Robert Lansing
The Peace Negotiations
A Personal Narrative
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664142764
Table of Contents
ILLUSTRATIONS
I. REASONS FOR WRITING A PERSONAL NARRATIVE
II. MR. WILSON'S PRESENCE AT THE PEACE CONFERENCE
III. GENERAL PLAN FOR A LEAGUE OF NATIONS
IV. SUBSTITUTE ARTICLES PROPOSED
V. THE AFFIRMATIVE GUARANTY AND BALANCE OF POWER
VI. THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN AND THE CECIL PLAN
VII. SELF-DETERMINATION
VIII. THE CONFERENCE OF JANUARY 10, 1919
IX. A RESOLUTION INSTEAD OF THE COVENANT
X. THE GUARANTY IN THE REVISED COVENANT
XI. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
XII. REPORT OF COMMISSION ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS
XIII. THE SYSTEM OF MANDATES
XIV. DIFFERENCES AS TO THE LEAGUE RECAPITULATED
XV. THE PROPOSED TREATY WITH FRANCE
XVI. LACK OF AN AMERICAN PROGRAMME
XVII. SECRET DIPLOMACY
XVIII. THE SHANTUNG SETTLEMENT
XIX. THE BULLITT AFFAIR
CONCLUSION
APPENDICES
I. THE PRESIDENT'S ORIGINAL DRAFT OF THE COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS, LAID BEFORE THE AMERICAN COMMISSION ON JANUARY 10, 1919
II. LEAGUE OF NATIONS PLAN OF LORD ROBERT CECIL
III. THE COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS IN THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
IV. THE FOURTEEN POINTS
V. PRINCIPLES DECLARED BY PRESIDENT WILSON IN HIS ADDRESS OF FEBRUARY 11, 1918
VI. THE ARTICLES OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES RELATING TO SHANTUNG
INDEX
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE AMERICAN PEACE DELEGATION AT PARIS
Photograph by Signal Corps, U.S.A.
FACSIMILE OF MR. LANSING'S COMMISSION AS A COMMISSIONER PLENIPOTENTIARY TO NEGOTIATE PEACE
THE RUE ROYALE ON THE ARRIVAL OF PRESIDENT WILSON ON DECEMBER 14, 1918
Photograph by Signal Corps, U.S.A.
THE AMERICAN PEACE DELEGATION AND STAFF
Photograph by Signal Corps, U.S.A.
A MEETING AT THE QUAI D'ORSAY AFTER PRESIDENT WILSON'S DEPARTURE FROM PARIS
FACSIMILE OF MR. LANSING'S "FULL POWERS" TO NEGOTIATE A TREATY OF ASSISTANCE TO FRANCE
THE DAILY CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN PEACE COMMISSION
Photograph by Isabey, Paris
CHRONOLOGY
The Declaration of the Fourteen Points January 18, 1918
Declaration of Four Additional Bases of Peace February 11, 1918
Departure of Colonel House for Paris to represent the
President on Supreme War Council October 17, 1918
Signature of Armistice, 5 A.m.; effective, 11 A.m.
November 11, 1918
Departure of President and American Commission
for France December 4, 1918
Arrival of President and American Commission in
Paris December 14, 1918
Meeting of Supreme War Council January 12, 1919
First Plenary Session of Peace Conference January 25, 1919
Plenary Session at which Report on the League of Nations
was Submitted February 14,