Index1

  • Aerial navigation clauses of German peace treaty, summary, 371372
  • Aeronautical Commission, 7881, 113115
  • Africa (see also Germany: Colonies: African), international conventions concerning: Commissions to revise, personnel, 142144; signature of revised conventions at St. Germain, Sept. 10, 433
  • Albania: Commission on Greek and Albanian Affairs, 8384, 124, 875, 876; Greek claims in North Epirus, 859861
  • Alsace-Lorraine:
    • German peace treaty provisions, summary: Economic, 342, 364365; political, 340342
    • Repatriation of Alsace-Lorrainers incorporated in German Army, German violation of armistice conditions regarding, 980981, 986987
  • Arab nations (see also Hedjaz; Syria):
    • Confederation of, proposed: Emir Feisal’s statement before Council of Ten, 889894; opposition of Syrian Commission, 10281033
    • Franco-British declaration respecting emancipation of peoples oppressed by Turks, 10161017
    • International inquiry to determine nature of assistance desired from League of Nations, proposal by Emir Feisal, 891
    • Mandatory system, discussions concerning application, 891, 892, 10171018, 1020, 10341036
    • Military action in the war, 889890, 891892, 892893
  • Arbitration, 306309
  • Armenia, 873, 1018
  • Armies, Allied:
    • Demobilization program, 713714
    • Occupation of—
    • Strength on Western Front during armistice period:
      • British proposal for reduction of German forces to permit reduction of Allied forces, 694697, 702, 705713
      • Commission to study (Committee on Control of Production of Materials of War in Germany and Disarmament of German Army): Personnel, 85, 9293, 713, 910; report and discussions thereof, 897900, 910925; resolution establishing, 696697, 702, 713
      • Marshal Foch’s reports and recommendations, 705706, 896897
      • Statistics, 705706, 896897, 909
  • Armistice, German:
  • Arms convention, signature at St. Germain, Sept. 10, 433
  • Asia Minor, Greek territorial claims, 868875
  • Australia:
  • Austria:
    • Food relief, 429
    • German peace treaty clauses concerning, summary: Boundary, 335; political, 343
    • League of Nations, views, 430
    • Prisoners of War in Siberia (German, Austrian, and Hungarian), Commission on Repatriation of, 142
    • Tientsin Concession, commission to study Italian demand for cession of, 131132
    • Treaty of peace with Allied and Associated Powers (see also Germany: Preliminary peace):
      • Austrian delegates to receive and sign, names, 426, 432
      • Commission to Study Austrian Observations on Conditions of Peace, 135139; to Coordinate Replies to Austrian Counter-propositions, 139
      • Plenary sessions of Peace Conference concerning: May 29, postponement of consideration upon request of certain governments for actual text, 392393; May 31, consideration of incomplete treaty, and declarations, suggestions, etc., 395410
      • Receipt of terms from Allies at St. Germain, June 2, 424430; statement by Austrian delegate, 427430
      • Roumanian declarations concerning, 395401, 408409
      • Signature at St. Germain, Sept. 10, 431434
      • Terms, discussions concerning:
  • Austria-Hungary. See Austria; Hungary.
  • Baltic Affairs, Commission on, 125126
  • Banat, statement of Roumanian and Serbian claims before Council of Ten, 814815, 822834, 851; question of occupation by Allied troops, 829, 851
  • Belgium:
  • Belligerents, representation at Peace Conference. See under Representation.
  • Bessarabia: Participation in Prince’s Island conference, question of, 733; Roumanian claims to, 733, 847848, 848851
  • Blockade of Germany, 418, 900, 901, 904, 905, 933934, 951, 954, 984985, 986
  • Bolivia:
    • Representation at Peace Conference:
      • Delegation: Lists of personnel, 31, 60; number of plenipotentiaries, 172, 600
      • Participation in Economic Commission, question of, 461, 465
    • Reservations to draft labor convention, 258
  • Bolshevism. See under Germany, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and Wilson, Woodrow.
  • Brazil, representation at Peace Conference:
  • British Dominions and India (see also specific countries):
  • Bukovina, Roumanian claims, 395, 847, 848851
  • Bulgaria:
    • Commercial relations, resumption by Allies, 1008
    • Convention with Greece regarding reciprocal emigration, signature at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Nov. 27, 443
    • German peace treaty provisions concerning, summary, 351
    • League of Nations, views, 440
    • Territorial claims in Thrace contested by Greece, 861866
    • Treaty of peace with Allied and Associated Powers:
      • Bulgarian delegates to receive and sign, names, 436, 443
      • Receipt of terms from Allies at Paris, Sept. 19, 435441; statement by Bulgarian delegate, 436441
      • Signature at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Nov. 27, 442444
  • Bureau of Peace Conference. See under Organization.
