Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United
States, The Paris Peace Conference, 1919, Volume IV
Index1
- Aaland Islands, 56, 171–172, 662
- Adriatic:
- Africa:
- German colonies, peace treaty provisions, 581, 605–607, 612–614, 629–631, 659–661
- International conventions concerning Africa: Commission for
Revision of General Acts of Berlin and Brussels, 856–857;
recognition by Germany, peace treaty provisions, 581, 607,
630
- Agenda, 56–57, 66–67, 97, 107–108, 131, 157, 170–171, 174, 190, 195, 304, 345, 452, 581, 677
- Albania:
- Request by Essad Pasha for hearing before Council of Foreign
Ministers, 712
- Territorial claims:
- Conflict with Greece, 111–112, 113–115; with Serbia
and Montenegro, 111, 112
- Protest against territorial dispositions of Treaty of
Berlin (1878) and Conference of
London (1913), 111–112, 113
- Statement before Council of Ten by Touran Pasha, 104, 111–116
- Study by Commission on Greek and Albanian Affairs,
proposed, 104; exclusion of
Albanian-Jugoslav frontier from consideration, 326
- Allenstein, 414
- Alsace-Lorraine, German protest against French activities against German
residents of, 23, 37–38, 38
- Arbitration by President Wilson of territorial dispute between Italy and
Jugoslavia, proposed, 27–28, 320
- Arctic and Antarctic claims, renunciation by Germany, 555, 558, 565
- Armenia:
- Mandate, proposed, 156
- Military action in the war, 147–150, 152
- Occupation by Allied forces, question of, 712
- Representation at Peace Conference, demand for, 150
- Statement before Council of Ten regarding recognition of Armenian
independence and union of Caucasian and Turkish Armenia, 147–157;
claim to Cilicia contested by Syria, 153–154
- Armies, Allied:
- Activities in Russia, 10–13, 15
- Occupation of—
- Armenia, question of, 712
- Danzig and Danzig-Thorn railway, question of, 104–107, 120–121, 125, 126, 427–428
- Rhine: Cost of maintaining, 195, 477–479, 549–552; passage of
troops and supplies through Dutch territory, 5–10
- Schleswig, proposed, 642–644, 709–710, 712–713
- Armistice, German:
- German attitude and correspondence, 23,
24, 24–25, 28–42
- Renewal of Feb. 16: German attitude and
correspondence, 23, 24, 24–25, 28–42; report by Marshal Foch, 22–26; signature, 22, 24; text,
42–43
- Terms, discussions: Abrogation of treaties of Brest-Litovsk and
Bucharest, 580; armies of occupation,
549–552;
art works removed from Belgium and France, return, 31; circulation between occupied and
unoccupied territories, 36–37, 38;
duration, 25, 28, 42; financial clauses,
30–31;
food relief and German merchant fleet, 27, 39–41, 192, 214, 253,
274–293;
machinery removed from occupied territories, restitution, 23, 31, 32, 37;
military clauses, 29–30, 191, 549–552, 591; naval clauses, 26, 29, 32–33; Poland, clauses
relating to, 24, 24–25, 25–26, 38–39, 42, 106, 125, 126,
426–427,
428, 429–438, 440, 450,
451, 456, 457–458, 472; prisoners of war,
repatriation of Allied, 30; railway
material, return of, 29, [Page 868]
31–32;
withdrawal of German troops from Russian, Roumanian, or Turkish
territories, 767, 771, 773
- Violations, 192, 214, 686–687, 763
- Arms traffic regulation, 581, 607, 630, 856–857
- Australia, 64
- Austria (see also under
Food relief):
- Armistice, cited, 202, 203
- Blockade of, 520–521, 522–524, 532–534
- Debt, payment of coupons due Mar.
1: Allied notification to Vienna financial conference
concerning, 100–101, 118–119, 344–345, 349;
Czechoslovak disavowal of responsibility, 344–345, 349–351;
reference to and report of Financial Drafting Committee and
Financial Commission, 100–101, 118–119, 345
- Delegation to Peace Congress: Czechoslovak protest against
inclusion of Germans of Bohemia, 722,
727–728;
effect in Hungary of invitation to Austria, 694
- Emperor Charles: Abdication and banishment from Austria and Allied
arrangements to facilitate journey to and residence in Switzerland,
332–334;
responsibility for the war, question of, 332–334
- Frontier questions with—
- Czechoslovakia, 504, 679, 812
- Hungary, 504–505, 671, 674–675
- Italy (Brenner Pass), 698,
699
- Jugoslavia:
- Assling triangle and Italian claims for direct
railway communication between Trieste and Vienna,
503–504, 681–684, 697–703, 837
- Carinthia (see also
Klagenfurt Basin, infra), 48–49, 98
- Klagenfurt Basin: Evacuation by
opposing Austrian and Jugoslav forces, Peace
Conference demand for, 834–837, 840–841, 842–846; plebiscite, proposed,
502–503, 680–681, 684, 703, 835–836, 837, 840–841, 845–846
- Marburg, 502, 680, 681, 697
- Switzerland (the Vorarlberg), 671–672
- Treaty of peace with Allied and Associated Powers (see also
Germany: Preliminary
peace):
- Financial clauses. Czechoslovak request for, 773–774
- Military, naval, and air clauses, 185–186, 190, 190–191
- Railway clauses, Czechoslovak request for, 710–711, 713–714
- Recognition by Germany, 580
- Renunciation of Bukovina, Galicia, and Teschen, 679, 711, 749
- Restoration of—
- Belgian historical objects and works of art,
Belgian request for provisions concerning, 774–775, 775–777
- Polish archives and works of art, Polish request
for provisions concerning, 721–722, 725–727
- Austria-Hungary. See
Austria; Hungary.
