Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United
States, The Paris Peace Conference, 1919, Volume XI
Index
- Aaland Islands, 578
- Abele, Clarence A., 412
- Abyssinia. See
Ethiopia.
- Adams, E. D., 245–246
- Adams, Francis E., 66, 556
- Adams, J. A., 249
- Adjournment of Peace Conference, question of, 469, 642–643, 644–645, 646–647, 648, 650, 652–653, 656, 658–659, 662–665, 666, 669
- Adriatic (see also
Italy: Territorial
questions: Fiume and Dalmatia):
Austro-Hungarian shipping, 65, 164, 587, 663; blockade, 438;
U. S. and Allied military and naval forces in, 62, 436, 438,
439
- Aerial navigation. See
Aviation.
- Africa: Proposed revision of general acts concerning, 474, 476, 534, 578; question of
mandates for, 300–301, 578, 647, 662
- Albania: Boundary and territorial questions, 55–56, 185, 433, 577; Commission on Greek and Albanian Affairs, 86, 91, 251–252, 275, 304, 344, 524, 525; mandate, question of, 55, 185, 423; political
conditions, 54–56,
185; protest against possible occupation by
Greek forces, 425; representation at Peace
Conference, 50, 55,
112; request for use of U. S. Courier
Service, 173
- Alexander, Ludwell B., 26
- Algeciras, Act of, 75
- Alien Property Custodian. See under
United States: Departments and
agencies.
- Allen, J. L., 194
- Allied troops. See
U. S. and Allied troops.
- Alsace-Lorraine, 412
- Aluminum Co. of America, 231
- Ambassadors, Committee of, 653–654, 659–660, 664–665, 673
- Amberg, Harold V., 556
- American Expeditionary Force University, 178
- American Federation of Labor, hearing by American Commissioners, 57, 69–71, 528–529
- American Geographical Society, 7
- American Jewish Congress, 141
- American Liquidation Commission, 158, 243, 294, 298, 375–376
- American Red Cross, 76, 85–86, 126, 129–130,
145, 149, 154, 167, 176, 178
- American Relief Administration (see also
Food relief: Central European
states: Railway transportation), 186, 191, 311, 384, 388, 394, 539, 540, 543
- Amory, Copley, 356
- Angell, Ernest, 23
- Arabia. See under
Turkish territories.
- Archibald, S. G., 182–183
- Armenia. See under
Turkish territories: Asia
Minor.
- Armington, R. S., 231
- Armistice. See under
Bulgaria
and
Germany.
- Arms and ammunition (see also
Disarmament
and
War material): Convention on arms traffic, 233, 296, 333–334, 467, 474, 476, 534, 578; commission for revision of convention on
arms traffic, 233, 296
- Arnold, Major, 388
- Art: Austrian art collections, preservation of, 353–354; international commission on
transfer of works of art, proposed, 223;
National Fine Arts Committee, U. S., 97, 120; portraits and photographs of members of
Peace Conference, 33, 66, 79, 82,
97, 120–121, 184, 241, 246; Sargent,
John Singer, 97, 120
- Asia Minor. See under
Turkish territories.
- Atkins, Paul F., 224
- Auchincloss, Gordon, 257, 552
- Austria (see also
Austria-Hungary
and
Food relief: Central European
states):
- Art and scientific collections, preservation of, 353–354
- Claims of U. S. company, 189
- Coal situation, 349
- Commissions and committees concerning (see
also
Missions
and
Treaty of peace: Commissions, infra): Interallied
Blockade Commission at Vienna, 353;
Interallied Trade Commission, 231, 238; Repatriation of Austrian, German,
and Hungarian Prisoners of War, Commission on, 332–333
- Consular representatives, U. S., dispatch to Austria, 168, 228–229
- Delegation: Interviews, 169, 194, 224,
228, 297, 356, 370, 394; summons to Paris,
169
- Exports, Allied control, 231, 238, 247,
296, 353
- Frontier questions with—
- Czechoslovakia, 188, 272
- Hungary, 187, 188, 243, 276
- Italy, 188, 276
- Jugoslavia, frontier in Carinthia, 59–60, 64, 74,
88, 122, 172, 188, 226, 227–228, 269, 285, 446, 464, 466; mission to
fix armistice line (Klagenfurt mission), 227–228, 269, 295, 466
- Switzerland, question of Vorarlberg, 188
- Germany, question of union with, 87–88, 90, 513
- Italian demands and acquisitions, 74,
164, 180
- Loan (U. S.), proposed, 56, 61, 62
- Missions to (see also
Commissions, supra):
- Coolidge mission, 17, 50, 54,
59–60, 64–65, 74,
88, 120, 134–135, 149, 166, 168, 187–188, 196, 315, 503, 536; reports to American
Commissioners, 134–135, 187–188
- Halstead mission, 228–229, 236, 239, 240, 295, 315, 325, 353, 357, 358, 377
- Klagenfurt mission, 227–228, 269, 295, 466
- Preliminary peace, question of, 513,
519
- Prisoners of war, 3, 76, 183, 275, 332–333, 350,
356
- Property taken over by Italy, 164,
180
- Red Cross activities, 3, 76, 183, 350
- Treaty of peace with Allied and Associated Powers:
- Commissions concerning: Austrian
counterproposals, committees to consider, 244, 251, 263, 474; Austro-Hungarian boundary,
commission to study, 243;
Editing Committee (to coordinate replies to Austrian notes),
372, 375, 380, 391, 392; Political Clauses in Austrian Treaty,
Commission on, 341–342, 362–363, 363–364, 380, 477–478
- Counterproposals: Committees to consider, 244, 251, 263, 474; discussions concerning, 235, 271, 272, 366–368, 370, 377, 397–398, 475; Editing Committee (to
coordinate Allied replies), 372,
375, 380, 391, 392; request by Austria for text
of Allied reply to German counterproposals, 235
- Drafting, discussions concerning, 274–277, 281, 302–303, 375, 380, 391–392, 392, 397–398, 453, 454, 456, 457, 459–460, 461, 477–478
- Presentation to Austrian delegation, 393, 459–460, 463
- Signature, questions concerning, 304, 368–369, 393, 405, 479, 617, 635, 662, 677
- Status of Austria as old or new state, 368, 398
- Terms, discussions: Aerial navigation, 302 boundary and political (see also
Frontier questions, supra), 302, 341–342, 362–363, 363–364, 367, 370, 380, 453, 456, 461, 475, 477, 478, 576; economic,
367; financial, 258, 302, 453, 456; military, 453, 461, 475; minorities,
302, 303, 368–369, 393; nationality, 370, 380, 391, 476, 477–478; ports, etc., 274, 281, 302, 302–303, 303, 367–368; preamble, 398;
religious enterprises, 163–164; reparation, 258, 302, 353–354, 453, 456; rights and
interests outside Europe, 302,
303
- U. S. troops, 247, 296, 353
- Austria-Hungary, former Empire of (see
also
Austria
and
Hungary): Contributions to war costs by states
acquiring former territory, 387–388, 454, 465–466, 472, 474, 475, 476; financial
obligations of, 62, 63, 75, 151;
legation in Sofia, seizure by Italy, 180:
shipping, 65, 164,
587, 663
- Automobiles, purchase and use by American Commission, 37, 41, 42,
173, 183, 230, 257, 258–259, 262, 268, 293, 328, 355, 371, 394, 442, 445, 499
- Aviation: Aerial navigation clauses of Austrian, Bulgarian,
and Turkish treaties, preparation, 302, 306, 307, 462; Aeronautical Commission, 36, 42, 159, 174–175, 177, 285, 301, 307, 326, 328, 361; conference
for adoption of aerial navigation rules, 5, 36; convention on aerial navigation, 301, 307, 467–468
- Ayres, L. P., facing
550, 552, 556
- Azerbadjian delegation, 296
- Babeuf, Marcelle, 289
- Baker, Ray Stannard, 7, 21, 26, 37,
140, 160, 244, 539, facing
550, 554, 562
- Baird, Charles F., 237
- Baltic Sea: Blockade in, 418; questions
concerning entrances, 284–285, 418–419, 421–422
- Baltic states:
- Bolsheviks, 33, 118, 152, 400, 435
- Commissions concerning (see
also
Missions, infra):
Commission on Baltic Affairs, 147, 241, 285,
419, 422, 571, 591; Commission on Evacuation of Baltic Provinces, 680, 690
- Food, economic, and financial assistance, 62, 79, 113, 126, 285, 435
- Frontier, Polish-Lithuanian, 287–288, 383,
577
- German army of occupation: Cooperation with Bolsheviks in
Lithuania, alleged, 118; evacuation of
Baltic states, efforts toward, 170, 287–288, 444, 446;
overthrow of Latvian Government, 170;
passage by sea to Libau, question of, 89–90
- Lithuanian National Council, 92
- Loan, proposed, 285
- Missions to (see also
Commissions, supra): American (Greene’s), 112,
114, 119, 232, 256, 263, 268, 271,
294, 295, 298–299, 327, 350–351, 356, 399–400, 536;
British military mission (Gough’s), 232,
298–299,
418
- Prince’s Island Conference, questions concerning,
33, 36,
40
- Prisoners of war in Germany, 152
- Recognition, question of, 40
- Reports concerning, 164, 252, 263,
399–400
- U. S. diplomatic and consular representatives, proposals
concerning, 371, 412
- U. S. policy, 263–264
- War material, U. S., sale to Baltic states, 182, 294, 298
- Banat, 6–7, 92, 96, 103, 277
- Bandholtz, Harry H.: Mission to Hungary, 389,
394, 417, 426, 435, 441, 442, 445, 680, 690; proposed appointment to Teschen plebiscite
commission, 449
- Barber, John E., 556
- Barclay, Thomas, 267
- Barton, James L., 8, 27, 36, 66,
72, 79
- Baruch, Bernard M., 13, 14–15, 22,
23, 26–27, 240, 485, 506, 547, facing
550, 555, 565
- Bass, John F., 378
- Bassett, Earl, 168, 371, 385
- Bastille Day parade, preparations, 262–263, 270, 291–292, 292, 293, 294
- Bavaria, 88, 94
- Beer, George Louis, 17–18, 33, 34,
41, 58, 296, 301, 355, 543, facing
550, 551, 552, 556
- Bela Kun. See
Hungary: Bolsheviks.
- Belgium:
- Commissions concerning: Belgian and Danish Affairs, Commission on,
418, 419, 524; frontier commission,
579; Treaties of 1839, Commission to Revise, 375
- Convention with Great Britain relating to German East Africa, U.
S. attitude toward, 300–301
- Hearing of representatives by American Commission, 300–301, 433
- Propaganda, 268
- Reparation, attitude, 46, 51, 52
- Scheldt River, proposed internationalization, 413–414
- Treaties of 1839, proposed revision, and
Belgian-Dutch negotiations, 288, 375, 393,
413–414,
433, 524, 534, 577, 652, 653, 664
- U. S. military base of supplies, proposed establishment at
Antwerp, 11–12
- Wilson, President: Proposed landing at Antwerp and decision
against, 85, 87, 89, 516, 518, 518–519, 523; report of visit to Brussels, June 18–19, 593–595
- Benson, W. S.: Duties, 4–5, 62, 65,
74, 146, 542, facing
550, 555, 564; protest against regulation affecting
enlisted men in Hotel Crillon, and reply, 483–485, 488
- Berl, Eugene E., 119
- Berle, Adolf A., Jr., 236, 239, 244, 570, 575, 591–592
- Berlin and Brussels, revision of General Acts of (1885 and 1890), 474, 476, 534, 578
- Berry, George L., 527–529, 556; report of liaison work with
labor delegation, 527–529
- Beryl, Mr., 436
- Bessarabia, 339–341, 365, 382–383, 406, 408, 444–445, 470, 664
- Black, William L., 498, 540, facing
550, 557
- Bliss, Howard L., 67, 76–77
- Bliss, Tasker H., 110, 256, 268, 503, 522, 538, facing
550, 553, 561, 607, 626, 683, 686
- Blockade: Adriatic, 438; Baltic, 418; Commission, Interallied, at Vienna, 353; Eastern Mediterranean, 136; Germany, 26, 48, 105, 106, 107–108, 108–109, 110; Hungary, 296, 313–314, 316, 348, 349, 353; Russia, 466;
Turkey, 448
- Boardman, R. S., 128
- Boards (see also under
United States: Departments and
agencies), War Damages Board of American Commission, 19, 24, 240, 400–401
- Bohemia. See
Czechoslovakia.
- Bohn, Frank, 4
- Bolivia, question of representation on commissions of Peace Conference,
531–532
- Bolsheviks (see also under
Baltic states, Germany,
Hungary, Roumania,
Russia, Turkey, and
Ukraine): Counteraction against, proposed, 137; deportation of L. A. Martens from United
States, proposed, 234
- Bonsal, Stephen, 638
- Booth, E. G., 299
- Bowditch, E., Jr., 449
- Bowman, Isaiah, 99, 175–176, 444, 501–503, 524, 526, facing
550, 552, 556; suggestions for reorganization of American
Commission, 501–503
- Brandeis, Louis D., 224
- Brashear, W. R., 540–541, facing
550, 557
- Brazil: Delegation to Peace Conference, proposed hearing by American
Commissioners, 7; enemy shipping, question of
disposition of, 586–587; representation on Economic Commission, 531
- Breck, Henry C., 555
- Briand, Aristide, 142–143
- Bristol, Mark, 40, 65, 114, 170, 174, 384, 388
- Brookings, Robert S., 160, 167
- Brown, Joseph Bailey, 324, 554
- Brown, Philip Marshall, 35, 166, 183
- Browning, W. S., 553, 626
- Bruce, James, 13, 68, 111, 114–115
- Brussels and Berlin, revision of General Acts of (1885 and 1890), 474, 476, 534, 578
- Bryant, M. C., 300
- Buckler, W. H., 39, 63–64, 67,
134, 256, 264, 266, 271–272, 454–455, 470, 607
- Budd, Arthur Dryhurst, 51, 130, 136
- Bukovina, 365, 368
- Bulgaria:
- Armistice, report of violations, 436
- Delegation, 95–96, 372, 389, 426
- Frontier questions: Dobrudja, 280, 405, 406, 407,
408, 470, 471, 478, 576, 664; Thrace, 279, 304, 331, 342–344, 361,
362, 365–366, 386, 392,
408–409,
425–426,
460, 469, 471, 576, 634, 662; Tzaribrod, Bulgarian protest against
cession to Jugoslavia, 444
- Preliminary peace, question of, 513
- Roumanian troops in Dobrudja, Bulgarian protest against, 426
- Treaty of peace with Allied and Associated Powers:
- Drafting, discussions concerning, 279–283, 297, 303–306, 324–325, 328, 329, 338–339, 361–363, 405–409, 410, 454, 457, 458, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 469, 470, 471, 478–479, 607, 609
- Language of, 462–463, 464
- League of Nations Covenant, question of inclusion, 304
- Modifications, question of, 652, 653
- Presentation of draft to interested countries, 420–421, 469–470, 470–471, 472
- Signature, arrangements concerning, 282–283, 297, 338–339, 426, 430, 460, 461, 462, 464, 467, 616, 618, 644, 656, 658, 677
- Terms, discussions: Aerial navigation, 306, 462; boundary and political (see also
Frontier questions, supra), 279–280, 304–305, 361–363, 405, 406, 465, 469, 471; economic,
282, 306, 325, 405–406, 463, 465, 469; financial, 258,
282, 306, 466; labor, 306; League of Nations Covenant,
304; military, naval, and
air, 280, 305, 325, 465; minorities, 282, 305, 325; ports,
etc., 280–282, 306, 325, 328, 392, 465, 469; prisoners of war, 282, 305, 469, 471; religious enterprises, 163–164; reparation,
258, 282, 305–306, 458, 464, 466, 471; responsibility and penalties, 280, 305, 465
- U. S. participation in drafting and signature, question
of, 265, 282–283, 297, 338–339, 343, 454, 460, 461, 462, 464, 467, 607, 609, 616, 618, 661, 670, 671, 672
- Bullitt, William C.: Attendance at International Socialist Conference at
Berne, 70, 115–116; disapproval of German treaty, 572–574, 643, 645–646; duties with American Commission, 543, 554; mission to
Russia, 70, 74, 125, 128–129, 148
- Bundy, W. A., 41–42
- Burden, Chester G., 257, 301, facing
550, 553
- Burkenshaw, Neil, 177–178
- Butler, W. H., 627
- Buxton, Noel, report on Hungarian-Roumanian conflict, 373–374
- Byars, W. S., 257
- Cables, German, 18, 33, 579
- Caldwell, J. L., 13, 42
- Callan, J. L., 159, 177
- Capeheart, Henry B., 237
- Capitulations, 68–69, 74, 283–284, 310–311, 465
- Carinthia, 59–60,
64, 74, 88, 122, 172, 188, 226, 227–228, 269, 285, 446, 464, 466
- Carlson, Fred A., 87, 324, 539, facing
550, 553
- Carter, A. F., 555
- Carty, John J., 499
- Central Territorial Committee, 141, 192, 229, 277, 280, 283, 304, 365–366, 371, 380, 406, 407, 524
- Chamberlain, Mr., 261
- Chapin, L. H. Paul, 301, 387, 398–399, 626
- Chapman, Percy A., 271
- Chenay, Arthur A., 247, 387, 540
facing
550, 553, 627
- Cheney, S. A., 680, 690
- Chesbrough, Ralph F., 41–42
- Childs, J. R., 542
- China:
- Enemy shipping, question of disposition of, 586–587
- Shantung and Kiaochow, German peace treaty
provisions concerning transfer to Japan of German rights: Chinese
refusal to sign treaty, 368–369, 601–602; discussions, general, 19, 21, 28, 79, 149–150, 167, 168–169, 179,
180, 225–226, 570, 572,
573, 574, 601–602; protests of members of American Commission, 570, 572,
573, 574
- Tientsin, Austrian concession, 302,
303
- Treaties and conventions concerning China:
China-Germany (1898) respecting lease of
Kiaochow, 226; China-Japan, possible
secret agreements, 34; Japan-Entente (1917), regarding Japanese claims in Shantung
and Pacific Islands, cited, 79
- Churchill, Marlborough, 64, 75, 122, 501,
- Churchill, Winston, 49, 67–68
- Circassian Republic, 5, 69
- Claims against Austria, 189; Germany, 30–31, 32, 122–123; Hungary, 189
- Clemenceau, Georges. See under
France.