  • Cables, submarine: Commission on, 87, 126; German peace treaty provisions, summary, 361362, 941942; Portuguese claims, 380
  • Canada:
  • Censorship, 544, 562563, 566567, 575576, 578579, 585586, 599
  • Central Territorial Committee, 81, 117118
  • China:
    • Chinese in the Red Army in Russia, 635, 656
    • German peace treaty provisions concerning, summary, 348349, 351; Chinese protest, 383384
    • Japan, relations with. See Shantung and Kiaochow, infra.
    • League of Nations, support of, 186, 228229
    • Representation at Peace Conference:
    • Shantung and Kiaochow:
      • Chinese claim, 740, 755757
      • Japanese claim, presentation before Council of Ten: Presence of Chinese delegates, 736737; statement and discussions, 738740, 754755, 756757
      • Protest and reservations by China regarding settlement provided in German treaty, 383384; summary of treaty provisions, 348349, 351
    • Tientsin, commission to study Italian demand for Austrian Concession, 131132
  • Clemenceau, Georges (Premier):
    • Addresses to plenary sessions of Peace Congress in communicating terms of peace to enemy delegations, 415416, 422423, 426427, 432, 436
    • Justification of preeminent position of the Great Powers at Peace Conference, 196199, 505506
    • Nomination to presidency of Peace Conference, 164167; speech of acceptance, 167169
  • Coal, European Commission on, 150
  • Colonies (see also under Germany): Colonial Compensation Demanded by Italy from France and Great Britain, Commission on, 128; Colonial Mandates, Commission on, 129
  • Commissions and committees of the Peace Conference (see also Councils):
    • Aeronautical Commission, 7881, 113115
    • Africa, Commission for the Revision of the Convention on the Control of Spirituous Liquors in, 143
    • Albanian Affairs, Commission on Greek and, 8384, 124, 875, 876
    • Arms and Ammunition, Commission for the Revision of the Convention Relative to the Commerce of, 144
    • Austrian Counterpropositions, Committee for the Coordination of the Replies to, 139
    • Baltic Affairs, Commission on, 125
    • Belgian and Danish Affairs, Commission on, 84, 124125, 10061007, 1014
    • Berlin and Brussels, Commission for the Revision of the General Acts of, 142143
    • Central Territorial Committee, 81, 117118
    • Coal, European Commission on, 150
    • Colonial Mandates, Commission on, 129
    • Colonies, Commission on (Colonial Compensation Demanded by Italy from France and Great Britain), 128
    • Colonies, German, Commission on, 128129
    • Conditions of Peace, Committees for the Study of the Observations of the Austrian Delegation on, 135139
    • Conditions of Peace, Committees for the Study of the Observations of the German Delegation on, 132135
    • Credentials, Committee on, 59, 92, 167, 171, 173, 549
    • Czechoslovak Affairs, Commission on, 8182, 118119
    • Danish Affairs, Commission on Belgian and, 84, 124125, 10061007, 1014
    • Drafting Committee, 59, 92, 167, 171, 175
    • Economic Commission. See Economic questions: Commission.
    • Execution of the Clauses of the Treaty of Peace with Germany, Committee on, 140142
    • Financial Commission. See Financial questions: Commission.
    • Fiume Incidents, Commission on, 153
    • Geography, Committee on, 115116
    • German Counterpropositions, Committee for the Coordination of the Replies to, 139
    • Germany, Commission on the Eastern Frontiers of, 122
    • Germany, Committee for the Determination of the Conditions of the Disarmament of (Interallied Military and Naval Committee), 85, 9394, 855, 933934, 938943, 979, 986, 1009, 1015
    • Germany, Committee for the Study of the Means of Imposing the Armistice Conditions on. See under Armistice: Enforcement.
    • Greek and Albanian Affairs, Commission on, 8384, 124, 875, 876
    • Italian Political Clauses, Commission on, 131
    • Jugoslav Affairs, Commission on Roumanian and, 83, 122124, 851855, 857
    • Kiel Canal, Subcommission on, 103104
    • Labor, Committee on the Organization of the International Conference of, 151152, 257, 282
    • Labor Legislation, Commission on International. See under Labor: Legislation.
    • Laibach, Commission on Issues of, 153
    • League of Nations, Commission on. See under League of Nations.
