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- Aaland Islands, 56, 171–172, 662
- Adriatic:
- Commercial blockade, lifting of, 269, 523
- Territorial claims of Italy and Jugoslavia. See under Jugoslavia: Controversy with Italy.
- Africa:
- 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:
- 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):
- 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:
- 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:
- 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
- Supreme Councils:
- 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):
- 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
- Economic Commission:
- 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
- Austria and other states of former Austro-Hungarian
Empire:
- 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—
- 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:
- 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:
- 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
- Controversy with Italy:
- 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:
- 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):
- Commissions concerning Poland:
- Commission on Polish Affairs at Paris:
- 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:
- Responsibility of the authors of the war and enforcement of penalties:
- Rhine:
- 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
- Boundaries with—
- Military assistance to Poles in East Galicia, proposed, 379–382, 384
- Frontier and territorial questions:
- 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
- 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 in vol. iii, pp. 1–153.↩