- Aviation: Aerial navigation of Allied and Associated aircraft over
Germany, German peace treaty provisions, 602–605, 615–623; Aeronautical Commission,
330–339, 342–343, 353–354, 371–372;
international aerial navigation convention, proposed, 336, 338, 341, 342–343, 603, 604, 604–605, 616–617, 618, 619, 620, 621, 622, 623; military and naval aviation clauses of German peace treaty,
discussions and draft texts, 239–242, 265, 303, 334–344, 346–349, 370–373, 378, 398–400
- Baltic states:
- Allied policy in, discussions, 589–593, 641–642, 655–656, 667, 687–693, 752–757, 762–763
- Blockade and question of resumption of trade, 520–521, 524–525, 535, 590,
593
- Bolshevism, 11, 212, 590, 591, 592,
593, 690, 753, 754–755, 756, 764–765
- Boundary question between Lithuania and Poland: Lithuanian-Polish
hostilities in Vilna-Grodno region, 628–629, 767, 768–773; Lithuanian desire for hearing before
Peace Conference and reluctance to appear before Commission on
Polish Affairs, 626–627, 639–640
- Commission on Baltic Affairs, 593,
772
- Financial assistance by Allies, question of, 589, 656, 687, 689–690, 693,
752, 753, 754, 762
- Food relief, 521, 589–593, 656, 687–693, 752–753, 755–756, 762–763; Committee on, 693, 752–757, 762–763
- Military situation:
- German army of occupation: Co-operation
between Germans and Bolsheviks, alleged, and proposed
dispatch of guardships [Page 869] to Konigsberg and Memel, 11, 757, 764–765; evacuation and replacement
by organized local forces, proposed, 591–592, 656, 753–754, 762–763, 766–767, 768; overthrow of Latvian Government, and other
aggression, 590–592, 655–656, 690, 692, 756, 761; reinforcement and supplies,
question of transport by sea from German to Baltic ports,
27, 190, 191–192, 207, 212
- Lithuanian-Polish hostilities in Vilna-Grodno region, 628–629, 767, 768–773
- Recognition of Esthonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian Governments,
question of, 656, 688
- Reparations owed by Germany, 656
- Russian prisoners of war in Germany, repatriation through
territory of, 706–709
- Banat, 47–48, 673–674, 718, 719, 749–751
- Bavaria, proposed food relief and financial arrangements separate from
German food relief, 515–520, 631
- Belgium:
- Commission on Belgian and Danish Affairs:
Consideration of Danish territorial claims, 66, 195, 529–532;
report and recommendations concerning revision of treaties of 1839, 141–144, 253,
270–271,
730
- Foreign Office documents, Belgian protest against retention and
publication by Germany, 686–687, 757,
763
- Malmédy, acquisition of, 684
- Mandatory for German overseas possessions, desire to be considered
as, 660–661
- National colors, Belgian protest against eventual use by Germany,
685–686
- Prosecution of Wilhelm II of Germany, refusal to undertake, 482
- Representation on Council of Ten during deliberations on
preliminary peace, 194–195, 322
- Request for Belgian nationals to be accorded advantages conferred
on nationals of Principal Allied and Associated Powers in Bulgarian
and Turkish treaties, 721, 724–725
- Restoration of historical objects and works of art in Austria,
demand for inclusion in Austrian treaty, 774–775, 775–777; of
art works removed from Belgium and France, German armistice
provisions, 31
- Treaties of 1839, proposed
revision and territorial adjustments with the Netherlands concerning
the Scheldt and Dutch Limburg:
- Commission on Belgian and Danish Affairs, report and
recommendations concerning, 141–144, 253, 270–271, 730
- Commission to revise the treaties, discussions concerning
composition and terms of reference, 792–801, 857–859
- Conference at Paris to study revision: Arrangements, 271, 588–589, 684–685, 704–705; proceedings, 730–738, 739–747, 778–791
- German peace treaty provisions concerning, 554, 569
- Netherlands attitude: Desire for direct negotiations with
Belgium, 733–734, 740, 745, 781, 782, 782–783, 783, 785, 788–791; refusal to disturb territorial status quo, 142–143, 734, 779
- Bessarabia, 672, 719, 822–823
- Blockade and regulation of trade: Adriatic, 269, 523; Austria, 520–521, 522–524, 532–534; Baltic
states, 520–521,
524–525, 535, 590, 593; Germany, 27, 32, 191–192, 275, 276, 282, 518, 519; Hungary,
522–523, 693–695; Italy,
Jugoslav blockade against, 523–524, 534–535; Jugoslavia, Italian blockade against, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 255, 256, 258, 260; Poland, 525–527; Swiss request for reopening of Rhine to
Swiss trade with neutral and Allied countries, 527
- Bolshevism. See under
Baltic states; Germany;
Hungary; Poland; Russia; Ukraine.
- British Dominions and India, proposed representation on
Economic Commission, 63–64, 64, 65,
180
- Bukovina, 711, 719, 748–749
- Bulgaria:
- Frontiers with—
- Treaty of peace with Allied and Associated Powers (see also
Germany: Preliminary
peace): Belgian desire for extension to Belgian nationals
of advantages to be accorded to nationals of Principal Allied and
Associated Powers, 721, 724–725;
recognition by Germany, 580
- Cables. See under
Germany.
- Carinthia. See under
Austria: Frontier questions
with Jugoslavia.
- Carpathian Ruthenia, proposed attachment to Czechoslovakia and discussions
concerning degree of autonomy to be accorded, 676–677, 751–752, 758–761
- Caucasus, Bolshevik activities in, 11–12
- Central Territorial Committee, 160–161, 325–326, 716–717
- China, renunciation by Germany of rights and interests in, and Japanese
claims and reservations concerning, 96, 228, 254–255, 466–467, 490–491, 499, 556, 559, 570, 584, 629n, 630–631
- Clemenceau, Georges (Premier), recuperation of, 59
- Colonies, German, 581, 605–607, 612–614, 629–631, 659–661; Commission on, 606–607
- Commissions and committees of the Peace Conference (see
also
Councils):
- Aeronautical Commission, 336–339, 342–343, 348,
353–354,
371–372
- Albanian Affairs, Commission on Greek and, 104, 326, 705, 716–717
- Baltic Affairs, Commission on, 593,
772
- Belgian and Danish Affairs, Commission on. See
Belgium: Commission.
- Berlin and Brussels, Commission for the Revision of the General
Acts of, 856–857
- Central Territorial Committee, 160–161, 325–326, 716–717
- Colonies, German, Commission on, 606–607
- Czechoslovak Affairs, Commission on, 471, 504, 505–506, 543–547, 607, 608,
612, 624, 665–667, 675–676, 677,
679, 710, 758–759, 812, 819–820, 825
- Danish Affairs, Commission on Belgian and. See
Belgium: Commission.
