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• Adriatic claims. See under Italy.
• Africa:
  • German peace treaty provisions concerning arms traffic, Morocco, Egypt and Suez Canal, preparation, 41
  • Mandates for former German colonies, and other territorial adjustments:
    • Cameroons, 492–494, 500, 506–507, 508, 812
    • Claims and interests of—
      • Belgium, 419–420, 459–460
      • British Empire, 127, 472–473, 492–494, 500, 506–507, 508, 508–509, 812
      • France, 492–494, 500, 506–507, 508, 508–509, 616, 758, 812
      • Italy, territorial questions arising under Treaty of London: Commission on Colonies, appointment, 508; general discussions, 507–508, 509, 582–583, 584, 587, 616, 812
      • Portugal, 419–420, 459–460
    • Discussions, general, 65, 127, 419–420, 459–460, 472–473, 492–494, 500, 506–509, 582–583, 584, 587, 616, 758, 812
    • French Equatorial Africa, 508
    • German East Africa, 419–420, 500, 508
    • German Southwest Africa, 127, 472–473, 500, 508
    • Somaliland, 507, 508, 509, 582–583, 584, 587, 616
    • Togoland, 492–493, 500, 507, 508, 509, 812
    • Treaty of London, provisions concerning Italian claims, 507, 509
• Aga Khan, 581, 691–692, 692, 700–701
• Albania: Commission on Greek and Albanian Affairs, 64, 65, 484; frontiers, 64, 65; Italian assumption of protectorate, 483
• Alsace-Lorraine, German peace treaty provisions:
  • Financial provisions exempting France from payment or credit for property owned by German Government, discussions and draft texts, 305–307, 378
  • Political clauses: Committee for examination of, 112; discussions, 305–307, 373–376, 419; texts, draft, 376–386, 423–424
  • Ports of Strasbourg and Kehl, 419, 423–424
  • Reparation: Exemption of Alsace-Lorraine from obligation to pay, 380, 567; nonprovision for reparation claim by France, 346–347
• Antarctic claims of Germany, renunciation, 41
• Arabia. See Turkish territories: Syria and adjoining regions.
• Armaments (see also Treaty: Terms: Military under Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary), traffic in, 41
• Armenia. See Turkish territories: Asia Minor.
• Armies, Allied:
  • Assignment of Allied officers to accompany General Haller’s troops across German territory en route to Poland, 40
  • Occupation of—
    • Berlin, proposed, in event of German refusal to sign peace treaty, 527–528, 702–704
    • Budapest, proposed, 706–707
    • Corfu, arrangements for withdrawal at Greek request, 541
    • Rhineland: Guarantee clauses of German peace treaty, 63, 113–114, 117–118, 244, 247–248, 357, 395, 415, 471, 515–516, 519–520, 541–542, 576; preparation of draft convention, 395, 515; priority of army costs against reparation payments, 20, 28, 35–37, 50, 56, 166, 471
    • Russian territories:
      • British troops at Archangel, 114–115, 247, 370
      • U. S. troops at Archangel, 370; in Siberia, and relations with Japanese and Russian forces, 528–529, 608, 735
    • Schleswig, proposed, 559
    • Turkish territories. See Turkish territories.
    • Vienna, proposed, to avert bolshevism, 59
• Armistice:
  • Austro-Hungarian armistice of Nov. 3, 1918, continuance in force of certain provisions as specified in [Page 922] Austrian peace treaty, 652–653, 897, 913; in Hungarian peace treaty, 666
  • German armistice of Nov. 11, 1918. See Germany: Armistice.
  • Polish-Ukrainian armistice, proposed. See Poland: Ukrainian-Polish hostilities.
• Arms traffic, 41
• Asia Minor. See under Turkish territories.
• Australia, mandate for New Guinea and adjacent islands, 473, 492, 500, 506, 508
• Austria:
  • Armistice of Nov. 3, 1918, Austrian peace treaty provisions for continuance in force of certain portions of, 652–653, 897, 913
  • Blockade, 535
  • Bolshevism, 59, 500, 533
  • Food shipments from the Banat, Serbian refusal to permit, 524–525, 526, 601
  • Frontiers. See Italy: Adriatic claims.
  • German peace treaty provisions concerning recognition of Austrian independence and Austrian peace treaty, 41, 114, 118, 421, 425, 476–477
  • Submarines, 517–518
  • Treaty of peace with the Allied and Associated Powers:
    • Arrangements for communicating terms of peace to Austria:
      • Austrian delegation: Composition of, 499, 543; date of arrival, 499
      • Invitation of Allies to come to St. Germain, and Austrian acceptance:
        • Austrian reply, 494, 498–499
        • Discussions, general, 291–292, 368–369, 392–393, 406, 427, 451, 494, 498–499
        • Italian attitude, 427
        • Text, draft, of Allied note, 406; question of publication of, 451
    • Language, official, use of Italian in addition to English and French, 605–606
    • Preparation of text by Drafting Committee, 515
    • Signature, Allied consideration of military and naval measures necessary in event of Austrian refusal or inability to sign treaty, 65, 66, 532–533, 533–534, 535
    • Terms, discussions and draft texts:
      • Aerial navigation, 649–650, 894–895
      • Economic clauses, 65
      • Financial clauses, 65, 292, 514, 563, 831
      • Frontiers (see also Political clauses: General, infra; Italy: Adriatic claims), 64, 499–500, 511–514, 560, 571
      • Labor clauses, 617, 625
      • League of Nations Covenant, 617–618, 625
      • Military, naval, and air clauses:
        • Air clauses, 638, 648–650, 882, 892–895, 913
        • Discussions, general, and draft texts, 627–638, 639–653, 675, 863–864, 877–882, 885–898, 900, 904–905, 913
        • General clauses, 638, 652–653, 882, 897–898, 913
        • Interallied commissions of control, 638, 650–652, 882, 895–897, 913
        • Military clauses: Armament, munitions, material, fortifications, 642–644, 891; effectives and cadres, 627–635, 639–640, 645–646, 675, 863–864, 877–881, 885–890, 904–905; general provisions, 627–635, 639, 675, 863–864; recruiting and military training, 641; schools, educational establishments, military clubs and societies, 641–642; texts, draft, and discussions, 627–635, 639–646, 863–864, 877–881, 885–891, 904–905
        • Naval clauses, 635–638, 646–648, 881–882, 891–892, 900
        • Texts, draft, 639–653, 891–898
      • Miscellaneous clauses, Austrian recognition of Allied treaties with other enemy powers, 593–594
      • Penalties for breaches of laws of war, 517–518, 530, 605; non-arraignment of Austrian Emperor, 517, 530
      • Political clauses for Europe: General clauses, Austrian recognition of frontiers of new states and of all contiguous states, 512–514, 531, 536, 541, 543, 620; Jugoslavia, obligation to conclude treaties for protection of minorities, 816–817
      • Ports, waterways, and railways clauses: Discussions, general, 267, 518, 588, 589–598; Italian views on provisions regarding revision of railway tariff regime to Adriatic ports, 258, 266, 589–591, 594
      • Prisoners of war and graves, 725, 873–877, 882–885, 913; text, draft, 882–885
      • Reparation clauses:
        • Committee on Reparation Clauses in the Treaties with Austria, Hungary, and Bulgaria, appointment, 864
        • Discussions concerning—
          • Adriatic shipping, question of distribution and Italian claims, 566–569, 710, 834–835
          • Belligerency as a requisite for claiming reparation, 833–834, 837n
          • Libraries, museums, etc., 835
          • New states: Hearing of, 836; question of assumption of share of Austro-Hungarian war costs, 163–164, 292, 355, 514, 531, 560–562, 566, 830–832
          • Reparation Commission, 832, 837–838; Serbian claim for representation on Commission during consideration of Austro-Hungarian questions, 353, 360
          • Serbian claims, 353, 360, 587
        • Preparation of draft clauses by financial experts, 514, 541, 625
        • Text, draft, 836–857
      • Responsibility for the war and penalties, 517–518, 530, 605; nonarraignment of Austrian Emperor, 517, 530
• Austria-Hungary. See Austria; Hungary.
• Aviation questions:
  • Aeronautical Commission, 63
  • Air clauses of peace treaties:
    • Austrian treaty: Aerial navigation, 649–650, 894–895; military and naval air clauses, 638, 648–650, 882, 892–895, 913
    • German treaty, alteration in military air clauses, 352–353
    • Hungarian treaty: Aerial navigation, 663–664, 894–895; military and naval air clauses, 638, 662–664, 882, 892–895
  • Air services, question of inclusion in references to military and naval services in League Covenant, 816
• Azerbaijan delegation, desire for hearing at peace conference, 407
• Balfour, Arthur James: Memoranda, Apr. 27 and 28, and discussions with Japanese regarding Shantung, 247, 316, 324–326, 331; memorandum, May 16, regarding Italy and Turkey in Anatolia, 669–672
• Balkans, Italian activity, 465–466
• Baltic countries: Commission on Baltic Affairs, appointment, 315–316; food relief, need for, 737; German troops, German peace treaty clauses, 451–452, 461–462; relations with Russia, 546, 547–548, 737
• Banat, question of food shipments to Austria and Hungary, and Serbian refusal to permit, 524–525, 526, 601
• Bavaria: Allied study of possible inability of German Government to sign peace treaty on behalf of Bavaria, 60, 65, 66, 533; South German confederacy, plan, 704, 899, 906–909
• Bela Kun. See under Hungary.
• Belgium:
  • African claims, 419–420, 459–460
  • Boundaries: Belgium–Netherlands, question of, 511; study by Commission on Belgian and Danish Affairs, 64, 86
  • Commission on Belgian and Danish Affairs, 64, 86
  • Cooperation in discussions regarding size of army of occupation in Rhineland, 515
  • Economic union with Luxemburg, question of, 862–863
  • German peace treaty, Belgian interest:
    • Boundary clauses, 64, 86
    • Financial clauses exempting Belgium from payment or credit for German Government property situated in territory ceded to Belgium, 448–449, 449–450
    • Political clauses: Cession to Belgium of Prussian Moresnet, Eupen, and Malmedy (see also Financial clauses, supra), German protest and Allied draft reply, 818, 820, 824, 828, 916; recognition by Germany of new regime replacing Treaty of 1839 concerning Belgium, 41
    • Ports, waterways, etc., provisions regarding Rhine, Belgian interest, 256, 257
    • Reparation provisions:
      • Belgian claims:
        • Arrangements for hearing Belgian representatives, 229, 314–315; statement before Council of Four and discussions, 344–351
        • Declaration of Saint Adresse (Feb. 14, 1916), 345, 347
        • Priority to first cash payments by Germany, question of, 323, 344–345, 346, 349, 350, 415, 418–419, 445
        • Redemption of marks left in occupied territory, question of, 53–54, 323, 344, 345, 375–376, 390, 419
        • War costs, question of full reimbursement, and compromise on reimbursement by Germany of Belgian war debts to the Allies, 31–33, 52–53, 58, 229, 314–315, 323, 344–351, 390; subsequent Belgian demands and discussions concerning, 414–415, 418–419, 445–449
      • German declarations of willingness to effect full restoration, 348, 820
      • Physical restoration of Belgium, including livestock deliveries, 184–186, 423
      • Reparation Commission, Belgian representation, 322, 353, 360, 365
    • Request to Council of Four for texts of clauses affecting Belgium, 406
    • Signature by Belgium, question of, in connection with Allied refusal to accede to Belgian demands regarding reimbursement of war costs, 349–351
  • League of Nations Council, Belgian membership, 324
  • Participation in plenary sessions concerning German peace treaty: Arrangements, 313, 322, 351, 481; question of possible absence, 349, 351
  • Treaty of 1839, 32, 41
• Blockade (see also under Germany), 62, 522, 535, 536, 813, 817
• Bolivia, participation in plenary sessions concerning German peace treaty, 415, 416–417
• Bolshevism (see also Hungary: Bela Kun; Russia): Austria and Germany, 39, 59, 151, 500, 533, 899; Jugoslavia, 149, 151; Polish-Ukrainian hostilities, Bolshevik influence, 676, 712, 714, 755, 776, 778, 779, 780, 781, 786, 793, 795–796
• Brazil: Claim to German merchant shipping as reparation, 162, 229, 230, 314, 315, 323–324; debt held by Germany, 523; participation in plenary sessions concerning German peace treaty, 313, 481; selection as member of League of Nations Council, 324
• Brest-Litovsk treaty, abrogation, 421, 424, 451, 461, 476
• Brockdorff-Rantzau. See under Germany.
