Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United
States, The Paris Peace Conference, 1919, Volume X
Index1
- Adriatic blockade, relaxation, 42, 86–87, 108, 140, 282
- Alsace, trade with unoccupied Germany, 230,
249, 296, 326–327, 337–339
- American Red Cross, 285, 287, 289, 412
- American Relief Administration, 14, 15, 34, 129, 279, 365, 368
- Arbitration of disputed Danube shipping, proposed, 562, 572, 581, 614–615, 731
- Argentina. See under
Food
and
Shipping.
- Armenia. See under
Food.
- Armistice. See under
Commissions
and
Germany.
- Arms and munitions, Austrian deliveries to Czechoslovakia and Poland in
return for coal, petrol, and oil, 373, 449, 454
- Austria (see also under
Coal; Communications; Finance; Food; Prisoners; Shipping; Supreme Council; Trade
regulation), treaty of peace:
- Allied retention of Austrian ships in event of Austrian refusal to
sign peace, proposal for, 265–266
- Reparation (see also
Food: Austria:
Reparation), 471
- Baltic states (see also under
Coal; Communications; Food; Supreme Council; Trade regulation): Bolshevism, 173; evacuation by German troops, question of,
173, 280;
proposed Allied mission, 280
- Banat. See
Food: Jugoslavia: Shipments to Austria and Hungary.
- Bank, Austro-Hungarian. See under
Finance.
- Banking committee, foreign, in United States, 628
- Bavaria, question of Allied separate revictualling, 103
- Belgium (see also under
Coal; Food; Shipping): Desire for resumption of work at Vieille
factories of Borbeck Oberhausen upon conclusion of peace with Germany, 448, 453–454; participation in Supreme Economic Council
and sections thereof, 157, 163, 208, 269, 632
- Berne convention of 1890, 734
- Black lists. See under
Trade regulation: Germany: Neutral trading.
- Black Sea: Greek desire for permission for Greek ships to load in Crimean
ports, 496–497, 530; postal and telegraphic communications, 622, 642–643
- Blockade. See
Blockade Section
and
Trade regulation.
- Blockade Section of Supreme Economic Council, 4–5, 6, 58, 62–63, 66,
68–70, 77, 79–81, 85, 86, 87, 98–99, 104–105, 107, 108, 115, 120–121, 137–141, 144–145, 146–147, 157–158, 162, 179, 180, 181, 192, 200–201, 201–202, 213, 215, 219, 221, 222, 225, 226, 231, 242–243, 247, 250, 252–253, 263, 267, 270–271, 325–326, 326–327, 332, 333–335, 344, 349, 364, 365, 370, 431, 432, 437; establishment of, 4–5
- Bohemia. See
Czechoslovakia.
- Bolshevism. See
Russia; also under
Baltic states
and
Germany.
- Brussels conference and agreements. See
Shipping: Enemy; and under
Trade regulation: Germany: Negotiations and arrangements:
Conferences.
- Bulgaria. See under
Communications, Finance,
and
Food.
- Canada, tonnage for food relief shipments, 179, 306, 310, 311
- Caucasus (see also
Food: Armenia; and under
Communications), interference by Georgian Republic
with food shipments to Armenia, 473, 482–483, 532
- Censorship, See under
Communications.
- Child-feeding program, 170–171, 279, 428, 556
- Coal:
- Austria:
- Czechoslovak and Polish supply to Austria:
Austrian arms and munitions deliveries in exchange, 373, 449, 454; breakdown
in deliveries, 702–706; interchange of potatoes and
coal with Poland, 473, 481–482, 489, 560, 577; peace treaty guarantees, question of, 560, 577; railway difficulties, 184–185, 185, 218–219
- European Coal Commission: Austrian request for
participation, 562, 572, 580–581; study of
Austrian situation, 565, 577
- Railway rolling stock for coal transport, requirements,
184–185, 185, 221–222, 621, 640, 704, 725
- Situation, seriousness of, 565, 581, 702–706, 725
- Baltic states: British coal to Esthonia and Lithuania, proposed,
185; German deliveries to
anti-Bolshevist front in Latvia and Lithuania, 180
- Belgium, 182, 561
- Commissions:
- European Coal Commission (see also
under
Austria, supra), establishment and functions, 495, 524, 561–562, 580, 594
- Subcommittee on Coal of Raw Materials Section, 67, 88,
177, 219, 221, 226–227, 275–277
- Czechoslovakia (see also
Austria: Czechoslovak
and Polish supply, supra);
Deliveries to Jugoslavia in exchange for food, proposed, 268, 277,
293; railway rolling stock
requirements, 679–680
- Esthonia, 180, 185
- European Coal Commission. See under
Commissions, supra.
- European coal situation, general surveys and reports, 67, 88, 176–177, 181–186, 218–219, 221–222, 233, 278–279, 492,
495–496,
522–525,
561–562
- France:
- Deliveries to Italy, 56, 67, 110, 177, 187, 227, 268, 273–277
- German coal: German deliveries under
Luxemburg Protocol, 107–108, 135–137, 183, 185, 267–268, 327–328, 347, 356, 364, 375, 405–407, 528; reparation provision, 182, 273–275, 351–352, 521
- Imports from Great Britain, 181–182, 186, 268, 273, 276, 277, 436, 495, 520, 615–616
- Situation, general, 177, 181–182, 275–276
- Germany:
- Export to—
- France. See
France: German coal, supra.
- Italy, 182, 227, 268, 273, 274, 275, 328–329, 345, 351–352, 363, 521
- Jugoslavia, in return for food from Banat, 268, 277, 293
- Preemption rights of Allied Powers regarding
purchase of, 231, 241, 248, 262–263, 264
- Food imports, financing by coal exports, 35, 43,
107–108, 135–137, 183–184, 185, 267–268, 327–328, 347, 356–357, 364, 375, 405–407, 528
- Interchange of potatoes and coal with Poland, 473, 481–482
- Production, decrease in, and Allied measures to
ameliorate, 20, 66, 76,
80, 185, 253–255, 264, 279
- Rhineland situation, 183
- Transport by sea route from Ruhr to East Prussia, 108, 137–139
- Great Britain, coal shipments to France, 181–182, 186, 268,
273, 276, 277, 436, 495, 520, 615–616; to Italy, 59, 60, 67, 177, 182, 186–187, 226–227, 268,
273–275,
276–277,
351, 520–521, 626–627
- Italy: British supplies, 59, 60, 67, 177, 182,
186–187,
226–227,
268, 273–275, 276–277, 351, 520–521, 626–627; French supplies, 56, 67, 110, 177,
187, 227, 268, 273–277; German supplies,
182, 227, 268, 273, 274, 275, 328–329, 345,
351–352,
363, 521; requirements, Italian statements and consideration
thereof, 11–12, 56, 58–60, 84, 90, 161, 177, 221, 226–227, 268,
273–275,
344–345,
349–353,
495, 520–522, 626–627, 675; shipping difficulties, 11, 56, 59–60, 67, 182, 187, 226–227, 374; U.
S. supply, 59, 60, 67, 182, 227, 626–627
- Jugoslavia, exchange of food from Banat in return for coal, 268, 277,
293
- Latvia, 180
- Lithuania, 180, 185
- Poland (see also
Austria: Czechoslovak
and Polish supply, supra): Exchange
of coal with Jugoslavia for food from Banat, 268, 277, 293; interchange of coal and potatoes
with Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Germany, 473, 481–482, 489,
560, 577; production and distribution questions, 218–219, 238; requirements for coming winter,
consideration of, 631
- Russia, 646
- Shipping questions, 11, 56, 59–60, 67, 108, 137–139, 182,
187, 226–227, 374
- Silesia, 177, 402
- United States, coal shipments to Italy, 59, 60, 67, 182, 227, 626–627
- Commissions, committees, councils, sections, and other
Interallied organizations:
- Armistice commissions:
- Interallied Armistice Commission at Spa, 204, 208
- Naval Armistice Commission, Allied, 85, 191, 194
- Relation to Supreme Economic Council, 109, 147–154, 160–161, 173–175, 181, 202–209; U. S. views, 173–174
- Blockade organizations. See
Trade regulation: Administrative organizations.
- Coal, commissions concerning. See under
Coal.
- Communications Section. See under
Communications.
- Finance Section. See
Finance Section.
- Five, Council of. See
Supreme Council.
- Food organizations. See
Food: Administrative
organizations.
- Four, Council of. See
Supreme Council.
- Germany, commissions concerning. See under
Germany.
- International economic council, proposed creation, 499, 625,
661
- Luxemburg, Interallied Committee of, 150, 151–153, 153,
154, 201, 205–206, 208
- Paris, Interallied Commission in, 87–88, 100–101, 205–206, 209
- Permanent Committee. See
Permanent Committee.
- Policy, Committee on, 329, 346, 356,
363–364,
376, 431, 450–451, 499
- Press Section, 105, 128, 162
- Prisoners of war, proposed commission on repatriation of, 490
- Raw Materials Section. See
Raw Materials Section.
- Reparation, commissions concerning. See
under
Reparation.
- Rhineland, commissions concerning. See
under
Rhineland.