- Drafting Committee, 301, 303, 342,
343–344,
470, 477, 484, 553, 554, 557, 558,
559–560,
565, 567–569, 569, 571,
572, 573, 575, 576, 577, 578–579, 580, 581,
594, 595, 602, 604, 605, 610, 622,
650, 651–652, 850, 854
- Economic Commission. See under
Economic questions.
- Financial Commission. See under
Financial questions.
- Greek and Albanian Affairs, Commission on, 104, 326, 705, 716–717
- Jugoslav Affairs, Commission on Roumanian and, 54–55, 59–61, 321, 502–504, 506–507, 671–674, 679–684, 697–703, 705–706, 717–719, 720–721, 748–751, 804–806, 818–819, 834–837, 840–841, 842–844, 845–846
- Kiel Canal, Subcommission on, 225–226
- Labor Legislation, Commission on International: Report, questions
of presentation to Peace Conference in plenary session and of
publicity, 537–543; woman suffrage representatives, arrangements for
hearing, 326
- Laibach, Commission on Issues of, 257–261, 269–270
- Morocco, Commission on, 137, 527–529
- New States, Commission on, 751, 752, 861
- Poland, commissions concerning. See
Poland: Commissions.
- Ports, Waterways, and Railways (Subcommission on the Kiel Canal),
225–226
- Prisoners of War, Commission on, 631–639
- Reparation:
- Commission on Reparation: Desire of small powers for
representation, 83–84; subjects for consideration,
178–179, 229, 230, 632, 721–722
- Reparation Commission for interpretation of peace treaty
provisions, 654–655
- Responsibility of the Authors of the War and the Enforcement of
Penalties, Commission on, 332–333
- Roumanian and Jugoslav Affairs, Commission on, 54–55, 59–61, 321, 502–504, 506–507, 671–674, 679–684, 697–703, 705–706, 717–719, 720–721, 748–751, 804–806, 818–819, 834–837, 840–841, 842–844, 845–846
- Submarine Cables, Commission on: Arrangements for, 227–228, 230, 254–255; personnel, 255; report, 370, 460–461
- Teschen Commission, Permanent Interallied. See
Poland: Commissions: Permanent Interallied
Teschen Commission.
- Treaties of 1839, Commission for the
Revision of, 792–801, 857–859
- Constantinople, 716–717
- Councils:
- Supreme Councils:
- “The Five” (Council of Foreign Ministers), minutes of
meetings Mar. 27–June 25, 515–863
- “The Four,” questions referred by Council of Foreign
Ministers, 537, 542–543, 550–552, 599, 653, 756–757
- “The Ten”: Admission of Belgium to deliberations on
preliminary peace, 194–195, 322; meeting, Apr. 16, to
examine work of Council of Four and Council of Foreign
Ministers, 477–482; minutes of meetings Feb. 15–June 17, 1–512; status of,
570
- Supreme Economic Council: Blockade matters, 520–521, 522–527, 532–534, 535, 693–695; executive power, 199; food relief, 197–199, 201, 253–254, 261–263, 266–267, 274–293, 519–520, 589,
631, 689; negotiations with German commission proposed to be
established at or near Paris to facilitate work, question of, 587–588, 599; problems referred by Economic
Drafting Committee, 63–64, 179;
relations with commissions established in occupied territory under
armistice, 587–588, 600
- Supreme War Council, minutes of meetings: Feb.
17, 22–43; Mar. 3, 182–192; Mar. 5, 193–212; Mar. 6, 213–251; Mar. 7, 252–267; Mar. 8, 268–293; Mar. 10, 294–313; Mar. 12, 331–351; Mar. 15, 352–354; Mar. 17, 355–403; Mar. 21, 423–442
- Czechoslovakia:
- Austrian delegation to Peace Congress, Czechoslovak protest
against inclusion of Germans of Bohemia, 722, 727–728
- Austrian peace treaty, Czechoslovak request for railway clauses,
710–711,
713–714
- Commission on Czechoslovak Affairs, report and discussions, 471, 504,
505–506,
543–547,
607, 608, 612, 624, 665–667, 675–676, 677,
679, 710, 758–759, 812, 819–820, 825
- Financial matters: Disavowal of responsibility for
Austro-Hungarian debt, 344–345, 349–351; financial clauses for insertion in
Austro-Hungarian treaty, proposed, 773–774
- Food relief (see also
Food relief: Austria
and other states), 328
- Frontier questions (see also
Poland: Boundary: Czechoslovak questions):
- Boundaries with—
- Austria, 504, 679, 812
- Germany, 543–547, 612
- Hungary, 505–506, 665–667, 669, 675–676, 803, 807–809, 811–814, 815–817, 819–820, 824–826; hostilities, 803, 813–814, 820, 826
- Poland, 327, 470–472, 473–475, 543–544, 607–612, 624, 679
- Roumania (Carpathian Ruthenia), 676–677, 751–752, 758–761
- Carpathian Ruthenia, proposed attachment to Czechoslovakia
and discussions concerning degree of autonomy to be
accorded, 676–677, 751–752, 758–761
- German intrigues, protest by Czechoslovakia and proposed
investigation by Teschen Commission, 304, 317–320, 327–330
- Treaty with Allied and Associated Powers, draft cited, 860, 861–862
- Troops in Russia, 12
- Dalmatia. See
Jugoslavia: Controversy with
Italy: Territorial claims.
- Danzig: Aggression by Germany, 525, 526; discussions concerning Danzig and Polish
Corridor, 414–419,
449–450, 503, 698; interallied
military mission to Danzig and other arrangements prescribed by German peace
treaty, 833–834,
839–840; transit
via Danzig of Polish troops en route from France to Poland, proposed, 104–107, 120–121, 124–127, 315–316, 383–384, 384–385, 405, 413, 424–442, 450–452, 455–458, 472–473
- Denmark. See
Schleswig.
- Disarmament of Germany. See
Germany: Treaty of peace:
Military naval, and air clauses.