• Bulgaria:
  • Blockade, 536
  • Military situation, Italian activity, 465–466, 468
  • Treaty of peace with the Allied and Associated Powers:
    • Participation of the United States, question of, 904
    • Signature, Allied consideration of military and naval measures necessary in event of Bulgarian refusal or inability to sign treaty, 65, 66, 532–533, 533–534, 536
    • Terms, discussions concerning:
      • Financial and economic clauses, study by commissions, 65
      • Frontiers, question of, 64, 587, 885
      • Military clauses, discussions relating to strength of armies to be allowed Bulgaria and other small states, 877–881, 885–891
      • Penalties, 530
      • Political clauses for Europe, Jugoslav obligation to conclude treaties with the Allies regarding protection of minorities, 816–817
      • Ports, waterways, and railways, 267, 904
      • Prisoners of war and graves, 725
      • Reparation clauses: Committee on Reparation Clauses in the Treaties with Austria, Hungary, and Bulgaria, 864; preparation of, 836, 864
      • Responsibility for the war, 530
• Cables, German-owned, transfer to—
  • Allied powers, as reparation, 241, 392, 422, 437–438
  • Japan, Shantung cables, 126, 133
• Cameroons, 492–494, 500, 506–507, 508, 812
• Canada, question of representation on International Labor Council, 308–309, 477–478; on League of Nations Council, 477–478, 489–490
• Caucasus (see also Turkish territories: Asia Minor), desire of Azerbaijan delegation for hearing before peace conference, 407
• Chaikovski, V. N. (president of Archangel government), hearing before Council of Four, 370, 497–498, 529, 530, 544–551, 560
• China:
  • Extraterritoriality and foreign spheres of influence, question of abrogation of, 110, 130, 131–132, 140, 145, 246, 318, 328–329
  • German rights and interests (see also Shantung and Kiaochow, infra), renunciation by Germany of interests outside Shantung and Kiaochow: Discussions, general, 309, 356, 361–362, 472; Japanese protest against noninclusion in meetings concerning, 472; text, draft, of German peace treaty clauses, 361–362
  • Open door, 111, 129, 130, 325, 326
  • Participation in plenary sessions concerning German treaty, 481
  • Shantung and Kiaochow, conflict between Chinese claims for direct restitution of German rights and Japanese claims for transfer of German rights in accordance with Japanese secret treaties, and ultimate decision of Council of Four in favor of Japan:
    • Chinese claims and attitude: Expressions of, general, 140, 141–142, 142–143, 145, 146, 147, 249–250, 460, 607; hearing before Council of Four, Apr. 22, 138–148; statement and proposal, Apr. 23, 249–250
    • Committee, special, to consider Chinese position, 222, 227–228
    • Decision in favor of Japan, 365; communication to Chinese delegation, and Chinese attitude, 389, 460, 607
    • Discussions, general, and draft texts of German peace treaty clauses, 65, 109–111, 123–132, 133–134, 138–148, 222, 227–228, 245–247, 248, 249–250, 316–318, 324–326, 327–335, 363–365, 367, 389, 460, 607, 620–621
    • Japanese claims and attitude: Balfour’s discussions with Japanese delegation, and memoranda concerning, 247, 316, 324–326, 331; expressions of, general, 109–110, 123–126, 127, 128, 129, 130–131, 131–132, 133, 248, 317, 324–325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 331–332, 333, 334, 335, 363–364, 365; hearings before Council (Apr. 22, 29, 30), 123–126, 327–335, 363–365; policy regarding restoration of Shantung to China, 109–110, 124, 128–129, 130, 131, 245, 246, 318, 324–325, 326, 327–335, 363–365; refusal to sign German peace treaty in event of nonsatisfaction of Japanese demands, intimation of, 127; request, Apr. 25, that Council expedite decision, 248
      • Secret treaties and agreements, cited:
        • Japan-China (see also Treaty, infra): May 25, 1915, 110, 123–124, 125, 138, 139, 140, 141, 143–144, 364; Sept. 24, 1918 (railway agreement), 110–111, 124–125, 139–140, 143, 330, 331, 333, 334, 363–364; “Twenty-one Demands,” 140–141, 144, 145, 330, 332, 364
        • Japan-Entente (1917), regarding Japanese and British claims in Shantung and Pacific Islands, 126–127, 129, 138–139, 143, 249–250; text of British note to Japan, Feb. 16, 1917, 134
      • Texts, draft, of German peace treaty clauses, 133, 367
      • Views of—
        • Clemenceau, 147, 245
        • Lloyd George and Balfour, 110, 111, 126–127, 127, 128, 129, 139, 141, 142, 143, 144, 147, 148, 245, 245–246, 247, 317, 317–318, 328, 329, 331, 332–333, 333, 334–335
        • Wilson, 109–110, 110, 111, 128, 128–129, 129–130, 131, 132, 138–139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145–146, 146–147, 147–148, 245, 246, 247, 316–317, 318, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333–334, 334, 335, 363, 364, 365
  • Silver standard of currency, Chinese proposal for inclusion in German financial clauses of special provisions concerning, 460–461
  • Treaty with Japan, May 25, 1915 (see also Shantung and Kiaochow, supra), Chinese request to peace conference for abrogation of treaty, and reply suggesting reference of question to League Council, 607, 620–621
• Clemenceau, Georges (Premier). See Views of Clemenceau under China: Shantung and Kiaochow; Italy: Adriatic claims: Fiume-Dalmatia; Reparation: German; Russia: Allied policy; Turkish territories: Asia Minor; Turkish territories: Syria.
• Coal and coal derivatives as German reparation, 38, 48–49, 186–187, 291, 295–297
• Colonies, former German. See Africa: Mandates; Pacific Islands.
• Commercial relations, German peace treaty provisions, 152, 230–234, 255
• Commissions, committees, etc. (see also Councils):
  • Aeronautical Commission, 63
  • Albanian Affairs, Commission on Greek and, 64, 65, 484
  • Armistice Between Poland and the Ukraine, Commission for Negotiation of. See under Poland: Ukrainian-Polish hostilities.
  • Baltic Affairs, Commission on, 315–316
  • Belgian and Danish Affairs, Commission on, 64, 86
  • Chinese questions outside of Shantung and Kiaochow, special committee on, 309, 356
  • Colonies, Commission on (Colonial Compensation Demanded by Italy from France and Great Britain), 508
  • Conditions of Peace, Committees for Study of Observations of German Delegation on, 370, 372, 542
  • Control, interallied commissions of, provisions of peace treaties: Austrian, 638, 650–652, 882, 895–897, 913; German, 353; Hungarian, 638, 664–666, 882, 895–897
  • Credentials, Committee on, 292, 297, 311–312, 321, 352, 357, 390–391, 403–404
  • Czechoslovak Affairs, Commission on, 64
  • Danish Affairs, Commission on Belgian and, 64, 86
  • Danube control commission, 524
  • Drafting Committee:
    • Instructions from Council of Four, procedure for, 617, 682
    • Work on—
      • Austrian and Hungarian treaties, 515, 617
      • German treaty, 310, 389, 390, 395, 401, 408, 420, 451, 463, 465, 476–477, 477–480, 491, 520, 541, 730–731, 837n, 913–914
      • Polish treaty, 733
  • Economic Commission, 60, 63, 65, 206, 230–234
  • Financial Commission, 63, 65, 302, 460–461, 514, 563
  • German-Allied technical commissions to examine peace treaty clauses, German proposal and Allied refusal to consider, 510–511
  • Greek and Albanian Affairs, Commission on, 64, 65, 484
  • Hungary, Allied mission to. See Hungary: Smuts mission.
  • Jugoslav Affairs, Commission on Roumanian and, 61, 64
  • King-Crane Commission, 766, 812
  • Labor Legislation, International, Commission on, 21, 153
  • League of Nations, Committee on the Organization of, 324
  • Luxemburg questions, special committee on, 309, 342
  • Minorities, Commission on. See New states: Committee.
  • New States, Committee on. See under New states.
  • Poland, commissions concerning. See under Poland.
  • Ports, Waterways, and Railways, Commission on the International Regime of. See Ports: Commission.
  • Prisoners of War, Commission on, 337, 339, 725, 874–875, 876
  • Reparation, commissions concerning. See Reparation: Commissions.
  • Responsibility of the Authors of the War and Enforcement of Penalties, Commission on, 31, 32, 63, 513, 530, 612, 728, 729, 730, 743
  • Roumanian and Jugoslav Affairs, Commission on, 61, 64
  • Saar Valley, special commission on, 60–61, 66–70, 206, 208–209, 335, 336, 813–815, 826, 912
  • Shantung and Kiaochow, special committee to consider Chinese position, 222, 227–228
  • Smuts mission. See under Hungary.
  • Stevens railway commission in Russia, 528–529, 903
  • Syrian Commission (interallied commission to investigate question of Turkish mandates), 12–14, 65, 112, 247, 466, 468, 719, 758, 760, 763, 766, 770, 808, 810, 811–812; American section (King-Crane Commission), 766, 812
  • Turkish mandates, commission on. See Syrian Commission, supra.
• Conditions of Peace, Committees for Study of Observations of German Delegation on, 370, 372, 542
• Conferences, proposed: Danube regime, 259, 263–264; labor, 573, 611, 682, 685, 870
• Control, interallied commissions of. See Commissions: Control.
• Conventions. See Treaties, conventions, etc.
• Corfu, arrangements for withdrawal of Allied forces upon Greek request, 541
• Councils, Supreme:
  • Five, Council of. See Foreign Ministers.
  • Four, Council of. See Four.
  • Superior Blockade Council, report, 603–604
  • Supreme Economic Council: Blockade and related questions, 396, 516, 521–525, 599–604, 676, 813, 817; coal question, 48
  • Ten, Council of, assembling of Councils of Four and Five into Council of Ten for study of question of German cables, 392, 422
• Covenant of the League. See League: German peace treaty clauses.
• Credentials. See under Germany: Treaty of peace: Negotiations.
• Cyprus, 584, 812
• Czechoslovakia (see also New states):
  • Commission on Czechoslovak Affairs, 64
  • German peace treaty:
    • Assistance of Czech troops in military action against Germany in event of German refusal to sign treaty, proposed, 538, 703
    • Participation of Czechoslovakia in plenary sessions concerning, 293, 298, 313, 322, 390, 481; question of credentials, 390
    • Political clauses concerning Czechoslovakia, 64, 439–444
    • Ports, waterways, and railways clauses concerning Czechoslovakia: Railway communications, 257–258; special rights in ports of Hamburg and Stettin, 264, 284
    • Reparation questions, 163–164, 374
  • Teschen question, 64, 677–678
  • Treaty with Allied and Associated Powers, preparation, 681
• Dalmatia. See Italy: Adriatic claims.
• Damage. See Reparation.
• Danube:
  • Commission on Control of, 524
  • Conference to draw up international statute concerning, proposed, 259, 263–364
  • Ports, waterways, and railways clauses of German peace treaty, 258–259, 263–264, 266, 272–275, 277–279; draft texts, 272–275, 277–279
  • Status of Allied control, 535, 536
• Danzig, German peace treaty provisions concerning, 63, 86, 114, 118–122, 293–294, 913–914; draft texts, 118–122, 913–914
• De Bon, Admiral, 638–639
• Denmark. See Schleswig.
• Disarmament. See Treaty of peace: Terms: Military, naval, and air clauses under Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary.
• Dodecanese Islands, Greek and Italian claims, 465, 482, 583, 586, 622, 720, 759, 765
• Drafting Committee. See under Commissions.
• Dyestuffs and chemical drugs as German reparation, 192, 291, 294–295
• Economic questions (see also Blockade; Councils: Supreme Economic Council):
  • Economic clauses of peace treaties (see also German peace treaty, infra), preparation by Economic Commission, 65
  • Economic Commission, 60, 63, 65, 206, 230–234
  • German peace treaty:
    • Economic clauses:
      • Discussions concerning—
        • Commercial relations: Duration of provisions, 230–234; nondiscriminatory treatment by Germany, 152; transfer of shipping provisions to ports, etc., provisions, 255
        • Private property abroad:
          • Attitude of Council of Four, 234
          • German protest, May 22, and Allied consideration of a reply: Discussions, 767, 861; text of German note, 865–869
        • Restriction of opium traffic, 41
      • Economic Commission, preparation of report and consideration thereof, 60, 63, 206, 230–234
      • German protest against clauses concerning private property abroad, 767, 861, 865–869
      • Verbal discussions between Allies and Germans, question of, 800–802, 820, 821, 869
    • Protest by Germany against economic effect of treaty as a whole, May 13, and Allied reply, May 22:
      • Discussions, 606–607, 612, 732–733, 800, 815
      • Texts:
        • German note, 738–740
        • Reply of Allies: Draft, 740–742; final text, 802–806
• Ecuador, participation in plenary sessions concerning German peace treaty, 415, 416–417
• Egypt and the Suez Canal, 41
• Esthonia. See Baltic countries.