    • League of Nations, Committee on the Organization of, 151, 289, 330
    • Materials of War, Committee on the Control of the Production of, in Germany, and Disarmament of the German Army: Personnel, 85, 9293, 713, 910; report and discussions, 897900, 910924; resolution establishing, 702, 713
    • Materials of War Which May Be Demanded from Germany, Committee on the Specification of, 85, 93, 908, 929933, 937938
    • Military, Naval, and Aerial Clauses in the Treaty with Germany, Committee for the Drafting of, 8687, 126
    • Morocco, Commission on, 87, 126127, 130
    • New States, Commission on, 130
    • Poland, Interallied Mission to. See under Poland: Commissions.
    • Polish Affairs, Commission on, 8283, 119121, 1007, 1014
    • Political Clauses for Europe, Commission on (Treaty with Austria), 130
    • Ports, Waterways, and Railways, Commission on the International Regime of. See under Ports, etc.
    • Prisoners of war. See Prisoners of war: Commissions concerning.
    • Reparation. See Reparation: Commissions concerning.
    • Responsibility of the Authors of the War and the Enforcement of Penalties, Commission on. See Responsibility: Commission.
    • Rhine questions: Committee on the Rhine Territory, 141; Interallied Commission on the Left Bank of the Rhine, 127; Interallied Commission on the Rhine Territory, 129
    • Roumanian and Jugoslav Affairs, Commission on, 83, 122124, 851855, 857
    • Scapa Flow, Committee on the Destruction of the German Fleet at, 141
    • Smyrna, Commission on Issues of, 153
    • Spitzbergen, Commission on, 144145
    • Submarine Cables, Enemy, Commission on, 87, 126
    • Teschen Commission, Permanent Interallied. See under Poland: Teschen conflict.
    • Tientsin, Commission on, 131132
    • Treaties of 1839, Commission for the Revision of, 145146
  • Constantinople, 864865
  • Costa Rica, nonrepresentation at Peace Conference, 534535, 540
  • Councils:
  • Credentials, Committee on, 59, 92, 167, 171, 173, 549
  • Cuba:
    • Representation at Peace Conference:
      • Commissions, participation in, 452, 453, 466
      • Delegation: Lists of personnel, 36, 60; number of plenipotentiaries, 172, 546, 548, 600
    • Reservations to draft labor convention, 257
  • Cyprus, Greek claim to, 861
  • Czechoslovakia:
    • Austrian peace treaty, observations on, 401403
    • German peace treaty clauses concerning, summary: Boundary, 335, 375; political, 343; ports, waterways, and railways, 375
    • Representation at Peace Conference:
    • Territorial claims (see also Poland: Teschen conflict):
      • Commission on Czechoslovak Affairs: Personnel, 8182, 118119; resolution establishing, 887
      • Presentation of claims of Ruthenes in Hungary and Serbs in Lusatia, 886
      • Statement before Council of Ten, 782784, 877887
    • Treaty relating to, signature at St. Germain, Sept. 10, 433
    • Troops in Russia, 582, 590, 636
  • Danzig: German peace treaty political clauses concerning, summary, 344345; Polish troops in France, question of return to Poland via Danzig, 471472, 477479, 496, 669, 670675, 685686
  • Denmark: Commission on Belgian and Danish Affairs, 84, 124125; German peace treaty boundary clauses concerning, summary, 336
  • Directories of Peace Conference: Apr. 1, 190; Oct. 1, 91153
  • Disarmament. See under Germany.
  • Dobrudja, Roumanian claims, 851
  • Drafting Committee, 59, 92, 167, 171, 175, 562
  • Economic questions:
    • Austrian peace treaty provisions, Roumanian declaration concerning, 397
    • Commission: Personnel, lists, 7478, 108113; powers with special interests, desire for increased representation, 457466; terms of reference, preparation by Economic Drafting Committee, 718, 730732
    • German armistice, economic clauses, 512515
    • German peace treaty, economic clauses, 364371
  • Ecuador:
    • Representation at Peace Conference:
      • Commissions, question of participation in, 453, 461, 466
      • Delegation: Lists of personnel, 36, 60; number of plenipotentiaries, 172, 600
    • Reservations to draft labor convention, 258
  • Egypt, German peace treaty provisions concerning, summary, 350351
  • Enemy powers, question of representation at Peace Conference, 505, 535, 541, 597
  • Financial questions:
    • Agreements, signature at St. Germain, Sept 10: Cost of liberating territories of former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, 433; reparation as regards Italy, 433