- Dobrudja, 705–706,
717–719, 749–751
- Drafting Committee, 301, 303, 342, 343–344, 470, 477, 484, 553, 554, 557, 558, 559–560, 565, 567–569, 569, 571, 572, 573, 575, 576, 577, 578–579, 580, 581, 594, 595, 602, 604, 605, 610, 622, 650, 651–652, 850, 854
- East Prussia (see also
Baltic states: Military
situation: German army of occupation),
414, 449–450, 452–454, 698
- Economic questions:
- Economic Commission:
- Composition of, 63–64, 64–65, 180, 181, 183, 196–197, 271–274, 295
- Report on economic clauses for inclusion in peace
preliminaries, arrangement for submitting, 181
- Terms of reference: Acceptance, 62–63, 181; permanent measures, 64–65,
68, 180; preparation by Economic Drafting Committee,
67–68, 179–181; texts, 68–69, 180–181; transitory [Page 872] measures, reference to Supreme Economic
Council, 63–64, 179
- Economic Drafting Committee, report, 62–65, 67–69, 180–181
- German peace treaty, economic clauses relating to ratification of
opium convention, 477, 552–553, 567–569, 595
- Egypt and the Suez Canal, proposed German peace treaty provisions
concerning, 477, 554–555, 557, 558, 559, 570, 571–573, 583–584
- Esthonia. See
Baltic states.
- Financial questions (see also
Austria: Debt; Reparation):
- Armies of occupation on the Rhine, cost of maintaining, 195, 477–479, 549–552
- Austrian peace treaty, Czechoslovak request regarding financial
clauses, 773–774
- Esthonia, question of financial assistance by Allies, 687, 689–690, 693,
752, 753, 754
- Financial Commission: Composition of, 177–178, 181, 183,
196–197,
271–274,
295; report on financial clauses for
inclusion in preliminary peace, arrangement for submitting, 176–177
- Financial Drafting Committee: Incorporation in Financial
Commission, 177–178; terms of reference and reports, 100–101, 118–119, 175–176
- German armistice and peace treaty financial clauses, 30–31, 175–176, 549–552
- Finland: Aaland Islands, 171–172, 662; amnesty for
Red Finnish legions, proposed, 662–663, 664–665; food relief, 668; frontiers for determination by Peace Conference, 662, 663, 664–665; recognition,
question of, 171, 662–665, 667–668
- Fiume (see also
Jugoslavia: Controversy with
Italy: Territorial claims), 503, 699
- Five, Council of, minutes of meetings Mar. 21–June
25, 515–863.
- Food relief (see also under
Germany):
- Austria and other states of former Austro-Hungarian
Empire:
- Financial proposals of Supreme Economic Council, 197–199
- Italian contributions to Czechoslovakia, 202, 207, 211–212, 255, 257
- Railway transportation of food from Adriatic area,
proposals for control and operation by Relief
Administration, 199–207, 255–263; Italian
objections and blockade against Jugoslavia following Laibach
incident, 202–203, 204, 204–205, 206, 206–207, 255–261
- Baltic states, 521, 58–593, 656, 687–693, 752–753, 755–756, 762–763
- Finland, 668
- Poland, 526, 526–527
- Foreign Ministers, Council of, minutes of meetings Mar.
21–June 25, 515–863
- Four, Council of, questions referred by Council of Foreign Ministers, 537, 542–543, 550–552, 599, 653, 756–757
- Fourteen Points, cited, 39, 417, 511
- France (see also
Morocco):
- Activities against German residents of Alsace-Lorraine, German
protest, 23, 37–38, 38
- Assistance to Lebanon and Syria, Lebanese desire for, 3–5
- Foreign Legion, 597–598
- Restoration of French and Belgian works of art, German armistice
clauses, 31
- Treaty with Prince of Monaco, July 17,
1918: Recognition by signatories of German peace treaty,
644; text, 657–658
- Friedland, 545–546
- Frontiers, ethnic vs. strategic, 544–545, 546, 624–625
- Galicia. See under
Poland.
- Germany (see also
Armistice; Prisoners of
war):
- Acts of violence following receipt of conditions of peace, 764, 765
- Bavaria, proposed food relief and financial
arrangements separate from German food relief, 515–520, 631
- Belgian protests against—
- Eventual use by Germany of Belgian national colors, 685–686
- Retention and publication by Germany of Belgian Foreign
Office documents, 686–687, 757, 763
- Blockade, 27, 32, 191–192, 275, 276, 282,
518, 519
- Bolshevism, 28–29, 41, 121, 275, 281, 281–282, 520
- Boundaries with—
- Cables, submarine:
- Commission on: Arrangements for, 227–228, 230, 254–255; personnel,
255; report, 370, 460–461
- Internationalization, suggested, 461, 462, 486, 487–488, 489, 491, 494, 495–497, 498, 500
- Naval clauses of German peace treaty, inclusion in, 250, 370, 398, 645–654
- Retention by Allies as naval prizes or as reparation,
question of, 226–228, 230, 254–255, 370, 460–470, 483–492, 493–500, 645–654
- Colonies and other overseas rights and interests. See
Treaty: German rights
and interests outside Germany, infra.
- Conscription vs. voluntary enlistment, 184, 185, 217–219, 263–265, 295–296, 300, 304,
388
- Czechoslovakia, intrigues in, 304,
317–320,
327–330
- Demobilization, German declarations concerning progress of, 29–30
- Disarmament. See
Treaty: Military,
naval, and air clauses, infra.
- Dyes, 479–481, 562
- Food relief (see also
Bavaria, supra):
- Attitude of Germany. See under
Merchant fleet, infra.