• Eupen, 818, 820, 824, 828
• Financial questions (see also Reparation):
  • Credit schemes for restarting European industry, 151–152, 396, 521–524
  • Financial clauses of the peace treaties (see also German peace treaty, infra): Preparation of provisions for treaties with Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Turkey, 65, [Page 928] 292, 514, 563, 831; special questions concerning assumption by new states of share of enemy debts, 292, 531, 560–562, 566, 830–832, 836
  • Financial Commission, 63, 65, 302, 460–461, 514, 563
  • German peace treaty, financial clauses, discussions concerning:
    • Allied nationals holding German public loans, nonpriority of, 307
    • Crediting to Germany of material surrendered under Armistice, 167–168, 303–304
    • Discussions, general, 63, 167–168, 302–307, 353, 359, 360, 366–367, 375–376, 378, 448–449, 449–450, 460–461, 800–802, 820, 821, 869
    • Japanese desire for special treatment on account of expenses incurred for maintenance of German prisoners of war, 353, 359, 360, 366–367
    • Mark payments by Germany in occupied territory, settlement at current or agreed rate of exchange, 302–303
    • Priority of payments for food and raw material supplied to Germany, determination by Allies, 303
    • Property: Alienation of property in violation of Armistice, noninclusion of provisions concerning, 307; payment for German debt and property in ceded territories, and special exceptions for Belgium and France, 304–307, 378, 448–449, 449–450
    • Silver standard of currency, Chinese proposal concerning, 460–461
    • Verbal discussions between Allies and Germany on financial and economic terms, question of, 800–802, 820, 821, 869
  • Keynes scheme for using first German reparation payment to restart European industry, and U. S. disapproval, 151–152, 396
  • New states, question of assumption of share of enemy debts, 292, 531, 560–562, 566, 830–832, 836
• Finland: Food relief, 358; recognition by Allies, plea of Herbert Hoover and reference thereof to Council of Foreign Ministers, 316, 352, 357–359; relations with Russia, and Finnish territorial claims, 546, 547, 550–551
• Fiume. See Italy: Adriatic claims.
• Five, Council of. See Foreign Ministers.
• Foch, Marshal:
  • Negotiations with Germans regarding Haller’s army, 15–16, 39–40
  • Recommendations and preparation of military action in event of German refusal to sign peace treaty: Council’s request, Apr. 8, and Foch’s reply, Apr. 9, 65, 532–533; discussions, 526–528, 537–540, 702–704
• Food relief:
  • Austria and Hungary, Serbian refusal to permit food exports from the Banat, 524–525, 526, 601
  • Baltic countries, 737
  • Finland, 358
  • Germany, 60, 104; question of payment, 20, 28, 35–37, 50, 56, 166, 303, 396–397, 522–524
  • Russia, Bolshevik reply to Nansen relief proposal and consideration thereof by Council of Four, 706, 734–735, 743–748; text of Lenin’s letter of May 7, 744–747
• Foreign Legion of France, nonapplicability of German peace treaty prohibition against enrollment of Germans in foreign armies, 310, 320
• Foreign Ministers, Council of (“The Five”), work of, and relations with the Council of Four, 39, 40–41, 64, 65, 310, 312, 320, 337, 339–342, 352, 392, 426, 481, 513–514, 560, 571, 587
• Four, Council of:
  • Italy, temporary withdrawal. See Italy: Absence.
  • Japanese protest against noninclusion in certain discussions concerning China and Siam, 472
  • Minutes of meetings: Chinese request for minutes concerning Shantung question, 460; explanatory note concerning, vi
  • Nomenclature (“Council of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers”), 677
  • Procedure for initialing instructions to Drafting Committee, 617, 682
  • Secretaries, 21
  • Subjects for consideration and references to and from the Council of Foreign Ministers, 39, 40–41, 63–65, 310, 312, 320, 337, 339–342, 352, 392, 426, 481, 513–514, 560, 571, 587
• Fourteen Points, cited, 52–53, 58, 96–97, 98, 345, 691, 693, 708
• France (see also Africa; Armies; China: Shantung; Clemenceau; Foch; Italy: Adriatic claims; Mandates; Reparations; Russia: Allied policy; Treaties: Secret; Turkish territories):
  • De Bon, Admiral, transfer from French delegation to Mediterranean post, 638–639
  • Economic union with Luxemburg, question of, 862–863
  • Foreign Legion, nonapplicability of German peace treaty prohibition against enlistment of Germans in foreign armies, 310, 320
  • Frontier with Germany, 92
  • Guarantee against German aggression, Franco-American and Franco-British treaties:
    • Discussions, general, 114, 118, 474–476, 485–486, 494–495
    • Pledges to Clemenceau by Lloyd George and Wilson, May 8: Communiqué concerning, 474–476, 485–486; text, 494–495
    • Text, draft, 118
  • Savoy and Gex, German peace treaty provisions regarding recognition of Franco-Swiss arrangements, 481, 487–489
  • Troops (see also Foreign Legion, supra): Landing at Heraclea, Asia Minor, 717, 726; native troops in mandated territory, desire of France for inclusion in League Covenant of permission to use for defense of French territory, 463; occupation of Budapest, proposed, 706; withdrawal from Italy following anti-French incidents, question of, 900–901
• Gas, poison, proposed inclusion in German peace treaty of provision for disclosure of manufacturing processes, 310–311
• Germany:
  • Armistice of Nov. 11, 1918:
    • Peace treaty provisions concerning:
      • Financial clauses: Crediting to Germany of material surrendered under Armistice, 167–168, 303–304; noninclusion of provision regarding property alienated in violation of Armistice, 307
      • Military, naval, and air terms, continuance in force of certain Armistice provisions, 352, 371, 405, 418
      • Reparation terms, continuance of restitutions provided under Armistice, 479
    • Sale by Germany of floating dock at Hamburg to Dutch firm, non-prevention under Armistice terms, 371
    • Violations by Germany Alienation of property, 307; delay in surrendering merchant ships in Spanish ports, 517; refusal to permit Haller’s army to return to Poland via Danzig, 14, 15–16, 17–18
  • Bavaria. See under Political situation: Relations between certain German states and central government, infra.
  • Blockade, Allied:
    • German attitude, 739
    • Removal, proposed, in order to permit restarting of German industry, 151–152, 396–397, 522, 599–600, 601–603; question of reimposition in event of German refusal to sign peace treaty, 535, 599–601, 603–604
  • Brockdorff-Rantzau, Count (see also Treaty: German observations, infra), 151, 152, 204–205, 403–404, 510–511, 512–513, 527–528, 579, 682, 707
  • Food relief and raw material supplied by Allies, 60, 104; question of payment, 20, 28, 35–37, 50, 56, 166, 303, 396–397, 522–524
  • League of Nations, question of German admission, 319, 563–564, 691, 700
  • Political situation:
    • Food and raw material supplies, effect of, 60, 104
    • Relations between certain German states and central government:
      • Bavaria: Allied consideration of possible inability of central government to sign peace treaty on behalf of Bavaria, 60, 65, 66, 533; plan for South German confederacy, 704, 899, 906–909
      • Rhenish provinces and Westphalia, proposed establishment as separate republic, 335
    • Spartacism, 39, 103
    • Status of Ebert-Scheidemann government, report concerning, 102–105
  • Reparation. See Reparation: German.
  • Scapa Flow, German fleet at, 238, 535
  • Submarines, 240–241, 530–531, 534, 543, 834
  • Trade. See Blockade, supra.
  • Treaty of peace with the Allied and Associated Powers:
    • Demonstrations in Berlin against terms of peace, 705
    • German observations on the conditions of peace, and Allied replies:
      • Arrangements and procedures: Allied plan for submission of German observations in writing within specified time limits, 293, 297–298, 312, 313–314, 321, 510–511; demand by Germans, May 20, for extension of time limit, and Allied [Page 930] acquiescence, May 21, 707, 754, 767, 772–774; desire of Germans for verbal discussions on financial and economic terms, and Allied refusal, 800–802, 820, 821, 869; establishment of Committees for Study of Observations of German Delegation on Conditions of Peace, 370, 372, 542; replies of Allies, provisions regarding, 298, 313, 322
      • Committees for Study of Observations of German Delegation on Conditions of Peace, establishment, 370, 372, 542
      • May 9, general preliminary objections by Germany and Allied reply, May 10: Discussions, 542, 559; texts, 564
      • May 9, German transmittal of scheme for League of Nations, and Allied replies, May 10 and 22:
        • Discussions, 559, 756
        • Texts:
          • German note, 563
          • Reply of Allies: Preliminary reply, May 10, 563–564; note, May 22, 767–769
      • May 10, German note concerning prisoners of war and civil prisoners, and Allied reply, May 20:
        • Discussions, 566, 587, 606, 624, 674, 682–683, 724–725, 737, 802, 816
        • Texts:
          • German note, 574–575
          • Reply of Allies: Draft, 609–610; final text, 749–750
      • May 10, German transmittal of scheme for international labor organization, and Allied reply, May 14:
        • Discussions, 565–566, 696, 625
        • Texts:
          • German note, 571–572
          • Reply of Allies: Draft, 573; final text, 610–612
      • May 13, German protest against economic effect of treaty as a whole, and Allied reply, May 22:
        • Discussions, 606–607, 612, 732–733, 800, 815
        • Texts:
          • German note, 738–740
          • Reply of Allies: Draft, 740–742; final text, 802–806
      • May 13, German protest against provisions concerning Saar Basin and territory in the West (see also May 16, infra):
        • Discussions, 606–607, 612–613, 674, 724, 813–815, 826, 912–913
        • Texts:
          • German note, 817–820
          • Reply of Allies: Drafts, 823–824, 827–828; final text, 915–917
      • May 13, German protest against reparation provisions and clause concerning German responsibility for the war, and Allied reply, May 20:
        • Discussions, 606–607, 612, 674, 723–724, 733
        • Texts:
          • German note, 727
          • Reply of Allies: Drafts, 728–730; final text, 742–743
      • May 16, further German protest against provisions concerning Saar Basin and territory in the West, and Allied reply, May 24:
        • Discussions, 724, 813–815, 826, 912–913
        • Texts:
          • German note, 820–822
          • Reply of Allies: Drafts, 824–825, 828–829; final text, 915–917
      • May 20, German demand for extension of time limit for reply to peace conditions, and Allied acquiescence, May 21:
        • Discussions, 707, 754, 772–774
        • Texts: German note, 767; reply of Allies, 774
    • May 22, further German note concerning international labor legislation, and Allied consideration of a reply: Discussions, 767, 861; text of German note, 869–872
    • May 22, German protest against economic clauses concerning private property abroad, and Allied consideration of a reply: Discussions, 767, 861; text of German note, 865–869
  • Language, official, 244–245
  • Negotiations between German delegation and Allied powers at Versailles (see also German observations, [Page 931] supra, and Signature, infra):
    • Allied representation (see also Credentials, infra): Arrangements for assembling at Versailles, material preparations for meeting, and furnishing of copies of treaty to delegations, 471, 474, 496; powers to participate, determination, 293, 298, 312–313, 322, 415, 416–417, 481, 491
    • Credentials:
      • Exchange and examination of Allied and German credentials, 292–293, 297, 311–312, 321, 338, 352, 357, 390, 403–404
      • Furnishing to Germans by both central and state governments, question of, 336, 368
      • Questions concerning Belgian credentials, 351; Italian credentials, 390–392, 485; Jugoslav credentials, 292–293, 297, 312, 321, 338
    • Date for meeting, and invitation, 59–60, 300, 312, 414, 452, 464, 484–485
    • German delegation (see also Brockdorff-Rantzau and Credentials, supra): Allied insistence on fully-empowered plenipotentiaries, 101–102; freedom of movement at Versailles and of communication with German Government at Weimar, 112–113, 116, 204, 472, 473; journalists, German, accompanying delegation, 152, 203–204, 472, 473, 531; language, German, use of, 404; names of delegates and reports concerning attitude of, 116, 151, 204–205, 403–404, 405, 464, 510–511, 527–528, 540, 579, 682, 707, 801; printers, German, assistance of, 772, 773, 774
    • Plenary session, May 7: Press representation and prohibition against taking of photographs, 356, 496; proceedings, cited, 510–511, 512–513, 527–528
    • Procedure for conducting negotiations, plan of Secretary General: Discussions, 63, 292–293, 311–314; draft texts of plan, 297–298, 321–322
  • Notes exchanged between German delegation and Allied Powers concerning peace treaty. See German observations, supra.
  • Publicity of text or summary of treaty as handed to Germans, question of, 153–154, 204–205, 357, 404, 469–470, 485, 491–492, 577, 673–674
  • Signature, questions concerning:
    • Attitude of Germans toward signature, reported, 540, 579, 899
    • Demand by Germany for delay in time limit for signing treaty, May 20, and Allied acquiescence, May 21:
      • Discussions, 707, 754, 772–774
      • Texts: German note, 767; reply of Allies, 774
    • Failure or refusal of Germany to sign, action in event of:
      • Blockade measures, proposed, 535, 600, 601, 603–604
      • Military and naval measures, proposed, 60, 65–66, 520, 526–528, 532–535, 537–540, 600, 674, 702–704; Marshal Foch’s trip to the front as a demonstration, 539, 540, 702
      • Report of German military preparations, 772–773
    • Possible nonparticipation in negotiations and signature, of—
      • Belgium, on account of non-fulfillment of reparation demands, 349–351
      • Italy, on account of refusal of demand for Fiume. See Italy: Absence of plenipotentiaries.