    • Austrian peace treaty, Roumanian declarations concerning financial clauses, 398
    • Commission on: Personnel, lists, 7174, 104108; powers with special interests, desire for increased representation, 457466; terms of reference, preparation by Financial Drafting Committee, 701702, 718, 730
    • German armistice, financial clauses, 474, 508510, 517519, 521, 525526, 946953, 983984
    • German peace treaty, summary of financial clauses, 362364
  • Finland, question of recognition, 638, 734735
  • Fiume Incidents, Commission on, 153
  • Foch, Marshal:
    • Protest against German peace treaty provisions respecting occupation of Left Bank of the Rhine and bridgeheads, 384388
    • Reports on—
      • Execution of armistice by Germany, 469471, 495496
      • Strength of Allied forces on Western Front during armistice period, 705706, 896897
  • Food relief (see also under Germany and Poland): Austria, 429; Interallied Food Council, 512, 522523; Russia, question of, 652653, 658659, 667668; Supreme Council of Supply and Relief, 779, 830840
  • Fourteen Points, cited, 418, 484, 677, 678, 762, 812, 865, 868869, 889, 954, 959, 1016, 1020
  • France:
    • Censorship in, 544, 562563, 578579, 585, 599
    • Claims to German colonies in Africa, 758763; Franco-British convention relating to Togoland, cited, 750, 758759
    • German peace treaty provisions concerning, summary: Alsace-Lorraine, 340342; boundary clauses, 335; Morocco, 349350; Saar Basin, 337340
    • Joint declaration with Great Britain respecting emancipation of peoples oppressed by Turks, 10161017
    • Labor legislation, international, views on, 247249
    • League of Nations, declarations and views concerning, 183186, 219224, 294302, 313314
    • Mandatory system: Desire of Syrian Commission for France to be mandatory for Syria, 10351036; French views, 760763, 768769, 803805
    • Prisoners of war in Germany, German treatment of, 470471, 495496
    • Representation at Peace Conference: Lists of personnel, 1520, 60; number of plenipotentiaries, 172, 546, 548
    • Restitution by Germany of property taken from occupied territory: Cattle, 978, 1007, 1008, 10111012; machinery, 517519, 523524, 529530; railway material, 469470, 495
    • Treaties with United States and Great Britain regarding aggression unprovoked of Germany, 379
  • Galicia. See under Poland.
  • Geography, Committee on, 115116
  • Germany (see also Poland: Germany, relations with; Prisoners of war):
    • Armistice. See Armistice.
    • Blockade of, 418, 900, 901, 904, 905, 933934, 951, 954, 984985, 986
    • Bolshevism, 516, 528, 639640, 660, 992
    • Boundaries: Commission on Eastern Frontiers of Germany, 122; peace treaty provisions, summary, 335336
    • Cables, submarine. See Cables.
    • Colonies, possessions, and rights outside Germany:
    • Disarmament:
      • British proposal for reduction of German forces to permit reduction of Allied forces on Western Front, 654, 669, 694697, 702, 705713
      • Commissions concerning:
        • Control of Production of War Material in Germany and Disarmament of German Army: Personnel, 85, 9293, 713, 910; report and discussions, 897900, 910924; resolution establishing, 702, 713
        • Determination of Conditions of Disarmament of Germany (Interallied Military and Naval Committee), 85, 9394, 855, 933934, 938943, 979, 986, 1015
        • Specification of Materials of War Which May Be Demanded from Germany, 85, 93, 908, 929933, 937938
      • Methods of accomplishing, discussions: Armistice terms, proposed, 694697, 707713, 910914, 916924; military, naval, and aerial terms of peace, proposal for immediate imposition of, 933934, 938943, 971979, 985986, 10011006, 1009, 10141015
      • Military, naval, and aerial clauses of treaty of peace, and guarantees, summary, 352355, 376378, 939943
    • Food relief: Agreement regarding use of German merchant fleet, discussions, 512515, 521522, 527528, 594, 611, 612, 947, 983, 996; financial aspects, 515517, 522523, 528529
    • League of Nations, views, 419
    • Postal and telegraph facilities in occupied regions, German request for, 927, 935936
    • Preliminary peace of Germany and Austria-Hungary with Allied and Associated Powers, proposed, 933934, 938943, 971979, 985986, 10011006, 1009, 10141015
    • Reparation. See Reparation.
    • Responsibility for the war. See Responsibility.