- Rhine River, commissions concerning. See
under
Rhine River.
- Shipping organizations. See
Shipping: Administrative organizations.
- Statistics, Committee on, 498–499, 621
- Supreme Council. See
Supreme Council.
- Supreme Economic Council. See
Supreme Economic Council.
- Ten, Council of. See
Supreme Council.
- Communications:
- American Relief Administration telegraphic facilities, 279, 404
- Armenia, railway situation, 402, 728–729
- Austria:
- Postal and telegraphic communication: Allied control of
Vienna wireless station, 162;
reestablishment of postal communication, 404; special arrangements
regarding food purchase communication, 86, 98
- Railway reestablishment (see also
Eastern and Southern Europe, infra): Italian technical mission,
44, 131, 400, 724, 725; situation, general, 724–725
- Baltic states (see also
Lithuania, infra):
British technical mission, 44, 131, 401,
724; need for railway repair
materials, 571, 724
- Black Sea, postal and telegraphic communication, 622, 642–643
- Bulgaria: Allied measures for reestablishment of communications,
44, 45,
68, 432,
442; railway situation, general,
734, 742, 750–751; technical missions, 44,
45, 728
- Caucasus. See
Armenia, supra, and
Russia, infra.
- Censorship of communications (see also
under
Germany: Postal,
telegraphic, and wireless communication, infra), Allied control of Budapest and Vienna wireless
stations, 162
- Communications Section:
- Czechoslovakia:
- Postal communication, 134,
404
- Railways: Allied measures for assisting reestablishment,
45–46, 60, 131, 133–134, 398, 401–402, 726; rolling stock requirements
and deliveries, 106, 134, 402, 640, 679–680, 726; technical
missions, 44, 45–46,
131, 133–134, 398, 401–402
- Rivers, Allied arrangement for shipping food supplies to
Czechoslovakia by Elbe or Rhine, 6, 42, 46, 134, 168, 180, 192, 233, 278, 397, 402, 403, 731, 737
- Danube. See
Danube.
- Eastern and Southern Europe, general Allied measures
for reestablishment of railway and other communications, and work of
Communications Section with regard to, 2,
6, 7–8, 28–30, 32, 42, 44–46, 57, 60, 67–68, 82, 88, 106–107, 129–134, 170,
180, 185, 192, 214, 220, 221–222, 222–225, 232, 233,
243–244,
278–279,
295, 296–297, 305–306, 319–320, 326, 330–337, 373–374, 375,
379–382,
396–405,
407–412,
432, 440, 442, 446, 491–492, 498,
560, 570–572, 621–622, 623, 631,
640–642,
642–643,
644–658,
679–680,
720–753
- Elbe. See
Elbe.
- Esthonia. See
Baltic states, supra.
- Financial questions, 29, 30, 42, 106–107, 130, 220,
222, 399
- France, technical missions, 44–45, 45–46, 68, 131, 134,
728
- Germany:
- Interference with shipments to Poland via Danzig, and
Allied attitude, 296–297, 319–320, 325, 331–332, 365, 368
- Peace treaty clauses relating to ports,
waterways, and railways, proposals concerning, 134, 404, 731–732
- Postal, telegraphic, and wireless
communication: Allied control of wireless stations, 232, 242–243; Allied
regulations and arrangements for communications with firms
in neutral countries, 77–78, 144–145, 232, 242–243, 264; censorship, proposed
abolition, 109, 147, 431, 447;
reestablishment, 472–473, 481, 492, 518–519
- Railways (see also
Peace treaty clauses, supra): General situation, 20–21,
23; reestablishment of
communications, 492, 560, 614
- Rivers. See
Elbe
and
Rhine.
- Shipments through Germany, question of, 82, 219, 222
- Great Britain, technical missions, 44,
45, 131,
132–133,
400–402,
402, 408, 409, 498, 723–724
- Greece: French technical mission, 44,
131, 728; railway material, request for, 570, 631; return of Danube
river craft owned by Greek nationals, request for, 491–492, 517
- Hoover, Herbert (Director-General of Relief): Administration of
Austro-Hungarian railways for relief and coal shipments, 57, 170, 185, 221–222, 233,
278, 396–398; memorandum on
distribution of Danube river craft, 373
- Hungary:
- Allied control of wireless station at Budapest, 162
- Railways: Italian technical mission, 44, 131, 400; passage of goods through
Hungary, question of facilitating, 219, 222, 433–434; railway rolling stock, and Roumanian removal
of, 621–622, 641, 725–726, 748–749
- Italy:
- Interference with food shipments to Austria-Hungary via
Trieste, 6, 46; to Jugoslavia via Fiume, 449, 455, 496, 529
- Technical missions, 44, 45, 131, 400
- Jugoslavia:
- Postal communication, 404
- Railways:
- Allied technical missions: French, 134; U. S., 44, 131, 133–134, 398, 401, 726–727
- General situation, 726–727, 734
- Repair of bridge over Save River, 570–571, 631, 641, 727
- Latvia. See
Baltic states, supra.
- Lithuania, railways: Desire of Lithuania to purchase
rolling stock from American Liquidation Commission, 373–374, 380–382;
financing, 487; French cession of
Armistice locomotives, 640, 724
- Poland:
- Danzig, German interference with shipments to Poland via
Danzig, and Allied measures, 296–297, 319–320, 325, 331–332, 365, 368
- Postal communication, 134,
404
- Railways: Armistice locomotives, 132–133, 180, 192, 640; British
technical mission, 44, 131, 132–133, 401, 498, 723;
reorganization, 498, 571, 640, 723–724, 740, 744–745; requirements, 106, 132–133
- Postal, telegraphic, and wireless communication (see also under
Germany, supra):
Allied control of Budapest and Vienna wireless stations, 162; American Relief Administration
facilities, 279, 404; Black Sea, 622, 642–643;
Europe, general, 622, 732; reestablishment with liberated
countries, 107, 134, 404, 732
- Railways (see also
Eastern and Southern Europe, supra; also under individual countries supra and infra): Census of rolling stock,
641, 732–733; commission for
partition of Austro-Hungarian rolling stock, 641, 732; exchange of rolling
stock across frontiers, proposed facilitation, 622, 641, 680, 733;
trans-European train service, 732, 734–738
- Rhine. See
Rhine River.
- Rivers. See
Danube, Elbe,
and
Rhine.
- Roumania:
- Interest in Danube administration, 491, 512–517
- Postal communication, 404
- Railways:
- Allied technical missions: British, 45, 132, 401;
French assignment, question of, 44–45, 68
- General situation, 641, 727–728, 741, 746–747
- Rolling stock: Armistice locomotives, 132, 180, 192, 728; purchases, 106–107; requirements, 106, 132, 641; seizure of Hungarian
rolling stock, 726
- Russia:
- Port situation in Southern Russia, 648–654
- Postal and telegraphic communication, 643
- Railways:
- Allied technical missions: British missions, 44, 131, 133, 400–401, 402, 408, 409; French, question of, 44, 131; general, 408–409, 440, 729–730; U. S.
mission in Siberia, 408
- General situation, 375, 407–412, 432, 440, 623, 644–645, 728–730
- South Russian railways, 622–623, 645–647, 654–658, 728–730
- Shipments through Russia, question of, 219, 222
- Switzerland, Allied permission for resumption of communication by
Rhine with neutral and Allied countries, 58, 62–63, 103, 114
- Transylvania, railway situation, 743,
752–753
- Trieste, railway shipments of food via Trieste: Italian attitude,
6, 46;
statistics, 404, 736
- Turkey in Europe, question of Allied dispatch of technical
missions, 44, 131, 728
- United States: American Relief Administration telegraphic
facilities, 279, 404; technical missions, 44,
45–46,
131, 133–134, 375, 396–398, 400,
401–402,
408, 726–727
- Consultative Food Committee. See under
Food: Administrative
organizations.
- Councils. See
Commissions, etc.
- Customs duties, German, 567
- Czechoslovakia. See under
Coal; Communications; Food; Prisoners; Shipping.
- Danube River:
- Commissions:
- European Commission of the Danube, 223, 224, 373, 512–517
- Interallied Danube River Commission (see
also
Traffic: Control, infra): Administration of river craft
pending disposition under treaty, 373, 379–380, 434, 445–446, 491–492; financing,
487, 641, 731;
representation and interests of Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia,
and Roumania, 491, 512–517, 641, 730–731
- Shipping: Arbitration of disputed ownership of river craft as
provided by treaty, 562, 572, 581,
614–615,
731; control by Interallied Danube
River Commission, 373, 379–380, 434, 445–446, 491–492; Greek request for return of river
craft owned by Greek nationals, 491,
517; reparation, 223
- Traffic: Control by Interallied Danube River
Commission following relaxation of military control, 213–214, 216–217, 220, 223–225, 232,
243–244,
251, 348, 358, 373, 379–380, 402,
403, 434, 445–446, 491–492, 512–517, 730–731; temporary closure of river by
Bolsheviks at Budapest, 348, 358, 731
- Treaties: Berlin (1878), 513; Paris (1856),
512
- Danzig: German interference with shipments to Poland via
Danzig, and Allied attitude, 296–297, 319–320, 325, 331–332, 365, 368;
repatriation of Polish troops in France via Danzig, proposed, 104, 116
- Denmark. See
Trade regulation: Neutrals; and under
Food.