- Clerk, Sir George, 445, 447, 449, 478
- Close, Gilbert F., 552
- Coal situation, 103, 207–211, 260, 307, 316, 325, 337–338, 347, 349–350, 351, 413, 621, 623
- Cobb, Henry Ives, 57
- Cobbledick, L. N., 500, 546, facing
550, 557
- Coffin, William, 168
- Colt, F. S., 95
- Commercial treaties between United States and Central
Powers, question of drafting new treaties, 88–89, 285–286; committee for drafting, 88–89
- Commission to Negotiate Peace, American:
- Associated bodies, 9, 485, 486,
544–547,
552–557,
557–567,
626–627
- Automobiles, purchase and use, 37, 41, 42, 173, 183,
230, 257, 258–259, 262, 268, 293,
328, 355, 371, 394, 442, 445, 499
- Commissioners Plenipotentiary (see
also
Bliss, Tasker H.; House, Edward M.; Lansing, Robert
L.; Polk, Frank L.; White, Henry; Wilson,
Woodrow):
- Distinguished Service Medal, attitude of Commissioners
toward proposed award of, 400,
417, 442
- Full powers, 324, 616–617, 618
- Hearing of representatives of Belgium, 300–301; Brazil, 7; Jewish
Congress, 141; labor, 57, 69–71, 528–529; Roumania, 440–441; Russia, 69, 111–112, 389; Siam, 90–91; Syria, 66–67,
72, 76–77, 112; Ukraine, 248, 253–255
- Letters of appreciation, dispatch, 247, 291, 323, 379, 449
- Minutes of meetings, Jan. 31–Oct.
9, 1–448
- Procedure of meetings, 6
- Committees (see also
Field missions, infra):
- Drafting of new commercial treaties with Germany, 88–89
- Near East, 265–266, 453–454, 470
- Personnel, 9, 12–13,
13, 14, 58, 258–259, 288–289, 294, 483, 493, 503, 559
- Reparation, 41, 128, 542, 565
- Steering, 265–266, 273–274, 306, 324–325, 453–479, 618–619, 626; minutes of meetings, July
1–Sept. 4, 453–479
- Communications. See
Communications.
- Courier service. See under
Communications.
- Entertainment, 82, 90, 127, 138, 177,
232, 611
- Field missions: Bandholtz (Hungary), 389, 394,
417, 426, 435, 441, 442, 445, 680,
690; Barton-Howe (Syria), 8, 27, 35, 61, 63, 63–64, 66–67, 72, 79; Bullitt (Russia), 70, 74, 125, 128–129, 148;
Coolidge (Austria), 17, 50, 54, 59–60, 64–65, 74, 88, 120, 134–135, 149,
166, 168, 187–188, 196, 315, 503,
536; Dresel (Berlin), 138, 146–147, 153,
167, 170, 171, 503, 536; Dyar (Berlin), 171, 196,
235, 247–248, 262, 295,
357; Field (Munich), 242; Gherardi(Berlin), 46–49, 79, 93; Greene
(Baltic states), 112, 114, 119,
232, 256, 262, 263, 268, 271, 294,
295, 298–299, 327, 350–351, 356,
399–400,
536; Halstead (Austria), 228–229, 236, 239,
240, 295, 315, 325, 353, 357, 358,
377; Harbord (Armenia), 264, 312,
358, 359, 374, 377–378, 384, 386,
395, 447; King-Crane (Turkish territories), 133–134, 140, 141,
145–146,
155, 164, 165, 170, 177, 189, 193,
195, 258–259, 295, 327,
344, 355, 358, 359, 389–390, 432–433, 607;
McKinstry (War Damages Board), 19, 24, 36, 240, 250,
400–401;
Miles (Montenegro), 185, 274–275;
Morgenthau (Poland), 195, 224, 232–233, 237,
243, 256, 257, 258, 266, 270, 289–290, 295,
295–296,
299–300,
378, 394; Riggs (Southern Russia), 137, 144, 162, [Page 710]
189–190,
193, 224–225, 226–227, 295, 357,
359, 503, 536; Summerall (inquiry on
Fiume incidents), 273, 290, 295,
377, 379
- Files. See
Materials and records, infra.
- Financial arrangements (see
also
Personnel: Salaries, infra): 7, 13, 14, 15, 26, 26–27, 28, 53–54, 67, 71–72, 74, 85, 87, 90, 96–97, 118, 120, 128, 137,
138, 139, 144, 146, 149, 153, 154,
168, 169, 170, 171, 176, 177, 177–178, 181,
182, 182–183, 183, 186,
188–189,
191–192,
195, 221, 223, 226, 231, 232, 236,
238, 239, 247, 257, 263, 267, 268,
273, 284, 290, 292, 293, 295, 311–312, 325–326, 327,
328, 329, 344, 351, 354, 355, 356,
357, 357–358, 358, 372–373, 378,
384, 386, 417, 435, 441–442
- Housing and office space:
- Coislin Hotel, 302
- Crillon Hotel: Administration of, 19, 272, 359–360, 483–485, 488, 497, 498, 540, 546, 560–561, 563–564; Bastille Day parade
arrangements, 262–263, 270, 291–292; gratuities, 226, 290; termination of lease, 425, 437, 439–440, 558, 649, 658–659, 659, 686
- Quarters and privileges for members of Commission, 19, 57–58, 161–162, 251, 262–263, 267, 324, 386, 440, 444, 447, 497, 498
- Mail facilities. See
Communications: Mail.
- Materials and records: Disposition of, 113, 161,
179, 183–184, 186, 191,
227, 258, 263, 323, 655–656, 657,
661, 667–669; explanation of
numbering system for Conference minutes, 667–669; maps, 7, 183–184, 186,
191, 353, 552; printing, 74; requests for copies and access to,
245–246,
250, 266–267, 269, 374,
390, 400–401, 597
- Meetings (see also
Minutes, infra),
procedure, 6
- Minutes of meetings: Commissioners Plenipotentiary,
Jan. 31–Oct. 9, 1–448; explanatory note, facing
1; Steering Committee, July 1–Sept. 4, 453–479; technical experts and Commissioners,
197–222,
273–288,
302–312,
329–344,
360–370,
379–384,
390–393,
395–398,
403–415,
417–424,
427–434
- Organization:
- Charts and memoranda, 501–503, 537–547, 550–551, 552–557, 557–567, 626–627
- Divisions and offices (see also
Associated bodies
and
Commissioners Plenipotentiary, supra;
Personnel: Army and Navy, infra):
Administrative (executive) officer, 9, 272, 288, 291, 497, 502, 540, facing
550, 557, 562, 627; assignment, 557, 562; audit and purchase, 497, 498, 502, 540, facing
550, 557, 562; business
manager, 498, 540, facing
550, 557, 562; ceremonial
officer, 501, 538–539, facing
550, 554, 562; chief
clerk, 627; codes, Army, 542; communications, 9, 539,
facing
550, 562–563, 610, 626; Conference reports, 510, 511, facing
550; courier service, 389, 497, 499–500, 502, 543, 544, facing
550, 557, 565, 566; current diplomatic and
political correspondence, 495–496, 501, 509–510, 536, 539, facing
550, 553–554, 562, 627; current intelligence summaries, 245, 502, 543, 554; diplomatic secretary, 495, 507, 538, facing
550, 553, 561–562, 626; disbursing officer, 538, facing
550, 553, 562, 610, 627; distribution, 502, 539, facing
550, 563, 610; executive
secretary, 9, 272, 288, 495, 507, 538, facing
550, 553, 562, 610;field observer office, 502–503, 544–545, facing
550, 554, 566, 626; hotel manager, 272, 484, 497, 498, 502, 540, facing
550, 557, 562, 610, 627; indexes and files, 387, 502, 540, facing
550, 563, 610, 627; liaison, general, facing
550, 559, 562; liaison
officer for labor, 527–529, 562; library, 246,
258, 323, 552; medical
office, 387, 446, 541, facing
550, 554, 564, 610, 626; military information, 223, 538, facing
550, 554; military intelligence library, 554; military liaison, 501, 538, 559, 562; naval, 626; negative intelligence, 359, 387, 502, 542, facing
550, 554, 562, 565; personnel, 288, 497, 499, 501, 541, facing
550, 557, 564, 610; photography, 497, 498, 500, 541, facing
550, 557, 564, 610; post office and censor, 497, 500, 502, 546, facing
550, 557, 567, 610; press office, 244, 324, 326, 425, 435–436, 510, facing
550, 562; printing, 497,
499, facing
550, 557, 610; radio news
service, 626; repair,
maintenance, and building superintendency, 497, 498, 502, 540–541, facing
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550, 557, 564, 610; reparation committee, 41, 128, 542, 565; Russian division, 256, 607; secretary general, 495, 507, 538, facing
550, 553, 561, 618–619, 626; secret
service, 546; stenographic, 539, facing
550, 563; supplies, 497,
498, 499, 502, 541–542, facing
550, 557, 564, 610; technical advisers, 502, 505–507, 542, 545, 547, facing
550, 554–556, 564–565, 566–567, 627; telephones, 9,
497, 498–499, 502, 547, facing
550, 557, 567, 610; territorial, economic, and
political intelligence, 485–486, 502, 543–544, facing
550, 551–552, 556, 565–566; translating,
289, 439, 502, 540, facing
550, 563, 610, 627; transportation, 387, 497, 499, 502, 547, facing
550, 557, 567, 610
- Parade on Bastille Day, arrangements, 262–263, 270, 291–292, 292,
293, 294
- Personnel:
- Admission to plenary sessions of Conference, question of,
167, 176
- Army and Navy personnel:
- General decisions concerning, 10–11, 13, 141, 146, 161–162, 181, 182, 192–193, 196, 231–232, 239, 242, 246–247, 249, 257, 258, 266, 272, 273, 289, 354, 357–358, 359–360, 376, 385, 449
- Services, 497–500, 501–502, 545–546, 547, 557–567; War Department bill, 53–54, 67, 71–72
- Use of corridors and elevators in Crillon Hotel,
483–485, 488
- Assignment to Commission, 4,
13, 14, 23, 26, 27,
33, 35, 36, 41–42,
50–51, 58, 62, 63,
65–66, 67, 68, 76,
88–89, 90, 95, 118, 119, 128, 132, 137, 138, 139, 145–146, 177–178, 193, 194, 195, 230, 236, 237, 240, 245, 267, 269, 271, 295, 297, 312, 326, 328, 344, 345, 359, 402, 444
- Award of Distinguished Service Medal, 400
- Committees concerning, 9, 12–13,
13, 14, 58, 258–259, 288–289, 294, 483, 493, 503, 559
- Holidays, 66, 190, 611
- Letters of appreciation, 247,
291, 323, 416, 449
- Navy personnel. See
Army and Navy personnel, supra.
- Passports for families of members of Commission, 10–11,
192–193, 194, 247, 252, 273, 289, 345
- Reduction of staff, efforts toward (see
also
Separations, infra), 4, 8–9, 12–13,
58, 284, 425, 483, 501–503, 551–552, 559
- Return to United States of members of staff, arrangements,
98, 178, 183, 185–186, 189, 192, 351, 354, 389–390, 656, 658, 659, 660, 661, 665, 666, 669, 673, 678, 679, 685, 688, 689
- Salaries and subsistence allowances, 7, 13, 15, 19,
21, 24, 37, 51, 61,
80, 126, 128, 135–136, 138, 140, 148, 159, 160, 170, 175, 177, 178, 181, 193, 195, 224, 230, 240, 242, 252, 262, 267, 269, 289, 324, 353, 385, 398, 399, 416, 551
- Separations: General, 87, 175–176, 184, 185, 186, 186–187, 189, 190, 191, 192, 194, 196, 223, 224, 228, 233, 234, 235–236, 239, 240–241, 243, 244, 245, 247, 248, 249, 250, 256–257, 263, 269, 269–270, 271, 272, 289, 292, 293, 296, 301, 323, 324, 326, 328, 345, 351, 356, 359, 372, 379, 389, 399, 401–402, 435, 439, 442, 443, 444, 446, 527–528; resignations arising from
disapproval of German treaty and U. S. Russian policy, 179, 196, 235–236, 569–575, 591–592, 645–646
- Photographs and portraits, 33, 66, 79, 82, 97, 120–121, 184, 241,
246
- Placque, commemorative, 402
- Press relations. See
Press: American.
- Records. See
Materials and records, supra.
- Secretaries, American, of Conference commissions:
- Compilation of list of, 72–73
- Instructions of American Commission regarding distribution
of minutes, 510–511, 514–515, 520; regarding possible violation
of President Wilson’s declarations in commission reports,
110, 119, 522–523, 523–526
- Steering Committee. See under
Committees, supra.
- Strategy, arrangements for analysis of, 504
- Telephone and telegraph facilities. See
under
Communications.
- Termination of Commission, and departure from Paris, Dec. 9:
- British attitude, and U. S. reply, 686–687
- Consideration of, and arrangements for departure, 425, 650, 652–653, 655–656, 657–659, 660–661, 669–673, 679–680, 687–688, 695, 700
- French efforts to delay departure, and U. S. attitude,
673–674, 677–678, 680, 680–683, 685, 691, 691–692, 693–694
- Message of felicitation from Secretary Lansing to—
- Clemenceau, and acknowledgment by French
Ambassador, 698, 700–701
- Commission, on eve of departure, 698–699
- Transfer of unfinished business to Department of State and
Ambassador Wallace at Paris, 657, 658, 660, 664–665, 678, 679–680, 688–689, 691, 692, 693, 694–698, 699–700
- Commissions and committees of Peace Conference (see also
Commission to Negotiate Peace
and
Missions):
- Aeronautical Commission, 36, 42, 159, 174–175, 177, 285,
301, 307, 326, 328, 361
- Albanian Affairs, Commission on Greek and, 86, 91, 251–252, 275, 304,
344, 524, 525
- Armistice Commission at Spa, Permanent, 54, 57, 67, 96, 104–108, 114, 505,
506
- Arms and Ammunition, Commission for Revision of Convention
Relative to Commerce of, 233, 296
- Art, transfer of works of, proposed international commission, 223
- Austria, commissions concerning. See under
Austria.
- Baltic states, commissions concerning. See
under
Baltic states.
- Belgian and Danish Affairs, Commission on, 418, 419, 524
- Blockade Commission at Vienna, Interallied, 353
- Central Territorial Committee, 141,
192, 229, 277, 280, 283, 304, 365–366, 371,
380, 406, 407, 524
- Coal Committee of Supreme Economic Council, 307, 337, 449
- Colonial Mandates, Commission on, 284,
300, 301, 355, 617, 638, 639, 642,
648
- Control commissions, 266, 285, 307–308, 374–375, 455,
581
- Czechoslovakia, commissions concerning. See
under
Czechoslovakia.
- Danube River commissions, 281, 313–314, 534, 582–583
- Drafting Committee, 275, 276, 277,
302, 361–362, 380, 391–392, 405,
419–420,
428, 434, 456, 457, 458, 461, 462,
463, 464, 465, 466, 469, 471, 472,
474, 475, 476, 477, 478–479, 617
- Economic commissions. See under
Economic questions.
- Editing Committee (to coordinate replies to Austrian notes), 372, 375,
380, 391, 392
- Execution of Treaty With Germany, Commission on, 252, 309,
390, 399, 401, 459
- Financial Commission, 86, 91–92, 95, 120, 127, 505,
524, 531–532
- Fiume Incidents, Commission of Inquiry on (Summerall Mission),
273, 290, 295, 377, 379; Italian attitude
toward findings, 396
- Geographical Committee, 175, 385, 394,
399
- Germany, commissions concerning. See under
Germany.
