

^{page 159 note 3} Former Liberal M.P.; founder of the Balkan Committee.

^{page 159 note 4} The diary does not give the date of Goschen's arrival in London, nor that of his return to Vienna.