Official positions of principal persons mentioned in the correspondence
- Adee, Alvey A., Second Assistant Secretary of State of the United States.
- Albert, King of the Belgians.
- Alfonso XIII, King of Spain.
- Ali Kuli Khan, Nabil-ed-Dovleh, Persian Chargé d’Affaires at Washington.
- Anderson, George E., U. S. Consul General at Hongkong.
- Andrews, William Whiting, U. S. Secretary of Legation at Bucharest.
- Asquith, Herbert Henry, Prime Minister of Great Britain.
- Bailey, James G., U. S. Secretary of Legation at Lisbon.
- Baker, E. Carleton, U. S. Consul at Nagasaki.
- Baker, Newton D., Secretary of War of the United States.
- Bakhméteff, George, Russian Ambassador at Washington.
- Balfour, Arthur J., First Lord of the British Admiralty prior to Dec. 11, 1916; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs after Dec. 11.
- Barclay, Colville A. de R., Counselor of the British Embassy at Washington.
- Barton, Rev. James L., Secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and Chairman of the Board of Near East Relief.
- Bassermann, Ernst, Member of the Reichstag; leader of the National Liberals.
- Benedict XV, The Pope.
- Benson, William S., Admiral, U. S. Navy.
- Bergholz, Leo Allen, U. S. Consul General at Dresden.
- Bernstorff, Johann Heinrich A., Count von., German Ambassador at Washington.
- Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald Theodore Friedrich Alfred von., German Imperial Chancellor and Prussian Minister President.
- Beyens, Baron E., Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- Bicknell, Ernest P., National Director, and Director General of Civilian Relief, of the American Red Cross.
- Birch, Thomas Howard, U. S. Minister in Portugal.
- Bissing, Moritz Ferdinand, Baron von., German Governor General in Belgium.
- Bliss, Robert Woods, U. S. Counselor of Embassy at Paris.
- Boardman, Mabel Thorp, Member of the Executive Committee of the American Red Cross.
- Brewster, William M., U. S. Consular Agent at Alexandretta, Turkey.
- Briand, Aristide, President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of France.
- Brittain, Joseph I., U. S. Consul General at Sydney, Australia.
- Bryce, James, Viscount, Member of the British House of Lords; former Ambassador to the United States.
- Bryn, Helmer Halvorsen, Norwegian Minister at Washington.
- Burian von Rajecz, Stephan, Baron., Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the Council of Ministers.
- Burleson, Albert Sidney, U. S. Postmaster General.
- Capelle, Eduard von, German Admiral and Secretary of State for the Navy.
- Cave, Sir George, Solicitor General of Great Britain.
- Cecil, Edgar Algernon Robert, Viscount., Minister of Blockade and Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Great Britain.
- Charles I (IV), Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (Nov. 21 and Dec. 30, 1916, respectively).
- Chinda, Sutemi, Viscount, Japanese Ambassador at Washington.
- Churchill, Winston Spencer, Member of the British Parliament.
- Clemenceau, Georges Eugène Benjamin., Former President of the French Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- Clémentel, Etienne, French Minister of Commerce.
- Coffin, William, U. S. Consul General at Budapest.
- Constantine, King of the Hellenes.
- Crawford, Sir Richard F., Commercial Adviser of the British Embassy at Washington.
- Crowe, Sir Eyre, British Assistant Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
- Czernin, Count Ottokar, Austro-Hungarian Minister in Roumania.
- Daniels, Josephus, Secretary of the U. S. Navy.
- Dearing, Fred Morris, U. S. Chargé d’Affaires in Russia.
- Densmore, John B., Solicitor for the Department of Labor.
- Diederich, Henry W., U. S. Consul General at Antwerp.
- Djemal Pasha, Turkish Minister of Marine; Commander of the Fourth Army in Syria.
- Dominíci, Don Santos A., Venezuelan Minister at Washington.
- Doumergue, Gaston, French Minister of Colonies.
- Droppers, Garrett, U. S. Minister in Greece.
- Dunlap, Maurice P., U. S. Consul at Stavanger.
- Ebert, Friedrich, German Socialist member of the Reichstag.
- Egan, Maurice Francis, U. S. Minister in Denmark.
- Einstein, Lewis, U. S. Special Agent at Sofia with rank of Chargé d’Affaires.
- Ekengren, W. A. F., Swedish Minister at Washington.
- Elkus, Abram I., U. S. Ambassador in Turkey after July 1916.
- Elston, John A., Member of the U. S. House of Representatives.
- Falkenhayn, Erich G. A. S. von, Chief of the General Staff of the German Army prior to Aug. 1916.
- Ferdinand I, King of Roumania.
- Fitzgerald, John J., Member of the U. S. House of Representatives.
- FitzRoy, Sir Almeric William, Clerk of the British Privy Council.
- Flett, James, U. S. Consular Agent at Kirkwall.
- Francis, David R., U. S. Ambassador in Russia.
- Francis Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (died November 21, 1916).