- Merchant fleet, agreement for surrender to
Allies, and financial arrangements: Attitude of Germany and
break-down of negotiations at Spa, 27, 39–40, 192, 214, 253–254, 266–267, 274–275; financial
questions, 275–276, 277, 278, 287–291, 293; report by
Supreme Economic Council and discussions preliminary to new
negotiations, 274–293
- Frontiers, discussions concerning procedure for determining, 139–141, 160–161, 190
- Gas, poison, 21, 232, 307, 362, 388,
479–481,
560–562
- Military missions to foreign countries and enrollment of Germans
in foreign armies, prohibition contained in peace treaty, 585–587, 596–599
- Preliminary peace of Germany and the other enemy
states with Allied and Associated Powers, proposed:
- Belgian participation in deliberations of Council of Ten,
194–195, 322
- Commissions concerning: Central Territorial Committee,
160–161; preparation of treaty clauses, 195, 214; time limit on submission of reports, 85, 86,
89, 91–92, 93, 97,
109, 110, 110–111, 124, 140, 141, 176–177, 181
- Discussions and resolutions concerning, 85–97,
101–104, 108–111, 122–124, 139–141, 160–161, 174–175, 176–177, 179, 181, 186–187, 190–191, 194–195, 214, 280, 315, 322, 374–375, 537, 543
- Frontier delimitation of Austria to precede determination
of military, naval, and air conditions, proposed, 190–191
- Presentation to Germany, question of time and
arrangements, 186–187, 315, 537
- Priority of German peace preliminaries and separation from
Austrian preliminaries, discussions and Italian objections,
87–96, 190
- Terms (see also
Treaty: German
rights, etc., infra; also
Treaty: Military, naval, and air clauses, infra), inclusion of boundary and
territorial, economic, financial, and responsibilities
provisions, 85–91, 96–97, 101–102, 103, 108–109, 123–124, 139–140, 160–161, 174–175, 176–177, 179, 181, 190, 214, 543
- Propaganda, 27
- Submarines, 26, 32–33, 244, 246, 265, 364,
394
- Treaty of peace with Allied and Associated Powers
(see also
Boundaries
and
Preliminary peace, supra), discussions and draft texts of terms:
- Aerial navigation, 240, 602–605, 615–623
- Economic clauses, ratification of opium convention, 477, 552–553, 567–569, 595
- Financial clauses, 175–177, 549–552
- German rights and interests outside Germany:
- Arctic and Antarctic claims, 555, 558, 565
- China (Shantung and Kiaochow), 96, 556, 559, 570, 584, 629n, 630–631
- Colonies, 581, 605–607, 612–614, 629–631, 659–661; Commission on, 606–607
- Egypt and the Suez Canal, 477, 554–555, 557, 558, 559, 570, 571–573, 583–584
- Morocco, 134–135, 137, 527–529, 555–560, 570, 571–573, 581–583
- Renunciation, general, 96, 108, 229, 242, 477, 554–560, 569–571, 614, 629–631, 659–661
- Military, naval, and air clauses:
- Air clauses, 239–242, 265, 303, 334–344, 346–349, 370–373, 378, 398–400, 602–605, 615–623
- Discussions, general, 102–103, 174–175, 183–185, 186–190, 215–230, 254–255, 263–266, 295–304, 334–344, 354, 356–379, 460–470, 479–482, 483–492, 493–500
- General clauses, 187–190, 216, 221, 236, 302–303, 311, 340, 374–375, 378, 400
- Interallied commissions of control, 184, 235–236, 241, 251, 302, 310–311, 341, 348, 358–360, 375–377, 379, 400–403
- Military clauses:
- Armament, munitions, and material, 183, 184, 231–233, 238, 299–300, 306–308, 313, 358–362, 377–378, 386–388, 391, 479–481, 560–562, 581, 607
- Effectives and cadres, 183, 183–184, 215–216, 216–220, 230–231, 237–238, 263–265, 295–299, 305–306, 311–312, 356–358, 377, 385–386, 390–391
- Fortifications, 216, 232, 299–300, 307, 363–364, 390
- Recruiting and military training, 183, 184, 185, 216–220, 233–235, 263–265, 298–299, 300–302, 304, 308–310, 362–363, 378, 388–389, 585–587, 596–599
- Tables: No. 1, state
and establishment of army corps headquarters
staffs and of infantry and cavalry divisions, 237–238, 311–312, 390–391; No. 2, armament establishment
for maximum number of infantry and cavalry
divisions and army corps headquarters staffs, 238, 313, 391; No. 3, maximum stocks
authorized, 238, 313, 391
- Naval clauses, 188,
220–230, 242–251, 254–255, 265–266, 303, 364–370, 378, 392–398, 460–470, 481–482, 483–492, 493–500, 645–654
- Texts, draft, 230–251, 305–313, 346–349, 385–403
- Miscellaneous clauses:
- Enemy religious missions and trading societies in
Allied territory, disposal of, 593–595
- Pecuniary claims against Allies, abandonment, 602
- Prize courts, 482,
563–565, 573–576
- Recognition of treaties between—
- Allies and Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and
Turkey, 580
- France and Monaco, July
17, 1918, 644,
657–658
- Political clauses for Europe: Austria, 580; Belgium, 554, 569; Free City of Danzig, 833–834, 839–840; Heligoland and Dune, 224, 248, 365–366, 375, 396; Kiel Canal, 66, 225–226, 230, 249, 367–370, 397; Memel, 840;
Russia and Russian states, 580–581
- Ports, waterways, and railways (Kiel Canal), 66, 225–226, 230, 249, 367–370, 397, 481
- Prisoners of war and graves, 631–639
- Publicity of treaty text, 655
- Ratification, 576–579
- Reparation: Cables, submarine, question of retention by
Allies as naval prizes or as reparation, 226–228, 230, 254–255, 370, 460–470, 483–492, 493–500, 645–654; establishment of Reparation Commission to
interpret clauses, 654–655; obligations to Baltic
states, 656; shipping losses of
Allies, 229, 230, 242, 250–251
- Responsibility for the war and penalties, 482
- War, termination of state of, upon entry into force of
peace treaty, 576–579
- Troops in East Prussia, Latvia, and Lithuania. See
Baltic states: Military
situation: German army of
occupation.
- War, termination of state of, and re-establishment of diplomatic
relations, peace treaty provisions, 576–579
- Great Britain (see also
British Dominions and India): Rights in Egypt and
Suez Canal, German peace treaty provisions, 477,
554–555, 557, 558, 559, 570, 571–573, 583–584; selection as
mandatory for Palestine, question of, 162, 163
- Greece:
- Committee on Greek and Albanian Affairs, 104, 326, 705, 716–717
- Frontiers with—
- Heligoland and Dune, 224, 248, 365–366, 375, 396
- Hungary:
- Blockade, 522–523, 693–695
- Bolshevism and Bela Kun, 60, 694, 803,
807
- Food relief (see also
Food relief: Austria
and other states), 694
- Frontiers with—
- Austria, 504–505, 671, 674–675
- Czechoslovakia, 505–506, 665–667, 669, 675–676, 803, 807–809, 811–814, 815–817, 819–820, 824–826; hostilities, 803, 813–814, 820, 826
- Jugoslavia, 504, 507, 674
- Roumania, 59, 61, 506–507, 672–673, 803–811, 813, 814–815, 818–819, 821–824; hostilities in Transylvania, 59–61,
145–147, 157–158, 172
- Treaty of peace with Allied and Associated Powers (see also
Germany: Preliminary
peace): Assumption by Hungary of inclusion in invitation
to Austria to attend Peace Congress, 694; railway clauses proposed by Czechoslovakia, 710–711, 713–714;
recognition by Germany, 580
- India and British Dominions, proposed representation on Economic
Commission, 63–64,
64, 65, 180
- Inquiry, commission to investigate Laibach incident. See
Jugoslavia: Controversy with
Italy: Laibach incident.