- Dyestuffs. See under
Trade regulation: Germany.
- Economic cooperation among Allies after peace, question of. See
Food: Allied food
problems: Policy; Supreme Economic
Council: Future.
- Economic council, international, proposed, 499, 625, 661
- Economic position of Europe, views of France, 568, 602–603; of Great Britain, 103, 110–113; of Hoover,
462–468
- Economic pressure on countries fighting with neighbors in defiance of
Supreme Council, principle of, 266–269
- Egypt, 630
- Elbe River, reopening to relief and commercial traffic with
Czechoslovakia, 6, 42,
46, 134, 168, 180, 192, 233, 278, 397, 402, 403, 731, 737
- Esthonia. See
Baltic states.
- Finance (see also
Finance Section):
- Austria (see also
Austro-Hungarian Bank, infra, and
Food: Austria:
Financing): Allied restrictions on
export of gold and securities, 365;
depreciation of currency, 702
- Austro-Hungarian Bank: Allied measures to prohibit
printing and circulation of banknotes, 177, 188; Hungarian seizure
of gold deposits in Budapest, 371, 378–379;
removal of gold and securities to Italy for safekeeping, 372, 433,
486
- Bulgaria, food relief financing, 6, 15, 34, 58, 63–64, 91–95
- Communications, financial questions, 29, 30, 42, 106–107, 130, 220, 222,
399
- Currencies, enemy, 177, 188–190
- European exchange situation and British views regarding, 676, 685–699
- Germany (see also
Food: Germany:
Financing): Allied relaxation of
financial restrictions, 231, 241–242, 294, 304;
interest on credits maturing in neutral countries, 177–178
- Hungary (see also
Austro-Hungarian Bank, supra), food relief financing, 6, 15, 94–95, 229, 234, 433, 574,
583–584
- Roumania, currency questions, 177,
188–190
- United States, loan to France, Great Britain, and Italy to provide
credits for Austrian food relief, 33,
158, 179, 219, 297–298, 321–323, 348, 364–365, 367–368, 486
- Finance Section of Supreme Economic Council: Discussions,
general, 4–5, 6, 7–8, 32–34,
34–36, 42, 58, 66, 67, 78–79, 86, 88, 96–98, 102, 105, 108, 128–129, 157–158, 161, 164, 177–178, 180, 181, 188–190, 195–196, 220, 221, 222, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 238–239, 241–242, 249, 265–266, 267, 268, 270, 272, 273–275, 293, 294, 295, 304, 305, 324–325, 347, 356–357, 367–368, 375, 432, 433, 439–441, 448, 484–485, 485–488, 561, 573, 579, 602–603, 616–617, 620–621, 636–638, 677–678, 699–701;
establishment, 4–5;
reporting to Committee on Organization of Reparation Commission, arrangement
for, 448, 484–485, 485–488, 561, 573, 579
- Finland. See under
Food.
- Fish. See under
Food: Germany.
- Fiume. See under
Food.
- Five, Council of. See
Supreme Council.
- Food:
- Administrative organizations (see
also
Food Section):
- American Relief Administration, 14, 15, 34, 65,
129, 279, 404
- Consultative Food Committee, 492–495, 519–520, 563, 565, 574, 582–583, 585–590, 591–592, 617–618, 618, 620–621, 622–623, 629, 631, 632–638, 643, 675, 680, 754–772; question of
U. S. representation on subcommittees, 634
- Interallied Scientific Food Commission, resolution and
proposed agreement for creation of international group, 626, 664–673
- Program committees, 1–2
- Rotterdam Food Commission, 77, 78, 81, 144, 153, 154, 209, 490, 506; termination, 490, 506
- Sugar Executive, 342
- Supreme Council of Supply and Relief, 1–2, 2, 5,
25
- Wheat Executive, 8, 35, 104, 159, 172, 179, 342
- Allied contributions, Dec. 1918–May 1919,
report by Hoover, 449, 455–458
- Allied food problems and arrangements: Policy
regarding continuance of Allied cooperation in food after peace, and
U. S. objections, 328–329, 492–496, 519–520, 620–621; requirements, 91–96, 497, 530–531, 574–575, 680,
754–772
- Argentine shipments:
- Austria, Argentine cereal exports and shipping
arrangements therefor, proposed, 33–34, 40–41,
475–476
- Germany, Argentine shipments to:
- Cereal exports, proposed, and shipping
arrangements therefor, 35–36, 40–41, 49
- German purchases of foodstuffs, and allocation of
German shipping for transport of: Belgian request
for diversion of ships to Antwerp rather than
Rotterdam, 432, 443, 471, 477, 543; general, 432, 443, 471, 474–475, 486, 543; transport of German
exports on return voyage, 563, 573, 581–582
- Italy, Argentine shipments of meat to, 97
- Armenia: Deliveries effected, 169, 171, 277, 428,
429, 457, 500, 501; Georgian interference with shipments, 473, 482–483, 532;
railway situation, effect of, 402, 728–729;
situation, general, 279, 402, 428,
497, 532–533, 623–624, 658–660, 706
- Austria:
- Belgian-Austrian exchange of cereals, proposed, 565, 573, 593–594, 630
- Communication facilities for food purchases, 86, 98
- Correspondence from Austrian delegation regarding food,
texts: May 30, regarding financing of
foodstuffs, 329–331; July
9, regarding financing of foodstuffs, 458–460; Sept. 8, requesting
withdrawal of orders for diversion to Trieste of Austrian
purchases of Argentine wheat, 593–594; Sept. 14, regarding urgent need of
supplies, 590–591
- Deliveries effected, 168, 171, 277, 323, 428, 429, 457
- Financing of food relief:
- Austrian financial commission, proposed, 86, 97–98
- Franco–British–Italian credits provided by U. S.
loan, 33, 158, 179, 219, 266, 297–298, 321–323, 348, 364–365, 367–368, 486
- General discussions, 2,
6, 15, 33–34, 41, 86, 94–95, 97–98, 158, 179, 219, 297–298, 321–323, 324–325, 329–331, 348, 364–365, 367–368, 372, 449–450, 458–460, 472, 478–480, 485–486, 486–487, 498, 563–565, 574, 583–584, 590–594, 618–620, 629, 635
- Gold and securities: Hungarian seizure of Austrian
gold intended for food payments, 371, 378–379;
removal to Italy for safekeeping, 372, 433, 486
- Precedence of food payments over reparation claims
to Austrian assets, 6,
322, 564
- Interchange of potatoes and coal with Poland, 473, 481–482, 489, 560, 577
- Reparation, relation of food relief to:
Precedence of food payments over reparations, 6, 33,
322, 564; role of Reparation Commission in
provisioning Austria, 450, 479, 480, 564, 584, 618–620, 635
- Requirements, 92, 590–592, 678, 754–772
- Shipping and transport questions, 6, 168, 278, 471–472, 475–476
- Termination of food shipments, proposed, 343
- Baltic states (see also
Esthonia, Latvia, and
Lithuania, infra):
De liveries effected, 167, 171, 277,
428, 429, 457, 458, 500, 501; financing, 32, 94–95; policy of Allies regarding food relief to assist
independent governments to maintain order, 160, 173, 219, 250,
256, 269, 279–280, 487; requirements, 92, 754–772; termination of food shipments,
proposed, 343
- Bavaria, question of separate revictualling, 103
- Belgium: Deliveries effected, 169,
171, 277, 428, 429, 457, 500, 501;
exchange of cereals with Austria, proposed, 565, 573, 593–594, 630: financing, 14, 32, 94–95; requirements, 92, 754–772; termination of food shipments,
proposed, 343
- Bulgaria: Deliveries effected, 170,
277, 428, 429, 457, 500, 501; financing, 6, 15, 34, 58, 63–64, 94–95; requirements, 92, 754–772; termination of food shipments,
proposed, 343; transport, 6
- Canada, tonnage for relief loading, 179, 306, 310, 311
- Caucasus. See
Armenia, supra.
- Child-feeding program, 170–171, 279,
428, 556
- Czechoslovakia: Coal shipments to Jugoslavia in return for food,
proposed, 268, 277, 293; deliveries
effected, 86, 168, 171, 277, 428,
429, 457, 458, 500, 501; financing, 14, 32, 94–95;
interchange of potatoes and coal with Poland, 473, 481–482, 489,
560, 577; requirements, 14, 92, 754–772; shipping, Czechoslovak request for
allocation to transport food, 498, 557–558;
termination of food shipments, proposed, 343; transport of food by Elbe or Rhine, 6, 42, 46, 134, 168, 180,
192, 233, 278, 397, 402, 403, 731,
737
- Denmark: Deliveries effected, 428,
429, 457, 500, 501; import requirements, 754–772
- Esthonia (see also
Baltic states, supra), deliveries effected, 171, 180, 277, 428,
429, 457, 458, 500, 501
- Finland: Child-feeding program, 170–171; deliveries effected,
167, 171, 277, 428, 429, 457, 458,
500, 501; financing, 94–95; requirements, 92, 754–772; termination of food shipments, proposed, 343
- Fiume, relief deliveries via, 449,
455, 496, 529, 735
- France:
- Cooperation with Great Britain and Italy in financing
Austrian relief, 33, 158, 179, 219, 297–298, 321–323, 348, 364–365, 367–368, 486
- Northern France: Assumption of food relief by France, 169, 171; deliveries effected, 277, 428, 429, 457, 500, 501
- Requirements, 3, 5, 12–13, 19, 42,
57, 67, 92, 433, 436, 754–772
- Resolutions regarding food supplies to Germany, 55
- Transportation difficulties: Railway, 57; shipping, 12–13, 433, 436
- Georgian Republic, interference with food shipments to Armenia,
473, 482–483, 532–533
- Germany:
- Argentine food shipments. See
Argentine shipments: Germany, supra.