- Garrels, Arthur, U. S. Consul at Alexandria.
- George V, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, etc., Emperor of India.
- Gerard, James Watson, U. S. Ambassador in Germany.
- Gibson, Hugh S., U. S. Secretary of Embassy at London.
- Glazebrook, Otis A., U. S. Consul at Jerusalem.
- Goding, Frederick W., U. S. Consul General at Guayaquil.
- Greene, Warwick, Director of the War Relief Commission at Stockholm.
- Gregory, Thomas Watt, Attorney General of the United States.
- Grew, Joseph Clark, U. S. Counselor of Embassy at Berlin.
- Grey, Sir Edward, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs prior to Dec. 11, 1916.
- Guthrie, George W., U. S. Ambassador in Japan.
- Haig, Sir Douglas, Field Marshal and Commander in Chief of the British Expeditionary Forces in France.
- Hale, Edward J., U. S. Minister in Costa Rica.
- Hale, William Bayard, American editor and newspaper correspondent.
- Halil Bey, Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs.
- Hamilton, Norman R., U. S. Collector of Customs in Norfolk.
- Heizer, Oscar Stuart, U. S. Consul at Trebizond, Turkey.
- Helfferich, Karl, German Secretary of State for the Interior.
- Hindenburg, Paul von B., Chief of the General Staff of the German Army after August 29. 1916.
- Hoffmann, A., Swiss Minister for Foreign Affairs.
- Holder, Charles A., U. S. Foreign Trade Adviser.
- Hollis, William Stanley, U. S. Consul General at Beirut.
- Hoover, Herbert Clark, Chairman of the Commission for Relief in Belgium.
- Horton, George, U. S. Consul General at Smyrna.
- House, Edward Mandell, Personal representative of President Wilson to the European Governments.
- Howard, Sir Esme William, British Minister in Sweden.
- Hussein, Abdul Hak, Turkish Secretary of Embassy and Chargé d’Affaires at Washington.
- Ishii, Baron Kikujiro, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- Jackson, Jesse B., U. S. Consul at Aleppo.
- Jagow, Gottlieb E. G. von, German Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs prior to Nov. 23, 1916.
- Jay, Peter Augustus, U. S. Counselor of Embassy at Rome.
- Jellicoe, Sir John Rushworth, British Admiral in command of the Grand Fleet.
- Joffre, Joseph Jacques Césaire, Commander in Chief of the French Armies.
- Jusserand, Jean Adrien Antoine Jules., French Ambassador at Washington.
- Kehl, John E., U. S. Consul at Saloniki.
- Kitchin, Claude, Member of the U. S. House of Representatives.
- Klobukowski, A. W., French Minister in Belgium.
- Lacaze, G. C., French Vice Admiral and Minister of Marine.
- Lancken, Baron von der, Chief of the Political Department of the Government General in Belgium.
- Langhorne, Marshall, U. S. Secretary of Legation at The Hague.
- Lansing, Robert, Secretary of State of the United States.
- Latham, Charles L., U. S. Consul at Dundee.
- Laughlin, Irwin B., U. S. Counselor of Embassy at London.
- Law, Andrew Bonar, British Secretary of State for the Colonies prior to Dec. 11, 1916; Chancellor of the Exchequer after Dec. 11.
- Lay, Julius G., U. S. Consul General at Berlin.
- Letcher, Marion, Acting Foreign Trade Adviser of the United States.
- Listoe, Soren, U. S. Consul General at Rotterdam.
- Lloyd George, David, Minister of Munitions prior to July 5, 1916; British Secretary of State for War, July 5–Dec. 11; Prime Minister after Dec. 11.
- Loudon, Jonkheer J., Netherland Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- Ludendorff, Erich F. W., First Quartermaster General of the German Army after Aug. 30, 1916.
- Macchi di Cellere,Vincenzo,Count, Italian Ambassador at Washington.
- Macchio, Baron von, Austro-Hungarian Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
- Magruder, Alexander Richardson, U. S. Secretary of Legation at Stockholm.
- Malburn, William P., Assistant Secretary of the U. S. Treasury.
- McAdoo, William Gibbs, Secretary of the U. S. Treasury.
- McClure, S. S., Editor of the New York Evening Mail.
- McNeely, Robert N., U. S. Consul at Aden.
- Mohammed V, Sultan of Turkey.
- Moore, Hayden L., U. S. Collector of Customs at San Juan.
- Morgan, Edwin V., U. S. Ambassador in Brazil.
- Morgan, Henry H., U. S. Consul General at Hamburg.
- Morgenthau, Henry, U. S. Ambassador in Turkey prior to July 1916.
- Morris, Ira Nelson, U. S. Minister in Sweden.
- Morris, Leland Burnette, U. S. Vice Consul at Smyrna.
- Müller, Lauro Severiano, Brazilian Minister for Foreign Affairs.
- Murphy, Dominic I., U. S. Consul General at Sofia.
- Murray, Arthur, Maj. Gen. U. S. Army (retired); Acting Chairman of the Central Committee of the American Red Cross.