      • Japan, in event of refusal of Shantung demands, 127
  • Terms, draft texts, discussions, etc.:
    • Boundaries of Germany and political clauses for Europe:
      • Alsace-Lorraine: Committee to examine draft clauses, 112; discussions, 305–307, 373–376, 419; texts, draft, 376–386, 423–424
      • Austria, German recognition of Austrian independence and treaty with Allies, 41, 114, 118, 421, 425, 470–477
      • Belgium: German protest against cession to Belgium of Moresnet, Eupen, and Malmedy, and Allied reply, 818, 820, 824, 828, 916; recognition by Germany of new regime replacing Treaty of 1839 concerning Belgium, 41
      • Czechoslovakia, 64, 440, 442–444
      • Danzig, Free City of, 63, 86, 114, 118–122, 293–294, 913–914; texts, draft, 118–122, 913–914
      • Heligoland, 64, 241, 339
      • Luxemburg, 63, 309, 339, 342–343; text, draft, 342–343
      • Poland, 439–444; German attitude on Silesian question, 204, 205, 818
      • Prussia, East, 818
      • Rhine, Left Bank of, demilitarization, 113, 116–117, 318–319, 491; texts, draft, 116–117, 319, 491
      • Russia and Russian states, 41, 421, 424, 451, 461, 476; texts, draft, 424, 461
      • Saar Basin. See Saar Basin.
      • Schleswig: Discussions, 64, 559; German protest against consideration of question by peace conference, and Allied draft reply, 612, 818, 824, 828, 916
    • Economic clauses. See under Economic questions: German peace treaty.
    • Financial clauses. See Financial questions: German peace treaty.
    • German rights and interests outside Germany:
      • Antarctic claims, 41
      • China (see also China: Shantung and Kiaochow), questions outside Shantung and Kiaochow, 309, 356, 361–362, 472
      • Colonies. See Africa: Mandates; Pacific Islands.
      • Egypt and the Suez Canal, 41
      • Morocco, 41
      • Shantung and Kiaochow. See under China.
      • Siam, 472
    • Guarantees:
      • Eastern Europe, German military occupation of Baltic provinces and Lithuania, 451–452, 461–462
      • Western Europe, Allied military occupation of German territory west of the Rhine and arrangements for military convention concerning, 63, 113–114, 117–118, 244, 247–248, 357, 395, 415, 471, 515–516, 519–520, 541–542, 576; texts, draft, of clauses, 117–118, 247–248, 395, 542, 576
      • Labor, international. See Labor: Convention.
      • League of Nations. See League: German peace treaty clauses.
      • Military, naval, and air clauses:
        • Air clauses, noninclusion of provision regarding location of landing places and dirigible sheds, 352–353
        • General clauses, continuance in force of certain Armistice provisions, 352, 371, 405, 418
        • Interallied commissions of control, cost to be borne by Germany, 353
        • Introductory clause concerning German undertaking to observe, 299
        • Military clauses: Armament, munitions, and material, 241, 310–311; British amendment, 41; recruiting and military training, 310, 320, 371
        • Naval clauses, German surrender of war vessels and ultimate disposal or destruction of vessels and war material, 238–241, 335–336, 371, 530–531, 543
      • Miscellaneous clauses: German recognition of treaties between Allies and Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Turkey, 41; prize courts, 41; recognition of nonapplicability of 1815 treaties to Savoy and recognition of Franco-Swiss arrangements concerning, 481, 487–489
      • Penalties for breaches of laws of war, 389–390, 401–402, 470–471, 605; text, draft, 401–402
      • Political clauses for Europe. See Boundaries of Germany and political clauses, supra.
      • Ports, waterways, and railways. See Ports, etc.: German peace treaty clauses.
      • Preamble, 299, 300–301, 420; text, draft, 300–301
      • Prisoners of war and graves. See Prisoners: German peace treaty clauses.
      • Reparation. See Reparation: German.
      • Responsibility for the war and penalties. See Responsibility: German peace treaty clauses.
      • War, termination of state of, 41
  • Wilhelm II, former Emperor, peace treaty provisions for trial of, 389, 401–402
• Graves. See Prisoners of war and graves.
• Great Britain (see also Africa; Armies; Balfour; China: Shantung; France: Guarantee; Italy; Adriatic claims; Lloyd George; Mandates; Pacific Islands; Reparation; Russia: Allied policy; Treaties: Secret; Turkish territories):
  • Dominions (see also specific countries), provisions for representation on International Labor Council, 308–309, 477–478; on League of Nations Council, 477–478, 489–490
  • Troops in—
    • Rhineland, question of retention for 15 years, 113–114
    • Russia (Archangel), 114–115, 247, 370
• Greece (see also New states; Turkish territories: Asia Minor): Boundary with Bulgaria, 64; Commission on Greek and Albanian Affairs, 64, 65, 484; League of Nations Council, Greek participation, 324; minorities, protection of, study of question by Committee on New States, 483; participation in plenary sessions concerning German peace treaty, 313, 322, 481; reparation terms of German peace treaty, Greek attitude, 230; request to Allied powers for evacuation of Corfu, and Allied acquiescence, 541
• Guarantees. See under Germany: Treaty: Terms and under Reparation: German.
• Haller’s army. See under Poland.
• Hedjaz. See Turkish territories: Syria.
• Heligoland, 64, 241, 339
• Holland, 256, 511
• Hoover, Herbert, appeal for recognition of Finland, 316, 352, 357–359
• Hostages for surrender of war criminals, question of, 338, 340, 341
• House, Edward M., 25, 26, 26–27, 32, 33
• Hungary:
  • Allied military intervention to maintain order, question of, 706–707
  • Armistice (Austro-Hungarian, Nov. 3, 1918) and military convention (Nov. 13, 1918): Cited, 18, 42, 61–62; Hungarian peace treaty provision for continuance in force of certain portions of Armistice, 666
  • Bela Kun government: Alliance with Russia, 18; attitude toward territory in dispute with Roumania, 41–43, 61–62; fall of, 494; inability to maintain order, and question of Allied military intervention, 369, 392, 706–707; murders in Budapest, 369; statement to Allies following assumption of control of Hungary, 18
  • Blockade, 62, 535, 813, 817
  • Food shipments from the Banat, Serbian refusal to permit, 524–525, 526, 601
  • Frontier questions with Roumania, Hungarian attitude and refusal to withdraw troops from territory in dispute, 41–43, 61–62; Roumanian aggression, 291–292, 706
  • Smuts, General, mission to Budapest: Dispatch of, upon Bela Kun’s request, 16, 17, 18; reports and consideration thereof by Council of Four, 39, 41–43, 59, 61–62, 291
  • Treaty of peace with the Allied and Associated Powers:
    • Allied invitation to Hungarians to come to St. Germain to receive terms of peace, and Hungarian attitude:
      • Discussions, general, 368–369, 392–393, 406, 427, 451, 494
      • Hungarian attitude, 494
      • Italian attitude, 427
      • Text, draft, of Allied note, 406; question of publication, 451
    • Language, official, use of Italian in addition to English and French, 605–606
    • Preparation of text by Drafting Committee, commencement, 515
    • Signature, Allied consideration of military and naval measures necessary in event of Hungarian refusal or inability to sign treaty, 65, 66, 532–533, 533–534, 535
    • Terms, discussions and draft texts:
      • Aerial navigation, 663–664
      • Economic clauses, 65
      • Financial clauses, 65, 292, 514, 563, 831
      • Frontiers (see also Political clauses, infra), 500, 511–514, 560, 571, 620
      • Labor clauses, 617, 625
      • League of Nations Covenant, 617, 625
      • Military, naval, and air clauses:
        • Air clauses, 638, 662–664, 882, 892–895
        • Discussions, general, and draft texts, 627–638, 653–667, 675, 877–882, 885–898
        • General clauses, 638, 666–667, 882, 897–898
        • Interallied commissions of control, 638, 664–666, 882, 895–897
        • Military clauses: Armament, munitions, and material, 657–658, 660, 891; effectives and cadres, 627–635, 654–655, 658–659, 675, 877–881, 885–891; general provisions, 653–654; recruiting and military training, 655–656; schools, educational establishments, military societies, etc., 656–657; texts, draft, and discussions, 627–635, 653–660, 877–881
        • Naval clauses, 635–638, 660–662, 881–882, 891–892
        • Texts, draft, 653–667, 891–898
      • Miscellaneous clauses, Hungarian recognition of Allied treaties with other enemy powers, 593–594
      • Penalties for breaches of laws of war, 517–518, 530, 605
      • Political clauses for Europe: General clauses, Hungarian recognition of frontiers of new states and of contiguous states, 512–514, 531, 536, 541, 543, 620; Jugoslavia, obligation to conclude treaties with the Allies regarding protection of minorities, 816–817
      • Ports, waterways, and railways: Discussions, general, 266, 267, 518, 588, 589–598; Italian views on provisions regarding revision of railway tariff regime to Adriatic ports, 266, 589–591, 594
      • Prisoners of war and graves, 725
      • Reparation clauses:
        • Committee on Reparation Clauses in the Treaties with Austria, Hungary, and Bulgaria, appointment, 864
        • Discussions concerning—
          • Adriatic shipping, question of distribution and Italian claims, 566–569, 834–835
          • Belligerency as a requisite for claiming reparation, 833–834
          • Libraries, museums, etc., 835
          • New states: Hearing of, 836; question of assumption of share of Austro-Hungarian war costs, 163–164, 292, 514, 531, 560–562, 566, 830–832
          • Reparation Commission, 832; Serbian claim for representation on Commission for consideration of Austro-Hungarian questions, 353, 360
          • Serbian claims, 353, 360, 587
        • Preparation of draft clauses by financial experts, 514, 541, 625
      • Responsibility for the war and penalties, 517–518, 530, 605
• Indian delegation, presentation to Council of Four, May 17, of Moslem objections to partition of Turkish Empire, 498, 587, 682, 690–701, 707–708, 709, 711, 761
• Istria. See Italy: Adriatic claims.
• Italy (see also Africa; Armies; China: Shantung; Mandates; Orlando; Reparation; Russia: Allied policy; Turkish territories):
  • Absence of plenipotentiaries from peace conference on account of Fiume-Dalmatia controversy, and ultimate return:
    • Departure of plenipotentiaries:
      • Intimations of, and attitude of Council, 90–91, 92–93, 94, 95, 97, 112, 123, 135, 149, 150, 202–203
      • Memorandum to Orlando from Clemenceau and Lloyd George, Apr. 23: Preparation, 150, 203, 222, 430; publication, question of, 407–408, 410–412, 429, 432, 432–433; text, 223–227
      • Notification to Council by Orlando and Sonnino, Apr. 24, and discussions, 210–222
    • Effect of Italian absence on—
      • Austrian peace treaty, 427, 451
      • German peace treaty: Drafting questions, 215, 244–245, 408, 414, 420–421, 463, 464–465; Italian credentials, 390–392, 485; Italian reparation [Page 935] claims and other interests, 94, 135, 149, 213–215, 353–354, 413–414; omission of Italy from League Council membership, 420–421
      • Experts, Italian: Arrangement for continued functioning of, 214; communication of criticisms of German peace treaty, and Allied reply, 408–410, 414, 415–416, 426; receipt of notification of meetings, 258, 409
    • Return to conference: Consideration by Council of possibility of, and question of sending communication to Italy (see also Departure: Memorandum to Orlando, supra), 353–354, 354, 390–392, 404–405, 406, 408–414, 415–416, 420–421, 426–436, 452–459; Italian decision to return, notification to Council and discussions concerning, 464–465, 465, 468–469, 482, 484–485
  • Adriatic claims (Tyrol, Trieste and Istria, Fiume, Dalmatia and the islands, Albania):
    • Albania, Italian assumption of protectorate, 483
    • Fiume-Dalmatia, conflict of Italian claims based on Treaty of London with President Wilson’s principles for peace settlement (see also Absence of Italian plenipotentiaries, supra):
      • General discussions, 64, 80–94, 95–101, 106–109, 135–137, 149–151, 154, 202, 203, 210–222, 223–227, 291, 353–354, 407–414, 426–436, 451, 452–459, 465, 469, 482, 567, 568, 579–581, 585, 620, 707, 709–711, 756, 758–759, 769–770
      • Jugoslav interests, 98, 106, 136, 149, 212, 216, 224, 225, 432, 433, 453, 456–457, 580, 710
      • Military and naval movements by Italy, 291, 412, 433, 453, 458, 465, 469
      • Views, proposals, etc., of—
        • Clemenceau: Attitude toward Treaty of London, 90–91, 212, 216, 224, 435–436; general, 136, 213–214, 215, 453–454, 580; joint memorandum with Lloyd George to Italians regarding consequences of withdrawal from conference, text and discussions, 150, 203, 222, 223–227, 407–408
        • Lloyd George: Attitude toward Treaty of London, 91–93, 94, 98–99, 135, 212–213, 216, 224, 430, 433–434; general, 100, 106, 108, 135–136, 149, 202, 212–213, 214–215, 218, 219–220, 221, 222, 354, 431, 433–434, 452–453, 469, 580, 581, 707, 710; joint memorandum with Clemenceau to Italians regarding consequences of withdrawal from conference, text and discussions, 150, 203, 222, 223–227, 407–408; proposals for settlement of Adriatic question, and Italian attitude, 106, 108–109, 135–136, 136–137, 217, 220, 433–434, 756, 758, 769–770
        • Orlando and Sonnino, 80–84, 88–89, 89, 91, 93, 94, 95–96, 97–98, 100, 100–101, 101, 108–109, 135, 149, 154, 202, 203, 210–211, 211–212, 214, 215–216, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 220–221, 221
        • Wilson: General, 84–88, 89, 93, 94, 96–97, 98, 99–100, 100, 101, 106, 108, 135, 149, 202–203, 211, 214, 216, 217, 218–219, 220, 221, 222, 354, 411, 427, 428, 431, 456, 482, 579–580, 580–581, 585, 709–710, 711, 758–759; manifesto of Apr. 23, cited, 109, 135, 136, 150, 202–203, 210–211, 212, 219, 221, 429, 432–433; memorandum to Orlando containing Adriatic proposals, cited, 212, 216, 217, 222; presentation o experts’ proposal, May 13, 579–581
    • Statement of Italian claims and discussion in Council of Four, Apr. 19, 80–94
    • Treaty of London, cited, 80, 90
    • Tyrol, Trieste, and Istria, 80–81, 85, 154, 216, 218, 220, 223, 453, 567, 568, 579–580
  • Anti-French incidents, 900–901
  • Balkans, Italian activity in, 465–466
  • Frontiers (see also Adriatic claims, supra), 513
  • Political conditions, 405, 426–427, 633–634, 900–901
  • Railway tariff regime to Adriatic ports, Italian views concerning peace treaty provisions for revision of, 258, 266, 589–591, 594
  • Reparation, Austro-Hungarian, Italian claims concerning Adriatic shipping, 566–569, 834–835
  • Treaties:
    • London declaration of Sept. 5, 1914, regarding nondeclaration of a separate peace, Italian adherence, 151, 390
    • Secret treaties:
      • London, Treaty of. See Adriatic claims: Fiume-Dalmatia, supra; also Africa: Mandates; Turkish territories: Asia Minor.