- Graves, Commission on, 581
- Greek and Albanian Affairs, Commission on, 86, 91, 251–252, 275, 304,
344, 524, 525
- Hungary, commissions concerning. See under
Hungary.
- Jugoslavia, commissions concerning. See
under
Jugoslavia.
- Laibach, Commission on Issues of, 123
- Labor, commissions concerning. See under
Labor.
- League of Nations, commissions concerning. See
under
League of Nations.
- Liquidation Commission, American, 158,
243, 294, 298, 375–376
- Mandates, Colonial, Commission on, 284, 300, 301, 355, 617, 638,
639, 642
- Materials of War Which May Be Demanded From Germany, Committee on
Specification of, 24–25
- Membership, American, of various committees under peace treaty,
committee for suggestion of, 259
- Military and Naval Committee, Interallied, 63, 80
- Minorities, Committee on Protection of. See
New States, infra.
- New States, Committee on (Committee on Protection of
Minorities), 279, 285, 305, 325, 339,
340, 372, 393
- Plebiscite commissions: List of commissions to be
appointed under German treaty, 580–581; U. S. attitude toward participation
in, 672, 673, 679
- Poland, commissions concerning. See under
Poland.
- Political Clauses (Austrian treaty), Commission on, 341–342, 362–363, 363–364, 380, 477–478
- Ports, waterways, and railways, commissions concerning. See under
Ports, waterways, and railways.
- Prisoners of war, commissions concerning. See
under
Prisoners of war.
- Reparation, commissions concerning. See
under
Reparation.
- Responsibility of Authors of the War and Enforcement of Penalties,
Commission on, 6, 12, 92, 93–94, 465, 524, 537, 542
- Rhine, commissions concerning. See
Rhineland: Commissions
and
Rhine River: Central Rhine Commission
under
Germany.
- Roumanian and Jugoslav Affairs, Commission on, 251–252, 275, 280,
331, 467, 524
- Saar Basin, commissions concerning, 580, 581
- Schleswig commissions, 250, 259, 265,
300, 580–581
- Silesia, commissions concerning: Coal distribution committee, 260, 307,
337, 349; plebiscite commission, 307–308
- Smyrna, Commission on Issues of, 384
- Spitzbergen, Commission on, 334
- Steering Committee of American Commission. See
under
Commission to Negotiate Peace: Committees.
- Teschen, commissions concerning: Interallied Teschen Commission,
16–17,
123, 141, 145, 263, 268, 286, 295,
326, 351, 392, 449; plebiscite commission, 307, 673, 679, 690
- Tientsin, commission on, 303
- Treaties of 1839, Commission To Revise,
375
- Turkey, commissions concerning. See
Turkish territories: Commissions.
- War material, commissions concerning. See
under
War material.
- Communications:
- Courier service, 167, 173, 224,
248, 387, 389, 402, 493, 499–500, 543, 544,
565, 566
- Mail: Department of State and Paris, 488–489, 491–492, 492–493, 494, 517–518; facilities for American Commission,
500, 546, 567
- Radio communication, 146
- Telephone, telegraph, and wireless: Committee on Public
Information, 14, 174, 228, 233, 244–245, 267,
273, 325–326, 328–329, 372–373, 589–590, 617–618, 619–620, 624, 625,
631; facilities for American
Commission, 248, 311, 489–499, 539,
547, 562–563; French-U. S.
relations regarding, 64–65, 388, 619–620, 624, 632;
international conference, proposed, 579;
Manila and Shanghai, 375; press
facilities, 87, 98, 402, 589, 620,
624, 628, 631, 636; U. S. operation within Europe, 311, 375, 388, 394;
Washington and Versailles, 245
- Condon, R. E., 125, 291, 399, 442, 512, 552, 626
- Conferences:
- Aerial Navigation, International Conference for Adoption of Rules
of, proposed, 5, 36
- Prince’s Island (Prinkipo) Conference. See
under
Russia.
- Social hygiene questions in devastated areas, proposed conference,
137
- Socialist Conference in Berne, 4, 69, 70, 115–116, 528–529
- Telecommunication conference, proposed, 579
- Connor, W. D., 410, 666, 669
- Constantinople. See under
Turkish territories.
- Consular treaty, U. S.–Germany, question of renewal, 285, 286
- Control commissions, 266, 285, 307–308, 374–375, 455, 581
- Conventions. See
Treaties, conventions, etc.
- Cook, Herman J., 505, 555
- Coolidge, Archibald C.:
- Mission to Austria, 17, 50, 54, 59–60, 64–65, 74, 88, 120, 134–135, 149,
166, 168, 187–188, 196, 315, 503,
536; activities in connection with
Carinthian boundary dispute, 10, 59–60, 74, 88, 122, 226,
227–228
- Proposals and decisions concerning, 189, 229, 231, 233,
244, 248, 251–252, 265–266, 272,
327, 377, 453–454, 454–455
- Coolidge, Marcus A., 16, 263, 271
- Councils of Peace Conference:
- Ambassadors, Committee of, 653–654, 659–660, 664–665, 673
- Five, Council of. See
Foreign Ministers
and
Heads of Delegations, infra.
- Foreign Ministers, Council of, 163, 191, 236, 250,
266–267,
286–287,
667
- Four, Council of:
- Action by, 137–138, 147, 169, 231, 274, 305, 306, 469, 551
- Compilation of decisions, 191,
236
- Dissatisfaction with methods of procedure, 137–138, 169
- Minutes: Distribution, 229,
266–267, 268, 597, 657; method of designation, 668
- Heads of Delegations, Council of:
- Action by, 263, 271, 273, 306, 324–325, 327, 331, 333, 349, 420–421, 424–425, 425–426, 428–429, 433, 653
- Adjournment, question of, 642–643, 644, 644–645, 646–647, 648, 650, 670–671, 672, 673, 677, 680–682
- Minutes: Distribution of, 397,
657, 669; method of designation, 668, 668–669
- U. S. representation, withdrawal, and appointment of U. S.
Ambassador in France as observer, 650, 652, 665, 670–671, 672, 673, 677, 678, 679–689, 690, 691–692, 693–698, 699–700
- Maritime Council, Allied, 117
- Supreme Economic Council, 26, 101, 102,
108, 109, 110, 167, 329–331, 352,
400, 420, 506, 656; coal committee, 307,
337, 349
- Supreme War Council, 9, 57, 67, 99, 100, 102, 105,
107, 108, 110, 506, 512, 538, 567,
662
- Ten, Council of:
- Action by, 6–7, 46, 49, 98,
99, 111, 112, 115, 117, 118, 130, 151, 313, 524, 531–532
- Compilation of decisions, 191,
236
- Minutes: Distribution, 5, 14–15,
22, 229, 250, 266–267, 508–509; method of designation, 667–668; preservation of secrecy, 508–509
- Presence of Marshal Foch, 125
- Courier service, 167, 173, 224, 248, 387, 389, 402, 493, 499–500, 543, 544, 565, 566
- Crane, Charles R. See
King-Crane Commission.
- Creel, George, 14, 17, 34, 589, 590
- Crillon Hotel. See under
Commission to Negotiate Peace: Housing.
- Crocker, Henry G., 442, 555, 627
- Crosby, Oscar T., 62, 63, 113, 151
- Crouse, Russell C., 245
- Cuba, 138, 586–587
- Cumberland, William W., 486
- Czechoslovakia (see also
Food relief: Central European
states
and
New states):
- Coal supplies, 307, 337, 349,
392, 413
- Commissions concerning:
- Commission on Czechoslovak affairs, 141, 251–252, 286, 369, 524
- Frontier commission, 580
- Teschen commissions: Interallied Teschen Commission, 16–17,
123, 141, 145, 263, 268, 286, 295, 351, 392, 449; plebiscite commission, 673, 679, 690
- Danube shipping, question of Czechoslovak control, 130–131, 143
- Frontier questions with—
- Loan, request for, 35–36
- Minorities, protection of, 87; treaty
for, 285, 393, 479, 585–586
- Tribute to President Wilson, and reply, 607–608, 615
- Troops in Russia, 284, 331–332, 354, 355
- U. S. diplomatic agent, question of dispatch to, 39, 63
- War materials (U. S.), proposed sale to, 158
- Dalmatia. See
Italy: Territorial
questions: Fiume and Dalmatia.
- Danube River. See under
Ports, waterways, and railways.
- Danzig:
- Food supplies, 413
- Frontier commission, 580
- High commissioner, 582
- Polish special mission to, 268
- Status, question of, 157, 217, 219,
410–412
- Transit by Polish troops en route from France to Poland, proposed,
112, 117, 142
- Treaty with Poland, drafting of: Necessity for expediting, 410–412;
question of participation of United States, 411–412
- U. S. consular officer, question of appointment, 449
- Davis, Norman H., 13, 14–15, 22,
91–92, 120, 240, 252, 485, 505, 506, 545, facing
550, 555, 565
- Davison, Henry P., 76, 345–346
- Dawley, E. J., 299, 327, 356, 399–400
- Day, Clive, 185–186, 234, 239, 252, 265
453–454, 454–455, 470, 524, 525, 543, facing
550, 551, 552, 556
- Day, Franklin, 49, 93, 114
- Day, Wallace H., 252
- Deitch, John Thurman, 191
- Demobilization. See under
U. S. and Allied troops.
- Dempsey, Ernest C., 23
- Dempsey, John B., 23
- Denmark (see also
Schleswig): Activities of Danish Red Cross, 62, 154; Commission on
Belgian and Danish Affairs, 418, 419, 524
- Denton, Frances B., 257, 552, 638
- Deportation of L. A. Martens from United States, proposed, 234
- Devastated regions:
- Conference on social hygiene questions, proposed, 137
- Investigation by War Damages Board, 24,
240
- U. S. proposal for reconstruction, 118
- Visits by members of Peace Conference, 119, 138–139, 143; by
President Wilson, 85, 87, 89, 593–595
- Devereux, Alvin, 263
- Dillon, T. H., 289, 385, 394
- Diplomatic and consular officers. See under
United States.
- Disarmament (see also under
Germany): Austria, 461, 475; New states, 475
- Distinguished Service Medal, proposed award, 400, 417, 442
- Dixon, Roland B., 544, facing
550
- Dobrudja, 280, 281, 405, 406, 407, 408, 426, 470, 471, 478, 576, 577, 664
- Dodecanese Islands. See
Turkish territories: Asia
Minor.
- Dolbeare, Frederic R., 49–50, 554
- Dominian, Leon, 13, 27, 35, 42,
64, 72, 99, 146, 266, 324, 554
- Doniat, F. A., 353
- Drafting Committee, 275, 276, 277, 302, 361–362, 380, 391, 392, 405, 419–420, 428, 434, 456, 457, 458, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 469, 471, 472, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478–479, 617
- Dresel, E. L.: Duties, 266, 268, 385, 496, 509–510, 539, facing
550, 553, 627; mission to Germany, 138, 146–147, 153, 167, 170, 171, 503, 536; salary, 399
- DuBois, Arthur Wood, 123, 239, 690
- DuBose, George P., 192–193, 498, 540, facing
550, 557, 627
- Duff, Chaplain, 344–345
- Dulles, Allen W., 194, 292, 294, 372, 416, 459, 496, 554, 610, 626, 627
- Dulles, John Foster, 194, 252, 258, 266, 274, 356, 377, 385, 485, 486, 542, 555, 606; report
concerning Roumanian share of reparations, 387–388
- Duncan, C. S., 556
- Duncan, James, 71
- Durand, E. Dana, 314
- Dyar, Charles B., mission to Germany, 171,
196, 235, 247–248, 262, 295, 357
- Dyes, German, 33
- Economic questions:
- Clearing offices, establishment of. 582
- Commissions and committees: Economic Commission, 91–92, 127, 136,
282, 283, 465, 524, 531–532; Economic Drafting Commission, 86; permanent economic drafting committee,
proposed, 86
- Economic clauses of peace treaties, discussions: Austrian, 367; Bulgarian, 282, 306, 325, 405–406, 463,
465, 469; German, 221–222, 285–286, 535,
582; Hungarian, 277, 278,
473; Turkish, 283–284, 310–311
- Mixed Arbitral Tribunal, establishment of, 582
- Property, rights, and interests, 585
- Supreme Economic Council, 26, 101, 102,
108, 109, 110, 167, 329–331, 352,
400, 420, 506, 656; coal committee, 307,
337, 349
- Ecuador, question of representation on commissions of Peace Conference,
531–532
- Edelman, Samuel, 236
- Editing Committee (to coordinate replies to Austrian notes), 372, 375, 380, 391, 392
- Elkus, Abram I., 118
- Embick, Stanley Dunbar, 375, 553, 626
- Emery, Mr., 372–373, 631
- English, M. J., 555
- Esthonia. See
Baltic states.
- Ethiopia, 15
- Ewell, J. E., 555
- Expatriation, principle of, 492
- Extradition treaty, U. S.–Germany, question of renewal, 285–286
- Extraterritoriality in Siam, U. S. attitude toward relinquishment of, 23
- Farabee, William C., facing
550
- Feisal, Emir, 325, 328, 427, 612
- Fenstermacher, Harvey, 399
- Ferreira, A. V., 269–270, 292
- Field, H. H., 242
- Financial questions (see also
Commission to Negotiate Peace: Financial arrangements):
- Financial clauses of peace treaties, discussions: Austrian, 258, 302,
453, 456; Bulgarian, 258, 282, 306,
466; German, 221–222; Hungarian, 258, 278–279, 363,
428, 429, 431, 473, 474; Turkish, 258, 423–424, 577
- Financial Commission, 86, 91–92, 95, 120, 127, 505,
524, 531–532
- Financial section of League of Nations, proposed, 89
- Financial situation of—
- U. S.–European financial arrangements, 347–348
- Finland: Aaland Islands, question of assignment to Finland, 578; Commission on Baltic Affairs, consideration
of Finnish questions, 147; food and economic
assistance, 82, 126,
241; frontiers, 327, 382, 383, 578; [Page 716] Japanese activities, 355;
recognition, 82, 87,
112, 255; war
materials, U. S., proposed sale to, 182
- Fiume. See under
Italy: Territorial
questions.
- Five, Council of. See
Foreign Ministers
and
Heads of Delegations
under
Councils.
- Foch, Marshal. See under
France.
- Food relief:
- Armenia, 79, 171–172, 264, 270
- Baltic states, 79, 126, 435
- Central European states (formerly Austria-Hungary):
- Arrangements with respect to individual states (see also
Railway transportation, infra): Austria, 61, 74, 75, 78;
Czechoslovakia, 96, 126, 521; Hungary, 136,
165–166, 259–260
- Railway transportation of food from Adriatic
area, control and operation by Relief Administration:
- French opposition to control of Czechoslovak
railways, 103
- Hoover proposal, 77,
101–103
- Italian obstruction and U. S. action concerning,
74, 77–78, 82, 97, 100–104;
British and French attitudes, 94, 97, 103
- Finland, 82, 126, 241
- Germany. See under
Germany.
- Hoover reports on general situation, 59, 61, 64, 77–79, 100–104, 259–260, 264,
332
- Poland, 78–79, 126
- Publicity for work of Relief Commission, decision in favor of,
150–151
- Russia, 126–127, 148, 154, 158,
332
- Forbes, C. S., 554
- Ford, Marjorie, 230
- Foreign Ministers, Council of, 163, 191, 236, 250, 266–267, 286–287, 667
- Fosdick, Raymond B., 390
- Foster, Reginald C., 111, 117–118, 132, 249, 258, 357
- Four, Council of. See
Councils: Four.