- Italy (see also
Jugoslavia: Controversy with
Italy):
- Absence from Peace Conference, question of, 660
- Austro-Hungarian preliminary peace, Italian objections to
precedence of German preliminaries, 87–96
- Brenner Pass, acquisition of, 698,
699
- Finland, nonrecognition of, 171
- Food relief, participation in: Contributions to Czechoslovakia,
202, 207, 211–212, 255, 257; objection to proposals for Relief
Administration control and operation of railways from Adriatic to
former Austro-Hungarian territory, and blockade of Jugoslavia
following Laibach incident, 202–203, 204,
204–205,
206, 206–207, 255–261
- Naval measures at Schleswig, cooperation in, 709–710
- Japan: German rights and interests in China, including cables, Japanese
claims and reservations concerning, 96, 228, 466–467, 490–491, 499, 556, 559, 570, 584, 629n, 630–631; interest in
island of Yap, 653–654; views on international labor legislation, 537–538, 542, 543
- Jewish question. See
Zionism.
- Jugoslavia (see also
Food relief: Austria and other
states):
- Controversy with Italy:
- Blockades: Italian, against Jugoslavia, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 255, 256, 258, 260; Jugoslav,
against Italy, 523–524, 534–535
- Laibach incident, 202–203, 205, 256–257; appointment
and dispatch of commission of inquiry, 257–261, 269–270
- Nonrecognition of Jugoslavia by Italy, 323
- Territorial claims of Jugoslavia and Italy
in Adriatic and Dalmatia:
- Arbitration by President Wilson, suggested, 27–28, 320
- Procedure for study of: Italian refusal to permit
reference to territorial commissions, and insistence
on consideration by Council in meetings open to
representatives of Serbia proper, 28, 54–55, 321, 322–325, 326, 681, 682, 683; Jugoslav request to be
accorded treatment equal to that accorded Italy,
47, 320–321
- Secret treaty of London, Jugoslav declaration
concerning, 46–47
- Statement of Jugoslav claims before Council of
Ten, 28, 44–53
- Frontier and territorial questions (see
also
Controversy with Italy, supra; also
Austria: Frontier
questions with Jugoslavia):
- Albanian claims to territories given to Serbia in 1913, 112, 326
- Bulgaria, frontier with, 47,
705–706, 720–721
- Commission on Roumanian and Jugoslav Affairs: Report and
discussions, 671–674, 679–684, 697–703, 705–706, 720–721, 749–751, 834–837, 840–841, 842–844, 845–846; terms of reference, 54–55,
321
- Greece, frontier with, 47, 326
- Hungary, frontier with, 504,
507, 674
- Roumania, question of the Banat, 47–48, 673–674, 718, 719–720, 749–751
- Statement of Jugoslav claims before the Council of Ten,
44–53; discussion, 54–55
- Military action in the war, 45–46
- Kiel Canal, 66, 225–226, 230, 249, 367–370, 397, 481; appointment of
Sub-commission on, 225–226
- Klagenfurt Basin. See under
Austria: Frontier questions
with Jugoslavia.
- Labor:
- Conference, 541
- Legislation, international:
- Commission on: Report, questions of presentation to Peace
Conference in plenary session and of publicity, 537–543; woman suffrage representatives, arrangements
for hearing, 326
- Japanese views, 537–538, 542, 543
- Laibach incident. See under
Jugoslavia: Controversy with
Italy.
- Latvia. See
Baltic states.
- League of Nations, 156–157, 162n,
163, 171, 176, 184, 188, 189, 221, 223, 236, 243, 244, 246, 247, 270–271, 303, 311, 359, 361, 366, 376, 537, 539, 540, 544, 568, 586, 616, 617, 618, 619, 620, 621, 622, 684, 730, 744, 752, 783, 829, 838, 839, 848, 849, 851–852, 852, 853, 859
- Lebanon: Military action in the war, 2–3; statement before Council of Ten concerning claim
to independence and desire for French assistance to Lebanon and Syria, 2–5
- Limburg (see also
Belgium: Treaties of 1839), 8–9, 731–732, 737–738
- Lithuania. See
Baltic states.
- Luxemburg, 195
- Malmédy, 684
- Mandates: Armenia, 156; Belgian desire to be
selected as mandatory, 660–661; Palestine, 162, 163–164, 165, 166, 168, 169; Turkey,
325–326
- Marburg, 502, 680,
681, 697
- Memel, 757, 764–765, 840
- Monaco, treaty with France, July 17,
1918: Recognition by signatories of German peace treaty, 644; text, 657–658
- Montenegro: Boundary with Albania, 111, 112; representation at Peace Conference, desire
for, 208; Serbia, relations with, 208–211; statement
before Council of Ten on behalf of King Nicholas, 207–211; telegram from President
Wilson to King Nicholas, July 1918, cited, 210–211
- Morocco:
- Open-door policy, 127, 128, 129,
135, 527–528, 528
- Revision of status of, French desires regarding
renunciation of German rights and interests and revision of Treaty
of Algeciras: Appointment of Commission on Morocco, 137, 527–529; German peace treaty provisions,
proposed, 108, 134–135, 137, 527–529, 555–560, 570,
571–573,
581–583;
statement by France before Council of Ten, and discussion, 56, 108, 127–131, 131–137
- Spanish claims, 128–129, 130,
135–136,
528
- Tangier, proposed removal from international status and annexation
to French protectorate, 130, 136–137
- Netherlands (see also
Belgium: Treaties of 1839): Limburg incident, 8–9, 731–732, 737–738; passage
across Dutch territory of Allied troops and supplies for occupation of the
Rhine, 5–10
- New States, Commission on, 751, 752, 861
- Norway, proposed participation in international control in Schleswig, 642–643
- Occupation of territories by Allied Armies. See
under
Armies, Allied.