    • Submarines, 474476, 498499, 510512, 521, 526, 643, 888889, 939940, 982983, 992999
    • Treaty of peace with Allied and Associated Powers (see also Preliminary peace, supra):
      • Commissions concerning:
        • Execution of the Clauses, 140142
        • Study of German Observations on the Conditions of Peace, 132135; Coordination of Replies to German Counter-propositions, 139
      • German delegates to receive and sign, names, 415, 422
      • Receipt of terms from Allies at Versailles, May 7: Address by President Clemenceau, 415416; statement by German delegate, 417420
      • Signature at Versailles, June 28, 421423
      • Summary communicated to plenary session of Peace Conference, May 6, 334379; protests, reservations, declarations, etc., 379390
      • Terms, summary and declarations concerning:
        • Aerial navigation, 371372
        • Boundaries of Germany, 335336
        • Economic clauses, 364371
        • Financial clauses, 362364
        • German rights and interests outside Germany, 347351; Chinese protest against settlement of Shantung question, 383384
        • Guarantees, 376378; Marshal Foch’s protest against provisions regarding occupation of the Rhine, 384388
        • Labor clauses, 268269, 283284, 315318, 331332, 376
        • League of Nations Covenant, 287, 334, 335, 789
        • Military, naval, and air clauses, 352355, 938943
        • Miscellaneous, 378379
        • Penalties, 356357
        • Political clauses for Europe, 336347
        • Ports, waterways, and railways, 372376
        • Prisoners of war and graves, 356
        • Reparation: Clauses, 357362; Portuguese declaration, 379383
        • Responsibilities for the war and penalties, 356357; Honduran declaration concerning, 334, 388390
    • Wilhelm II, former Emperor, proposed trial of: Honduran declaration concerning, 334, 388390; peace treaty provisions, summary, 356357
  • Great Britain (see also British Dominions and India):
    • Cyprus, Greek claim to, 861
    • Joint declaration with France respecting emancipation of peoples oppressed by the Turks, 10161017
    • League of Nations, British views, 181182, 215217; views of British working classes, 225226
    • Mandatory system, views, 719720, 747748, 749750, 763765, 769770, 785786, 789790, 795796, 806807
    • Representation at Peace Conference: Lists of personnel, 514, 5960; number of plenipotentiaries, 172, 546, 548
    • Submarines, German, disposal of, 643
    • Syria, troops in, 10191021
    • Treaties with France: Convention relating to Togoland, cited, 750, 758759; British and U. S. treaties regarding unprovoked aggression by Germany, 379
  • Greece:
  • Guarantees in German peace treaty, summary, 376378
  • Guatemala, representation at Peace Conference: Lists of personnel, 39, 61; number of plenipotentiaries, 172, 546, 548, 600
  • Haiti, representation at Peace Conference: Lists of personnel, 39, 61; number of plenipotentiaries, 172, 546, 548, 600
  • Hedjaz:
    • League of Nations, speech of Hedjaz delegate, 229
    • Mandatory system, views, 229, 891, 892
    • Military action in the war, 889890, 891892, 892893
    • Recognition of, 599
    • Representation at Peace Conference:
      • Commissions, participation in, 461, 464, 465
      • Delegation: Lists of personnel, 40, 61; number of plenipotentiaries, 172, 599, 616
    • Statement by Emir Feisal before Council of Ten regarding independence of Arabic-speaking Asia, 889894
  • Heligoland, 346, 941
  • Honduras:
    • League of Nations Covenant, proposal for amendment to determine sense of Monroe Doctrine, 310313
    • Representation at Peace Conference: Lists of personnel, 40, 61; number of plenipotentiaries, 172, 546, 548, 600
    • Trial of ex-Emperor of Germany, declaration disapproving, 334, 388390
  • Hungary:
    • Prisoners of War in Siberia (German, Austrian, and Hungarian), Commission on Repatriation of, 142
    • Ruthenes in, 886
    • Treaty of peace with Allied and Associated Powers: Military and naval terms, proposed, 1015; Prekmurje, discussion of provision regarding, 405
  • India:
  • Inquiry, Commissions of: Fiume Incidents, 153; Issues of Laibach, 153; Issues of Smyrna, 153
  • Italy:
    • Austrian peace treaty, Italian interest in: Commission on Italian Political Clauses, 131; Italian desire for immediate imposition of military, naval, and air terms, 10141015
    • German peace treaty, general reservations, 384
    • Labor legislation, international, views, 253255
    • League of Nations, speeches concerning, 182183, 217219
    • Mandatory system, views, 767768, 791792, 805806
    • Representation at Peace Conference:
      • Number of plenipotentiaries, 172, 546, 548
      • Personnel: Appointment, 537; lists of, 2025, 60
    • Territorial claims: Austrian Concession in Tientsin, Commission on, 131132; Epirus and the Isles, 859
    • Treaty concerning Italian reparation payments, signature at St. Germain, Sept. 10, 433
  • Japan (see also China: Shantung and Kiaochow):
    • League of Nations, views on, 224225, 678679, 687; proposal to amend Covenant to include racial equality provisions, 289291
    • Mandatory system, views, 792793
    • Pacific islands formerly belonging to Germany, claim to, 738740
    • Representation at Peace Conference:
      • Council of Ten, participation in, 494
      • Delegation: Lists of personnel, 2528, 60; number of plenipotentiaries, 172, 493, 506, 546, 548
  • Jugoslavia (see also Serbia):
    • Austrian peace treaty, observations on, 403405
    • Commissions concerning: Issues of Laibach, 153; Roumanian and Jugoslav affairs, 83, 122124, 851855, 857
    • Recognition, question of, 603, 617
    • Treaty concerning, signature at St. Germain, Sept. 10, 433
  • Kiaochow. See China: Shantung and Kiaochow.