- Fourteen points, cited, 29, 30, 31, 76, 122, 205
- France (see also
Devastated regions
and
Press: French):
- Aggression, U. S. and British guarantee in the event
of, 124–125,
126, 130, 133, 600
- Albania, French desire for protectorate, 55
- Army:
- Action in Banat, 92, 96; in Jugoslavia, 65, 122; in Poland, 163;
in Ukraine, 153
- Attacks upon, in Fiume, 273
- Condition of, 511
- Withdrawal from Luxemburg, 521
- Briand, Aristide, 142–143
- Clemenceau: Attitude with respect to various matters, 25, 94, 105, 512–513, 521,
550; shooting of, 67, 69, 511, 512,
513
- Coal situation, 347
- Communications, U. S.–French relations concerning, 64–65, 388, 619–620, 624,
632
- Entertainment for American Commission, 82
- Financial situation, 347, 516–517, 518
- Foch, Marshal:
- Attitude toward armistice terms, 512; German peace treaty, 600; reparation, 511
- Disagreement with Clemenceau, 25
- Presence at Council of Ten, 125
- German attack on France, rumor of plot, 434–435
- Germany, French attitude toward dye and chemical works, 33, 166;
toward food relief, 94, 104–105, 109, 521
- Italy, relations with, 34, 55, 273
- Labor situation, 348
- League of Nations, proposals concerning, 89, 124–125
- Mandate for Constantinople, proposed, 262, 675; for Syria, 577
- Passport visas, French attitude, 5, 37, 50, 131
- Political conditions, 142–143
- Prisoners of war in France: German, 348, 410; Russian, 192
- Reparation, views on, 46, 52, 73, 94, 199, 202, 202–203, 211,
214, 284, 511, 586, 587
- Rhine, French claims regarding rights on river, 91; on left bank, 517
- Ships, French claims regarding, 284,
396, 586–587
- Treaties with Great Britian and United States regarding assistance
in event of German aggression against France, 124–125, 126, 130,
133, 600
- United States, relations with, 21, 26, 37, 64–65, 74, 92, 103, 105,
124–125,
126, 130, 133, 388, 600, 619–620, 623, 624,
673–674,
677–678,
698; French efforts to postpone
departure of American Commission from Paris, 673–674, 677–678, 680, 680–686, 687–689, 691–692, 693–695
- War costs, attitude, 36–37, 89
- Wilson, President: French attitude toward, 21, 92, 526–527; text of statement
upon leaving France, 605
- Francis, David R., 86
- Frary, Donald Page, 154
- Frazier, Arthur Hugh, 257, 552, 626
- Freedom of the seas, 623
- Fremont, J. C., 555, 556
- Fuller, Joseph V., 571, 575n
- Gaddis, Hugh L., 118
- Gade, John, 262
- Gale, Hoyt S., 237–238
- Galicia: Decisions concerning, 286–287, 380–381, 396–397, 433–434, 577, 658; efforts to halt Polish-Ukrainian hostilities
in, 28, 117, 130, 142, 148, 151, 153, 162, 167, 253; treaty
between Poland and Allied and Associated Powers concerning, proposed, 286–287, 380–381, 396–397, 433–434
- Garfield, James, 552
- Garver, Milton, 357, 379
- Gay, Edwin F., 89
- Geographical Committee, 175, 385, 394, 399
- Geographical Society, American, 7
- Geological Survey: Assignment of personnel to American Commission, 14; investigation of potash deposits in Germany,
237–238
- George, R. H., 293
- Georgian Republic, 5, 225, 384
- Germany:
- Armistice: Agreements, cited, 106,
106–107,
107, 512; certified copy, proposed request for, 477; economic negotiations at Luxemburg,
Dec. 23–25, 1918, 204; publicity concerning negotiations, 476–477;
terms of renewal, discussion, 38, 80–81
- Attack on France, rumored plot, 434–435
- Austria, question of union with, 87–88, 90, 513
- Blockade, 26/48, 105, 106, 107–108, 110
- Bolsheviks, relations with, 47, 89–90, 118, 151
- Cables, question of final disposition, 18, 33, 579
- Citizens in—
- America, question of return to Germany, 230, 327
- American-occupied zone on Rhine, 441–442
- Claims, U. S., 30–31, 32, 122–123
- Coal situation, 207–211, 260,
349–350
- Commercial affairs: British Chamber of Commerce, proposed
establishment of office at Cologne, 237;
dye and chemical industries, investigation by British, French, and
U. S. representatives, 33, 56–57, 161, 163,
166, 385; oil, reported British contract to supply, 444; potash deposits, investigation by U.
S. Geological Survey, 237–238; U. S. businessmen, facilities for
entry into Germany, 231, 443–444
- Commissions and committees concerning. See
Missions; Prisoners of
War: Committee; Rhineland: Commissions; Rhine River: Central
Rhine Commission; and
Treaty of peace: Commissions, infra.
- Diplomatic relations with Allies, question of resumption, 662
- Disarmament (see also
Treaty: Terms:
Disarmament, infra), 38, 95
- Food relief:
- Blockade, effect on, 105, 106, 107–108, 108–109, 110
- French attitude, 94, 104–105, 109, 521
- General discussions, 165–166, 521
- Merchant fleet, agreement for surrender to
Allies, and financial arrangements: Financial questions,
104–105, 105, 107, 108, 109–110; German attitude and
break-down of negotiations at Spa, 104–110; U. S.
proposals, 105, 108–110
- Payment for, proposal with respect to transport of
Haller’s army, 142
- Supply by way of Hamburg, 96
- U. S. citizens in Germany, 149
- Frontier and territorial questions (see also
Treaty: Terms:
Boundaries, infra), eastern frontier with Poland, 159, 198,
202, 205–211, 217, 218–219, 221,
260, 307–308, 350, 413,
415; question of U. S. or Allied
occupation, 207, 413, 415
- Kaiser. See
Wilhelm II, infra.
- League of Nations, question of admission of Germany, 123, 198,
203, 213–214, 215, 217,
219–220,
535
- Merchant fleet (see also under
Food relief, supra),
444, 448
- Missions (U. S.) to Germany (see also
Commissions, supra): Decisions by Commissioners with respect to, 132, 182,
536; Dresel, 138, 146–147, 153,
167, 170, 171, 503, 536; Dyar, 171, 196,
235, 247–248, 262, 295,
357; Gherardi, 46–49, 79, 93
- Political conditions, 46–48, 96, 444, 521,
676, 681
- Preliminary peace: Discussions concerning, 46, 80–82, 121, 513–514, 519, 533,
547–548;
proposed subjects to be dealt with, 504–505, 548
- Press, U. S., in Germany: Facilities for, 87, 98; question of
supervision over, 118, 127–128
- Prisoners of war:
- Agreement, U. S.–Germany (1918),
cited, 230
- Committees: Repatriation of Austrian, German, and
Hungarian Prisoners of War in Siberia, [Page 718]
332–333; Repatriation of Prisoners of War (German),
410, 581
- Esthonian, in Germany, 152
- German, in France, 348, 410; in Russia, 332–333, 441; in Silesia,
415; in United States, 230, 400
- Russian, in Germany, 48, 129, 140, 149, 154, 183
- Propaganda in U. S. army of occupation, 52–53
- Property in United States, question of disposition of, 30–31, 32, 585
- Reparation. See
Reparation: German.
- Rhineland:
- Allied occupation as guarantee of execution of German
peace treaty, 100, 198, 202, 211–216, 217, 219–220, 284; question of Germans convicted of crimes in
American zone, 441–442
- Coercive measures to force German signature of protocol
regarding Scapa Flow incident, 692, 695–696, 699–700
- Commissions: Interallied Rhineland Commission, 160, 167, 169, 171, 251, 252, 289, 290–291, 293, 295, 357, 385, 690; Interallied Rhineland High Commission
established by Rhineland convention, 351, 678–679, 690
- Rhineland convention, 351,
462, 463, 600
- Rhinish Republic, question of establishment, 512–513, 513
- Rhine River: Central Rhine Commission, 111, 218,
583; French claims, 91
- Scapa Flow incident, 285, 391, 677,
692, 695–696, 699–700
- Treaties, conventions, etc. (see
also
Food relief: Merchant
fleet agreement, supra, and
Treaty of peace, infra): Commercial treaties with United States, question
of negotiating, 88–89, 285–286; Kiaochow lease convention with China, 226; prisoner of war agreement with
United States, 230; secret treaty with
Japan and Russia, alleged, 169
- Treaty of peace with Allied and Associated Powers
(see also
Preliminary peace, supra):
- Boundary map, publication, 353
- Commissions and committees concerning: Committee to
coordinate interpretation and execution of treaty clauses
(Committee of Ambassadors), 653–654, 659–660, 664–665, 673; control commissions, 266, 285, 307–308, 374–375, 455, 581; Execution
of Clauses of Treaty with Germany, Committee on, 252, 309, 390, 399, 401, 459; list of
commissions to be appointed under treaty, 579–584; Materials of War Which May Be Demanded from
Germany, Committee on Specification of, 24–25; Military and
Naval Committee, Interallied, 63,
80; U. S. participation in,
question of, 266, 294, 307–310, 311–312, 374–375, 399, 401, 455, 653–654, 659–660, 664–665
- Counterproposals, German, consideration of, 190, 198–222, 235, 587–588
- Disapproval of terms by certain members of American
Commission, 179, 196, 568–569, 569–575, 643, 645–646; effect on German public opinion, 196
- Delays in work on treaty, complaints concerning and
efforts to remedy, 487, 507, 511, 512
- Draft outline of treaty, 532–535
- Drafting of treaty, 113, 131, 514, 532–535, 549–550
- German delegation, 289
- Language, official, 113, 150; proposal to check German
edition, 463, 468
- League of Nations Covenant, question of inclusion in text,
73, 99–100, 113, 121
- Publication, 160, 592–593
- Ratification, questions concerning (see
also
United States: Senate: German peace
treaty), 121, 327, 431–432, 463, 656, 664, 674, 682, 683, 685, 686, 688, 689, 692, 693–694, 699–700
- Separate treaty, possible signature by Latin American
countries, 531; by United
States, 130, 680
- Signature: China, refusal to sign, 368–369, 601–602; description of ceremony, 597–604; felicitations concerning, 605–606, 608–609, 612; preparations for, 245, 246; statement
by President Wilson on signature, 604–605
- Summary, preparation of, 160
- Terms, consideration of (see also
League of Nations: Covenant
and
Reparation: German):
- Boundaries and political clauses for
Europe (see also
Frontier, supra):
- Danzig, 157,
217, 219, 410–412, 513, 580
- Draft outline of questions to be settled,
533, 534–535
- Heligoland, 217,
533
- Prussia, East, 580
- Rhine. See
Rhineland
and
Rhine River, supra.
- Russia, 534
- Saar Basin, 217,
221, 579–580, 580, 581
- Schleswig, 250,
259, 265, 300, 580–581
- Financial and economic clauses, 221–222, 285–286, 535, 582
- Guarantees. See
Rhineland, supra.
- Labor, 240, 584
- Mandates, general clause proposed, 165
- Military, naval, and air, 4–5, 24–25, 63, 80–81, 88, 98, 99–100, 131, 213, 217–218, 512, 535, 581
- New states, recognition of, 534
- Ports, waterways and railways: Commissions
provided by treaty, 582–584;
Danube, 250, 534; draft outline of
questions to be settled, 534; Kehl Harbor, 218; Kiel Canal, 110–111, 121–122, 534, 583; Rhine, 91, 534, 583
- Possessions and interests of Germany outside
Europe (see also
China: Shantung): Draft outline of questions to be
settled, 534; German
East Africa, 300–301
- Religious enterprises, proposed guarantees, 163–164
- Responsibility for the war and penalties, 92, 93–94, 169, 535, 662
- Rhine. See
Rhineland
and
Rhine River, supra.
- War, termination of state of, 532, 533
- Troops in Baltic states, question of passage by sea to Libau, 89–90
- Ultimatums, Allied, effect in Germany, 444
- Union with Austria, question of, 87–88, 90, 513
- U. S. citizens in Germany, food relief by American Red Cross, 149
- U. S. consular officers, proposed dispatch to occupied Germany,
443
- Wilhelm II, former Kaiser: Publicity regarding
abdication, 477; question of guilt and
trial, 92, 93,
94, 114,
662; tribunal for trial of, 581
- Gersbach, C. J., 246–247
- Gherardi, Walter R., mission to Germany, 46–49, 79,
93
- Gibson, Hugh, 39, 63
- Gilbert, Ellie Normant, 294
- Gilchrist, Donald B., 246, 258, 323
- Gilchrist, Huntington, 75
- Gini, Alfred, 540, facing
550, 557
- Godson, William E. H., 441
- Gompers, Samuel, 37, 41, 56, 57,
69–71, 115–116, 126, 135–136, 240, 527, 528, 529, facing
550, 556
- Goodyear, A. G., 307, 337, 349, 351, 415, 433
- Gordon, George, 299, 345, 436, 626
- Gorfinkle, B. L., 328
- Gorrell, E. S., 326, 328
- Grant, U. S., III, 177, 289, 379, 553, 561, 626
- Grant-Smith, Ulysses, 259
- Graves, Commission on, 581
- Gray, Louis H., 241, 401, 627
- Grayson, Cary T., 552, 649, 651
- Great Britain:
- Arabia, expedition under T. E. Lawrence, 123
- Baltic states, military mission to (Gough’s), 232, 298–299, 418
- Churchill, Winston, 49, 67–68
- Clerk, Sir George, 445, 447, 449,
478
- Commercial affairs with Germany: Establishment of British Chamber
of Commerce at Cologne, proposed, 237;
investigation of German chemical works, 166; reported contract to supply Germany with oil, 444; reported interest in German dye
industry, 33
- Convention with—
- Belgium, relating to German East Africa, U. S. attitude,
300–301
- France, in event of aggression. See
France: Aggression.
- Grey, Viscount, appointment as special envoy to United States,
621–622,
630–631,
632–633,
634, 635, 636, 640–641
- Hungary, attitude of British military representative, 65
- Irish question, 234, 242, 621–622, 630–631, 676
- Labor situation, 621
- Lloyd George, David: Aid in French financial crisis, 517; arrangements to be in Paris, 516, 518,
518–519,
521, 529–530
- Mandates, question of: Armenia and Mesopotamia, 261, 576,
675; Palestine, 577
- Naval construction, policy concerning, 621, 622–623, 630–631, 676
- Political conditions, 53, 632–633
- Prince of Wales, visit to United States, 676
- Reparation, views on, 29, 31, 45–46, 52, 94, 199, 200, 202,
205, 216, 222, 586, 587
- Russia, policy toward, 5–6, 9–10, 67–68, 84, 97–98, 118, 331,
332, 403, 404, 675
- Termination of Conference, interest in, 469, 635, 642–643, 644, 644–645, 646–647, 686–687; departure of American Commission,
British interest in postponement, 686–687
- U. S.–British relations, memoranda concerning, 620–623, 630–631, 632–633, 640–641, 675–677
- Greece:
- Commission on Greek and Albanian Affairs, 86, 91, 251–252, 275, 304,
344, 524, 525; dissenting views of U.
S. representatives, 91, 525
- Interchange of peoples with Bulgaria, proposed, 362, 405
- Macedonian National Committee, 395
- Minorities, proposed treaty for protection of, 285, 585–586
- Occupation by Greek troops of Albania, Albanian protest concerning
possibility, 425; of Turkish
territories, 447–448; of Western Thrace, proposed, 425–426
- Territorial claims, 56, 91, 116, 193, 304,
331, 344, 365–366, 405, 408–409, 576, 577; U.
S. views regarding, 91, 525
- Tribute to President Wilson, and reply, 607–608
- Unredeemed Hellenes, message to American Commission, 272
- Greene, Jerome D., 41, 51, 58, 128, 542
- Greene, T. C., 295
- Greene, Warwick, 233, 237, 417, 449, 607; mission to Baltic
provinces, 112, 114,
119, 232, 256, 262, 263, 268, 271, 294, 295, 327, 350–351
- Grew, Joseph Clark, 266, 468, 495, 507, 538, facing
550, 553, 561, 610, 618, 626
- Grey, Viscount, 621–622, 630–631, 632–633, 634, 635, 636, 640–641
- Groth, Catherine D., 160, 353
- Guatemala, representation at Peace Conference, 19
- Gunbeck, W. S., 299
- Hale, Robert, 351
- Haller’s army, 112, 17, 142, 167, 181, 182
- Halstead, Albert, mission to Austria, 228–229, 236, 239, 240, 295, 315, 325, 353, 357, 358, 377
- Hanks, Stedman, 269
- Harbord, James G., American military mission to Armenia, 264, 312, 358, 359, 374, 377–378, 384, 386, 395, 447
- Harries, Gen., 132, 247–248
- Harris, George H., 445, 553
- Harris, Hayden B., 127, 132, 505, 555
- Harrison, Leland, 266, 495, 507, 538, facing
550, 553, 626, 660
- Hart, A. L., 499, 547, facing
550, 557
- Hart, John, 555
- Harvard University Library, loan of books to American Commission, 323
- Haskins, Charles H., 192, 229, 544, facing
550, 551, 552, 556
- Heck, Lewis, 40, 168, 170
- Hedjaz, Emir Feisal of, 325, 328, 427, 612
- Heligoland, 217, 533
- Helms, Birch, 538
- Henderson, Alexander I., 132
- Herron, George D., 26, 27, 35, 42,
87, 195, 395
- Hershey, Amos S., 196, 555
- Herter, Christian A., 244, 552
- Hildt, J. C., 538, facing
550, 554
- Holland. See
Netherlands.
- Hoover, Herbert: Duties and activities, 18,
58, 150–151, 325, 485, 506, facing
550, 556, 623; reports, 59, 61, 64, 77–79, 100–104, 259–262, 264, 307, 311, 330–331, 332, 337–338, 347–350
- Hornbeck, Stanley K., 256, 296, 355, 387, facing
550, 551, 552, 556, 607
- House, E. M.:
- Austrian treaty, question of signature, 617
- Efforts on behalf of French financial situation, 516–517, 518
- Fiume question, views on, 154–155, 156–157
- Mandate commission, work on, 300, 355, 617,
638, 639, 642, 648
- Memoranda for President Wilson: British–U. S.
relations, 620–623, 630–631, 632–633, 640–641; questions to be settled after
disposition of German and Austrian treaties, 575–587, 647; suggestions for President’s
speeches, 487–488, 509; tour of United
States by President, 637–638
- Resumption of duties as Commissioner, Sept.