- Australian-German food negotiations, 543
- Bavaria, question of independent revictualling, 103
- Bolshevism, relation of food situation, 17, 19,
20, 22, 23, 25, 164, 211
- Coastal shipping, freedom to ply between Germany and
northern neutral ports to transport food, 84–85,
91, 104–105, 120–121, 181, 199–200
- Competition with Allies in food purchasing after peace,
618, 634–635
- Deliveries effected, 86, 170, 171, 263, 277, 428, 429, 457, 458, 500, 501
- Distribution in Germany: Allies’ concern over high food
prices, 232; question of
controls, 76, 80
- Financing of food imports:
- Coal exports to pay for food imports, 35, 43, 107–108, 135–137, 183–184, 185, 267–268, 327–328, 347, 356–357, 364, 375, 405–407, 528
- Discussions, general, 7,
15–16, 18, 19, 31–32, 34–36, 43–44, 61–62, 65, 66, 76, 78–79, 80–81, 102, 106, 129, 178, 230, 231, 235, 240–241, 248–249, 265–266, 267–268, 270, 295, 327–328, 347, 356–357, 364, 375, 405–407, 448, 486, 528, 563–565, 574, 585–590, 632, 675, 677–678
- Export of commodities to pay for food (see also
Coal, supra), 36, 43, 48–49, 54, 55, 62, 66, 78, 83, 96–97, 107, 142, 267–268
- German financial committee, proposed, 78
- Gold payments, 144,
267, 272–273, 295, 305, 486
- Losses to Allies in event of re-imposition of
blockade, question of, 248–249, 265–266, 270
- Neutral credits, 49,
54, 62, 76–77, 80–81
- Northern neutrals and Switzerland, proposed
association with Allied finance committee, 79
- Private remittances, 106, 129, 178
- Sale of foreign securities or properties in
foreign and occupied territory, 62, 66, 78, 230, 235, 486
- Shipping hire, application to food accounts, 55, 62, 710–711
- Fish: Import of fish and vegetables from northern
neutrals, 25, 65, 77,
81, 86, 96–97, 108, 141, 263; removal of restrictions on
German fishing in North and Baltic Seas, 25, 65,
77, 81, 84–85, 91,
120–121, 179–180, 191, 219, 264
- Negotiations and agreements between Allies and Germany on
food, trade, and other economic questions. See
Shipping: Enemy; Trade
regulation: Germany: Negotiations, etc.
- Neutral food shipments (see also
Argentine shipments: Germany, supra):
- Blacklisted firms in neutral countries: Permission
for Germany to obtain food from, 77, 80–81, 85, 142; regulations for German correspondence
with, 77–78, 144–145, 232, 242–243, 250, 264
- Blacklisted vessels, use of, 85, 104, 121
- Blockade relaxation. See
Trade regulation: Neutrals.
- Financial questions, 36, 49, 79, 129
- Fish and vegetable shipments, 25, 65, 77, 81, 86, 96–97, 108, 141, 263
- German coastal shipping, freedom to ply to
northern neutral ports to transport food, 84–85, 91, 104–105, 120–121, 181, 199–200
- Replacement by Allies of food shipped to Germany
by neutrals, 32, 34
- Sweden, flour shipment, 7, 16
- Switzerland, 32, 34
- Peace treaty provision for limitation of food imports,
question of including, 68, 74
- Polish-German interchange of coal and potatoes, 473, 481–482, 489, 560
- Reports on German food situation and requirements, 15–25,
92, 232, 585–590, 754–772
- Requirements, 754–772
- Rhine questions:
- Left Bank: Arrangement for separate revictualling,
7, 25–26, 36; financing, 7, 25–26, 36, 38, 77, 81–82, 88, 100–101, 230, 235
- Right Bank, trading in foodstuffs with neutral and
Allied countries. See
Trade regulation: Germany: Rhine
questions.
- Shipping questions. See
Shipping: Enemy
shipping.
- Termination of food shipments, proposed, 342–343
- Great Britain: Import requirements, 92,
754–772;
resolutions regarding food supplies to Germany, 41, 43–44, 53–54
- Greece, food requirements, 754–772
- Hoover, Herbert, supervision of Allied relief measures. See
Hoover.
- Hungary: Deliveries effected, 428,
457, 500, 501; financing, 6, 15, 94–95, 229, 234,
433, 574, 583–584; Jugoslav deliveries from Banat, question of, 229, 234,
247, 293, 590; report on situation,
229, 233–234; requirements, 92, 754–772; transport problem, 6
- Italy:
- Deliveries effected, 457, 500, 501
- Financing, 86, 97
- Jugoslav food shipments, Italian attitude: Obstruction of
Austrian-Jugoslav exchange of bridge material and food, 470–471, 473–474; unwillingness for Jugoslavia
to use Fiume as port of entry for food shipments, 449, 455, 496, 529
- Requirements, 3, 5, 8–12, 19,
41–42, 56–57, 58–60, 67, 84,
86, 92, 97, 754–772
- Sale to Austria, 9n
, 15, 371
- Shipping difficulties, 11, 41–42,
58–59
- Jugoslavia:
- Deliveries effected, 168, 171, 277, 428, 429, 457, 500, 501
- Financing, 14, 32, 94–95
- Requirements, 14, 92, 754–772
- Shipments to Austria and Hungary from Banat:
Exchange of food for Austrian bridge material, and Italian
obstruction of shipments, 470–471, 473–474; question of Jugoslav willingness to furnish,
229, 234, 247, 590
- Termination of food shipments, proposed, 343
- Use of Fiume as port of entry for Jugoslav food shipments,
Italian attitude, 449, 455, 496, 529
- Latvia (see also
Baltic states, supra), deliveries effected, 160, 173, 180, 219,
229, 277, 428, 429, 457, 500, 501
- Lithuania (see also
Baltic states, supra), deliveries effected, 160, 173, 180, 219,
229, 277, 428, 429, 457, 500, 501
- Montenegro, 14, 32, 168
- Netherlands (see also
Germany: neutral food
shipments, supra): Deliveries
effected, 457, 500, 501; food import
requirements, 754–772
- Neutral food shipments to Germany. See
under
Germany, infra.
- Norway (see also
Germany: Neutral food
shipments, supra), food import
requirements, 754–772
- Poland: Allied child-feeding program, 170–171; deliveries effected,
14, 167,
171, 277, 428, 429, 457, 500, 501;
financing, 32, 94–95; interchange of potatoes
and coal with Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Germany, 473, 481–482, 489,
560, 576; requirements, 14, 92, 631, 754–772;
shipping facilities at Dunkirk, congestion by food shipments, 571, 630;
termination of food shipments, proposed, 343
- Rhine provinces. See
Germany: Rhine
questions, supra.
- Roumania: Child-feeding program, 170–171; deliveries effected,
169, 171, 277, 428, 429, 457, 500,
501; financing, 14, 32, 94–95, 179; requirements, 14, 92, 754–772; suspension of food shipments by
Allies on account of Roumanian aggressive action in Hungary, 561, 573,
577–578;
termination of food shipments, proposed, 343
- Russia: Deliveries effected, 428, 429, 457,
500, 501; financing, 487; Odessa,
question of relief to, 109, 155–156;
prisoners of war and refugees, 14, 170, 171,
428, 457, 501; situation, general,
279, 622–623, 635, 643–658
- Serbia. See
Jugoslavia, supra.
- Shipping for food relief. See
Shipping: Food
transport.
- Sweden (see also
Neutrals, supra),
7, 16, 754–772; food
import requirements, 754–772
- Switzerland (see also
Neutrals, supra),
32, 34,
754–772;
food import requirements, 754–772
- Trieste, food shipments by way of, 404, 736
- Turkey: Deliveries effected, 169, 171, 277,
428, 429, 457, 500, 501; financing, 14, 32, 94–95;
requirements, 14, 92, 678, 706–707, 754–772
- United States: Import requirements, 92;
objections to continuance of Allied cooperation in food after peace,
328–329,
346, 376, 493–495, 519–520, 620–621; representation on subcommittees of
Consultative Food Committee, question of, 634; resolutions regarding food supplies to Germany, 54–55
- Food Section of Supreme Economic Council: Discussions,
general, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 28, 31, 43, 57, 68, 74, 77, 81–82, 84–85, 91, 159–160, 162, 173, 185, 260, 295–296, 296–297, 306–316, 317, 319–320, 342, 365, 367–368, 368–369, 374, 382–396, 432, 471–472, 474–476, 497, 542–558; establishment and organization, 5, 162; Freight
Committee, reports concerning employment [Page 798] and disposition of tonnage for food transport, 295, 306–316, 374, 382–396, 471–472, 474–476, 497, 542–558
- Four, Council of. See
Supreme Council.