  • Kiel Canal, 103104, 376, 941
  • Labor:
  • Laibach, Commission on Issues of, 153
  • Language of Peace Conference, official, 553561, 570575
  • Law, private and maritime, proposed commission on, 732733
  • League of Nations:
  • Lebanon, 890
  • Liberia:
    • German peace treaty provisions concerning, summary, 349
    • Representation at Peace Conference: Lists of personnel, 4041, 61; number of plenipotentiaries, 172, 546, 548, 600
  • Limburg, Belgian claims, 963966
  • Lloyd George, David (Prime Minister), addresses: Jam. 18, seconding nomination of Clemenceau as president of Peace Conference, 165166; Jan. 25, seconding resolution on League of Nations, 181182
  • Luxemburg:
    • Belgian claims, 966968
    • German peace treaty clauses concerning, summary: Boundary, 335; economic, 365; political, 336337
  • Malmédy, 336, 968
  • Mandates: Commission on Colonial Mandates, 129; discussions concerning mandatory system, 213214, 225, 229, 701, 719728, 736737, 740754, 760771, 785786, 787809, 812, 891, 892, 10161021, 10341036; financial questions, 701, 741, 747748, 764; United States as a mandatory, question of, 788, 807
  • Medals, Allied war, 714
  • Memel, German peace treaty clauses concerning, summary, 344
  • Minorities, Austrian peace treaty provisions concerning treatment of, declarations by Czechoslovakia, 402403; Jugoslavia, 403; Poland, 401; Roumania, 395397, 399, 400401, 408409; Serbia, 404405; Wilson, President, 405408
  • Monaco: French proposal for adherence to League Covenant, 313314; German peace treaty provisions concerning, summary, 378
  • Monroe Doctrine, cited, 310313, 753
  • Montenegro: Conditions in, proposed investigation, 489, 504; Nicholas I, message asking Montenegrins to cease armed resistance, 642, 662; representation at Peace Conference, question of, 173, 485, 487489, 501, 503504, 546, 548
  • Moresnet, 336, 969
  • Morocco: Commission on, 87, 126127, 130; German peace treaty provisions concerning, summary, 349350
  • Netherlands: Belgian territorial claims, 959966; passage across Dutch territory of Allied troops and supplies for occupation of Rhine, 10401041
  • Neutrals, question of representation at Peace Conference, 172, 535, 541, 545546, 600
  • Newfoundland, representation at Peace Conference, 7, 60, 173, 483, 486, 533, 539, 540, 546, 548
  • New Guinea, Australian claim, 720, 720722, 745747
  • New states: Commission on, 130; question of representation at Peace Conference, 172, 487
  • New Zealand:
  • Nicaragua, representation at Peace Conference: Lists of personnel, 41, 61; number of plenipotentiaries, 172, 546, 548, 600
  • Occupation of territories by Allied Armies. See under Armies, Allied.
  • Organization and composition of Peace Conference:
  • Orlando, V. E. (Prime Minister), address, Jan. 25, declaring adherence to League of Nations resolution, 182183
  • Pacific islands, formerly German-owned. See under Germany: Colonies.
  • Palestine, 891, 1037
  • Panama:
    • Representation at Peace Conference:
      • Commissions, question of participation in, 465
      • Delegation: Lists of personnel, 41, 61; number of plenipotentiaries, 172, 546, 548, 600
    • Reservations to draft labor convention, 259
    • Statement concerning League Covenant, 302310
  • Peace, treaties of. See Treaty of peace under Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, and Hungary.