14, 636, 638, 639, 640, 641–642, 643
- Return to United States, question of date, 633, 635, 636, 638,
639, 640, 641, 642, 644, 648, 648–649, 651
- Signing of Austrian and Bulgarian treaties, question of, 304, 464,
617
- Staff, 257, 537, 552, 561, 626,
638
- Wilson, President, reported break with, 635, 637
- Howe, Frederick C., 8, 27, 35, 61,
63, 66, 72
- Howe, George, 145, 263, 268, 326, 351, 354
- Huddle, J. Klahr, 449, 510, 511, facing
550, 553, 626
- Hudson, Manley O., 143, 233, 263, 326, 328, 356, 372, 379, 423, 475, 555
- Hughes, Charles Evans, 264
- Huguenin, C. W., 444
- Hungary (see also
Austria-Hungary):
- Allied military intervention, question of, 134–135, 312–314, 315, 317,
317–318,
319–322
- Blockade, 296, 313–314, 316, 348,
349, 353
- Bolsheviks and Bela Kun government, 65, 152, 187–188, 259–260, 312–322, 332, 348,
354, 374
- Claims of U. S. company, 189
- Coal situation, 316, 348
- Commissions and committees concerning (see
also
Missions, infra):
Boundary commissions, 234, 243; Committee on Repatriation of
Austrian, German, and Hungarian Prisoners of War in Siberia, 332–333;
Interallied Danube River Commission, 313, 313–314
- Danube shipping, question of control, 130, 143, 259–260, 281–282, 312–314, 322, 348,
349
- Food situation (see also
Food relief: Central
European states), 316, 318, 320,
348, 374
- Frontier questions with—
- Karolyi government, U. S. attitude toward proposed delegates from,
27, 34
- Missions to (see also
Commissions, supra): American, proposed, 161;
Coolidge mission, report to American Commissioners, 187–188;
Interallied Mission to Budapest (Bandholtz military mission), 389, 394,
417, 426, 435, 441, 442, 445, 680,
690; military mission of Lt. Col.
Vyx, 134
- Pogroms, rumored, 374
- Political situation, 134–135, 187–188, 259–260, 312–322, 325,
348–349,
373–374,
375, 379, 383, 429, 635, 647, 658
- Preliminary peace, question of, 513
- Press, 315, 319
- Prisoners of war: Hungarian prisoners in Siberia, 76, 332–333; peace treaty clauses, 279, 363,
473
- Recognition, question of, 313, 348, 647
- Treaty of peace with Allied and Associated Powers:
- Drafting, discussions concerning, 277–279, 363, 407, 410, 419–420, 428–431, 457, 458, 463, 469, 472, 472–474, 474–475, 479, 607
- Language of, 464
- Signature, 430, 644, 647, 652, 653, 658, 677
- Terms: Boundary and political (see
also
Frontier questions, supra), 277–279, 407, 419–420, 429, 457, 458, 472–473; economic, 277,
278, 473; financial, 258,
278–279, 363, 428, 429, 431, 473, 474; labor, 277;
League of Nations, 277, 472; military, naval, and air,
363, 473, 474; minorities,
279; ports, etc., 278, 280–282, 363, 473, 474; preamble,
472; prisoners of war, 279, 363, 473; religious
enterprises, 163–164; reparation, 258, 278–279, 363, 428, 429–430, 430–431, 457, 458, 473, 475, 662–663;
responsibility and penalties, 278, 473; rights and
interests outside Europe, 473
- U. S. participation, question of, 661, 692, 693, 695, 697, 698, 699, 700
- Hurley, Edward N., 485, 506, 547, facing
550, 556
- Hynes, John H., 435
- “Inquiry,” development into intelligence section of U. S. peace
commission, and functions as such, 485–486, 495, 496, 551–552, 565–566
- Irish question, 234, 242, 621–622, 630–631, 676
- Italy:
- Austrian property taken over, 164,
180
- Austro-Hungarian debt, question of Italian share, 465–466, 472, 474,
475, 476
- Departure from Peace Conference, discussions concerning, 163, 171
- Food supplies (see also
Food relief: Central
European states: Railway
transportation), 347
- France, relations with, 34, 55, 273
- Frontiers. See
Territorial questions, infra.
- Language, Italian, noninclusion as official language in German
peace treaty, 150
- Loan, U. S., discussions concerning, 345–347
- Mandates, question of: Adalia, 576;
Albania, 55, 423
- Orlando, Vittorio: Dissatisfaction with methods of procedure of
Council of Four, 137–138; objections to Wilson’s draft of
League of Nations Covenant 2–3, 3–4
- Press, questions concerning, 174, 194–195
- Territorial questions:
- Albania, 55, 185, 423, 663
- Fiume and Dalmatia:
- Commission of Inquiry on Fiume Incidents
(Summerall mission), 273, 290, 295, 377, 379;
Italian attitude, 396
- Controversy with Jugoslavia, 62, 72, 77, 91, 115, 122, 123, 140–141, 154–155, 156–157, 163, 167, 169, 174, 176, 273, 275, 276–277, 396, 404–405, 419–420, 425, 436, 437–439, 439, 446, 448, 455, 456, 577, 645, 647, 650, 651, 652, 653, 656, 663
- D’Annunzio, Gabriele, occupation of Fiume, 438
- Neutral zone, proposed U. S. delineation, 404
- Trieste, 2
- Tyrol, Austrian attitude, 188
- Jacquith, H. C., 270, 299
- Jadwin, Edgar, 256, 257, 273, 449
- James, Henry, 58, 146, 312
- James, Hubert E., 139
- James, R. B., 249
- Japan (see also
China: Shantung):
- Activities in Finland and Sweden, 355
- Felicitations to Emperor from President Wilson on signature of
German peace treaty, 605–606
- Racial equality: Proposed amendment to League Covenant, 129; resolution proposed to satisfy
Japanese demands, 158–159
- Shipping, enemy, Japanese claims, 586–587
- Transportation of delegation on U. S. ship, request for, 242
- Treaties:
- Secret agreements, alleged, with—
- China, 34
- Germany and Russia, 169
- Shantung and Pacific Islands, treaty with Entente (1917), 79
- Jefferson, Mark, 175, 185–186, 191, 544, facing
550, 551, 552, 556
- Jefferson, Theodore, 4, 14
- Jewish affairs:
- American Jewish Congress, 141
- Jewish Commonwealth in Palestine, reported statement by President
Wilson, 150, 155
- Pogroms: Hungary, 374;
Poland, Morgenthau mission to investigate, 195, 224, 232–233, 237, 243,
256, 257, 258, 266, 270, 289–290, 295, 295–296, 299–300, 378,
394; Roumania, 195
- Tribute of Zionist delegation to President Wilson, and reply, 607–608, 615
- U. S. interest in protection of Jewish minorities, 586
- Johnson, Douglas Wilson, 138, 248, 262, 263, 266, 401–402, 454–455, 470, facing
550, 551, 552, 556, 627
- Johnson, Homer, 237, 243, 257, 299
- Jones, C. H., 189
- Jones, D. C., 394
- Jones, William A., 354, 371
- Joy, Benjamin C., 65
- Jugoslavia (see also
Food relief: Central European
states; New states):
- Assignment of Serbian general, 162
- Austrian and Bulgarian treaties, Jugoslav attitude, 368–369, 370, 409–410
- Commissions concerning: Klagenfurt mission, 227–228, 269, 295,
466; Laibach, Commission on Issues
of, 123; Roumanian and Jugoslav Affairs,
Commission on, 251–252, 275, 280, 331,
467, 524; Spalato incident, proposed commission to investigate,
140–141
- Designation, question of proper form, 227
- French Army, action in, 65, 122
- Frontiers:
- Delineation of, 275, 277, 458, 467
- Disputes concerning—
- Albanian frontier, 577
- Banat: French Army action, 92, 96; U. S.
policy concerning, 6–7
- Carinthia (including Klagenfurt), 59–60, 64, 74, 88, 122, 172, 188, 226, 227–228, 269, 285, 446, 464, 466; mission to fix
armistice line (Klagenfurt mission), 227–228, 269, 295, 466
- Fiume and Dalmatia. See
under
Italy: Territorial questions.
- Tzaribrod, 444
- Minorities: Jugoslav protest against provision in Austrian treaty,
368, 369; treaty with Allied and Associated Powers, 285, 393,
585–586,
662
- Mission, Klagenfurt, 227–228, 269,
295, 466
- Montenegro, proposed incorporation of, 185
- Political activities, 50
- Reparation, 52
- Shipping, 65
- Supplies, shipment of (see also
Food relief: Central
European states), 393
- Tribute to President Wilson, and reply, 607–608, 615
- U. S. declaration regarding union of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes,
8, 17
- Kaiser. See
Germany: Wilhelm
II.
- Kalamatiano, Xenophon (U. S. citizen), U. S. efforts to secure release
from detention in Russia, 16, 20
- Kernan, Francis J., 22–23, 82, 114, 120, 142, 148, 159, 175, 542, facing
550, 555, 565
- Khachadoorian, H. H., 224–225, 226–227, 351
- Kiaochow. See
China: Shantung and
Kiaochow.
- Kiel Canal, 110–111, 121–122, 534, 583
- Kiely, Ralph, 177
- Kilpatrick, Emmett, 499, 541–542, facing
550, 557, 627
- King, David W., 137, 138, 231, 345
- King, Henry Churchill. See
King-Crane Commission.
- King-Crane Commission, 133–134, 140, 141, 145–146, 155, 164, 165, 170, 177, 189, 193, 195, 258–259, 295, 327, 344, 355, 358, 359, 389–390, 432–433, 607
- Kinsey, Hall, 189
- Kirk, A. C., 552
- Kirkpatrick, Sidney D., 189
- Klagenfurt mission, 227–228, 269, 295, 466
- Kloeber, Robert, 183, 499, 547, facing
550, 557
- Knapp H. S., 555, 626
- Knox, Philander, S. Res. 361, regarding U. S.
purposes at the Peace Conference, 489–490, 494
- Koritza, 425, 433,
525
- Kountze, de Lancey, 33, 554
- Krause, Sgt., 128–129
- Labor:
- American Federation of Labor representatives, hearing by American
Commissioners, 57, 69–71, 528–529
- Bolshevism, attitude of Shipyard Workers of Northwest, 56
- British situation, 621
- Commissions and committees: Commission on International Labor
Legislation, 69, 174, 524, 528, 529;
list of commissions to be appointed under German treaty, 584; Organizing Committee of the
International Labor Conference, 372
- Conference at Berne, International Socialist, 4, 69, 70, 115–116, 528–529
- French situation, 348
- Gompers, Samuel, 37, 41, 56, 57, 69–71, 115–116, 126,
135–136,
240, 527, 528, 529, facing
550, 556
- Labor clauses of Bulgarian, German, and Hungarian peace treaties,
discussions, 240, 277, 306, 584
- Permanent organization, proposed, 70,
529, 584
- Report of U. S. liaison officer, 527–529, 562
- Laibach incident, 77; Commission on Issues of,
123
- Lamb, A. R., facing
550, 554
- Lambing, Ross, 193, 195
- Lamont, Thomas William, 57, 67, 91–92, 120, 240, 505, 506, facing
550, 555
- Lane, Arthur B., 295
- Language, official, of Austrian peace treaty, 463, 464; Bulgarian peace treaty,
462–463, 464; German peace treaty, 113, 150, 463, 468; Hungarian peace treaty,
464; treaties with new states, 462–463, 464
- Lansing, Robert:
- Attitude toward progress of American Commission and Conference,
487, 548–549
- Draft declaration of principles for signature by Allied and
Associated Powers, 492
- Memorandum on subjects still to be settled, 607
- Message for American Commission, 698–699; for Clemenceau, 698
- Preliminary peace, views on, 46, 504–505, 547–548
- Return to United States: Arrangements for information, 610; plans for, 596–597, 606; statements to press on eve of
departure, 612–614
- Secret diplomacy, disapproval of, 549
- Staff, 537, 552, 561
- Treaty with Germany: Disapproval of final terms, 568–569;
efforts to obtain ratification, 596–597, 643;
suggestions for drafting, 549–550
- Visit to London, 569
- Latin American republics (see also individual
countries), representation on Economic and Financial Commissions, 127, 531–532
- Latvia. See
Baltic states.
- Lawrence, T. E., Arabian expedition, 123
- Lawton, John P., 299, 300
- League of Nations:
- Commissions and committees concerning: Commission in connection
with ports, waterways, and railways clauses relating to League of
Nations, proposed, 422–423; Commission on League of Nations,
524, 542, 611–612, 628, 629–630;
Committee on organization, 579
- Correspondence received by American Commission concerning,
question of disposition of, 113, 161
- Covenant, discussions concerning:
- Amendments, proposed, 2, 3–4, 123–125, 129, 133
- Austrian note concerning, 263
- Counterproposals, German, 198,
203, 217
- Disapproval of final form by certain members of American
Commission, 568–569, 573, 574
- Drafting procedure, 3, 7–8, 521
- Inclusion in Austrian, German, and Hungarian peace
treaties, 73, 99–100, 113, 121, 277, 304
- Interpretation of art. 7, 75
- Provisions of Covenant:
- Admission of Germany to League, 123, 198, 203, 213–214, 215, 217, 219–220, 535; of Russia, 123
- Armies, provision against conscription of, 2, 3–4
- Control of former territory of Austro-Hungary,
2
- Mandates, 124
- Monroe Doctrine, provision to safeguard, 133
- Racial equality, Japanese proposal, 129, 158–159
- Financial section, proposed, 89
- House, E. M., views regarding League, 622, 623, 633, 637–638
- Latin American countries, apprehensions concerning, 531
- Mandates. See
Mandates.
- Meeting of Assembly, question of time and place, 633
- Ports, waterways, and railways clauses relating to League of
Nations, questions concerning, 422–423
- Reservations, question of, 676–677
- Secretariat: Preparatory organization, 266–267, 267; request for Peace Conference
records, 390
- Turkey, proposal for control by League, 447
- U. S. public opinion, 94–95, 119, 121, 125,
309, 310, 489–490, 637–638, 676–677; attitude of Senate, 309, 310,
489–490,
676–677
- Leavitt, A. H., 554
- Leedy, Caleb A., Jr., 87, 324, 553
- Legge, Alexander, 555
- Lehrs, J. A., 119
- Leith, C. K, 486
- Liberian delegation to Peace Conference, decisions concerning, 17–18, 33, 33–34, 34, 41, 58
- Liberty Bonds, 125–126, 141, 507
- Lippmann, Walter, 70–71
- Liquidation Commission, American, 158, 243, 294, 298, 375–376
- Liquor traffic convention, 333–334, 474, 476, 578
- Lithuania. See
Baltic states.
- Lloyd George. See under
Great Britain.
- Loans, U. S.:
- Entente, question of repayment of U. S. loans, 623, 641
- Liberty loans, 125–126, 141,
507
- Proposed loan to Austria, 56, 61, 62; Baltic
states, 285; Czechoslovakia, 35–36; Italy,
345–347;
Liberia, 34, 41
- U. S. Treasury representatives, attitude of, 506–507
- Lobeck, A. K., 551
- Lodge, Henry Cabot (chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee), 512, 625, 627–628, 629–630
- London, treaty of: Cited, 27, 56; U. S. attitude toward, 50–51, 525
- Lord, Robert Howard, 15, 22–23, 28,
114, 175, 249, 256, 323, 416, 544, facing
550, 551, 552, 556, 571, 607
- Loree, R. F., 505
- Lunt, William Edward, 184, 186–187, 233, 544, facing
550, 552, 556
- Luxemburg, 23–24,
159, 521, 533
- Lybyer, Albert H., 177
- Lynch, Robert E., 148
- Macatee, Robert Berry, 449, 553, 626
- MacDowell, Charles, 555
- MacEachran, C. E., 615
- Macedonian National Committee, 395
- Magie, David W., 184, 185, 240–241, 244
- Mail service. See under
Communications.
- Mandates:
- Africa, 300–301, 578, 647, 662;
German East Africa, 300–301
- Albania, 55, 185, 423
- Commission on Colonial Mandates, 284,
300, 301, 355, 617, 638, 639, 642,
648
- League of Nations Covenant, provision concerning mandates, 124
- Turkey. See
Turkish territories: Mandates.