- France. See under
Coal; Communications; Food; Shipping; also under
Trade regulation: Views.
- Georgian Republic, interference with Armenian relief shipments, 473, 482–483, 532
- Germany (see also
Rhineland; and under
Coal; Communications; Finance; Food; Prisoners; Shipping; Supreme Council; Trade
regulation):
- Armistice:
- Bolshevism, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25
- Commissions concerning Germany: Committee on Execution of Treaty
of Peace, 562, 567; Subcommittee on Germany, 152–153, 163, 174,
180, 194–195, 207–208, 220–221, 225–226, 230, 267,
271, 294, 298–299, 299–303, 327,
339, 341, 348, 358–359, 364, 367,
375, 405–407, 447–448, 451–452, 485, 496,
526–528
- Treaty of peace:
- Food limitation provision, question of inclusion in
preliminary peace, 74
- Ports, waterways, and railways provisions, 134, 373, 379–380, 404, 434, 445–448, 491–492, 730–731, 731–732
- Ratifications, delay in exchange of, 614
- Reparation. See
Reparation: Germany.
- Signature, Allied measures in event of German failure to
execute. See
Trade regulation: Germany: Blockade: Reimposition.
- Great Britain (see also under
Coal; Communications; Food; Shipping): Assistance
to Polish anti-typhus campaign, 560, 572, 576–577; views on European exchange situation, 676, 685–699
- Greece. See under
Communications; Food; Shipping; Trade
regulation.
- Health (see also
Typhus epidemic), medical supplies and drugs to
Germany, 327, 339;
to Poland, 572
- Hoover, Herbert (Director-General of Relief):
- Administration of Austro-Hungarian railways to facilitate relief
and coal transport, 57, 170, 185,
221–222,
233, 278, 396–398; extension of control to Czechoslovak and Polish coal
mines, proposed, 185, 218–219, 221–222, 233, 278–279
- Child-feeding program, 170–171, 279,
428, 556
- Memoranda (see also
Monthly reports, infra), discussions and texts:
- Allied relief contributions, Dec.
1918–May 1919, 449,
455–458
- Austrian food financing, 297–298, 321–323, 472, 478–480, 498
- Coal situation in Europe, 495,
522–525
- Danube shipping, distribution, 373
- Economic situation in Europe, 451, 462–468
- Estimate of European pre-harvest bread grains, 497, 530–531
- Food requirements of Europe, Apr.–July, 86, 91–96
- General food policy after pence, 328–329, 342–343, 345–346, 354–355
- Georgian interference with Armenian food shipments, 473, 482–483
- German food financing, 15–25
- Hungary: Allied economic policy, 460–461; relief
requirements, 229, 233–234
- Prisoners of war, 472, 477–478, 490, 506–512
- Typhus relief measures, 490,
502–506
- Monthly reports on relief operations, discussions
and texts: Mar., 158–159, 166–171; Apr., 268, 277–279; May, 376, 427–429; June, 489–490, 499–501
- Proposal for creation of International Economic Council, cited,
625
- Hungary. See under
Communications; Finance;
Food; Prisoners; Shipping; Supreme Council;
Trade regulation.
- Italy. See under
Coal; Communications; Food; Shipping; Trade regulation.
- Jugoslavia. See under
Communications; Food; Prisoners; Shipping.
- Latin American ports, enemy shipping in: Allocation to British management,
296, 317–318; delivery, 533
- Latvia. See
Baltic states.
- League of Nations: Economic sanctions, principle of, proposed Allied
application against Germany in event of failure to sign peace, 237; relation of Supreme Economic Council and
sections thereof, 417–418, 430–431, 498–499, 621, 684, 785–786
- Lithuania. See
Baltic states.
- Loan by United States to France, Great Britain, and Italy for financing
Austrian relief, 33, 158, 179, 219, 297–298, 321–323, 348, 364–365, 367–368, 486
- Lumber, Italian purchase from Germany, 328,
341
- Luxemburg. See under
Trade regulation.
- Maritime Transport Council. See under
Shipping: Administrative
organizations.
- Maritime Transport Executive. See under
Shipping: Administrative
organizations.
- Mexican ports, enemy shipping in, allocation to British management, 317–318
- Montenegro. See under
Food.
- Netherlands (see also
Trade regulation: Germany: Neutral trading; and under
Food), surrender of German shipping in Dutch ports,
533
- Neutrals. See
Food: Germany: Neutral food shipments; and
under
Trade regulation.
- Nitrates: Allied nonobjection to reexport to Germany by contiguous
neutrals, 105, 128–129; Nitrate Executive, 105, 128
- Norway. See
Food: Germany: Neutral food shipments; Trade
regulation: Germany: Neutral trading.
- Oil tankers. See under
Shipping: Germany.
- Paris, Interallied Commission in, 87–88, 100–101, 205–206, 209
- Peace treaties. See
Treaty
under
Austria
and
Germany.
- Permanent Committee of Supreme Economic Council:
Establishment, 499, 560; minutes of first meeting, Sept. 13,
570–575;
procedure and powers, 560, 569–576; recommendations and work of,
561, 562, 563, 570–575, 579, 580, 617–618, 622, 626, 627, 628, 629–631, 639–640, 642, 673–674, 685–686, 785–786; U. S.
nonparticipation, 560
- Poland (see also
Danzig
and
Typhus epidemic; also under
Coal; Communications; Food; Prisoners; Trade regulation), repatriation of troops in
France, 104, 106,
116, 332
- Policy, Committee on, 329, 346, 356, 363–364, 376, 431, 450–451, 499
- Ports, waterways, and railways (see also
Communications): Commission on International Regime
of, 515; peace treaty provisions, proposals
concerning, 134, 373, 379–380,
404, 434, 445–446, 491–492, 730–731, 731–732
- Postal, telegraphic, and wireless communication. See
under
Communications.
- Press Section of Supreme Economic Council, 105, 128, 162
- Prisoners of war and refugees:
- Austria, prisoners in Siberia, proposed repatriation, 506–508, 680–681, 772–775
- Commission on repatriation, proposed, 490
- Czechoslovakia, prisoners and refugees in Siberia, proposed
repatriation, 433, 680–681, 772–775
- Germany: German prisoners in Siberia, proposed repatriation, 506–508, 680–681, 772–775;
German prisoners in Greece, proposed repatriation, 251; Russian prisoners in Germany, Allied
food relief and proposed repatriation, 14, 170, 171, 428, 457, 472,
477–478,
487
- Hungary, prisoners in Siberia, proposed repatriation, 506–507, 772
- Jugoslavia, prisoners in Siberia, proposed repatriation, 680–681, 772–775
- Poland, prisoners and refugees requiring repatriation, 506, 508–512, 680–681, 772–775
- Roumania, prisoners and refugees in Siberia, proposed
repatriation, 680–681, 772–775
- Russia: Allied and enemy prisoners in Russia, proposed
repatriation, 433, 490, 506, 680–681, 772–775;
Russian prisoners in Germany, Allied food relief and proposed
repatriation, 14, 170, 171, 428, 457,
472, 477–478, 487
- Railways. See under
Communications.
- Raw materials (see also
Raw Materials Section
and under
Trade regulation: Germany), general situation, 264,
492, 495, 496, 528, 565–566, 594–601, 602–603, 615–616, 639–640, 647, 684–685
- Raw Materials Section of Supreme Economic Council:
Discussions, general, 4–5, 34, 35,
43, 68, 71–74, 79, 107, 157–158, 164–166, 176, 177, 181, 185–186, 200, 231, 233, 238, 239, 240, 244–246, 249–250, 253–255, 268, 277, 294, 349, 361–362, 375, 432, 441–442, 559, 565–566, 594–601, 621, 628, 639–640, 676, 684–685; establishment, 4–5; future of, 621, 639–640; Subcommittee on Coal, 67, 88, 177, 219, 221, 226–227, 275–277
- Red Cross:
- American Red Cross, 285, 287, 289,
412
- British Red Cross, 576–577
- Danish Red Cross, 507, 508
- International Red Cross (see also
Typhus epidemic), 17, 327, 339, 681
- Scandinavian Red Cross, 507, 508
- Swedish Red Cross, 7
- Relief, food. See
Food.
- Reparation:
- Austria. See
Food: Austria:
Financing: Reparation.