      • St. Jean de Maurienne agreement. See Turkish territories: Asia Minor.
• Japan (see also China: Shantung and Kiaochow; Pacific Islands):
  • German prisoners of war in Japan, Japanese desire for special provisions in German financial clauses covering cost of maintenance of, 353, 359, 360, 366–367
  • League of Nations Covenant, racial equality question, 317
  • Recognition of Kolchak government of Russia, purported Japanese proposal, 861–862
  • Representation on commissions, councils:
    • Committee for hearing German observations on conditions of peace, question of, 542
    • Council of Four: Participation of Japan in discussions concerning disposal of German war vessels, 543; protest by Japan against noninclusion in discussions on certain Chinese and Siamese questions, 472
    • Reparation Commission, Japanese representation for questions concerning damage at sea, 353, 359–360, 365–366
  • Secret treaties regarding China. See under China: Shantung and Kiaochow.
  • Troops in Siberia guarding railways, relations with U. S. troops, 528–529
  • War, nature of participation in, 123, 139, 147, 246
• Jews and other minorities, protection of, 393–395, 397–399, 483, 678–681
• Jugoslavia (see also New states):
  • Armaments supplies to Serbian Army by Allies, 675
  • Bolshevism, 149, 151
  • Commission on Roumanian and Jugoslav Affairs, 61, 64
  • Food exports from the Banat to Austria and Hungary, Serbian refusal to permit, 524–525, 526, 601
  • Frontiers (see also Italy: Adriatic claims), 64, 513–514
  • Maltreatment of Montenegrins, reported, 681
  • Participation in plenary sessions concerning German peace treaty, 313, 322, 481
  • Recognition by Allied Powers and relation of question to Jugoslav credentials for plenary sessions, 292–293, 297, 312, 321, 338
  • Reparation questions: General discussions, 163–164, 229, 314–315, 322–323, 353, 355, 365, 374, 388, 587, 738, 751–753, 831, 835; representation on Reparation Commission, 353, 359–360, 365; request for share of Austro-Hungarian artistic, archaeological, and scientific objects, 835
  • Treaties with Allies for protection of minorities, provisions of Austrian, Bulgarian, and Hungarian peace treaties regarding Jugoslav obligation to conclude, 816–817
• Kaiser, former German, German peace treaty provisions for arraignment of, 389, 401–402
• Kehl and Strasbourg, special provisions of German peace treaty concerning, 419, 423–424
• Keynes scheme for restarting European industry by use of first German reparation payment, and U S. disapproval, 151–152, 396
• Kiaochow. See China: Shantung and Kiaochow.
• Kiel Canal, German peace treaty provisions: Discussions, 205–206, 235–238, 241; texts, draft, 206–208, 241–243
• King-Crane Commission, 766, 812
• Labor:
  • Austrian and Hungarian peace treaty clauses, preparation, 617, 625
  • Commission, Labor, arrangements for presentation of report to plenary session of Apr. 11, 21, 153
  • Conference at Washington, proposed, 573, 611, 682, 685, 870
  • Convention on international labor, German peace treaty provisions:
    • Desire of Borne Labor Conference for hearing, and Council’s refusal, 607–608, 621
    • German observations and counterproposals, and Allied replies:
      • May 10, German transmittal of scheme for international labor organization, and Allied reply, May 14:
        • Discussions, 565–566, 606, 625
        • Texts:
          • German note, 571–572
          • Reply of Allies: Draft, 573; final text, 610–612
      • May 22, further German note and Allied consideration of a reply: Discussions, 767, 861; text of German note, 869–872
    • International labor organization: Admission of Germany, question of, 573, 606, 611, 625, 681–682, 684–685; representation of British dominions on International Labor Council, 308–309, 477–478
  • German peace treaty provisions (see also Convention, supra), proposed use of German labor for restoration of devastated areas, 48, 49, 185, 186, 191, 337–538, 339
• Language, official, of Austrian and Hungarian peace treaties, 605–606; of German peace treaty, 244–245
• Latvia. See Baltic countries.
• League of Nations (see also Mandates):
  • Austrian and Hungarian peace treaty clauses relating to League, preparation, 617–618, 625
  • Chinese questions left unsettled by peace conference, arrangements for consideration by League, 318, 607, 620–621
  • Committee on Organization of, 324
  • Covenant. See German peace treaty clauses, infra.
  • German peace treaty clauses concerning Covenant, discussions:
    • Air services, question of inclusion in references to military and naval services, 816
    • British dominions, question of representation on Council, 477–478, 489–490
    • German observations and counterproposal, May 9, and Allied replies, May 10 and 22:
      • Discussions, 559, 756
      • Texts:
        • German note, 563
        • Reply of Allies: Preliminary reply, May 10, 563–564; note, May 22, 767–769
    • Japanese attitude toward non-recognition of claims for racial equality provision, 317
    • Omission of references to air services when mentioning military and naval services, 816
    • Organization, 315, 324, 420–421, 463, 471–472
    • Plenary sessions concerning, 153, 315, 317, 324, 325, 326
    • Voting in Council, provisions for majority rather than unanimous vote for inquiries into German military engagements, 318–319
  • Participation of enemy powers, question of—
    • Germany, 319, 563–564, 691, 700
    • Turkish races and territories, 691–692, 694, 697, 700, 701
• Lithuania. See Baltic countries.
• Lloyd George, David (Prime Minister). See Views of Lloyd George under China: Shantung; Italy: Adriatic claims: Fiume-Dalmatia; Reparation: German; Russia: Allied policy; Turkish territories: Asia Minor; Turkish territories: Syria.
• London, Treaty of. See Africa: Mandates: Claims and interests of Italy; Italy: Adriatic claims; Turkish territories: Asia Minor: Mandate: Italian participation.
• Lusitania, 734
• Luxemburg: Coal deliveries by Germany, provision for, 295; economic union with Belgium or Franee, question of, 862–863; German peace treaty political clauses concerning, discussions and draft text, 63, 309, 339, 342–343; hearing before Council of Four, proposed, 608, 862–863
• Malmedy, 818, 820, 824, 828
• Mandates (see also Pacific Islands, Turkish territories, and under Africa):
  • Nature and conditions of, general: Enemy property in mandated territory, question of payment for, 304–307; minorities, protection of, 393, 459; “open door,” 492, 618–619; peace treaty provisions concerning mandates, nature of, 396, 421, 459–460, 472–473; theory of mandates, 700; transfer of territories to the Principal Allied and Associated Powers, 421, 459–460, 493; utilization by mandatory of native troops, 463
  • Procedure concerning, question of, 396, 421, 459–460, 472–473
  • Saar Basin, 61, 66–68
  • Shantung and Kiaochow, proposed, 109, 127, 128–129, 140
• Mesopotamia. See Turkish territories: Syria and adjoining regions.
• Military clauses of peace treaties. See Treaty: Terms: Military under Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary.
• Minorities:
  • Commission on Minorities. See New states: Committee.
  • Protection of, general discussions and draft texts of treaty provisions, 393–395, 397–399, 439–444, 459, 483, 678–681, 733, 816–817
• Montenegro, 64, 498, 621, 625, 681
• Moresnet, 818, 820, 824, 828, 916
• Morocco, 41
• Morris, Roland S. (U. S. Ambassador in Japan), mission to Siberia, 560, 688, 725
• Moslems of India, hearing before Council of Four, May 17, to present objections to partition of Turkish Empire, 498, 587, 618, 682, 690–701, 707–708, 709, 711, 761
• Nansen relief proposal, Bolshevik reply and consideration by Council of Four, 706, 734–735, 743–748
• Narcotics traffic, restriction, 41
• Nauru, 492, 500, 508
• Naval clauses of peace treaties. See Treaty: Terms: Military, naval, and air clauses under Austria, Germany, Hungary.
• Netherlands, 256, 511
• Neuilly-sur-Seine, treaty of. See Bulgaria: Treaty of peace.
• Neutrals, questions in connection with Allied blockade of Germany, 599, 601, 603–604
• New Guinea and adjacent islands, mandate, 473, 492, 506, 508
• New states (see also Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia, Poland):
  • Armaments supplies by Allies, 675, 683–684
  • Armies, strength of, discussions in connection with military effectives provisions of Austrian and Hungarian peace treaties, 627–635, 675, 863–864, 877–881, 885–891, 904–905
  • Committee on New States: Establishment and membership, 395, 418; reports, consideration of, and text of report No. 1, 439–444, 625, 678–681, 733; terms of reference, extension to include Greece and Roumania, 483
  • Frontiers and independence of, Austrian and Hungarian peace treaty provisions regarding recognition of, 511–514, 531, 536, 541, 543, 620
  • Greece, inclusion in discussions regarding new states, 483
  • Hearing of, with regard to financial and reparation clauses of Austrian and Hungarian peace treaties, arrangements, 563, 836
  • International obligations and treaties, provisions for acceptance of, 394–395, 399–401, 440–441, 442–443, 444
  • Minorities, protection of, general discussions and draft texts of treaty provisions, 393–395, 397–399, 439–440, 441–444, 483, 678–681, 733, 816–817
  • Ports, waterways, and railways conventions, general, proposed application to former enemy territories, 259, 400
  • Prisoners of war, nationals of Austro-Hungarian territories transferred to new states, arrangements for liberation, 873–877
  • Reparation and war debt questions, liabilities and claims of new states, 163–164, 229–230, 292, 314–315, 322–323, 354–355, 374, 449, 450, 479–480, 514, 531, 560–562, 566, 587, 730–731, 734, 738, 751–753, 830–832, 833–834, 836, 837n, 858
  • Roumania, inclusion in discussions regarding new states, 483
  • Trial of former Austro-Hungarian subjects accused of breaches of laws of war, question of, 605
• New Zealand, mandate for German Samoan Islands, 473, 492, 500, 508
• Occupation, armies of. See Armies: Occupation.
• Open door policy: China, 111, 129, 130, 325, 326; mandates, 492, 618–619
• Opium traffic, restriction, 41
• Orlando, Vittorio (Premier). See Views of Orlando under Italy: Adriatic claims: Fiume-Dalmatia; Reparation: German; Russia: Allied policy; Turkish territories: Asia Minor.
• Pacific Islands, mandates:
  • British and Japanese claims to North Pacific and South Pacific islands, respectively, under secret agreements of 1917, 109, 126–127, 129, 134, 138–139, 473, 492, 500, 506, 508; text of British note of Feb. 16, 1917, 134
  • Nauru, 492, 500, 508
  • New Guinea and adjacent islands, 473, 492, 506, 508
  • Samoa, German, 473, 492, 500, 508
  • Secret agreement between Japan and Great Britain (1917), cited, 126–127, 129, 134, 138–139
  • Yap, proposed internationalization of, 109
• Paderewski, Ignace Jan (Premier), 676–677, 711–712, 713–715
• Palestine. See Turkish territories: Syria and adjoining regions.