- Open-door policy in Morocco, 127, 128, 129, 135, 527–528, 528
- Opium convention, German peace treaty provisions relating to ratification,
477, 552–553, 567–569, 595
- Ottoman delegation, statement before Council of Ten, 509–512
- Palestine, statement before Council of Ten by Zionist delegation, 161–170
- Peace:
- Persia, 57
- Plebiscites, proposed (see also under
Schleswig): Allenstein, 414; Friedland, 545–546; Galicia, Eastern, 828, 832, 838, 848–850, 853–854, 855, 859–860; Klagenfurt Basin, 502–503, 680–681, 684, 703, 835–836, 837, 840–841, 845–846; Vorarlberg, 671–672
- Plenary session of Peace Conference for presentation of report by
Commission on International Labor Legislation, proposed, 537–543
- Poland:
- Allocation to Poland of part of German fleet, proposed, 712
- Appointment of General Henrys as chief of staff to the Polish
President, 316
- Austrian peace treaty provisions covering restoration of Polish
archives and works of art, Polish desire for, 721–722, 725–727
- Blockade and trade restrictions, removal, 525–527
- Bolshevism, 11, 39, 765
- Boundary and territorial matters (see also
Galicia, Eastern, infra):
- Czechoslovak questions:
- General, 607–612, 624
- Ratibor, 543–544, 612
- Spiscz and Orava, 607–608
- Teschen, 327, 470–472, 473–475, 543–544, 608–612, 679;
renunciation by Austria, 679, 711, 749
- German questions (see
also
German-Polish hostilities, infra):
- Danzig and Polish Corridor, 414–419, 449–450, 503, 698
- East Prussia and plebiscite for Allenstein, 414, 449–450, 452–454, 698
- Marienwerder, 415,
418
- Posen, 413
- Lithuanian-Russian questions, 624, 626–629, 639–640
- Commissions concerning Poland:
- Commission on Polish Affairs at Paris:
- Amalgamation with Interallied Mission to Poland,
623–624
- Extension of powers and scope, 855–856, 863
- Lithuanian reluctance to appear before commission,
626–627, 639–640
- Report on boundary questions:
- Arrangements for, 97, 139–141, 354, 565, 624–627, 757–758
- Presentation to Council of Ten, and
discussions, 413–419; reexamination at
direction of Council of Ten, 449–450, 452–454
- Unauthorized publication in press, 444–447
- Interallied Mission to Poland: Dissolution and eventual
amalgamation with Commission on Polish Affairs, 623–624; execution of armistice clauses, 25–26;
report and recommendations, 97,
104–105, 379, 381–383; terms of reference, 120, 125–126; visits to German-controlled
regions of Poland, question of permission, 353, 429, 457, 458
- Permanent Interallied Teschen Commission:
Authority of, 470–472, 473–475;
investigation of German intrigues in Czechoslovakia 318, 320
- Food relief, 526, 526–527
- Galicia, Eastern: Hostilities between Poles and
Ukrainians and question of Allied intervention, 379–385, 405–412, 419–422, 624–626, 679, 711,
757–758,
829, 833; political status of, discussions concerning plebiscite
to be preceded by provisional administration under a High
Commissioner or local autonomy under Polish Government, 828–833, 837–839, 848–855, 859–862
- German-Polish hostilities, 11, 17, 21, 24, 24–25, 25–26, 38–39, 42, 353; question of dispatch
of guardships to Konigsberg and Memel, 757, 764–765
- Lithuanian-Polish hostilities in Vilna-Grodno region, 628–629, 767, 768–773
- Railway material in Polish Silesia, German removal, 757, 764
- Recognition, 61–62
- Russian prisoners of war en route to Baltic states, question of
permission to pass through Poland, 706–709
- Troops in France (General Haller’s army), proposed return to
Poland via Danzig for purpose of maintaining order and combating
bolshevism, 97, 104–107, 119–127, 315–316, 379, 383–384, 384–385, 405,
413, 424–442, 450–452, 455–458, 472–473
- Preliminary peace. See under
Germany.
- Press (see also
Publicity): Communications to, 441–442, 450; leakages and unauthorized stories, 444–447, 538–539
- Prince’s Island (Prinkipo) conference, proposed, 13–21, 54
- Prisoners of war: Allied, in Germany, repatriation of, 30, 633–634, 634–635, 639; Commission
on, report and discussions, 631–639; German, repatriation of, 23, 33–36, 632–633, 634, 635–639; Russian, in
Germany, repatriation of, 706–709
- Prize courts, German peace treaty provisions, 482, 563–565, 573–576
- Publicity: German peace treaty, 655; report of Commission on International Labor Legislation,
537, 538–539, 540, 541, 542–543
- Ratibor, 543–544,
612
- Red Cross convention, cited, 35
- Reparation:
- Commission on Reparation: Desire of small powers for
representation, 83–84; subjects for consideration, 178–179, 229, 230,
632, 721–722, 774, 774–775
- Payments to Baltic states, question of, 656
- Principles of, and nature of costs to be included, 178–179, 195, 229,
230, 242, 250–251, 549–552
- Reparation Commission for interpretation of peace treaty
provisions, 654–655
- Representation at Peace Conference:
- Armenia, demand for, 150
- Luxemburg, question of hearing before Council of Ten, 195
- Montenegro, desire for, 208
- Ottoman delegation, statement before Council of Ten, 509–512
- Special interests, powers having, question of participation in—
- Boundary discussions, 320–325
- Commissions, 63, 64, 65,
83–84, 177–178, 180, 181, 196–197, 271–274, 295, 353–354
- Deliberations on preliminary peace, 194–195
- Responsibility of the authors of the war and enforcement of penalties:
- Belgian refusal to prosecute Wilhelm II of Germany, 482
- Commission on, 332–333
- Emperor Charles of Austria, question of guilt, 332–334
- Penalties for mistreatment of Allied prisoners of war, 632; question of detention of German
prisoners as hostages for surrender of guilty persons, 633, 635–638
- Rhine:
- Armies of occupation: Cost of maintaining, 195, 477–479, 549–552; passage of troops and supplies
through Dutch territory, 5–10
- Swiss request for reopening of Rhine to Swiss trade with neutral
and Allied countries, 527
- Treaty clauses concerning, 216, 232, 233,
239, 307–308, 390
- Roumania:
- Frontier and territorial questions:
- Boundaries with—
- Bulgaria, in the Dobrudja, 705–706, 717–719, 749–751
- Czechoslovakia (Carpathian Ruthenia), 676–677, 751–752, 758–761
- Hungary, 59, 61, 506–507, 672–673, 803–811, 813, 814–815, 818–819, 821–824; hostilities in Transylvania, 59–61, 145–147, 157–158, 172
- Jugoslavia, in the Banat, 47–48, 673–674, 718, 719–720, 749–751
- Ukraine, in Bessarabia, 672, 719, 822–823
- Bukovina, 711, 719, 748–749
- Commission on Roumanian and Jugoslav Affairs: Report and
discussions, 59–61, 671–674, 705–706, 717–719, 748–751, 804–806, 818–819; terms of reference, 54–55,
321
- Military assistance to Poles in East Galicia, proposed, 379–382, 384
- Russia (see also
Ukraine):
- Allied Council for Russian Affairs, proposed, 14–15, 16, 19, 21
- Bolshevism, Allied efforts to combat, 10–13, 15, 121–122, 124, 380–382, 663–664, 665, 707–709, 720;
question of attack on Petrograd, 753,
755, 757
- Commercial navigation with Northern Russia, Allied restrictions,
773
- Czechoslovak troops in Russia, 12
- German peace treaty clauses concerning, 580–581
- Policy of Allies toward the Russian question, discussions, 10–21, 28, 53–54, 121–122, 124,
171–172,
626–627,
672, 687–688, 706–709, 719–720
- Prince’s Island (Prinkipo) conference between representatives of
Allies and organized Russian groups, proposed, 13–21, 54; draft text of second message to Russian groups, 13–14
- Prisoners of war in Germany, repatriation of, 706–709
- Ruthenians, 676–677, 751–752, 758–761, 827–833, 837–839, 848–855, 859–862
- Scapa Flow, German fleet at, 33
- Scheldt. See
Belgium: Treaties of 1839.