  • Personnel of Peace Conference, directories: Apr. 1, 190; Oct 1, 91153
  • Peru, representation at Peace Conference:
    • Commissions, question of participation in, 461, 465
    • Delegation: Lists of personnel, 42, 61; number of plenipotentiaries, 172, 600
  • Plebiscite, Bulgarian views concerning, 441
  • Plenary sessions:
    • Peace Conference, Preliminary:
    • Peace Congress: May 7 (Versailles), presentation of peace terms to German delegates, 413420; June 2 (St. Germain), presentation of peace terms to Austrian delegates, 424430; June 28 (Versailles), signature of German peace treaty and other instruments, 421423; Sept. 10 (St. Germain), signature of Austrian peace treaty and other instruments, 431434; Sept. 19 (Paris), presentation of peace terms to Bulgarian delegates, 435441; Nov. 27 (Neuilly-sur-Seine), signature of Bulgarian treaty and other instruments, 442444
  • Poincaré, Raymond (President), address of welcome at opening session of Peace Conference, 159164
  • Poland:
    • Allied arms, munitions, and troops, question of supply to Poland, 478, 638, 642, 654, 662, 669, 673, 674, 685, 707, 784
    • Austrian peace treaty, observations, 401
    • Bolshevism, question of return of Polish troops in France for purpose of combating, 471472, 477479, 496, 669, 670675, 684686
    • Commissions concerning:
    • Food relief, 779, 839840; German refusal to guarantee safety of food shipments, 982, 989992
    • Galicia, Eastern:
      • Conflict with Ukraine: Aggression by German troops returning from Ukraine and German-Ukrainian military convention concerning, 981982, 988; Commission to Negotiate Armistice, 121122; hostilities, 776; request by Paderewski for Allied assistance, 642
      • Territorial aspirations of Poland, 782
    • Germany, relations with:
    • League of Nations, statement concerning, 186187
    • Minorities, protection of, 401
    • Recognition, 734
    • Representation at Peace Conference:
    • Statement of Polish case before Council of Ten, 773779, 780782
    • Teschen conflict with Czechoslovakia:
    • Treaty, Polish, signature at Versailles, June 28, 423
    • Troops under French command, question of return to Poland via Danzig for purpose of combating Bolshevism, 471472, 477479, 496, 669, 670675, 684686
  • Ports, waterways, and railways:
  • Portugal:
    • Claims to German colonies in Africa, 812, 813
    • League of Nations, views, 192; attitude toward membership of neutrals on League Council, 314315
    • Reparation clauses of German treaty, protest, 379383
    • Representation at Peace Conference:
  • Powers with special interests. See Special interests.
  • Precedence of countries at Peace Conference, 173, 548549, 568
  • Preliminary peace with Germany and Austria-Hungary, proposed, 933934, 938943, 971979, 985986, 10011006, 1009, 10141015
  • Presidency of Peace Conference, 57, 164167, 173, 549
  • Press (see also Publicity):
  • Prince’s Island (Prinkipo) conference, proposed. See under Russia.
  • Prisoners of war:
    • Allied, in Germany, 470471, 495496
    • Commissions concerning: Commission on, 116; interallied commission under Armistice Commission, 472, 473, 497; Repatriation of German, Austrian, and Hungarian Prisoners of War in Siberia, 142; Repatriation of, 141142
    • German peace treaty clauses concerning, summary, 356
    • German, question of repatriation, 419, 927929, 936937
    • Russian, in Germany, 472473, 470481, 496497, 982, 992
  • Procedure of Peace Conference: Committees, decision to use, 604606, 618, 668, 669; discussions, 169170, 172175, 476477, 482489, 492494, 500507, 531593, 594611, 612622, 653654, 668669, 677683, 686690, 697702, 729733, 735737, 813816, 840, 857859, 867868, 956, 10221024; formal conferences vs. informal conversations, 492494, 505506, 535538, 551552, 560570, 587588, 594595, 596597, 604, 609, 619; precedence of subjects for consideration, 608, 699700
  • Prussia, East, German peace treaty provisions concerning, summary: Boundary, 336; political, 344
  • Publicity of Peace Conference proceedings: Discussions concerning, 450, 492493, 543545, 550553, 564, 566567, 569570, 578580, 585588, 594599, 609611, 612615, 718, 867868; rules, 174, 550
  • Reparation:
    • Claims for, question of precedence over national debts of enemy countries, 702
    • Commissions concerning:
    • German peace treaty clauses relating to, summary, 357362, 385; Portuguese protest, 379383
    • German views, 419
    • Treaty concerning Italian reparation payments, signature at St. Germain, Sept. 10, 433
  • Representation at Peace Conference (see also under specific countries):
  • Responsibility of the authors of the war and enforcement of penalties:
    • Armistice terms, proposed inclusion in, 953954
    • Commission: Discussions concerning, 177, 189, 191192, 193, 193194, 199, 451452, 453, 607, 699; personnel, lists, 6365, 9597, 204205, 858859; resolution, text, 202, 699, 703; work of, 953954
    • German peace treaty provisions, summary, 356357
    • German refusal to admit sole guilt and demand for neutral commission to inquire into guilt of all parties, 417418
    • Honduran declaration disapproving proposed trial of ex-Emperor of Germany, 334, 388390
    • Presentation of problem at opening plenary session of Peace Conference, 169170
  • Rhine. See under Armies: Occupation and under Commissions.