• Peace conference, plenary sessions (see also Peace congress): Apr. 11, concerning labor, arrangements, 21; Apr. 28, concerning League Covenant, labor clauses, responsibility for the war, arrangements, 153, 315, 317, 324, 325, 326; May 6, presentation to conference of summary of German peace treaty, arrangements, 153, 396, 465, 481
• Peace congress, meetings between Allied Powers and—
  • Austria. See Austria: Treaty: Arrangements for communicating terms.
  • Germany. See Germany: Treaty: Negotiations.
  • Hungary. See Hungary: Treaty: Allied invitation to Hungarians to come to St. Germain.
• Peace, treaties of. See under Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Turkey.
• Penalties for breaches of laws of war. See Responsibility.
• Pensions and separation allowances, inclusion in categories of damage to be paid by Germany, 17, 19, 24, 27, 29, 30, 54, 57, 158–159, 168, 169, 478–479
• Persia, question of representation or hearing at peace conference, 153, 498
• Peru, participation in plenary sessions concerning German peace treaty, 415, 416–417
• Photographs of plenary session to communicate terms of peace to Germans, prohibition against taking of, 496
• Plebiscites, proposed: Adriatic territory claimed by Italy, 91–92, 136, 137, 580, 759; Saar Valley and Silesia, 205; Schleswig, 559
• Plenary sessions. See Peace conference and Peace congress.
• Poland (see also New states):
  • Commissions concerning Poland:
    • Polish Affairs, Commission on, 64, 119
    • Polish-Ukrainian Armistice Commission. See Ukrainian-Polish hostilities: Commission, infra.
  • Economic and financial situation, 521
  • Galicia, Eastern. See Ukrainian-Polish hostilities, infra.
  • German-Bolshevik hostilities against Poland, rumored, 793, 899
  • German peace treaty, Polish interest in:
    • Assistance of Polish troops in military action against Germany in event of German failure to sign treaty, proposed, 528, 538, 703, 704
    • Danzig provisions, 63, 86, 114, 118–122, 293–294, 913–914
    • Participation of Poland in plenary sessions concerning, 293, 298, 313, 322, 390, 481; question of credentials, 390
    • Political clauses concerning Poland, 439, 440, 441–442, 442–443, 444, 818; German attitude on Silesian question, 204, 205
    • Reparation questions, 163–164, 374, 449, 450, 479–480, 531, 560–562, 731
  • Haller’s army: Operations against Ukrainians in defiance of Council’s instructions, 711, 712, 754, 778–779, 781, 783, 802, 806; transport from France to Poland across Germany following German refusal of Allied demand for passage via Danzig, 14, 15–16, 17–18, 39–40, 152, 703, 704
  • Paderewski, Ignace Jan (Premier), 676–677, 711–712, 713–715
  • Teschen question, 64, 677–678
  • Treaty with Allies: Discussions concerning nationality and minorities questions, 439–444, 678–681; preparation by Drafting Committee, 733
  • Ukrainian-Polish hostilities in Eastern Galicia, and efforts of Council of Four to terminate:
    • Bolshevik menace, relation to conflict, 676, 712, 714, 755, 776, 778, 779, 780, 781, 786, 793, 795–796
    • Commission for Negotiation of an Armistice Between Poland and the Ukraine:
      • Appointment, composition, and terms of reference, 783–785, Authorization to send telegrams, 496–497
      • Report, May 15, concerning unsuccessful efforts to arrange armistice: Discussions, 705–706, 755, 778–781; text with appendices, 783–799
    • Council of Four:
      • Hearing of Ukrainian delegation, 755, 775–778
      • Representations to Polish Government:
        • Declaration of intention to withhold supplies and assistance in event of Polish nonacceptance of Council’s [Page 940] guidance and decisions: Discussions, 676–677, 755, 779–781, 859; draft texts, 782, 859–860
        • Request for information regarding use of Haller’s army against Ukrainians: Discussions, 781, 802; draft texts, 783, 806
    • Discussions, general, 496–497, 601, 676–677, 705–706, 711–715, 754–755, 775–799, 802, 806, 859–860, 915
    • Draft armistice convention presented to Polish and Ukrainian delegations in Paris: Draft text, with supplementary Ukrainian undertaking, 789–792; Polish rejection, 786, 787, 792–794; Ukrainian acceptance, 776, 778, 780, 786–787, 787, 794–799
    • Haller’s army, 711, 712, 754, 778–779, 781, 783, 802, 806
    • Polish attitude, 676–677, 705, 711–715, 754, 755, 778–779, 780, 781, 786, 787, 792–794, 915
    • Ukrainian attitude, 496, 775–778, 778, 786–787, 787, 788–789, 789, 794–799
• Ports, waterways, and railways:
  • Austrian and Hungarian peace treaty clauses: Discussions, general, 518, 588, 589–598; Italian views on provisions for revision of railway tariff regime to Adriatic ports, 258, 266, 589–591, 594
  • Bulgarian peace treaty clauses, preparation, 267, 904
  • Commission:
    • Continuation of work of, for preparation of a general convention applicable to all countries, 251–252, 264–265, 591–592
    • Members, list of, 260–261
    • Reports:
      • Consideration by Council of Four, 63, 205–206, 251–260
      • Texts:
        • First report, Apr. 7, 260–265
        • Second report, Apr. 25, 266–268; annexed text of peace treaty clauses, 269–290
        • Special report on clauses concerning Kiel Canal, 206–208
  • Convention, general, 259, 266, 290, 400
  • German peace treaty clauses:
    • Discussions, general, and draft texts, 205–206, 206–208, 235–238, 241, 241–243, 251–290, 419, 423–424
    • Dispute and revision of permanent clauses, 255, 262–263, 266, 289–290
    • General conventions regarding international regime, German undertaking to adhere to, 266, 274, 290
    • General provisions, 255, 269–270
    • Kehl and Strasbourg, special provisions in political clauses concerning Alsace-Lorraine, 419, 423–424
    • Kiel Canal, 205–206, 206–208, 235–238, 241, 241–243
    • Navigation:
      • Czechoslovakia, special rights in ports of Hamburg and Stettin, 264, 284
      • Elbe, Oder, Niemen, and Danube Rivers, 258–259, 263–264, 266, 272–279
      • Freedom of navigation, 255, 271
      • Free zones in ports, 271–272; special political provisions concerning Alsace-Lorraine, 419, 423–424
      • Rhine and Moselle Rivers, 252–255, 255–257, 263, 264, 266, 267, 279–283
    • Railways:
      • Cessions of railway lines, 286–287
      • International transport, 257, 258, 266; 284–286; Italian reservation regarding revision of railway tariff regime to Adriatic ports, 258, 266, 589–591, 594
      • Provisions regarding certain railway lines, 257–258, 287–289
      • Rolling stock, 286
      • Transitory provisions, 289
    • Special provision regarding German undertaking to adhere to any general conventions concerning international regime, 266, 274, 290
    • Texts, draft, 206–208, 241–243, 269–290
  • Siberian railways, operation by Stevens Commission, 528–529, 903
• Portugal: Inclusion in Belgian demand regarding transfer of German colonies pending assignment of mandates, 419–420, 459–460; participation in plenary sessions concerning German peace treaty, 313, 322, 481; reparation claims, 229, 314, 315, 323
• Press (see also Publicity): Allied journalists at plenary session for communicating terms of peace to Germans, 356; German journalists, inclusion in German representation at Versailles, 152, 203–204, 472, 473, 531; German printers, assistance to German delegation, 772, 773, 774
• Prince’s Island (Prinkipo) conference, proposed, 745
• Prisoners of war and graves:
  • Austrian peace treaty clauses: Discussions, 725, 873–877, 913; draft text, 882–885
  • Bulgarian peace treaty clauses, preparation, 725
  • Commission on Prisoners of War, 337, 339, 725, 874–875, 876
  • German peace treaty clauses (see also Reparation, infra):
    • Discussions, general, and draft texts, 310, 337–338, 339–342
    • German note, May 10, and Allied reply, May 20:
      • Discussions, 566, 587, 606, 624, 674, 682–683, 724–725, 737, 802, 816
      • Texts:
        • German note, 574–575
        • Reply of Allies: Draft, 609–610; final text, 749–750
    • Hostages for surrender of war criminals, proposed, 338, 340, 341
    • Text, draft, 339–342
  • Hungarian peace treaty clauses, preparation, 725
  • Japanese desire for reimbursement of costs incurred for maintenance of German prisoners in Japan, 353, 359, 360, 366–367
  • New states, nationals of, special dispositions concerning, 873–877
  • Reparation clauses of German treaty concerning German obligation to pay for Allied assistance to prisoners of war and dependents and for maltreatment of prisoners, 30, 54, 57, 168
  • Russian prisoners in Germany, repatriation, 40
• Prize court decisions, German acceptance, 41
• Property, German peace treaty provisions:
  • Economic clauses relating to private property abroad, German protest of May 22, discussions in Council of Four, and Allied consideration of a reply, 767, 861, 865–869; text of German note, 865–869
  • Financial clauses: Alienation of property in violation of Armistice, noninclusion of provisions concerning, 307; nonpayment for German property in mandated territory, 304–307; payment for German debt and property in ceded territory and special exceptions for Belgium and France, 304–507, 378, 448–449, 449–450
  • Reparation clauses: German obligation to pay for damage to property resulting from acts of Germany or Allies directly in consequence of operations of war, 17, 19, 28, 29, 30, 51, 55, 58, 164, 165, 169, 201; restitution by Germany of property seized, carried off, injured, etc., continuance in accordance with Armistice provisions, 19–20, 29, 38, 48, 50, 56, 164, 167, 192, 193–196, 304, 479
• Prussia, East, 818
• Publicity of text or summary of treaty as handed to Germans, question of, 153–154, 204–205, 357, 404, 469–470, 485, 491–492, 577, 673–674
• Railways. See Ports, waterways, and railways.
• Relief (see also Food relief), German request for Allied advance of clothing to German prisoners of war upon release, and Allied noncompliance, 575, 610, 624, 674, 682–683, 724–725, 750
• Religious, racial, etc., minorities, protection of, 393–395, 397–399, 439–440, 441–444, 459, 483, 678–681, 733, 816–817
• Reparation:
  • Austrian reparation. See Austria: Treaty of peace: Terms: Reparation.
  • Bulgarian reparation. See Bulgaria: Treaty of peace: Terms: Reparation.
  • Commissions:
    • Commission on Reparation of Damage: Preparation of Austrian and Hungarian treaty clauses, 514, 541; report by Second Subcommittee, Apr. 18, text, 187–201; report by Third Subcommission, discussion, 484
    • Committee on Reparation Clauses in the Treaties with Austria, Hungary, and Bulgaria, appointment, 864
    • Reparation Commission. See under German reparation: Discussions, infra.
    • Special expert committees, 48–49
  • Enemy powers, joint and several liability of, 234, 354–355, 360, 387–388, 409, 415–416, 480
  • German reparation:
    • Claims and interests of—
      • Belgium. See Belgium: German peace treaty: Reparation.
      • Brazil, 162, 190, 229, 230, 314, 315, 323–324
      • Czechoslovakia, question of, 163–164, 374
      • France (including Alsace-Lorraine), 32, 45, 52, 53–54, 75–76, 189–190, 346–347, 373–376, 384, 446, 448, 567
      • Great Britain, 32, 45, 51–52, 162, 189–190, 303–304, 346, 419, 446, 447, 448, 461, 567
      • Greece, 230
      • Italy, 94, 135, 149, 213–216, 387–388, 408–410, 414, 415–416, 426, 480, 566, 567, 568, 569, 585, 833–834
      • Japan, 132, 230, 353, 359, 359–360, 365–367
      • Jugoslavia, 229, 314–315, 322–323, 350–360, 365, 374, 388, 587, 738, 751–753
      • New states. See New states, infra.
      • Poland, 163–164, 374, 449, 450, 479–480, 531, 560–562, 731
      • Portugal, 229, 314, 315, 323
      • Roumania, 230, 314, 388
      • United States: Participation in Reparation Commission, question of, 71, 72, 77; retention of German ships captured in American ports, question of, 161–163, 188, 189–191, 198–199, 229, 230, 396, 414, 447, 461
    • Discussions and draft texts of clauses concerning—
      • Allocation of installments among Allied Powers, 17, 20, 29, 50, 56, 63, 167, 355, 360, 370–371, 397, 401, 419, 448, 543
      • Amount of German liability, determination of. See Damage: Extent of German liability, infra.