- Commissions:
- Committee on Organization of Reparation
Commission:
- Administration of economic problems
arising in execution of German peace treaty, 434, 447–448, 452, 562–563, 567
- Relations with Supreme Economic Council and
subsidiary organizations, 484–488, 496, 526–529, 561, 563–565, 579, 618, 624–626, 675, 717, 718–719
- Transfer of functions to Reparation Commission,
679
- Work of (see also
Administration of economic
problems, supra),
565–566, 568–569, 574, 583–584
- Reparation Commission (see also
Committee on Organization, supra), functions in connection with
provisioning of Austria, 450,
479, 480, 564, 584, 619, 629, 635
- Germany: Italian objections to reparation
provisions regarding coal, 182, 345, 349–352; prejudice to reparation provisions
by unduly large exports of dyestuffs to neutrals, 294, 299–302
- Rhineland (see also
Food; Germany: Rhine questions; Trade
regulation: Rhine questions):
- Coal situation, 183
- Commissions concerning administration of occupied territories:
- Commission on Left Bank of Rhine, establishment for
purpose of studying administration of occupied areas, 302, 326
- Interallied Commission on Rhine Territory: Proposals for
establishment of, 149–153, 173–174, 202–203, 204–208; relations with Subcommittee
on Germany, 526; work of, 213, 226, 230, 294, 302, 567
- Interallied Rhineland High Commission: Appointment of
commissioners, delay in, 526,
528; relations with military
command, 267, 271, 295; responsibility to Supreme Economic Council
and Subcommittee on Germany, 417, 526–527
- Rhineland Republic, economic problems in event of establishment
of, 348, 358–359, 528
- Rhine River:
- Commissions: Commission Interalliée de Navigation de Campagne,
295, 305–306, 326, 336–337, 403;
Inter-national Rhine Commission, 295,
305, 326
- Traffic: Control by Commission Interalliée de Navigation de
Campagne, proposed continuance, 252,
295, 305–306, 326, 336–337, 403;
reopening of Rhine to Swiss traffic with neutral and Allied
countries, 58, 62–63, 103, 114; transport of food
to Czechoslovakia via Rhine, proposed, 6,
42, 46
- Rotterdam commissions. See under
Trade regulation: Germany: Negotiations: Organizations; also under
Food: Administrative
organizations.
- Roumania. See under
Communications; Finance;
Food; Prisoners; Shipping; Trade
regulation.
- Russia (see also
Typhus epidemic; and under
Communications; Food; Prisoners; Shipping; Supreme Council; Trade
regulation), general consideration of Allied economic policy in
Russia, 348–349,
359–361, 365, 368–369, 375, 407–412, 417, 432, 439–442, 450, 461–462, 571, 573
- Serb-Croat-Slovene State. See
Jugoslavia.
- Shipping and navigation:
- Administrative organizations concerning shipping
(see also
Shipping Section): Allied Maritime
Transport Council, 1–2, 5, 7, 26–28, 104, 105, 116–119, 121,
126, 282; termination, 105, 126
- Allied Maritime Transport Executive, 127, 232, 250, 251, 256–257, 258–260, 269, 281, 296, 308, 317–319, 345, 353–354, 375, 432–433, 441, 443, 472, 485, 496, 497–498, 563, 568, 571, 573, 603–610, 678, 679, 707–716, 717–718; termination, 679, 717–718
- Danube, commissions concerning. See
under
Danube River.
- Freight Committee of Food Section, reports concerning
employment of enemy tonnage for food shipments, 295, 306–316, 374, 382–396, 471–472, 474–476, 497, 542–558
- Rhine, commissions concerning. See
under
Rhine River.
- Shipping Executive, 251, 257
- U. S. Shipping Board, 28, 104, 116, 118, 119–120, 471
- Allied shipping. See
Food transport
infra.
- Argentine food shipping arrangements. See
Food: Argentine
shipments.
- Austria (see also
Austro-Hungarian shipping
and
Enemy shipping, infra): Argentine food relief, shipping arrangements, 33–34, 41; requirements for food shipments, 471–472, 475–476, 630
- Austro-Hungarian shipping (see
also
Enemy shipping, infra):
- Belgium: Allocation of enemy tonnage to Belgian management, 178, 190–191, 218,
250, 257, 259, 432, 443–444, 605,
606, 708, 715; diversion to Antwerp of
enemy tonnage carrying food from Argentina, desire for, 432, 443,
471, 477
- Blacklisted ships. See under
Neutral shipping, infra.
- Brussels agreement regarding shipping, execution of. See
Enemy shipping, infra.
- Coal transport, 11, 56, 59–60, 67, 108, 137–139, 182,
187, 226–227, 374
- Czechoslovakia: Interest in Danube navigation, 641, 730–731; request for allocation of enemy
shipping, 498, 557–558; transport of food
supply via Elbe and Rhine, 6, 42, 46, 77, 134, 168, 180,
192, 233, 278, 397, 402, 403, 731,
737
- Danube River shipping. See
Danube River.
- Elbe River shipping. See
Elbe River.
- Enemy shipping, allocation for management and
employment for food transport in accordance with Armistice and
Brussels agreements:
- Discussions, general, 3, 7, 26–28, 37–39,
41–42, 43–44, 49–53, 53–55,
57–58, 60–62, 93–94, 159–160, 172, 178, 190–191, 218, 232, 250–251, 256–260, 281–283, 293, 295–296, 306–318, 374, 382–396, 432, 433, 443–445, 471–472, 474–476, 497–498, 533–557, 557–558, 563, 568–569, 581–582, 606, 610–612, 707–716
- Reports, statistical, 295,
306–316, 374, 382–396, 471–472, 474–476, 497, 534–542, 542–558
- Requests for allocation: Belgium, 178, 190–191, 218, 250, 257, 259, 432, 443–444, 708, 715; Czechoslovakia, 498, 557–558; France, 433, 568, 606; Greece,
178, 190–191, 259; Italy, 433, 568, 606; Jugoslavia, 281–283, 568–569, 610–612
- Food transport (see also
Enemy shipping, supra,
and under
Germany, infra),
employment of Allied and neutral ships, 18–19, 28, 41, 93–94, 95–96, 104, 116–120
- France: Allocation of enemy shipping to French management, 708, 712,
714, 715; claim to priority on shipping for devastated regions,
678–679,
716–717;
delivery of Vesta to Italy, proposed, 568, 606;
dispatch of enemy shipping to unauthorized destinations, 232, 251,
257; food shipping difficulties,
5, 12–13, 433, 436; use of surplus enemy shipping for
coal transport, proposed, 374
- Germany:
- Coal shipments via sea route from Ruhr to East Prussia,
108, 137–139
- Food transport (see also
Enemy shipping, supra): Coastal shipping, freedom to ply to
northern neutral ports to transport food, 84–85,
91, 104–105, 120–121, 181, 199–200; fishing vessels, removal of restrictions on
activity in North and Baltic Seas, 25, 65, 77, 81,
84–85, 91, 120–121, 179–180, 191, 219, 264; use of blacklisted neutral
ships, proposed, 85, 104, 121, 161, 259
- Oil tankers, proposed Allied disposition of, and U. S.
claims on behalf of Standard Oil Co., 78, 568, 603–610, 617, 628–629, 676, 714
- Great Britain:
- Allocation of enemy shipping to British management, 296, 317–318, 708, 715; ships in Latin American ports, 296, 317–318, 533
- Dispatch of enemy ships to unauthorized destinations, 232, 251, 257
- Greece: Allocation of enemy shipping to Greek management, desire
for, 178, 190–191, 259; cession of enemy tonnage, request
for, 631; permission for Greek ships to
load Greek-owned goods in Crimean ports, desire for, 496–497, 530; request for return of Danube
shipping owned by Greek nationals, 491–492, 517
- Hungary (see also
Austro-Hungarian shipping
and
Enemy shipping, supra), temporary closure of Danube River at Budapest,
348, 358, 433, 730–731
- Italy:
- Allocation of shipping to Italian management, 708, 712, 715
- Austro-Hungarian shipping, Italian
interests: Claim to ownership of vessels under construction
in Austrian ports and completed by Italy, 296, 318–319; purchase of
shares in Austro-Hungarian shipping companies in violation
of Allied regulations, 122–123, 345, 353–354
- German shipping, Italian demand for Vesta, 568, 606
- Repatriation of Italian emigrants, shipping needs, 433
- Shipping difficulties regarding food and coal supplies,
5, 9, 11, 41–42,
56, 58–59, 59–60,
67, 182, 187, 226–227, 374
- Jugoslavia: Allocation of enemy shipping to Jugoslav management,
question of, 283, 568–569, 610–612;
claim to former Austro-Hungarian fleet in Adriatic, 105, 121–123, 178,
269, 281–283; interest in Danube
navigation, 641, 730–731
- Latin American ports, enemy shipping in: Allocation to British
management, 296, 317–318; delivery, 533
- Netherlands ports, surrender of German shipping in, 533
- Neutral shipping (see also
Food: Argentine
shipments), blacklisted ships: Proposed utilization for
transport of food to Germany, 85;
suspension of black list on ships, 104,
121, 161, 259
- Oil tankers. See under
Germany, supra.
- Polish troops in France, proposed repatriation via Danzig, 104, 106,
116, 332
- Rhine River shipping. See
Rhine River.