- Schleswig:
- Danish territorial claims: Commission on Belgian and Danish
Affairs, study and report on, 66, 195, 529–532; statement before Council of Ten by
Danish Minister, 65–66, 69–82
- Plebiscite, conditions for: Evacuation of German troops and
maintenance of order by interallied military and naval forces, 65–66, 70–71, 82, 642–644, 709–710, 712–713; interallied commission to administer
area, 642; zones, voting by, 72–73, 79–80, 81–82, 529–532
- Self-determination, 46–47, 49, 50,
72, 79, 172, 210
- Serbia and Serb-Croat-Slovene State. See
Jugoslavia.
- Shantung and Kiaochow, Japanese claims and reservations concerning German
rights and interests in, 96, 466–467, 490–491, 499, 556, 559, 570, 584, 629n, 630–631
- Small powers. See
Special interests, powers having.
- Spain, claims in Morocco, 128–129, 130, 135–136, 528
- Special interests, powers having: Participation in Council
of Ten, question of, 194–195, 320–325; representation on commissions, 63, 64, 65,
83–84, 177–178, 180, 181, 196–197, 271–274, 295, 353–354
- Submarines, German, 26, 32–33, 244, 246, 265, 364, 394
- Suez Canal and Egypt, German peace treaty clauses concerning, 477, 554–555, 557, 558, 559, 570, 571–573, 583–584
- Supreme Councils. See
Councils.
- Sweden: Annexation of Aaland Islands, question of, 171–172; proposed participation in
international control in Schleswig, 642–643
- Switzerland: Adhesion of Vorarlberg, question of, 671–672; hospitality to ex-Emperor
Charles of Austria and Allied guarantees concerning, 332–334; request for reopening of
Rhine to Swiss trade with neutral and Allied countries, 527
- Syria: Conflict with Armenia over Cilicia, 153–154; interallied commission to
Syria, question of, 56; Lebanese desire for
French assistance to both Lebanon and Syria, 3–5
- Tangier, 130, 136–137
- Ten, Council of. See under
Councils: Supreme
Councils.
- Teschen: Commission on, 318, 320, 470–472, 473–475; conflict between Czechoslovakia and Poland,
327, 470–472, 473–475, 543–544, 608–612, 679;
renunciation by Austria, 679, 711, 749
- Thrace, Bulgarian-Greek frontier in, 705–706, 716–717, 722–724
- Transylvania. See
Roumania: Frontier questions
with Hungary.
- Treaties, conventions, etc.
- Aerial navigation, proposed, 336, 338, 341,
342–343,
603, 604, 604–605, 616–617, 618,
619, 620, 621, 622, 623
- Africa, international conventions concerning. See under
Africa.
- Algeciras. See
Morocco: Revision of
status.
- Berlin, treaty of (1878), cited, 111–112
- Brest-Litovsk, 148, 150, 580–581
- Bucharest, 47, 580
- Czechoslovakia, draft treaty with Allied and Associated Powers,
cited, 860, 861–862
- London, treaty of (1915), cited, 46–47, 577, 577–578, 682,
701
- Monaco–France. See
Monaco.
- Opium convention, German peace treaty provisions relating to
ratification, 477, 552–553, 567–569, 595
- Peace treaties. See
Treaty of peace
under
Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, and
Turkey.
- Red Cross convention, cited, 35
- Treaties of 1839. See under
Belgium.
- Trieste (see also
Jugoslavia: Controversy with
Italy: Territorial claims), 681–682, 683, 697, 698, 699, 700
- Turkey:
- Armenian claims to independence and union of Caucasian and Turkish
Armenia, 147–157
- Boundaries, question of, 325–326
- Mandatory, question of, 325–326
- Statement of Ottoman delegation before Council of Ten, 509–512
- Treaty of peace with Allied and Associated Powers (see also
Germany: Preliminary
peace): Belgian request for Belgian nationals to share
advantages accorded to nationals of Principal Allied and Associated
Powers, 721, 724–725; recognition by
Germany, 580
- Ukraine (see also
Poland: Galicia):
Bolshevik activities, 11, 380–381, 384, 410, 707; boundary question with Roumania, in Bessarabia, 672, 719, 822–823
- Vorarlberg, question of plebiscite and adhesion to Switzerland, 671–672
- War, German peace treaty provisions relating to termination of state of,
576–579
- Wilson, Woodrow (President): Absence from Peace Conference, 123, 124; arbitration
of Italo-Jugoslav territorial conflict, proposed, 27–28, 320; Fourteen Points, cited, 39, 417, 511; telegram to
King Nicholas of Montenego, July 1918, cited, 210–211
- Woman Suffrage Association, 326
- Yap, 486, 653–654
- Zionism, statement of Zionist delegation before Council of
Ten concerning aims in Palestine and views on selection of mandatory, 161–170