- Newton, Byron R., Assistant Secretary of the U. S. Treasury.
- Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia.
- Northcliffe, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount., British newspaper publisher.
- Osborne, John Ball, U. S. Consul at Havre.
- Osborne, John E., Assistant Secretary of State of the United States.
- O’Shaunessy, George F., Member of the U. S. House of Representatives.
- Page, Thomas Nelson, U. S. Ambassador in Italy.
- Page, Walter Hines, U. S. Ambassador in Great Britain.
- Peet, William Wheelock, Treasurer of the American Board of Foreign Missions; trustee of the American College for Girls at Constantinople; chairman of the Administrative Committee on Near East Relief.
- Penfield, Frederic Courtland, U. S. Ambassador in Austria-Hungary.
- Peters, Andrew J., Assistant Secretary of the U. S. Treasury.
- Philip, Hoffman, U. S. Counselor of Embassy at Constantinople.
- Phillips, William, Third Assistant Secretary of State of the United States.
- Pohl, Hugo von, Admiral in command of the German battle fleet.
- Poincaré, Raymond, President of France.
- Polk, Frank Lyon, Counselor for the Department of State of the United States.
- Praeger, Otto, Second Assistant Postmaster General of the United States.
- Putney, Albert H., Chief of the Division of Near Eastern Affairs of the Department of State of the United States.
- Radoslavoff, Vassil, Bulgarian Premier, Minister for Foreign Affairs and of the Interior.
- Rappard, Chevalier W. L. F. C. van, Netherland Minister at Washington.
- Redfield, William C., Secretary of Commerce of the United States.
- Reed, Leslie E., U. S. Vice Consul at London.
- Reinsch, Paul Samuel, U. S. Minister in China.
- Reventlow, Ernst, Count zu, German journalist.
- Riaño y Gayangos, Don Juan, Spanish Ambassador at Washington.
- Roques, Pierre Auguste, French General and Minister of War.
- Sakatani, Baron Yoshiro, Japanese Envoy to the Entente Economic Conference.
- Sammons, Thomas, U. S. Consul General at Shanghai.
- Sarrail, Maurice Paul Emmanuel, French General and Commander in Chief of the Entente forces in Greece.
- Sazonov, Sergei Dmitrievich, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- Scheer, Reinhard, German Admiral and Commander of the High Sea Fleet.
- Schmedeman, Albert George, U. S. Minister in Norway.
- Sharp, William Graves, U. S. Ambassador in France.
- Shea, Joseph H., U. S. Ambassador in Chile.
- Skinner, Robert P., U. S. Consul General at London.
- Skouloudis, Stephanos, Greek Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- Smith, Sir Frederick Edwin, Attorney General of Great Britain.
- Spring Rice, Sir Cecil Arthur, British Ambassador at Washington.
- Stabler, Jordan H., U. S. Secretary of Embassy at London prior to July 19, 1916.
- Stovall, Pleasant Alexander, U. S. Minister in Switzerland.
- Stresemann, Gustav, Liberal Member of the German Reichstag.
- Stuart, Edward, Director of Relief Work of the American Red Cross in the Balkans.
- Sweet, Edwin F., Assistant Secretary of Commerce of the United States.
- Taft, William Howard, Ex-President of the United States; chairman of the Central Committee of the American Red Cross.
- Talaat Bey, Turkish Minister of the Interior.
- Taylor, Dr. Alonzo Englebert, Special Assistant attached to the U. S. Embassy in Germany.
- Thompson, Erwin W., U. S. Commercial Attaché in the Netherlands and Germany.
- Tirpitz, Alfred P. Friedrich von, German Admiral, and Secretary of State for the Navy prior to Mar. 15, 1916.
- Van Dyke, Henry, U. S. Minister in the Netherlands and Luxemburg.
- Venizelos, Eloutherios K., Former President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece.
- Vogt, Benjamin, Norwegian Minister in Great Britain.
- Vopicka, Charles J., U. S. Minister in Roumania, Serbia, and Bulgaria.
- Vouros, A., Greek Chargé d’Affaires at Washington.
- Westacott, Richard, U. S. Vice Consul at London.
- Whitlock, Brand, U. S. Minister in Belgium.
- William II, German Emperor, King of Prussia.
- Willard, Joseph Edward, U. S. Ambassador in Spain.
- Wilson, Charles Stetson, U. S. Counselor of Embassy at Madrid.
- Wilson, William B., Secretary of Labor of the United States.
- Wilson, Woodrow, President of the United States.
- Winslow, L. Lanier, U. S. Secretary of Embassy at Berlin.
- Woolsey, Lester H., Law Adviser to the Secretary of State of the United States.
- Wrangel, Count A. M. H., Swedish Minister in Great Britain.
- Zimmermann, Alfred F. M., German Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs after Nov. 23, 1916.
- Zwiedinek, Baron Erich, Counselor of the Austro-Hungarian Embassy and Chargé d’Affaires at Washington.