- Roumania, interest in Danube navigation, 491, 512–517, 641,
730–731
- Russia: Greek request for permission to enter Crimean ports to
load Greek-owned goods, 496–497, 530;
port situation in Southern Russia, 648–654
- Spain, enemy shipping in: Delivery, 3,
533; desire of Spain to use, 3
- United States: German passenger vessels, use in repatriating
American troops, 714; surplus German
tonnage in American ports, 472, 497–498;
tankers, German, U. S. claims on behalf of Standard Oil Co., 78, 568, 603–610, 617, 628–629, 676,
714; U. S. Shipping Board, 28, 104, 116, 118,
119–120
- Shipping Section of Supreme Economic Council: Discussions,
general, 4–5, 31, 35, 41–42, 56–57, 67, 82, 85, 86, 88, 104–105, 116, 121–122, 126–127, 178, 190–191, 218, 232, 251, 258–260, 269, 281, 296, 319, 353, 432;
establishment and organization, 88, 105, 126–127, 251; transfer of
functions to Allied Maritime Transport Executive in London, 258–260, 269, 281, 296, 319
- Silesia, 177, 402
- Spain. See under
Shipping.
- Statistics, Committee on, 498–499, 621
- Standard Oil Co. tankers and U. S. claims for, 78, 568, 603–610, 617, 628–629, 676, 714
- Supreme Council, action and decisions concerning—
- Adriatic blockade, 42, 86–87
- Adriatic railway mission, establishment, 724
- Armenian situation, 473, 482–483, 497, 623–624
- Austria: Blockade, 103, 114; coal, 560, 565, 577; food, 450, 472, 478–480, 619–620
- Austro-Hungarian fleet, disposition of, 611
- Baltic states, Allied policy, 103,
114, 160, 180, 250, 256, 269, 279–280, 381
- Blockade: Adriatic, 42,
86–87:
Austria, 103, 114; Baltic, 103, 114; Germany, 210–213, 229–230, 248, 263–264, 266–267, 364,
365–366,
431, 438, 417; Hungary, 103, 114,
228–229,
247, 265, 293, 325–326, 344, 370,
376–377,
431–432,
438–439,
496; Poland, 103, 114; Rhine River, 103, 114;
Russia, 326, 344, 370, 376–377, 561, 578–579, 623,
681–683,
775–777
- Danube shipping, proposed arbitration, 562–563, 614
- European Coal Commission, establishment, 561–562
- European economic situation, general, 568, 616
- Fiume, use for Jugoslav shipments, 449, 455, 529
- Germany:
- Bavarian revictualling, 103
- Blockade relaxation and resumption of trade, 19, 47,
57–58, 60–62, 84,
90–91, 210–213, 229–230, 248, 263–264, 266–267, 364, 365–366, 431, 438, 447
- Economic measures during reconstruction period, 42–43,
47
- Postal communication, 472–473, 492, 518–519
- Prisoners of war: Repatriation of German and other enemy
prisoners in Russia, 490, 506–512, 772; Russian
prisoners in Germany, 472, 477–478
- Rhineland: Administration, 326, 417–418, 526, 528; economic
problems, 348
- Silesian political situation, 177
- Tank steamers, 617, 628–629
- Hungary, blockade and Allied economic policy, 103, 229,
247, 265, 293, 326, 344, 370, 376–377, 431–432, 438–439, 450,
460–461,
496
- Interchange of goods in Central Europe, 560, 576
- Roumania, suspension of Allied food shipments, 561, 577–578
- Russia, blockade and resumption of trade with cooperatives, 326, 344,
359, 370, 376–377, 561, 578–579, 623, 681–683, 775,
777
- Supreme Economic Council: Establishment, terms of reference,
delegation of executive authority, 1–2, 4, 42–43, 47, 176, 219–220, 414–420, 419–422, 425, 624;
maintenance of, or other measures to continue Allied economic
cooperation after peace, 346, 430–431, 492–496;
relation of Armistice commissions under proposed reorganization,
109, 147–154, 160–161, 173–175, 181, 202–209
- Supreme Economic Council:
- Belgian participation in Council and sections, 157, 163,
208, 269, 632
- Establishment and organization (see also
Commissions, etc.): Agenda, procedure, 8; chairmanship, rotation of, 2; functions and powers, 1–2, 4–5, 42, 418–419; secretariat, 2, 8, 123–126, 162; sections, general discussions on
establishment and organization, 4–5, 105, 123, 125–126, 154,
162
- Future of:
- Committee on Policy, study of question, 329, 346, 356, 363–364, 376, 431, 450–451, 499
- Discussions, general, 328–329, 342–343, 345–347, 354–358, 363–364, 376, 414–427, 430–431, 434–435, 450–451, 492–496, 499, 624–626, 660–664, 684, 785–786
- Recommendation by Supreme Council for continuance of
economic consultation, 430–431
- Relation to proposed League of Nations economic section,
417–418, 430–431, 624–626, 660–661, 662–664, 684, 785–786; to Reparation Commission,
624–626, 660–661
- Views of Belgium, 346, 424–426; France, 346,
418–424, 435–437; Great Britain, 346, 355–356; Hoover, 434–435; Italy, 346, 426–427; United States, 346, 376
- Meetings:
-
Feb. 17–July 26 (Paris), minutes,
1–488
-
Aug. 1–2 (London), minutes, 489–559
-
Sept. 20 (Brussels): Minutes, 559–612; U. S. nonparticipation, 559
-
Nov. 21–23 (Rome): Arrangements,
569; minutes, 613–674; telegram of appreciation to previous Council
members, 614, 628; U. S. nonparticipation, 613
-
Feb. 6–1, 1920 (Paris):
Arrangements, 626, 628; minutes, 675–786; U. S. nonparticipation, 675
- Time and place of subsequent meetings, question of, 684
- Sweden. See
Trade regulation: Neutrals; and under
Food.
- Switzerland. See
Trade regulation: Neutrals; and under
Food.
- Ten, Council of. See
Supreme Council.
- Trade regulation:
- Administrative organizations (see
also
Blockade Section, and
Germany: Negotiations
and arrangements: Organizations for
execution, infra), Superior
Blockade Council, 1–2, 2, 3, 42, 68–70, 79–81
- Adriatic blockade, relaxation, 42, 86–87, 108, 140,
282
- Alsace, unauthorized exports to unoccupied Germany, 230, 249,
296, 326–327, 337–339
- Austria:
- Blockade: Raising of, 2, 5, 40,
41, 66, 68–71, 103, 114, 365, 560, 576;
restrictions on export of gold and securities, 385; [Page 804] Vienna blockade commission, 162, 332, 365, 371, 377–378; trading with
neutrals, 40
- Prohibition by Austria of trade with Germany and Hungary
until entry into force of peace treaties, Allied proposals
for Austrian declaration, 325,
332, 370, 371, 377; permission for continuance
of small frontier traffic with Hungary, 371, 377–378
- Baltic states. See
Esthonia, Latvia, and
Lithuania, infra.
- Coal. See
Coal.
- Communications, Allied censorship and control of. See
Communications: Postal,
etc.
- Czechoslovakia: German dyestuffs supplies, question of, 528; raw materials needs, 233, 244–246; resumption of interchange of
potatoes and coal with Poland, 473, 481–482, 489, 560
- Enemy trading lists (see also
Germany: Neutral
trading: Black lists, infra), suspension and eventual suppression,
108–109,
146–147,
179, 563, 574
- Esthonia, resumption of trade, 87, 99, 103, 114
- Germany (see also
Rhine, infra):
- Austrian prohibition of trade with Germany until entry
into force of peace treaty, Allied proposal for Austrian
undertaking, 325, 332, 370, 371, 377
- Blacklisted firms, German trade with. See
Neutrals: Black lists, infra.
- Blockade (see also under
Neutrals, infra), Allied relaxation of:
- Allied proposals and views, 19, 31, 34, 58, 61, 62, 65, 76–77, 202, 210–213, 214–215, 219, 221, 225–226, 229–230, 431, 437–438, 447–448, 451–453, 528
- Brussels agreements, status upon lifting of
blockade, 431, 447–448
- German-Allied negotiations. See
Negotiations, infra.
- Reimposition, proposed, in event of German failure
to sign peace, 19, 22, 230–231, 235–237, 248–249, 252–253, 262–263, 266–267, 292, 364, 365–367; financial arrangements regarding
Allied losses on food shipments in event of, 248, 265–266, 270, 293
- Status of blockade, draft Allied announcement,
263–264, 266
- Coal. See
Coal: Germany.
- Customs duties, 567
- Dyestuffs: Allied purchasing arrangements, 180, 181, 193–199, 213, 231, 248, 294, 303; pledging as
security for food, proposed, 231, 240–241; supplies for Czechoslovakia,
question of, 528; unduly large
exports by Germany to neutrals, possible prejudice to
reparation provisions of peace treaty, 294, 299–302
- Financial questions, application of proceeds from exports
to food purchases, 43, 48–49,
54, 55, 62, 66, 76,
79
- Food. See
Food: Germany.
- Import policy, 362, 567, 573–574, 601–602
- Medical supplies and drugs, 327, 339
- Nationalization of soda industry, proposed, 294, 300–301, 302–303
- Negotiations and arrangements with Allies
regarding import of food and raw material, export of German
products, and other economic questions during Armistice
period (see also
Shipping: Enemy):
- Conferences and agreements:
- Brussels conference, Mar.