- Manly, John F., 193, 224
- Maps, 7, 183–184, 186, 191, 353, 552
- Marcou, Miss, 257
- Markievicz, Countess, 243
- Marshall, H. D., 256, 607, 627
- Martens, L. A., proposed deportation from United States, 234
- Martin, Andrew P., 555
- Martin, Lawrence, 234, 357, 358, 416
- Mashburn, Maynard, 186
- Mason, C. H., 504
- Masteller, Kenneth C., 386
- McAndrew, Gen., 269
- McCormick, Vance C., 13, 14–15, 22,
34, 240, 250, 485, 506, 547, facing
550, 555, 565
- McCoy, Frank R., 449
- McCrindle, J. Ronald, 400
- McCully, N. A., 355
- McFadden, George, 57, 67, 555
- Mcintosh, Kenneth, 540, facing
550, 553
- McKenna, Walter D., 387, facing
550, 554
- McKinstry, Charles H. (War Damages Board), 24,
240, 250, 400–401
- McLean, Allen D., 443, 446, 541, facing
550, 554, 626
- McNamee, L., 555
- McNeir, William, 263, 272, 503, 538, facing
550, 553, 610, 627
- McNerney, James J., 323
- Medal, Distinguished Service, 400, 417, 442
- Mercantile Trust Co., 122
- Merrill, J. N., 23
- Mesopotamia, 261, 576, 675
- Mexico, Minister from, 132
- Mezes, S. E., 95, 98, 184, 543,
facing
550, 552, 556, 565
- Miles, Sherman: Activities in connection with Carinthian boundary dispute,
10, 59–60, 74, 88, 122, 226, 227–228; assignment to Legation at Prague, 188–189; mission to
Montenegro, 185, 274–275; release from American
Commission, 271
- Military and Naval Committee, Interallied, 63,
80
- Military operations after signature of peace, plans for, 83–84
- Miller, David Hunter, 6, 7, 12, 88–89, 123–124, 173, 189, 542, facing
550, 554, 575
- Mills, Henry E., Jr., 65–66, 372, 385, 555
- Minorities, protection of (see also
New states: Conventions
and
Jewish affairs: Pogroms):
- Austrian treaty provisions, 302, 303, 368–369, 393
- Bulgarian treaty provisions, 282, 305, 325
- Committee on Protection of Minorities. See
New states: Committee.
- Czechoslovakia: Question of principle, 87; treaty with Allied and Associated Powers, 285, 393,
479, 585–586
- Greece, treaty with Allied and Associated Powers, 285, 585–586
- Hungarian treaty provisions, 279
- Jugoslavia, treaty with Allied and Associated Powers, 285, 393,
585–586,
662
- Poland, treaty with Allied and Associated Powers, 393, 585–586, 600
- Roumania. See
Roumania: Minorities.
- Statement of principles, 492
- Minot, Grafton Winthrop, 553
- Missionary and educational societies, peace treaty provisions concerning,
163–164
- Missions, field:
- Destination:
- Austria. See
Austria: Missions.
- Baltic states. See
Baltic states: Missions.
- Germany. See
Germany: Missions.
- Hungary. See
Hungary: Missions.
- Jugoslavia, Klagenfurt mission, 227–228, 269, 295, 466
- Montenegro, mission of Sherman Miles, 185, 274–275
- Poland. See
Poland: Missions.
- Roumania, mission of Sir George Clerk, 445, 447, 449, 478
- Russia. See
Russia: Missions.
- Turkey. See
Turkish territories: Commissions.
- General proposals and decisions concerning, 223, 292, 295, 327,
353, 357, 358, 359, 502–503, 530,
536, 566
- Monroe Doctrine, 133
- Montenegro:
- Commission to investigate, question of, 274–275
- Conditions in, 27, 54, 68, 111, 185, 442
- Mission of Sherman Miles, 185, 274–275
- Representative from: Appeal to President Wilson, 172; request for admission to Peace
Conference, 95
- U. S. and Allied troops, 4, 22, 68, 85
- U. S. attitude toward, 27, 68, 114–115
- Montgomery, George R., 168, 170
- Montgomery, Stuart, 243, 524, 525–526, 592
- Moon, P. T., 551, 556
- Moore, Benjamin, 552
- Moore, Benjamin Burgess, 224–225, 226–227
- Moran, W. H., 546
- Morgenthau, Henry, 264, 324; mission to investigate reported pogroms in Poland, 195, 224, 232–233, 237, 243, 256, 257, 258, 266, 270, 289–290, 295, 295–296, 299–300, 378, 394
- Morison, Samuel Eliot, 181, 184, 230–231, 235–236, 241, 571–572, 575n, 591
- Morris, Ira N., 144
- Moseley, P. H., 399, 554
- Murphy, John A., 238
- Nansen proposal for relief in Russia, 158
- Nash, W. E., 229
- National Fine Arts Committee, U. S., 97, 120
- Naval construction, British policy concerning, 621, 622–623, 630–631, 676
- Nelson, David T., 196
- Netherlands: Neutrality, breaches of, 39; passage across Dutch territory of Allied troops and supplies,
arrangements for, 11–12, 39, 46;
press, question of visit to western front, 247;
Scheldt River, proposed internationalization of, 413–414; U. S. military base of
supplies, proposed establishment at Rotterdam, 11–12; Treaties of 1839, proposed
revision, and Belgian-Dutch negotiations concerning, 288, 375, 393, 413–414, 433, 524, 534, 577, 652, 653, 664; Wilson, President,
invitation to, 39–40
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, treaty of. See
Bulgaria: Treaty of
peace.
- New states (see also
Czechoslovakia; Jugoslavia; Poland):
- Armament supplies, 284
- Committee on New States (Committee on Minorities), 279, 285,
305, 325, 339, 340, 372, 393
- Contributions to war costs by states acquiring former
Austro-Hungarian territory, 387–388, 454,
465–466,
472, 474, 475, 476
- Conventions with Allied and Associated Powers:
- Drafting, 285, 341–342, 363–364, 393, 469, 472, 585–586
- Language, 462–463, 464
- Recognition by Germany, proposed, 534
- Terms: Disarmament provision, 475; minorities, protection of, 368–369, 393, 479, 585–586, 662, 688, 692, 693, 695, 697, 698, 699, 700; ports,
railways, and waterways, 364
- U. S. signature, question of, 409
- United States, recommendations concerning bilateral treaties with,
37, 457,
458
- Newton, Whitney, Jr., 183, 228, 493, 499, 541, facing
550, 557
- Nielsen, Frederick K, 252, 388, 555, 627
- Noble, George B., 90, 180, 572, 575n
- Norris, E. E., 344
- Norris, Reginald, 359, 402
- Norway, question of sovereignty over Spitzbergen, 334–336, 364, 409, 578
- Notestein, Wallace, 544, facing
550
- Noyes, H. T., 252
- Noyes, Pierrepont B., 167, 169, 171, 230, 251, 252, 290–291, 293
- Olds, Robert E., 89, 129–130, 145
- Olney, S. B., facing
550, 557
- Open door policy, 75
- Opium, 18
- Orlando, Vittorio. See under
Italy.
- Osborn, W. H., 120
- Osborne, Lithgow, 129, 256, 269, 289, 345, 536, 554
- Oyster, Guy H., 135–136, 556
- Pacific Islands, secret agreement between Japan and Entente (1917) concerning, cited, 79
- Page, Thomas Nelson, 163, 171, 174
- Palen, Edward E., 556
- Palestine. See under
Turkish territories.
- Palmer, A. Mitchell, 32
- Panama:
- Delegation to Peace Conference: Hearing by American Commissioner,
arrangement, 33; question of U. S. Army
officer serving on, 51, 130, 136
- Representation on commissions of Conference, question of, 531–532
- Parade on July 14, preparations regarding, 262–263, 270, 291–292, 292, 293, 294
- Parker, Franklin E., 248
- Passports:
- Decisions of American Commissioners regarding issuance of
passports to families of members of Commission, 10–11, 192–193, 194, 247,
252, 273, 289, 345; representatives of Department of Agriculture, 21; representatives of other groups, 140, 238
- French refusal to visa passports to enter France, U. S. attitude,
5, 37, 50, 131
- Patchin, Philip H., 256, 256–257, 272, 493, 495, 503, 507, 538, facing
550, 553, 610
- Patrick, Mason N., 301, 326, 328
- Patterson, R. C., Jr., 291, 293, 483, 493, 497, 508, 540, facing
550, 557
- Paukstas, P. B., 92
- Paul, J. G. D., 256, 496, 554
- Peace treaties. See
Treaty of peace
under
Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, and
Turkey.
- Peacock, C. N., 186, 497, 557
- Peaslee, A. J., 499, 544, facing
550, 557
- Peirce, Hayford, 120, 376, 626
- Peirce, Walter, 439, 627
- Penalties. See
Responsibility of authors of the war.
- Pennie, John C., 555
- Perrin, Lester W., 36, 58, 245
- Peru, question of representation on commissions of Conference, 531–532
- Pettit, W. W., 128, 166
- Peyton, E. G., 499, facing
550, 557
- Phelps, Livingston, 27–28, 84, 99
- Photographs and portraits, 33, 66, 79, 82, 97, 120–121, 184, 241, 246
- Picard, A. L., 385
- Plaque, commemorative, 402
- Plebiscites, proposed (see also
Commissions: Plebiscite): Bessarabia, 341, 382–383; Danzig, 219; Fiume, 446;
Galicia, 380, 381,
397; Luxemburg, 159; Prussia, East, 580; Russian
territories, former, 382–383; Saar Basin, 221, 580; Schleswig, 250,
259, 265, 300, 580–581; Silesia, 206–207, 218, 307, 308, 415; Teschen, 337, 673, 679, 690; Thrace,
342; Vorarlberg, 188
- Plenary sessions of Conference, discussions concerning admittance to, 167, 176, 246, 420–421, 598
- Pogroms. See under
Jewish affairs.
- Poland (see also
Danzig; New states):
- Coal situation, 207–211, 260,
307, 337, 338, 349–350, 392, 413
- Commissions concerning (see
also
Missions
infra): Coal committee of Supreme Economic
Council, 307, 337, 349; Commission on
Polish Affairs, 130, 141, 206,
369, 380–382, 392, 396–397, 524,
525–526;
frontier commission, [Page 727]
580; Interallied Teschen Commission,
16–17,
123, 141, 145, 263, 268, 286, 295,
326, 351, 449; Interallied Teschen
Plebiscite Commission, 307, 673, 679,
690
- Hearing by Council of Four, Polish desire for minutes of, 268
- Food relief, 78–79, 126
- Missions (see also
Commissions, supra):
- Interallied Mission to Poland, 22–23, 28, 54,
82, 86, 98–99, 112, 114, 118, 120, 132, 142, 148, 159, 542; Subcommission at Posen, 159, 168, 385
- Investigation of economic and financial situation,
proposed, 127, 132
- Morgenthau mission, 195, 224, 232–233, 237, 243, 256, 257, 258, 266, 270, 289–290, 295, 295–296, 299–300, 378, 394
- Pogroms, reports of, and Morgenthau mission to investigate, 195, 224,
232–233,
237, 243, 256, 257, 258, 266, 270,
289–290,
295, 295–296, 299–300, 378, 394
- Recognition, 79, 255
- Red Cross, American, activities, 145
- Reports on, 111, 117–118, 371
- Supplies and other assistance, 117,
145, 284, 443, 445
- Territorial dispute with—
- Czechoslovakia: Coal arrangements, 307, 337, 349; frontier in Teschen area,
123, 152–153, 163, 172, 263, 271, 286, 336–338, 351, 369–370, 381, 392, 396, 413, 456, 577; Interallied Teschen
Commission, 16–17, 123, 141, 145, 263, 268, 286, 295, 326, 351, 449; Interallied Teschen Plebiscite Commission,
307, 673, 679, 690
- Germany, frontier in—
- Posen, 159, 168, 385
- Silesia, 198, 202, 205–211, 217, 218–219, 221, 260, 284, 307–308, 337, 350, 413, 415;
question of U. S. or Allied occupation, 207, 413, 415
- Lithuania, 287, 288, 383, 577
- Russia, 287–288, 339, 381–382, 383, 577
- Ukraine, frontier in Galicia, 28, 117, 130, 142, 148, 151, 153, 162, 167, 253, 380–381, 396–397, 577, 658
- Treaties with Allied and Associated Powers;
General, 341–342, 393, 585–586, 600; regarding Galicia, proposed, 286–287, 380–381, 396–397, 433–434
- Troops in France (General Haller’s army), arrangements for return,
112, 117, 142, 181, 182; possible use
against Ukrainians, 167
- Typhus epidemic, 145
- Unemployment, proposal concerning, 118
- U. S. diplomatic agent, question of dispatch to, 39, 63, 134, 231
- War materials, U. S., proposed sale to, 117, 127, 158
- Political Clauses for Europe (Austrian treaty), Commission on, 341–342, 362–363, 363–364, 380, 477–478
- Polk, Frank L.:
- Appointment as Commissioner to succeed Secretary Lansing, 324, 328,
471, 596–597, 606, 611,
615, 616–617, 618, 619;
text of full powers, 616–617
- Return to United States: Date, question of, 656, 657–658, 659,
660, 665, 666, 669, 673–674, 679,
683–686,
688, 689, 695, 700; list of questions to be settled before departure,
662–664
- Staff, 615, 626
- Status as head of delegation, 639,
640
- Poole, Dewitt C., 179, 259, 302
- Portraits and photographs of American Commission, 33, 66, 79,
82, 97, 120–121, 184, 241, 246
- Ports, waterways, and railways:
- Austrian peace treaty provisions concerning, 274, 281, 302, 302–303, 303,
367–368
- Bulgarian treaty clauses, preparation, 280–282, 306, 325,
328, 392, 465, 469
- Commissions concerning:
- Danube River commissions, 281,
313, 313–314, 534, 582–583
- International Regime of Ports, Waterways and Railways,
Commission on: Activities of, 91,
110–111, 121, 303, 306, 325, 328, 368, 465, 474, 524; membership, 6,
12, 18, 326, 379, 475, 537
- International Rhine Commission, proposed, 111, 218, 583
- List of commissions provided for in German treaty, 582–584
- Proposed commission in connection with clauses relating to
League of Nations, 422–423
- Convention, proposed, 583
- Danube River: Distribution of river craft, 250, 260–261, 679;
German peace treaty provision concerning, 250; commissions, 218, 313, 313–314, 534,
582–583;
shipping, question of control, 130, 143, 259–260, 281–282, 312–314, 322,
348, 349
- German peace treaty provisions. See
Germany: Treaty:
Terms: Ports,
etc.
- Hungarian peace treaty provisions concerning, 278, 280–282, 363,
473, 474
- League of Nations, questions concerning ports, waterways, and
railways, 422–423
- New states, question of provisions in treaties with, 364
- Railway conditions in Central Europe, 102–103; transportation for
repatriating prisoners of war, 410
- Railway material, questions concerning, 412–413
- Rhine River. See under
Germany.
- Scheldt River, proposed internationalization, 413–414
- Pottle, Emory, 314, 496
- Press:
- American: Admission to Conference, question of, 421, 490–491, 494;
Committee on Public Information, 14, 174, 228,
233, 244–245, 267, 273,
325–326,
328–329,
372–373,
589–590,
617–618,
619–620,
624, 625, 631; communication
facilities, 87, 98, 402, 589, 620,
624, 628–629, 631, 636;
entertainment, 232; French
discrimination against, 26; leakages and
breaches of faith, 38, 60–61; parade
accommodations, 292; press bureau of
American Commission, 244, 324, 326,
425, 435–436, 510; U. S. supervision over American
correspondents in enemy states, question of, 118, 127–128
- British correspondent, views concerning, 6, 9–10, 10
- French: Attitude toward President Wilson and United
States, 21, 92, 526–527, 550; Secretary Lansing’s
statement to, 614; U. S. Department of
State, requests for reports concerning French press, 517–518, 537
- Hungarian, 315, 319
- Italian, 174, 194–195
- Leakages and breaches of faith, 38,
60–61,
111, 508–509, 641–642, 643
- Netherlands newspapermen, question of visit to front, 247
- Prince’s Island (Prinkipo) Conference. See under
Russia.
- Prisoners of war (see also under
Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Russia, and
United States):
- Bulgarian treaty provisions, 282, 305, 469,
471
- Commissions: Commission on Prisoners of War, 350, 356;
Committee on Repatriation of German, Austrian, and Hungarian
Prisoners of War in Siberia, 332–333; Committee on Repatriation of
Prisoners of War (German), 410, 581
- Prohibition, 68
- Propaganda, 52, 137, 268
- Property, rights, and interests: Austro-Hungarian property taken over by
Italy, 164, 180;
enemy property in United States, question of disposition of, 30–31, 32, 76, 514, 585; questions
to be settled after signature of peace, 585
- Prussia East, 580
- Public Information, Committee on, 14, 174, 228, 233, 244–245, 267, 273, 325–326, 328–329, 372–373, 580–590, 617–618, 619–620, 624, 625, 631
- Publicity, desirability of, 490–491, 494, 507
- Putnam, Herbert, 191, 297
- Racial equality, provision in League of Nations Covenant, proposed, 129; resolution, proposed, 158–159
- Radio communication, 146
- Railways. See
Ports, waterways, and railways.