  • Roumania:
  • Rules of Peace Conference, 169, 172175, 545565, 567577
  • Russia:
  • Saar Basin, summary of political clauses of German peace treaty concerning, 337340
  • Samoa: Claims of New Zealand, 720, 724727, 751753; U. S. interest in, 753754
  • Scapa Flow, Commission on Destruction of German Fleet at, 141
  • Scheldt, Belgian claims, 959961
  • Schleswig, summary of political clauses of German peace treaty concerning, 345346
  • Secretariat General of Peace Conference, 5759, 9192, 167, 170171, 173174, 549550, 562, 569, 575, 609, 619
  • Self-determination, 429, 487, 488, 644, 891
  • Serb-Croat-Slovene State. See Jugoslavia.
  • Serbia:
  • Shantung and Kiaochow. See under China.
  • Siam:
  • Siberia, Commission on Repatriation of German, Austrian, and Hungarian Prisoners of War in Siberia, 142
  • Small powers. See Special interests, powers having.
  • Smyrna, Commission on Issues of, 153
  • Sonnino, Baron (Foreign Minister), address, Jan. 18, seconding nomination of Clemenceau as president of Peace Conference, 166167
  • South Africa, Union of:
  • Spain, German submarines in, 994, 998999
  • Special interests, powers having:
  • Spitzbergen, Commission on, 144145
  • Submarines, German, 474476, 498499, 510512, 521, 526, 643, 888889, 939940, 982983, 992999
  • Supreme Councils. See under Councils.
  • Switzerland, German peace treaty boundary clauses concerning, summary, 335
  • Syria:
    • Censorship and military restrictions in, 1017, 10191021
    • Franco-British declaration regarding emancipation of peoples oppressed by the Turks, cited, 10161017
    • Mandatory, question of, 1016, 10171018, 1020, 1032, 10341036
    • Statement before Council of Ten by—
  • Technical delegates, participation in—
  • Ten, Council of. See Councils: Supreme Council.
  • Territory in dispute, warning against use of force to gain possession of, 715
  • Teschen conflict. See under Poland.
  • Thrace, Bulgarian, Greek claims to, 861866
  • Tientsin, Commission on, 131132
  • Transylvania, Roumanian claims, 845847, 848851
  • Treaties, conventions, etc.:
    • Africa, international conventions concerning. See Africa.
    • Aggression unprovoked of Germany, Franco-American and Franco-British guarantees, proposed, 379
    • Brest-Litovsk, cited, 347, 362, 843, 981, 988
    • Bucharest, cited, 362, 844, 853
    • Military convention regarding occupation of Rhine, signature at Versailles, June 28, 423
    • Neuilly-sur-Seine, Nov. 27, signature, 443
    • Peace treaties. See Treaty of peace under Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, and Hungary.
    • Secret treaties: Allies-Roumania, Aug. 17, 1916, cited, 822, 823, 826, 842, 845, 852853; Germany-Ukraine, military convention relating to Poland, 981982, 988; London, Treaty of, 759, 767
    • St. Germain, Sept. 10, signature, 432433
    • Treaties of 1839. See under Belgium.
    • Versailles, June 28, signature, 423
  • Turkey (see also Turkish and Trans-Caucasian questions):
    • British and French joint declaration regarding emancipation of oppressed peoples, 10161017
    • Commercial relations, resumption by Allies, 1008
    • German peace treaty provisions concerning, summary, 351
    • Territorial questions: Claims of Greece in Thrace and Asia Minor, 863865, 868875; mandatory system, application, 795796, 805808
  • Turkish and Trans-Caucasian questions, 805, 806807, 816817, 837838, 955956
  • Ukraine (see also Poland: Galicia: Conflict with Ukraine), Bolshevism and general conditions, 581582, 589, 640, 660661
  • United States (see also Wilson, Woodrow):
    • Labor legislation, international, views, 260
    • Mandatory, question of United States as, 788, 807
    • Representation at Peace Conference: Lists of personnel, 15, 59; number of plenipotentiaries, 172, 546, 548
    • Treaties with France, U. S. and British, concerning aggression unprovoked of Germany, 379
  • Uruguay:
    • Labor legislation, international, views, 259260
    • League of Nations, views, 292293
    • Representation at Peace Conference:
      • Commissions, participation in, 452, 454, 858
      • Delegation: Lists of personnel, 56, 62; number of plenipotentiaries, 172, 600
  • Wilson, Woodrow (President):
  • Woman suffrage, 321, 10221023
  1. This is primarily a subject index; no attempt has been made (except in a few instances) to include names of persons. Directories of the various delegations are printed on pp. 1153 of this volume.