13–14 (see also
Prohibition and preemption
lists, infra):
- Agreements: Plan for administration and
execution, 75–82; status upon lifting of
blockade, 431, 447–448
- Proceedings, reports, 65–66
- Luxemburg protocol of Dec.
25, 1918, 136,
183, 185, 375, 405–407
- Spa conference, Mar.
4–5: Instructions to Allied delegates, 31–32, 34–39, 40–41, 43–44, 48–49, 53–55, 57–58, 60–62; report of proceedings,
49–53; suspension of negotiations, 41, 43, 44, 53
- Trèves agreements: Agreement of Jan. 17, 16, 17, 18, 27, 37, 50: financial arrangements
of Feb. 16, 35
- Organizations for execution of
arrangements:
- Compiègne finance commission, 108, 153, 154, 209
- German commission to facilitate current
negotiations, proposed, 175, 209
- German desire for centralized accounting
bureau at Rotterdam, 347, 356–357
- Luxemburg, interallied committee of, 150, 151–153, 153, 154, 201, 205–206, 208, 221, 225–226, 230, 302
- Preempted exports, commission for, 154
- Proposals, 181,
209, 270, 293, 298–299
- Rotterdam commissions:
- Food, 77, 78, 81, 82, 144, 153, 154, 209, 490, 506;
termination, 490, 506
- Shipping, 81,
144, 153, 154, 209, 260
- Neutral trading with Germany (see also
Food: Germany: Neutral food
shipments):
- Black lists on neutral firms and
ships:
- Blacklisted firms, German trade with, 76–77, 80–81, 85, 142, 264
- Blacklisted ships: Proposed use for
transporting food to Germany, 85; suspension, 104, 121, 161, 259
- Suspension and eventual suppression, 108–109, 146–147, 179, 264, 563, 574
- Blockade: Reimposition of blockade
in event of German failure to sign peace, 235–236, 252–253, 267, 292;
relaxation of restrictions, 3, 5, 7, 40, 181, 210–213, 214–215, 221, 228, 264, 448, 452–453
- German exports, 76,
77, 79, 80, 193
- Reexport of nitrates to Germany, Allied
nonobjection, 105, 128–129
- Sale of German cargoes in neutral ports, 35, 36, 62
- Nitrates, Allied nonobjection to reexport to Germany by
contiguous neutrals, 105, 128–129
- Private trade relations, question of permission for Allied
citizens to resume, 213, 215, 364, 367
- Prohibition and preemption lists governing
German exports under Brussels agreements: Allied telegram to
Germany, Mar. 25, 75, 83–84, 89–90,
90–91, 102; discussions,
general, 31, 34, 71–74, 75,
79, 83–84, 89–90,
90–91, 102, 107–108, 110, 134–137, 141–143, 145–146, 180, 193–199, 231, 241, 248, 262–263, 264, 267, 270–271, 293–294, 298–303, 327–328, 340–341; organization of negotiations, proposed, 181, 209, 270, 293, 298–299
- Raw materials:
- Allied rationing, 181,
200, 231, 238–239, 249–250, 253–255, 264, 349, 361–362; proposed derationing, 181, 202
- French views, 158,
164–166
- Requirements, 253–255, 585–590
- Sale, 157–158, 164
- Reexports to Bolshevik Russia and Hungary, Allied
restrictions on, 325–326, 333–336
- Resumption of trade between occupied and
unoccupied territory: Discussions, general, 83, 181, 200–201, 213, 215, 220–221, 225–226, 230, 249, 296, 326–327, 337–339; Swiss protest against discrimination to
Swiss trade, 326–327; unauthorized exports from
Alsace to unoccupied territory, 230, 249, 296, 326–327, 337–339
- Transport of exports on food ships returning to Argentina,
563, 573, 581–582
- Turkey, question of German exports to, 627, 673–674
- Greece, request to Allies for permission to enter Crimean ports to
load Greek-owned goods, 496–497, 530
- Hungary:
- Allied economic policy, question of, 450, 460–461, 496
- Blockade: Relaxation, 66, 68–70,
103, 114, 228–229, 247, 265, 293, 333, 344, 370, 376–377, 431–432, 438–439, 496; violation, alleged, 345, 363, 372–373
- German reexports to Hungary after lifting of blockade,
Allied prohibition of, 325–326, 333–336
- Trade with Austria, 371, 377–378
- Italy (see also under
Views, infra):
Delay in raising Adriatic blockade, 86–87; lumber purchases from
Germany, 328, 341; raw material requirements, 12
- Latvia, resumption of trade, 103, 114, 115, 160
- Lithuania, resumption of trade, 103, 114,
115, 160
- Luxemburg: Interallied committee of Luxemburg, 150, 151–153, 153,
154, 201, 205–206, 208, 221, 225–226, 230,
302; Luxemburg protocol of Dec. 25, 1918,136, 183, 185, 375, 405–407;
resumption of trade, 87, 100
- Neutrals:
- Poland: Interchange of potatoes and coal with Austria,
Czechoslovakia, and Germany, 473, 481–482, 489, 560,
576; raw materials requirements,
233, 244–246; resumption of trade,
permission for, 87, 98, 103, 114
- Rhine questions (see also
Germany: Resumption of
trade between occupied and unoccupied territory, supra): Freedom for Right Bank to trade in
foodstuffs with adjoining neutral and Allied countries, proposed,
26; reopening of Rhine River to Swiss
traffic with neutral and Allied countries, 58, 62–63, 103, 114
- Roumania, Allied suspension of supply shipments on account of
Roumanian aggressive action in Hungary, 561, 573, 577–578
- Russia (see also
Russia: Allied
economic policy); German prohibition of reexports to
Russia after conclusion of peace, Allied provision for, 325–326, 333–336;
Greek request to Allies for permission to enter Crimean ports to
load Greek-owned goods, 496–497, 530;
maintenance of blockade, 248, 344, 370,
376–377,
561, 572, 578–579; resumption of trade through Allied negotiations with
Russian cooperatives, 635, 681–683, 775–785
- Supreme Council, decisions and action. See
Supreme Council: Blockade.
- Switzerland (see also
Food: Germany:
Neutral food shipments; Germany: Neutral
trading): Establishment of unlimited rations, proposed,
181, 201–202; protest against
discrimination to Swiss trade arising from trade between occupied
and unoccupied Germany, 326–327; resumption of traffic on Rhine with
neutral and Allied countries, 58, 62–63, 103, 114
- Turkey, question of German exports to, 627, 673–674
- Views of—
- France: Claim to priority on German exports for
reconstruction of devastated areas, 110, 158, 164–166; objections to relaxation of blockade
restrictions on Germany, 210–211, 212; views on resumption of
German trade, 158, 164–166, 176, 262
- Great Britain, recommendations for relaxation of German
blockade, 214–215; Hungarian blockade, 265
- Italy: Approval of proposed relaxation of German blockade,
212; delay in raising
Adriatic blockade, 86–87, 140
- United States: Censorship, desire for removal of, 109, 147; memorandum regarding blockade of Hungary and
Bolshevik Russia, 335–336, 361; removal of blockade on Germany, and
reimposition in event of German failure to sign peace,
approval of, 211–212, 212–213, 237; removal of blockade on
northern neutrals, desire for, 3,
5; suspension of enemy trade
and black lists, desire for, 108–109, 146–147
- Transylvania, 743, 752–753
- Treaties, conventions, etc.:
- Austria. See
Austria: Treaty of peace.
- Berlin, treaty of 1878, 513
- Berne convention of 1890, 734
- Brussels conference and agreements. See
Shipping: Enemy;
and under
Trade regulation: Germany: Negotiations: Conferences.
- Germany. See
Germany: Treaty of
peace.
- Luxemburg protocol of Dec. 25, 1918, 136, 183,
185, 375, 405–407
- Paris, treaty of 1856, 512
- Peace treaties. See
Treaty of peace
under
Austria
and
Germany.
- Trèves agreements. See under
Trade regulation: Germany: Negotiations: Conferences, etc.
- Trèves agreements. See under
Trade regulation: Germany: Negotiations: Conferences, etc.
- Trieste. See under
Communications.
- Turkey. See under
Communications; Food; Trade regulation.
- Typhus epidemic in Southeastern Europe, including Russia,
cooperation of Allies and International Red Cross in campaign to suppress,
251–252, 260–261, 269, 283–291, 297, 375–376, 412–414, 451, 468–469, 490, 502–506, 560, 572, 576–577; special
assistance to Poland, 375–376, 412–414, 490, 502–506, 560, 572, 576–577
- United States (see also
Hoover; and under
Coal; Communications; Finance; Food; Shipping; Trade
regulation: Views): Cooperation of U. S.
Army in anti-typhus campaign in Poland, 490,
502–506;
nonparticipation in last meetings of Supreme Economic Council, 559, 613, 675
- Waterways, See
Danube, Elbe, and
Rhine.
- Wheat Executive, 8, 35, 104, 159, 172, 179, 309, 342
- Yugoslavia, See
Jugoslavia.