      • Cables, German, renunciation, 241, 392, 422, 437–438
      • Credits to German reparation account, 167–168, 303–304
      • Damage, German compensation of:
        • Categories of damage: Armed forces (pensions and separation allowances), 17, 19, 24, 27, 29, 30, 54, 57, 158–159, 168, 169, 478–479; civilians (acts injurious to health, acts of cruelty, acts of war, forced labor without remuneration, levies, fines, etc.), 28, 29, 30, 51, 54, 55, 57, 58, 168, 169; prisoners of war (Allied assistance to prisoners and dependents; maltreatment), 30, 54, 57, 168; property (acts of Germany or Allies directly in consequence of operations of war), 17, 19, 28, 29, 30, 51, 55, 58, 164, 165, 169, 201
        • Extent of German liability, determination of, 16–17, 19, 22–27, 27–28, 31–35, 44–47, 49–50, 52, 55–56, 73–79, 158–159, 159–160, 165–166, 349, 373–376, 449, 450, 478–480, 486–487, 725, 730–731, 734, 833–834, 837n, 858; special dispositions for Belgium, questions concerning, 31–33, 52–54, 58, 229, 314–315, 323, 344–351, 375–376, 390, 414–415, 418–419, 445–449
        • Proposals, inconclusive, concerning—
          • Damage resulting from German violation of formal engagements or international law, 28, 29, 31–33, 35
          • Depreciation of marks left in occupied territory, 53–54, 323, 344, 345, 375–376, 390, 419
          • Food and relief supplied to citizens by states, 164–165, 344, 347, 351
          • Trade and business losses, 31, 32, 51–52
          • War costs, 344, 346–350, 351
      • Payment:
        • Economic resources, application toward reparation:
          • Coal deliveries to Belgium, France, and Italy, 38, 48–49, 186–187, 291, 295–297; to Luxemburg, 295
          • Dyestuffs and other chemical products, 192, 291, 294–295
          • General principles, 19–20, 48–49, 50, 161
          • Merchant shipping, 161–163, 167, 182–184, 187–191, 196–199, 201, 229–230, 314–315, 323–324, 396, 414, 461, 566, 567, 568
          • Physical restoration of devastated areas (animals, machinery, materials), 19, 48, 49, 164, 165, 167, 184–186, 191, 195–196, 201, 418, 422–423; utilization of German labor, 48, 49, 185, 186, 191, 337–338, 339
        • Preliminary payment of 20,000,000,000 gold marks before May 1921: Belgian claim for share, 323, 344–345, 346, 349, 350, 414–415, 418–419, 445–448; general, 20, 28, 35–37, 50, 56, 166; Keynes plan for using to restart industry throughout Europe, and U. S. disapproval, 151–152, 396; priority of costs of army of occupation and food and raw material supplied to Germany, 20, 28, 35–37, 50, 56, 166, 471; Serbian claim for share, 587, 738, 751–753
        • Sanctions in event of voluntary default by Germany, 160–161, 170–180
        • Undertaking by Germany to make payments and enact necessary legislation, 48, 50, 163, 167
      • Reparation Commission:
        • Constitution, powers, rules of procedure, etc.: Committee to study, 47, 49, 54, 71; discussions and texts, 19, 22–27, 28, 34, 35, 45–48, 49–50, 50, 55–56, 63, 71–79, 155–161, 166, 169–182, 229, 314–315, 322–323, 353, 359–360, 365–366, 616–617, 623; text of annex concerning, 169–182
        • Separate reparation commissions for Austria and Germany, question of, 832, 837
      • Responsibility for war losses and obligation to make reparation, acceptance by Germany:
        • Discussions and draft texts, 22, 27–28, 35, 44, 49, 55, 165, 234, 354–355, 360, 387–388
        • German protest, May 13, and Allied reply, May 20:
          • Discussions, 606–607, 612, 674, 723–724, 733
          • Texts:
            • German note, 727
            • Reply of Allies: Drafts, 728–730; final text, 742–743
      • Restitution of property carried off, seized, injured, etc., by Germany, continuance in accordance with Armistice provisions, 19–20, 29, 38, 48, 50, 56, 164, 167, 192, 193–196, 304, 479
    • General discussions and draft texts, 16–17, 19–20, 21–30, 31–38, 44–58, 63, 71–79, 94, 132, 135, 149, 155–201, 213–216, 221, 222, 229–230, 234, 241, 291, 292, 204–297, 303–304, 314–315, 322–324, 337–338, 339, 344–351, 353, 354–355, 350–360, 365–367, 370–371, 373–376, 384, 387–388, 390, 392, 396, 397, 401, 408–410, 414–415, 415–416, 418–419, 422–423, 426, 437–438, 445–450, 461, 471, 478–480, 484, 486–487, 514, 519, 520, 531, 543, 560–562, 566–569, 585, 587, 606–607, 612, 616–617, 623, 674, 723–724, 725, 727–731, 733, 734, 738–743, 751–753, 832–834, 837, 858
    • German protest, May 13, and Allied reply, May 20:
      • Discussions, 606–607, 612, 674, 723–724, 733
      • Texts:
        • German note, 727
        • Reply of Allies: Drafts, 728–730; final text, 742–743
    • Guarantees (see also under Germany: Treaty: Terms), technical, question of, 29, 37–38, 47, 56, 74, 192, 199–200, 484
    • New states, question of assumption of share in German reparation obligations and participation in reparation payments, 163–164, 229–230, 292, 314–315, 322–323, 354–355, 374, 449, 450, 479–480, 514, 531, 560–562, 566, 587, 730–731, 734, 738, 751–753, 833–834, 837n, 858
    • Texts, draft, 19–20, 27–30, 49–50, 55–58, 165–187, 196–198, 199–201, 294–297
    • Views of—
      • Clemenceau, 24, 25, 33–34, 37, 38, 46, 47, 51, 52, 54, 73, 75–76, 76–77, 156, 158, 337, 350, 355, 479, 520, 567, 569; other French representatives, 22, 23, 24–25, 26, 33, 34, 35–36, 37, 38, 44–45, 46, 47, 47–48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 72, 74, 74–75, 157, 159, 160, 161, 164–165, 303, 304, 387, 388, 419, 448, 479, 480, 834
      • Lloyd George, 19–20, 22, 23, 24, 25–26, 27, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51–52, 53, 71, 72, 73–74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 155, 156, 157, 157–158, 158–159, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 163–164, 165, 221, 222, 303, 304, 314–315, 338, 346, 346–347, 347, 351, 355, 366, 367, 387, 388, 419, 447, 448, 449, 461, 479, 480, 520, 561, 582, 566, 567, 568, 569, 587, 616, 617, 734, 832, 833, 834; other British representatives, 53, 78, 159–160, 447, 448
      • Orlando, 47, 561, 562, 566, 566–567, 567, 588, 569, 734, 832, 833, 833–834
      • Wilson, 16–17, 24, 27, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 156, 158, 159, 160, 160–161, 161–162, 162–163, 163, 230, 303, 304, 314, 315, 337–338, 349, 355, 387–388, 419, 447, 461, 479, 480, 519, 520, 561, 567, 569, 616, 617, 734, 832; House, 25, 26, 26–27, 32, 33; other U. S. representatives 23–24, 24, 25, 26, 31, 32, 34, 37–38, 46, 47, 52, 53, 75, 78, 79, 156, 179, 303
  • Hungarian reparation. See Hungary: Treaty of peace: Terms: Reparation.
• Responsibility for the war and penalties:
  • Austrian, Hungarian, and Bulgarian peace treaty provisions, preparation of, 517–518, 530, 605
  • Commission, 31, 32, 63, 513, 530, 612, 728, 729, 730, 743
  • German peace treaty clauses:
    • German attitude and protests: Desire for neutral commission to establish responsibility, and Allied refusal, 510; note of May 13 denying responsibility, and Allied reply of May 20, discussions and texts, 606–607, 612, 674, 723–724, 727–730, 733, 742–743
  • Penalties for breaches of laws of war, 389–390, 401–402, 470–471, 605; draft text of clauses, 401–402
  • Reparation clause providing for German acceptance of responsibility for the war, discussions and draft texts, 22, 27–28, 35, 44, 49, 55, 165, 234, 354–355, 360, 387–388
• Restoration of devastated areas (animals, machinery, materials): German reparation clauses, 19, 48, 49, 164, 165, 167, 184–186, 191, 195–196, 201, 418,422–423; utilization of German labor, 48, 49, 185, 186, 191, 337–338, 339
• Rhenish provinces and Westphalia, proposed establishment as separate republic, 335
• Rhine. See Guarantees: Western Europe and Boundaries of Germany and political clauses: Rhine under Germany: Treaty: Terms; also under Ports: German peace treaty: Navigation.
• Rhodes, Italian action in, 465, 720
• Rivers. See Ports, waterways, and railways.
• Roumania (see also New states):
  • Commission on Roumanian and Jugoslav Affairs, 61, 64
  • Cooperation in proposed Allied military intervention in Hungary, 706–707
  • Frontiers: Bulgarian, 64; Hungarian, conflict between Hungarian and Roumanian troops, 42, 61–62, 291–292, 706; recognition of, in Austrian and Hungarian peace treaties, 620
  • Minorities, 483
  • Participation in plenary sessions concerning German peace treaty, 313, 322, 481
  • Reparation, 230, 314, 388
• Russia:
  • Allied policy, and efforts of Council of Four to determine:
    • General discussions, 114–115, 247, 370, 497–498, 513, 522, 528–530, 544–552, 560, 608, 687–688, 706, 725, 734–737, 743–748, 861–862, 901–904, 909–911, 914–915
    • Kolchak government and other anti-Bolshevik groups, Allied attitude:
      • Allied troops in—
        • Archangel: Britishh, 114–115, 247, 370;U. S., 370
        • Siberia, relations between American, Japanese, and Russian troops, 528–529, 608
      • Efforts of Allies to ascertain political intentions:
        • Hearing of V. N. Chaikovski (president of Archangel government) before Council of Four, 370, 497–498, 529, 530, 544–551, 560
        • Morris, Roland S. (U. S. Ambassador in Japan), mission to Siberia, 560, 688, 725
        • Note to Kolchak government requesting declaration of policy: Discussions, 529–530, 735–737, 862, 901–904, 914–915; draft text, 900–911
        • Recognition as government of all Russia, purported Japanese proposal, 861–862
        • Request by military representatives in South Russia for declaration from General Denekin, and Denekin’s reply, 544–545, 551–552
    • Soviet government:
      • Blockade, Allied, maintenance of, 522
      • Nansen relief proposal, Bolshevik reply and consideration by Council of Four, 706, 734–735, 743–748; text of Lenin’s letter of May 7, 744–747
      • Prinkipo conference, proposed, 745
    • Views of—
      • Clemenceau, 735, 861, 862, 901, 902, 903
      • Lloyd George, 497, 498, 529, 546, 550, 560, 608, 725, 735, 736, 737, 862, 901, 902, 902–903
      • Orlando, 901, 903
      • Wilson, 497, 498, 528–529, 529, 544, 560, 608, 725, 735, 736, 736–737, 862, 901, 902, 903, 914–915
  • Baltic territories, former Russian, relations with Russia, 546, 547–548, 737
  • Blockade, 522
  • Finland, relations with, 546, 547, 550–551
  • German peace treaty, political clauses concerning former Russian territory and abrogation of Brest-Litovsk treaty, 41, 421, 424, 451, 461, 476; draft texts, 424, 461
  • Nansen relief proposal, Bolshevik reply and consideration by Council of Four, 706, 734–735, 743–748
  • Prinkipo conference, proposed, 745
  • Prisoners of war in Germany, repatriation, 40
  • Relations between Soviet government and Bela Kun government of Hungary, 18
  • Stevens railway commission in Russia, 528–529, 903
  • Ukraine (see also Poland: Ukrainian-Polish hostilities), 513
  • U. S. consul at Tashkent (Roger C. Tredwell), Bolshevik detention and release, 699
• Saar Basin, German peace treaty provisions for disposition of:
  • General discussions concerning proposed schemes, 17, 60–61, 66–70, 204, 205, 206, 208–209, 335, 336
  • German protests and counterproposals, May 13 and 16, and Allied reply, May 24:
    • Discussions, 606–607, 612–613, 674, 724, 813–815, 826, 912–913
    • Texts:
      • German notes: May 13, 817–820; May 16, 820–822
      • Reply of Allies: Drafts, 823–825, 827–829; final text, 915–917
  • Special Commission on Saar Valley, work of, 60–61, 66–70, 206, 208–209, 335, 336, 813–815, 826, 912
• Samoa, German, mandate to New Zealand, 473, 492, 500, 508
• Sanctions in event of voluntary default in German reparation payments, 160–161, 179–180
• Savoy, German peace treaty provisions regarding German recognition of Franco-Swiss arrangements, 481, 487–489
• Scapa Flow, German ships interned at, 238, 535
• Schleswig, German peace treaty provisions concerning plebiscite: Discussions, 64, 559; German objections and Allied draft reply, 612, 818, 824, 828, 916
• Secret treaties. See under Treaties.
• Self-determination, 9, 18, 42, 81–82, 88, 694, 710, 776, 795, 818
• Serbia and Serb-Croat-Slovene State. See Jugoslavia.
• Shantung and Kiaochow. See under China.