- Ransome, Arthur, 6, 9–10, 10
- Rathbone, Albert, 652, 653
- Recognition questions: Baltic states, 40;
Finland, 82, 87, 112, 255; Georgian
Republic, 225, 384;
Hungary, 313, 348,
647; Poland, 79,
255; Roumanian Minister in United States,
50; Russia, 230–231, 255; Ukraine, 255
- Red Cross:
- Activities of: American, 76, 85–86, 126, 129–130, 145,
149, 154, 167, 176, 178; Austrian, 3, 76, 183, 350;
Danish, 62, 154; Hungarian, 76
- Liaison with American Commission, 68,
76, 89
- Reeves, John W., 437–439
- Reisler, Simon, 289
- Relief. See
Food relief.
- Religious enterprises, protection of, 163–164
- Religious freedom (see also
Jewish affairs), 381
- Reparation:
- Austrian reparation, 258, 302, 353–354, 453,
456
- Bulgarian reparation: British views, 305–306; discussions
concerning drafting, 282, 305–306, 458, 464,
466, 471
- Commissions and committees concerning:
- Commission on Reparation of Damages, 29–32, 41, 45–46, 51–52,
57, 58, 90, 94, 285, 505, 524, 527
- Committee on Organization of Reparation Commission, 349, 385, 399, 431, 441
- Committee on Reparation Clauses in Treaties With Austria,
Hungary, and Bulgaria, 282, 353–354, 412, 429, 429–430, 431, 432, 457, 458
- Reparation Commission (see also
under
German reparation: Terms, infra), 353–354, 464, 471
- Contributions toward war costs by states acquiring former
Austro-Hungarian territory, 387–388, 454,
465–466,
472, 474, 475, 476
- German reparation:
- Alien Property Custodian (U. S.) question of disposition
of funds, 30–31, 32, 514
- Allocation of agricultural machinery to Belgium and
France, French proposal concerning, 41
- Coal, demands on behalf of France and Italy, 349
- Counterproposals, German, consideration of, 198–205, 216–217, 219, 222
- Definition, discussion of, 29–32, 51–52
- Shipping, disposition of, 85,
201, 202, 361, 390–391, 396, 448, 578, 586–587, 663
- Terms, discussions concerning—
- Army of occupation costs, 211–214, 220
- Fixed sum, possibility of establishing, 198, 190–202, 203, 204, 204–205, 216, 217;
German offer, 201–202
- Pensions, 205
- Reparation Commission, functions of, 198–199, 201, 204, 205, 330, 431–432, 581
- Restoration of devastated areas, 199–200
- Return of objects and works of art, proposed, 535
- Scapa Flow, question of reparation for German
ships sunk, 285, 677, 692, 695–696, 699
- Views of—
- Belgium, 46, 51, 52
- France, 46, 52, 73, 94, 199, 202, 202–203, 211, 214, 284, 511, 586, 587
- Great Britain, 29, 31, 45–46, 52, 94, 199, 200, 202, 205, 216, 222, 586, 587
- Jugoslavia, 52
- United States, 29–32, 45–46, 51–52, 73, 198–205, 211–212, 216, 219, 221, 222, 513–514, 586–587, 677, 692
- Hungarian reparation, drafting of clauses, 258, 278–279, 363,
428, 429–430, 430–431, 457, 458,
473, 475, 662–663
- Roumania, liability of, and question of requisitions in Hungary,
387–388,
428, 429, 429–430
- Turkish reparation, 258
- Responsibility of authors of the war and enforcement of
penalties (see also
Germany: Wilhelm II):
Bulgarian treaty provisions, 280, 305, 465; Commission
on, 6, 12, 92, 93–94, 465, 524, 537, 542; German peace treaty provisions, 92, 93–94, 169, 535, 662; Hungarian
treaty provisions 278, 473
- Rhine. See under
Germany.
- Rice, John H., 233, 296
- Rigby, William C., 162
- Riggs, E. Francis: Delay in trip to Archangel, 180; military mission to fix armistice line in Carinthia
(Klagenfurt mission), 227–228, 269, 295, 466; mission to Southern Russia,
137, 144, 162, 189–190, 193, 224–225, 226–227, 295, 357, 359, 503, 536
- Rivers. See
Ports, waterways, and railways.
- Robineau, S. P., 138
- Robinson, Henry M., 529, 556
- Rogers, Walter S., 590, 618
- Roosevelt, Nicholas, 134–135
- Root, Elihu, attitude toward policy of Conference, 588–589
- Roumania:
- Bolshevism, 139
- Clerk, Sir George, mission to Roumania, 445, 447, 449, 478
- Commission on Roumanian and Jugoslav Affairs, 251–252, 275, 280,
331, 467, 524
- Delegates, conversation with Commissioner, 440–441
- Felicitations from King Ferdinand to President Wilson on signature
of German peace treaty, 608–609
- Financial assistance, question of, 152, 373
- Frontier and territorial questions:
- Banat, 6–7, 92, 96
- Bessarabia, question of annexation, 339–341, 365, 382–383, 406, 408, 444–445, 470, 664
- Bukovina, 365, 368
- Conflict with Hungary: Mission of Sir George
Clerk, 445, 447, 449, 478; reports on
situation, 134–135, 332, 363, 373–374, 375, 389, 393, 436, 447, 468, 647; Roumanian
requisitions in Hungary and actions of Supreme Council with
regard to, 373, 387–388, 424–425, 429–430, 441, 475, 478, 645; U. S. policy, 122, 134–135, 379, 478, 635, 652, 653, 656, 664, 677
- Dobrudja, 280, 281, 405, 406, 407, 408, 426, 470, 576, 577, 664
- Transylvania, 406–407
- Minorities, protection of, 339, 340, 393, 585–586; treaty with Allied and Associated
Powers, 285, 406–407, [Page 730]
585–586,
662, 688, 692, 693, 695, 697, 698,
699, 700
- Pogroms, alleged, 195
- Political situation, 373
- Reparations, question of liability and effect of requisitioning in
Hungary, 387–388, 428, 429, 429–430
- U. S. recognition of Minister to United States, 50
- Russell, Charles Edward, 4
- Russell, Charles H., 269, 435, 626
- Russia (see also
Ukraine):
- Allied troops in Russia, questions concerning, 9, 10, 44–45, 49, 67–68, 75, 83, 84, 86–87, 97–98, 143, 159, 284, 331–332, 354,
355, 403–404, 666
- Blockade, 466
- Bolsheviks (see also
Prince’s Island Conference, infra):
- Armistice with, question of, 21
- Atrocities by, reported, 62
- Germany, relations with, 89–90, 118, 151; cooperation with Germans in Lithuania,
alleged, 118
- Military situation, 137
- Troops in Baltic area, 33
- British policy, 5–6, 9–10, 67–68, 84, 97–98, 118, 331, 332, 404,
675
- Circassian Republic, 5, 69
- Czechoslovak troops in Siberia, 284,
331–332,
354, 355
- Delegates from, hearing by American Commissioners, 69, 111–112, 389
- Federalization of Russia, proposed, 253–255
- Food relief and supplies, 126–127, 128,
148, 154, 158, 160–161, 164, 332,
400, 550
- Frontier and territorial questions: Bessarabia, question of
annexation to Roumania, 339–341, 365,
382–383,
406, 408; 444–445, 470, 664; Finland, 382, 383, 578; Poland, 287–288, 339, 381–382, 383,
577; states formed out of former
Russian territory, question of frontiers, 371, 382–383, 577–578, 607
- Georgian Republic, status of, 5, 225, 384
- German treaty, proposed inclusion of articles relating to Russia,
534
- League of Nations, question of Russian participation, 123
- Missions, American: Bullitt’s, 70, 74, 125, 128–129, 148; Riggs’ mission to Southern Russia,
137, 144, 162, 189–190, 193, 224–225, 226–227, 295,
357, 359, 503, 536
- Prince’s Island (Prinkipo) Conference, proposed, 5–6, 9–10, 14, 20, 27–28, 32–33, 35, 36, 42, 84–85, 87;
Esthonian reservation concerning, 40
- Prisoners of war: American, in Russia, 166; Austrian, in Siberia, 3,
76, 183,
332–333,
350; Committee on Repatriation of
German, Austrian, and Hungarian Prisoners of War in Siberia, 332–333;
German, in Russia, 332–333, 441;
Hungarian, in Siberia, 76, 332; Red Cross activities in Siberia,
3, 76, 154, 176,
178, 183; Russian, in Germany and France, 48, 129, 140, 149,
154, 183, 192
- Recognition, questions concerning, 230–231, 255, 384
- Red Cross, American, activities in, 129–130, 145
- Reports on situation, and decisions respecting, 111–112, 115, 144,
149, 179, 180, 259, 302, 355, 395
- Russian Division of American Commission, 256, 607
- Shackleton concessions, 118, 164
- Treaty with Germany and Japan, alleged, 169
- Typhus epidemic, 145
- Union of Archangel and Omsk governments, proposed, 153–154
- U. S. citizens detained in Russia, 16,
20, 173
- U. S. diplomatic and consular representatives, withdrawal, 403–404
- U. S. policy, 43–45, 49, 62, 67–68, 128, 144, 153–154, 160–161, 165,
225, 255, 263–264, 266, 336, 352,
365, 455, 647, 663–664; disapproval by
certain members of American Commission, 235–236, 573, 591,
592
- War material, U. S., proposed sale to anti-Bolshevik forces, 164, 294,
298, 375–376, 377
- Saar Basin, 217, 221, 579–580, 580, 581
- Sabine-Pasley, Cora B., 181
- Salaries. See under
Commission to Negotiate Peace: Personnel.
- Sanborn, E. L., 114
- Sargent, John Singer, 97, 120
- Scapa Flow, 285, 391, 677, 692, 695–696, 699
- Schleswig: Commissions, 250,
259, 265, 300, 580–581; German state property, 285
- Schofield, F. H., 555
- Schumacher, Frederick, 93
- Scott, James Brown, 6, 11, 12, 113, 131, 391–392, 453, 542, facing
550, 554, 606, 626, 627, 660
- Scott, T. W., 498
- Scovell, David W., 500, 541, facing
550, 557
- Secret agreements, U. S. attitude, 50–51 Secret diplomacy, Secretary Lansing’s views,
548–549
- Self-determination, principle of, 76, 88, 255, 513
- Senate (U. S.). See under
United States.
- Serbia. See
Jugoslavia.
- Serres, Raoul de, 289
- Seymour, Charles, 16, 185–186, 192, 234, 239, 252, 543, facing
550, 551, 552, 556
- Shackleton concessions, 118, 164
- Shantung. See under
China.
- Shaw, G. Howland, 615, 626
- Sheldon, L. C., 555
- Shepardson, Whitney H., 257, 266–267, 267, 552
- Shepley, H. R., 498
- Shipping: Allied Maritime Council, 117; enemy
shipping, disposition of, 85, 164, 201, 202, 361, 390–391, 396, 448, 578, 582, 586–587; Jugoslav
shipping, 65
- Shipping Board, U. S., 9, 547, 567
- Shotwell, James T., 174, 191, 191–192, 194, 225, 246, 247, 529, 544, facing
550, 552, 556
- Siam: Enemy shipping, question of disposition of, 586–587; hearing of delegate by
American Commissioner, 90–91; U. S. attitude toward proposed relinquishment of
extraterritoriality, 19–20, 23
- Siberia. See
Russia.
- Silesia, 206–210,
217, 218–219, 221, 260, 284, 307–308, 337, 349, 350, 377, 413, 415
- Sims, Joseph P., 543
- Sisson, Edgar G., 80
- Skinner, S. A., 224
- Sladen, Fred W., 265, 300, 449
- Smith, James Hopkins, Jr., 256–257, 269, 553
- Smith, Jeremiah, 505, 555
- Smith, S. Y., 496, 554, 627
- Smith, Thomas J., 324
- Smyrna. See under
Turkish territories: Asia
Minor.
- Socialist Conference at Berne, International, 4,
69, 70, 115–116, 528–529
- Solbert, Oscar, 259, 265
- Sons of the American Revolution, 57
- Southard, Addison (Consul), investigation in Ethiopia, 15
- Sovereignty, U. S., possible infringement by German peace treaty, 99–100
- Spain: Desire for representation on organizing committee for international
labor conference, 225; inquiry regarding League
Covenant, 75; proposed sale of U. S. war material
to, 158
- Spalato incident, 140–141
- Spitzbergen, 334–336, 364, 409, 578
- St. Germain, treaty of. See
Austria: Treaty of
peace.
- Stabler, Jordan Herbert, 67, 90, 127, 553
- Steering Committee of American Commission, 265–266, 273–274, 306, 324–325, 453–479, 618–619, 626; minutes of meetings, July 1–Sept. 4, 453–479
- Stefaniak, G. C., 299
- Steinberg, James, 190
- Stettinius, Edward R., views on loan to Italy, 345–347
- Stewart, Ethelbert, 372
- Stonestreet, A. H., 327
- Storck, John, 556, 569–570, 575n
- Stratton, Charles G., 185–186
- Strauss, Albert, 56, 505, 506, facing
550
- Strauss, Lewis, 556
- Submarines, question of abolition, 579
- Summerall, C. P., mission of inquiry on Fiume incidents, 273, 290, 295, 377, 379
- Summers, Leland L., 555
- Supreme Councils. See under
Councils.
- Suter, Herman, 326, 589, 590, 624, 631
- Sweden, 355, 578
- Sweet, Richard C., 552
- Sweetser, Arthur, 7, 21, 37, 118, 140, 160, 244, 271, 324, 326, 510, 554, 562
- Swift, Linton B., 193, 195
- Switzerland, desire of Vorarlberg for union with, 188
- Sykes–Picot Agreement, U. S. attitude toward, 50–51
- Syria, See under
Turkish territories.
- Talley, Mr., 38, 60–61
- Taussig, Frank William, 88–89, 555
- Taylor, Katherine, 196
- Telephone, telegraph, etc. See under
Communications.
- Temperance and Social Service Commission, 68
- Ten, Council of. See
Councils: Ten.
- Teschen. See
Poland: Territorial dispute
with Czechoslovakia.
- Thayer, W. W., 194, 223
- Thomas, Thomas Head, 146
- Thrace, 279, 304,
331, 342–344, 361, 362, 365–366, 386, 392, 408–409, 425–426, 460, 469, 471, 576, 634, 662
- Tientsin, 302, 303
- Toren, Paul O., 177, 193, 195
- Tower, Walter S., 486
- Transylvania, 406–407
- Treaties, conventions, etc. (see also
Commercial treaties):
- Aerial navigation convention, 301,
307, 467–468
- Aggression, U. S. and British guarantees to France in event of,
124–125,
126, 130, 133, 600
- Algeciras, Act of, proposed revision, 75
- Arms traffic convention, 233, 296, 333–334, 467,
474, 476, 534, 578 Berlin and Brussels, General Acts of, revision, 474, 476,
534, 578
- China. See
China: Treaties.
- Czechoslovakia, treaty with Allied and Associated Powers, 285, 393,
479, 585–586
- Galicia, proposed treaty concerning, 286–287, 380–381, 396–397, 433–434
- Germany. See
Germany: Treaties.
- Greece, proposed treaty for protection of minorities, 285, 585–586
- Japan. See
Japan: Treaties.
- Jugoslavia, treaty with Allied and Associated Powers, 285, 393,
585–586,
662
- Liquor traffic convention, 333–334, 474,
476, 578
- London, Treaty of: Cited, 27, 56; U. S. attitude, 50–51, 525
- Minorities treaties. See
New states: Conventions.
- New states, conventions concerning. See
New states: Conventions.
- Peace treaties. See
Treaty of peace
under
Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, and
Turkey.
- Poland. See
Poland: Treaties.
- Prisoners of war agreement, U. S.-Germany (1918), cited, 230
- Rhineland Convention, 351, 462, 463,
600
- Roumania, treaty with Allied and Associated Powers, 285, 406–407, 585–586, 662,
688, 692, 693, 695, 697, 698, 699,
700
- Sykes-Picot Agreement, U. S. attitude, 50–51
- Treaties of 1839, proposed revision, and
Belgian-Dutch negotiations concerning, 288, 375, 393, 413–414, 433,
524, 534, 577, 652, 653, 664
- Turkey. See
Turkey: Treaties.
- Tredwell, Roger, 16, 20, 173
- Tree, Ronald, 13, 68
- Trianon, treaty of. See
Hungary: Treaty of
peace.
