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race, Anglo-German 147–50, 220–22, 318–19, 323, 593 n 85
    Naval League (Germany) 229
    naval talks, Anglo-Russian (1914) 225, 421–2, 444, 491
    Nekliudov, Anatolii Vasilevich 263, 264
    Nemes, Count Albert 395
    Nemitz, A.V. 341, 348–9
    Neratov, Anatol 259, 260, 280
    Neue Freie Presse 88, 377, 381
    New York 180 New York Herald 512
    Nicholas II, Tsar:
    Â Â Â and Austrian annexation of Bosnia 85, 188
    Â Â Â and Austrian ultimatum to Serbia (July 1914) 427–8, 461, 462, 468, 475, 483
    Â Â Â Balkan Wars arbitration 256, 275
    Â Â Â Baltic Port meeting with Kaiser Wilhelm (1912) 314–15, 316–17
    Â Â Â Björkö meeting with Kaiser Wilhelm (1905) 154–5, 181, 184
    Â Â Â and Liman von Sanders mission in Constantinople 339, 345
    Â Â Â and military expenditure 218, 219, 267
    Â Â Â mobilization of army and preparations for war (July 1914) 477, 500, 507, 508–9, 512–14
    Â Â Â Paris visit (1896) 170
    Â Â Â Poincaré’s state visit to St Petersburg (July 1914) 442, 443–4, 446, 450, 471, 499–500
    Â Â Â political influence and development of foreign policy 173, 175–8, 184, 199
    Â Â Â Potsdam Accord (1910) 167, 189, 314
    Â Â Â Racconigi Bargain 93, 244
    Â Â Â relations with press 235
    Â Â Â Reval meeting with King Edward VII (1908) 235
    Â Â Â Turkish Straits question 341, 345
    Â Â Â visits King Carol in Romania (1914) 278
    Â Â Â â€˜Willy-Nicky’ telegrams with Kaiser 512–13, 523–4, 526
    Â Â Â and winter crisis 1912-13 267–8, 269–70
    Nicolai, Walter 517, 524
    Nicolson, Sir Arthur ( later 1st Baron Carnock):
    Â Â Â Agadir crisis (1911) 209
    Â Â Â Anglo-Russian Convention (1907) 87, 158, 324, 325–6, 539, 546
    Â Â Â diplomatic career 165, 202, 223, 227
    Â Â Â on German rapprochement 359
    Â Â Â Haldane mission to Berlin (1912) 320
    Â Â Â July 1914 crisis and outbreak of war 539, 540, 541
    Â Â Â Libyan War (1911-12) 246
    Â Â Â relations with Grey 325, 539
    Â Â Â on Serbo-Bulgarian alliance (1912) 354
    Nikola I, King of Montenegro 92, 283, 284, 285, 291, 447
    Nikolaievich, Grand Duke Nikolai 270, 447, 448, 475
    Nikolaievich, Grand Duke Pyotr 270, 447
    Nile, River 132, 133, 145
    NiÅ¡ 16, 458, 459, 464, 467 Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung 230
    Norway 501, 520–21
    Novaković, Milan 16
    Novoye Vremya (newspaper) 230, 231, 236, 265, 389, 473, 629 n 94
    nuclear war 562
    NuÅ¡ić, Branislav 18
    Obilić, MiloÅ¡ 23, 24, 51, 386, 387, 574 n 138
    Oblakov ridge 253
    Obrenović dynasty 5–13
    Â Â Â  see also Alexandar I, King of Serbia; Milan I, King of Serbia
    Obrenović, MiloÅ¡ 6
    Odessa, military district 475, 479, 507, 525
    official histories of First World War xxi–xxii Ohrid 43, 256
    oil production 316, 317, 337, 338
    Orange Book, Russian 509
    Oriental Railway Company 117–18
    Orlov-Davidov, Countess Thekla 111
    Ottoman Empire:
    Â Â Â Balkan Wars (1912-13) 42–3, 113, 252–6, 258, 457
    Â Â Â control of Balkans 6, 21, 22, 23, 24, 31, 42, 78, 368
    Â Â Â economy 69, 335–8
    Â Â Â German military mission 338–40, 341–6, 349, 352–3, 418, 484
    Â Â Â Graeco-Turkish tensions 444, 485
    Â Â Â Libyan War (1911-12) 243–50
    Â Â Â railways 145, 251, 335–7, 338, 363
    Â Â Â Russo-Turkish War (1877-78) 125, 250, 273
    Â Â Â Thirty Days’ War (1897) 294
    Â Â Â Young Turks 84, 246
    Ottoman army 338–9
    Ottoman navy 247, 248, 250, 341, 485, 557
    Oxford Chronicle 492
    Paču, Lazar 458–9, 460, 461
    Palacky, FrantiÅ¡ek 72
    Pale (Bosnia) 49, 384
    Paléologue, Maurice:
    Â Â Â ambassador to Russia 190, 308, 359, 435–8, 440
    Â Â Â and Austrian ultimatum to Serbia (July 1914) 471–2, 486
    Â Â Â background, character and early career