• Shipping, merchant:
  • Austro-Hungarian shipping in Adriatic, Italian and other Allied claims, 566–569, 710, 834–835
  • German shipping:
    • Delay by Germany in surrendering merchant ships in Spain, 517
    • Transfer to Allies as reparations:
      • Claims of Brazil, 162, 229, 230, 314, 315, 323–324; France, 189–190; Great Britain, 51–52, 162, 189–190, 303–304, 567: Italy, 387, 566, 567, 568, 569; Portugal, 229, 314–315, 323; United States, 161–163, 188, 189–191, 198–199, 229, 230, 398, 414, 461
      • Peace treaty provisions: Discussions, 161–163, 167, 187–191, 201, 396, 414, 568; draft texts, 182–184, 196–199
• Siam, 472, 481
• Siberia. See Russia.
• Silesia, Upper, 204, 205, 818
• Silver standard, Chinese proposal with reference to German financial clauses, 460–461
• Smuts, General, mission to Budapest: Dispatch of, 16, 17, 18; reports and consideration thereof by Council of Four, 39, 41–43, 59, 61–62, 291
• Smyrna. See Turkish territories: Asia Minor.
• Somaliland, 507, 508, 509, 582–583, 584, 587, 616
• South Africa, Union of, mandate for German Southwest Africa, 472–473, 500, 508
• Spain: German merchant ships in Spanish ports, delay by Germany in surrendering, 517: participation in first League Council, 324, 421
• Spartacism, 39, 103
• Special interests, powers having: Participation in plenary sessions concerning German peace treaty, 153, 398; reparation claims, 164, 229–230, 322–324
• St. Germain, treaty of. See Austria: Treaty of peace.
• St. Jean de Maurienne agreement. See Turkish territories: Asia Minor: Mandates: Italian participation.
• Stevens railway commission, operation of Siberian railways, 528–529, 903
• Submarines: Austrian, 517–518; German, 240–241, 530–531, 534, 543, 834
• Suez Canal, 41
• Superior Blockade Council, report, 603–604
• Supreme Councils. See Councils.
• Supreme Economic Council. See under Councils.
• Switzerland, German peace treaty provisions regarding Franco-Swiss arrangements concerning Savoy and Gex, 481, 487–489
• Sykes-Picot agreement. See Turkish territories: Syria.
• Syria. See under Turkish territories.
• Ten, Council of, study of German cable question, 392, 422
• Teschen question, 64, 677–678
• Togoland, 492–493, 500, 507, 508, 509, 812
• Trade and business losses, inconclusive proposals for reparation by Germany, 31, 32, 51–52
• Transylvania, Hungarian-Roumanian conflict in, 41–43, 61–62, 291–292, 706
• Treaties, conventions, etc.:
  • Aggression, Franco-American and Franco-British guarantees. See France: Guarantee.
  • Brest-Litovsk, abrogation, 421, 424, 451, 461, 476
  • Military convention regarding occupation of the Rhine, preparation, 395, 515
  • Minorities treaties:
    • Czechoslovakia, 681
    • Discussions, general, and draft texts of treaties concerning protection of minorities, 393–395, 397–399, 439–440, 441–444, 483, 678–681, 733, 810–817
    • Jugoslavia, 816–817
    • Poland. See Poland: Treaty.
  • Neuilly - sur - Seine. See Bulgaria: Treaty of peace.
  • Peace treaties. See Treaty of peace under Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Turkey.
  • Ports, waterways, and railways, proposed general conventions, 259, 266, 290, 400
  • Rhine convention regarding military occupation, preparation of, 395, 515
  • Saint Adresse declaration (Feb. 14, 1916), cited, 345, 347
  • Secret treaties:
    • Arab-British arrangements. See Turkish territories: Syria.
    • London, Treaty of. See Africa: Mandates: Claims and interests of Italy: Italy: Adriatic claims: Turkish territories: Asia Minor: Mandates: Italian participation.
    • Pacific Islands. See Pacific Islands: British and Japanese claims.
    • Shantung. See China: Shantung.
    • St. Jean de Maurienne. See Turkish territories: Asia Minor: Mandates: Italian participation.
    • Sykes-Picot. See Turkish territories: Syria.
  • St. Germain. See Austria: Treaty of peace.
  • Treaty of 1839 relating to Belgium, 32, 41
  • Trianon. See Hungary: Treaty of peace.
  • Versailles. See Germany: Treaty of peace.
• Tredwell, Roger C, 699
• Trianon, treaty of. See Hungary: Treaty of peace.
• Trieste. See Italy: Adriatic claims.
• Turkey (see also Azerbaijan; Turkish territories):
  • Blockade, Allied, 536
  • Debt, 618, 623, 758, 7
  • Frontier with Bulgaria, 64
  • League of Nations, question of admission of Turkish races and territories, 691–692, 694, 697, 700, 701
  • Treaty of peace with the Allied and Associated Powers: Allied consideration of military or naval measures necessary in event of Turkish refusal or inability to sign, 65, 66, 532–533, 533–534, 536; penalties clauses, 530; preparation, preliminary, 65, 588
• Turkish territories, mandate and military occupation questions:
  • Asia Minor (including the islands, Armenia, the Caucasus, Constantinople):
    • Mandates, proposed distribution of (see also Moslems of India, hearing, infra):
      • Commission to investigate. See Commission, infra.
      • Discussions, general, 10, 12–14, 65, 106–107, 466, 472, 482–483, 484, 498, 581–587, 588, 614–616, 618–620, 622–623, 668, 669–672, 686, 688, 689, 707–709, 710, 711, 717–718, 719, 720, 726, 756–759, 759–760, 760–761, 761–763, 763–765, 765–766, 770–771
      • French participation, question of, 583, 618, 619, 622–623, 708–709, 757–758, 761–762, 763–765
      • Greek participation, questions concerning Smyrna and the Dodecanese Islands, 484, 583, 584, 585–586, 586, 614, 619, 622, 622–623, 759, 765, 770
      • Italian participation, question of, 482–483, 484, 581–582, 582, 583, 584, 585, 586, 614–616, 618–620, 622–623, 669, 671–672, 686, 707–708, 710, 711, 717–718, 719, 720, 726, 757–758; claims under Treaty of London and St. Jean de Maurienne agreement, 484, 670, 717–718, 719, 720, 726, 757
      • U. S. participation, question of, 10, 472, 482, 581, 583, 585, 588, 614, 619, 622, 688, 711, 757–758, 759–760, 760–761, 762, 765–766, 770
    • Military and naval action by Allies:
      • Italian action, unauthorized, in—
        • Dodecanese Islands, Italian oppression, 465, 482
        • Scala Nuova and adjacent ports, and Allied representations to Italian delegates concerning, 466, 482, 502, 571, 668–669, 686–687, 688–689, 716–721, 723, 726
        • Smyrna, and dispatch by Council of interallied expedition to assist in occupation by Greek forces, 354, 412–413, 422, 467, 483–484, 501–505, 553–558, 570–571, 577–578, 689, 717, 718, 721–723, 733–734
      • Proposed redistribution of forces of occupation (see also Italian action: Smyrna, supra): British troops in the Caucasus, question of replacement by Italian troops, 4, 467, 467–468; U. S. troops, proposed dispatch to Turkish territories, and statutory prevention of, 466, 467–468, 482
    • St. Jean de Maurienne agreement, provisions regarding Italian claims, 484, 720
    • Treaty of London, provisions regarding Italian claims, 717–718, 719, 726
    • Views of—
      • Clemenceau, 503, 557, 570, 577, 583, 585, 586, 614, 616, 618, 619, 622–623, 669, 686, 688, 688–689, 709, 717, 718, 719, 722, 723, 761–762
      • Lloyd George, 483, 484, 503, 504, 554, 555, 556, 557, 570, 571, 578, 581–582, 582, 583, 583–584, 584, 585, 586, 588, 615, 616, 618, 619, 622–623, 668, 669, 686–687, 687, 688, 688–689, 700, 707–708, 708, 709, 710, 711, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 756–758, 760, 763–765, 770–771
      • Orlando and Sonnino, 570, 571, 577, 578, 686, 687, 716, 717, 717–718, 718, 719, 720, 723, 726
      • Wilson, 483, 484, 502, 503, 504, 554, 555, 556, 577, 578, 583, 584, 585, 585–586, 586, 614, 615, 616, 618, 618–619, 619, 620, 622–623, 668, 669, 688–689, 700, 701, 708–709, 709, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 758–760, 765–766
  • Commission, interallied (Syrian Commission), to investigate question of Turkish mandates, 12–14, 65, 112, 247, 466, 468, 719, 758, 760, 763, 766, 770, 808, 810, 811, 812; American section (King-Crane Commission), 766, 812
  • Moslems of India, hearing before Council of Four, May 17, to present objections to partition of Turkish Empire, 498, 587, 618, 682, 690–701, 707–708, 709, 711, 761
  • Syria and adjoining regions (Arabia, Mesopotamia, Palestine), Franco-British mandate and military occupation questions resulting from conflict between French claims under Sykes-Picot agreement and British-Arab arrangements:
    • Agreements, declarations, etc., concerning:
      • British agreement with King Hussein, Oct. 29, 1914, cited, 7–8
      • Clemenceau, letter of assurances to Emir Feisal, Apr. 17, 1919, 112, 115
      • Franco-British declaration, Nov. 9, 1918, regarding Arab independence, cited, 3
      • Sykes-Picot agreement (May 16, 1916), cited, 1–2, 6–7, 8, 764, 807, 808–809, 810
    • Arabia, question of independence of, 1, 2, 3, 6–8, 115, 770
    • Commission of inquiry into Turkish mandates, 12–14, 65, 112, 247, 466, 468, 719, 758, 760, 763, 766, 770, 808, 810, 811–812; American section (King-Crane Commission), 766, 812
    • Discussions, general, 1–14, 65, 112, 115, 247, 460, 466, 468, 616, 719, 758, 760–763, 764, 766, 770–771, 807–812
    • Holy places, Moslem, 770–771, 808
    • Mesopotamia, British claim for inclusion of Mosul, and French attitude, 3, 5, 6, 12, 14, 760–761, 762, 763, 770, 808, 810–811
    • Palestine, British claim and French attitude, 3, 4, 6, 12, 460, 760, 762, 770, 807–808
    • Syria:
      • Mandate to France, question of, 1–14, 115, 758, 760–761, 763, 770, 807, 808, 811–812
      • Military occupation, friction between British and French troops and French desire for British evacuation, 2, 9–10, 10–12, 13, 460, 616, 760–761, 766, 807–811, 812
      • Petroleum and railway negotiations, 763, 766, 807, 808, 809–810, 811
      • Treaties and agreements concerning. See Agreements, supra.
      • Views of—
        • Clemenceau and Pichon, 1–3, 3–5, 7, 8, 12–13, 112, 115, 460, 616, 760–761, 761, 762, 763, 766, 807–808, 810, 810–811, 811; note from Clemenceau to Emir Feisal, Apr. 17, 112, 115
        • Lloyd George, 3, 5–7, 7–8, 13, 14, 616, 758, 761, 762–763, 763, 764, 766, 770–771, 808–810, 811, 812
        • Wilson, 8–10, 10, 12, 13, 14, 460, 766, 811, 811–812, 812
• Tyrol. See Italy: Adriatic claims.
• Ukraine (see also Poland: Ukrainian-Polish hostilities), 513
• Union of South Africa, mandate for German Southwest Africa, 127, 473, 500, 508
• United States (see also Armies; China: Shantung; France: Guarantee; Italy: Adriatic claims; Mandates; Reparation; Russia: Allied policy; Turkish territories; Wilson):
  • Control commissions in Austria, question of U. S. participation, 913
  • Nonexistence of a state of war with Bulgaria or Turkey, 532n, 588, 904
  • Troops in—
    • Europe: Return to United States, 526–527; status of forces in Rhineland, May 1919, 702–703
    • Russia: Archangel, 370; Siberia, 528–529, 608, 735
• Uruguay, participation in plenary sessions concerning German peace treaty, 415, 416–417
• Versailles treaty. See Germany: Treaty of peace.
• War, German peace treaty provision concerning termination of state of, 41
• War costs, question of German obligation to make reparation for, 344, 346–350, 351
• Waterways. See Ports, waterways, and railways.
• Wilson, Woodrow (President) (see also Views of Wilson under China: Shantung; Italy: Adriatic claims: Fiume-Dalmatia; Reparation: German; Russia: Allied policy; Turkish territories: Asia Minor; Turkish territories: Syria):
  • Attitude toward—
    • Admission of press to plenary meeting of May 7, 356
    • Blockade of Germany, 600, 601
    • Disclosure by Germany of poison-gas manufacturing processes, 311
    • Sanctity of treaties, 130, 143, 146
    • Secret treaties, 93, 96, 97
    • Self-determination, 9, 88, 710
  • Fourteen Points, cited, 52–53, 58, 96–97, 98, 345, 691, 693, 708
• Yap, 109
• Yugoslavia. See Jugoslavia.