- Trigg, Lilburns, 238
- Troops. See
U. S. and Allied troops.
- Turkey (see also
Turkish territories):
- Blockade, 448
- Bolshevism, reported threat of, 143,
447
- Capitulations, U. S. attitude, 68–69, 74, 283–284, 310–311
- Delegation, U. S. position regarding, 230
- German peace treaty, proposed inclusion of articles relating to
Turkey, 534
- League of Nations, proposed control over Turkey, 447
- Non-Moslems, report concerning, 114
- Preliminary peace, question of, 513
- Treaties (see also
Treaty of peace, infra), U. S.-Turkish treaties of 1830 and 1862, cited, 310–311
- Treaty of peace with Allied and Associated Powers:
- Drafting, discussions concerning, 283–284, 297, 306–307, 423–424, 454, 464
- Postponement, question of, 306, 447–448, 607, 633, 641, 644, 647, 648, 664, 675
- Terms, discussions concerning:
- Aerial navigation, 307
- Boundary and political. See
Turkish
territories.
- Economic, 283–284, 310–311
- Financial, 258, 423–424, 577
- Military, naval, and air, 307, 586
- Religious enterprises, proposed guarantees, 163–164
- Reparation, 258
- U. S. participation in drafting and signature, question
of, 241, 265, 297, 310–311, 338–339, 424, 454, 464, 607, 609, 616, 618, 661, 675–676
- U. S. Commissioner at Constantinople, questions with respect to,
40, 65,
118, 168, 170, 174
- U. S. consular officers, questions concerning, 87, 229
- Turkish territories (see also
Turkey):
- Anglo-French declaration of Nov. 25, 1918,
76
- Arabia: British expedition under T. E. Lawrence, 123; Hedjaz (Emir Feisal), 325, 328,
427, 612
- Asia Minor (including Dodecanese Islands):
- Adalia, 576
- Anatolia, 447–448, 525
- Armenia: American Committee for Armenian and Syrian
Relief, 171–172; American military mission to
Armenia (Harbord mission), 264,
312, 358, 359, 374, 377–378, 384, 386, 395, 447; food relief, 79, 171–172, 264, 270; mandate, question of, 261, 264, 447, 576; reports concerning, 264, 270, 384; territorial questions, 116, 284, 576; tribute to
President Wilson, and reply, 607–608, 615
- Greek claims, 56, 91, 116, 193, 525, 576
- Mesopotamia, question of mandate for, 261, 576, 675
- Reports concerning, 271–272, 388, 447–448
- Smyrna: Commission on Issues of, 384; question of Greek control, 448, 576, 675; reports
concerning, 447, 448; zone of occupation, 293
- Commissions and committees concerning: American Committee for
Armenian and Syrian Relief, 171–172; American military mission to Armenia
(Harbord mission), 264, 312, 358,
359, 374, 377–378, 384, 386, 395,
447; American, proposed, 8, 27, 35, 61, 63, 63–64, 66–67, 72, 77, 79, 99, 116–117, [Page 733]
120, 128,
133–134,
137, 140, 155, 503; Interallied Commission on Mandates in Turkey
(American section known as King-Crane Commission), 133–134, 140, 141,
145–146,
155, 164, 165, 170, 177, 189, 193,
195, 258–259, 295, 327,
344, 355, 358, 359, 389–390, 432–433, 607;
Interallied Commission to Syria, proposed, 76–77; Smyrna, Commission on
Issues of, 384
- Constantinople: Boundaries, 342–344, 576;
Greek claim, 56; question of mandate,
261–262,
283, 343, 576, 634, 675
- Mandates:
- Adalia, question of Italian claim, 576
- Armenia, 261, 264, 447, 576
- British mandates, proposed, 261, 576, 577, 675
- Commission on Mandates in Turkey, Interallied (American
section known as King-Crane Commission), 133–134, 140, 141, 145–146, 164, 165, 170, 177, 189, 193, 195, 258–259, 295, 327, 344, 355, 358, 359, 389–390, 432–433, 607
- Constantinople, 261–262, 283, 343, 576, 634, 675
- French mandates, question of, 262, 577, 675
- Mandate A, drafting of, 633,
635, 647, 648
- Mesopotamia, 261, 576, 675
- Palestine, 577
- Syria, 77, 577
- U. S. mandates, question of, 77, 261–262, 264, 283, 306, 388, 447, 448, 464, 647, 675
- Missions to. See
Commissions, supra.
- Occupation by Allied forces, question of, 1, 427
- Palestine: Jewish commonwealth in, reported statement by President
Wilson, 150, 155; question of British mandate, 577
- Sykes-Picot Agreement, U. S. attitude, 50–51
- Syria:
- Commission, Interallied, proposed, 76–77
- Mandate: French, 577; U. S.,
proposed, 77
- Representatives from, hearing by American Commissioners,
66–67, 72, 76–77,
112
- Thrace, 279, 304, 331, 342–344, 361, 362,
365–366,
386, 392, 408–409, 425–426, 460,
469, 471, 576, 634, 662
- Treaty of London, U. S. attitude, 50–51
- U. S. consular officers, question of dispatch to, 85, 87, 229
- U. S. troops, proposed dispatch to, 1,
427
- Tyler, Royall, 64, 72, 224, 228, 241, 256, 263, 297, 356, 358, 372, 376, 389, 394, 544, facing
550, 554, 607, 626
- Tyng, Sewell, 299
- Typhus epidemic, 145
- Tyrol, 188
- Tzaribrod, 444
- Uhle, David, facing
550, 557
- Ukraine:
- Bolshevism, attitude toward, 253, 254–255
- Delegates from, 74, 248, 253–255; report to Commissioners, 253–255
- Polish-Ukrainian hostilities in Eastern Galicia, efforts to halt,
28, 117,
130, 142, 148, 151, 153, 162, 167,
253, 380–381, 396–397, 577, 658
- Russian volunteer army in, 114
- U. S. policy, 255
- Ullman, D. L., 289
- Umpleby, Joseph B., 14, 95
- United States (see also
Commission to Negotiate Peace
and
Wilson):
- Citizens: Detention in Russia, 16, 20, 173; Red
Cross assistance in Germany, 149
- Departments and agencies (see
also
Senate, infra):
- Agriculture Department, passports for representatives of,
21
- Alien Property Custodian: Interest in chemical works in
Germany, 161, 163, 166; question of disposition of enemy property,
30–31, 32, 76, 514, 585
- Boards: Shipping Board, 9, 547, 567; War Industries Board, 547, 567; War Trade
Board, 78, 231, 238, 332, 547, 567
- Geological Survey: Assignment of personnel to American
Commission, 14; investigation of
potash deposits in Germany, 237–238
- State, Department of, requests for information concerning—
- Treasury Department, representatives at Peace Conference,
505–507, 545, 566–567
- War Department (see also
Commission to Negotiate Peace:
Personnel: Army): Facilities for historians, 13, 567; office [Page 734] space in Crillon Hotel, question of,
162; proposed sale of arms
and ammunition in Europe, 158,
182, 294, 298
- Diplomatic and consular officers:
- Detention in Russia of Consul Tredwell, 16, 20,
173
- Dispatch to Austria, 168, 228–229; Baltic states, 371, 412;
Constantinople and Damascus, 87;
Czechoslovakia, 39, 63; Danzig, 449; Ethiopia, 15;
Germany (occupied), 443; Poland,
39, 63, 134, 231; Syria and Palestine, 85, 87
- Withdrawal from Russia, 403–404
- Liberty Bonds, 125–126, 141,
507
- Policy at Peace Conference:
- Discussions regarding possible U. S. participation in—
- Commissions established by various treaties, 81, 111, 307–310, 311–312, 374–375, 399, 401, 419, 455, 464, 469, 471, 646, 670, 672–673, 678–679
- Committees not directly connected with Peace
Conference, 422–423
- Drafting of Danzig-Polish treaty, 411–412
- Economic commissions, permanent, 352
- Indefinite trusteeship of ceded territories, 343
- Mandates in Turkey, 261–262, 264, 283, 306, 388, 447, 448, 464, 647, 675
- Occupation of Upper Silesia, 310, 377, 413, 415
- Supreme Economic Council, 420
- Treaties:
- Bulgarian, 265,
282–283, 297, 338–339, 343, 454, 460, 461, 462, 464, 467, 607, 609, 616, 618, 661, 670, 671, 672
- German. See
Senate: German peace treaty, infra.
- Hungarian, 661,
692, 693, 695, 697, 698, 699, 700
- New states, 409
- Roumanian, 586,
688, 692, 693, 695, 697, 698, 699, 700
- Spitzbergen, 334–336, 364, 409
- Turkish, 241,
265, 297, 310–311, 338–339, 424, 454, 464, 607, 609, 616, 618, 661, 675–676
- Russian affairs. See
Russia: U. S.
policy.
- Territorial dispositions, 115,
343
- Prisoners of war: American, in Russia, 166; German, in United States, 230
- Public attitude toward peace negotiations (see
also
Senate: German peace
treaty, infra), 94–95, 119, 121,
125, 507, 691–692
- Purposes of United States at Peace Conference (S. Res. 361), 489–490, 494
- Reparation, 29–32, 45–46, 51–52, 73, 198–205, 211–212, 216, 219,
221, 222, 513–514, 586–587, 677,
692
- Senate (see also under
Wilson):
- German peace treaty, question of
ratification: Discussions regarding possible action, 307, 309, 310, 624, 633, 634–635, 636, 646, 652, 653, 660–661; efforts of President Wilson
and Department of State to secure ratification, 596–597, 624–625, 627–628, 629–630, 636, 640, 643, 646, 681–682; failure to ratify, and effect on U. S.
position, 660–661, 661, 669–673, 676–677, 677–680, 683–684, 686, 690, 691–692, 694–696
- Irish question, 234, 243
- S. Res. 361 concerning U. S.
purposes at Peace Conference, 489–490, 494
- Separate peace treaty with Germany, possible signature, 130, 680
- Troops. See
U. S. and Allied troops.
- War costs, attitude of American Commissioners toward French
request for statement, 17, 36–37
- U. S. and Allied troops and naval forces (see also
France: Army):
- Adriatic, forces in, 62, 436, 438,
439
- Austria, detachment in, 247, 296, 353
- Demobilization of U. S. troops: Army personnel on American
Commission, 141, 146, 242, 246–247, 249; military operations after signature
of peace, U. S. attitude, 83–84, 490; rate
of, 82
- Educational facilities for American soldiers, 178
- Germany: Allied occupation, 100, 198, 202,
211–216,
217, 219–220, 284; U. S. troops, 52, 53, 251, 290–291, 435,
441–442,
443, 663, 679, 695–696
- Haller’s army, 112, 117, 142,
167, 181, 182
- Hungary, question of Allied intervention in, 134–135, 312–314, 315, 317–318, 319–322
- Luxemburg, 521
- Montenegro, 4, 22, 68, 85
- Netherlands, questions concerning Allied troops and supplies, 11–12, 39, 46
- Russia, 9, 10, 44–45, 49, 67–68, 75, 83, 84, 86–87, 97–98, 143, 159, 284,
331–332,
354, 355, 403–404, 666
- Silesia, question of U. S. or Allied occupation, 207, 284,
310, 377, 413, 415
- Teschen, question of occupation, 337
- Thrace, proposed Allied occupation, 408–409, 425–426
- Turkish territories, 1, 427
- University, American Expeditionary Force, 178
- Ussher, Dr., 250
- Vacuum Oil Co., 189
- Van Deman, Ralph H., 147, 359, 542, facing
550, 554
- Van Trees, John Ellis, 191
- Versailles, treaty of. See
Germany: Treaty of
peace.
- Visas for entry into France, French attitude, 5,
37, 50, 131
- Vorarlberg, 188
- Voska, Emanuel V., 34, 73
- Voska, Arthur E., 14, 34, 80, 96
- Walker, Charles C., 223, 498
- Wallace, Hugh (U. S. Ambassador in France), arrangements for assumption of
unfinished business of American Commission, 657,
658, 660, 664–665, 678, 679–680, 688–689, 691, 692, 693, 694–698, 699–700
- Wallace, W. B., 553
- Walling, W. E., 556
- War, termination of state of, 532, 533
- War costs: Contributions from states acquiring former Austro-Hungarian
territory, 387–388,
454, 465–466, 472, 474, 475, 476; French proposal for pooling, 89; statement of U. S. war costs, attitude of
American Commissioners toward French request for, 17, 36–37
- War Damages Board, 19, 24, 240, 400–401; request for report, 400–401
- War Department (U. S.). See under
United States: Departments.
- War Industries Board, 547, 567
- War material:
- Commissions concerning: American Liquidation Commission, 158, 243,
294, 298, 375–376; Commission for studying means of removing war
material left in liberated areas, 386;
Commission on Distribution of War Material, 418; Committee on Specification of Materials of War Which
May Be Demanded From Germany, 24–25
- Disposition of:
- Discussions concerning principles, 360–361, 390–391, 396, 418, 578–579
- French claims, 396
- Proposed sale to Baltic states, 182, 294, 298; Czechoslovakia, 158; Finland, 182, 294; Poland, 158;
Russian anti-Bolshevik forces, 164, 294, 298, 375–376, 377; Spain, 158
- Embargo 441
- U. S. sale to France, 623
- War Trade Board, 78, 231, 238, 332, 547, 567
- Ward, Albert, 553, 626
- Warrin, Frank L., Jr., 289, 524, 555
- Watson, E. M., 545
- Wattawa, John, 196, 497, 557
- Weiss, Bernard, 314–315
- Weller, R. H., 137, 138
- Welsh, Charles B., 272, 445, 493, 539, 553, 627
- Westermann, William L., 67, 184, 186–187, 191–192, 240–241, 244, 524, 525, 544, facing
550, 551, 552, 556
- Wharton, N. E., 539, facing
550, 553, 626
- Wheat, George Wade, 191
- Wheeler, A. R., 376
- White, Henry, 6, 12, 503, 537, facing
550, 552, 561, 626, 659
- White, William Allen, 27, 87
- Whitehouse, Henry J., 190, 538–539, facing
550, 554
- Whitehouse, Sheldon, 256, 592, 607
- Whitmore, William C., 446, 626
- Whitney, George, 505, 555
- Whitridge, Arnold, 79
- Wile, Walter, 71
- Wilhelm, former Kaiser. See under
Germany.
- Willett, Robert L., 177
- Williams, E. T., 16, 496, 544, facing
550, 551, 552, 553, 556
- Williams, Richard H., Jr., 15, facing
550
- Willoughby, C. M., 626
- Wilson, Margaret, 194–195
- Wilson, M. Florence, 236
- Wilson, Woodrow (President):
- Declarations, possible violations of, in reports of Conference
committees, 110, 119, 522–523, 523–526
- Departure from France and return, 505,
507, 509, 512, 523, 526–527; text of statement upon occasion of
second departure, 605
- Emir Feisal, correspondence with, 325,
328, 612
- Felicitations on signature of German peace treaty: From Emir
Feisal, 612; from King of Roumania, 608–609; to
Emperor of Japan, 605–606
- Fiume controversy, attitude, 62, 163, 167,
446, 647, 650, 651
- Fourteen points, cited, 29, 30, 31, 76, 122, 205
- French attitude toward, 21, 92, 526–527, 550
- House, E. M., relations with. See
Memoranda
and
Wilson
under
House.
- Housing arrangements in Paris, 514,
518, 519
- Illness, 339, 649–650, 650–651, 651, 661,
671, 696
- Jewish Commonwealth in Palestine, reported statement concerning,
150, 155
- League of Nations Covenant: Draft, proposed Italian amendment,
2–3, 3–4; views, 416
- Letters of appreciation to certain personnel of American
Commission, proposed, 416
- Opinions as to whether certain matters should be considered by
Conference, 578, 579, 585, 586
- Press, relations with, 21, 38, 60–61, 92, 526–527, 550
- Senate, U. S., relations with (see also
United States: Senate: German peace treaty),
509, 512, 521–522; text of statement of Mar. 4,
1919, 521–522
- Signature of German peace treaty, text of statement upon, 604–605
- Speaking tour, question of, 624–625, 637–638
- Special trains in France, payment for, 139, 293
- Speeches: Question of printing in French, 96–97, 155; suggestions’ with regard to, 487–488, 509
- Staff, 552, 561
- Tribute from representatives of small nations, text, 607–608;
reply, text, 615
- Visits to—
- Belgium: Proposed landing at Antwerp and decision against,
85, 87, 89, 516, 518, 518–519, 523; report of visit to Brussels, June 18–19, 593–595
- Boston, 509, 512
- Brest, 38
- Netherlands, Dutch invitation, 39–40
- Wise, Richard S., 354, 371
- Wolfe, Lee J., 161, 163
- Wolman, Leo, 486
- Woolsey, Lester H., 372, 442, 606, 627
- Wynne, Edward C., 196, 556
- Yale, William, 36, 123, 402
- Yates, B. F., 500, facing
550, 557
- Young, Allyn Abbott, 88–89, 175, 485–486, 543, facing
550, 552, 556
- Young, Harry R., 272, 627
- Young Men’s Christian Association, 140, 183, 403
- Yugoslavia. See
Jugoslavia.
- Zionism: Tribute of Zionist delegation to President Wilson, and reply,
607–608; views
of President Wilson, reported, 150, 155