INDEX

Aaland Islands, 208

Abbazia conference, 285, 293

Abdul Hamid, 479–81

Abernon, Lord d’, 391, 539, 543

Adalia, 151

Adana, 480

Adrianople, 425, 496

Afghanistan, 185–6, 475–7

Albania, 134–5, 145–6, 166, 282, 285, 295, 349, 520, 523

Albert, King of Belgians, 374, 545

Alexander, King of Greece, 425, 428

Alexander, King of Serbia, 278–9, 287–9

Allenstein plebiscite, 55, 85

Alsace-Lorraine, 20–1, 79–81, 121, 244, 308, 381, 551

Ambassadors, Conference of, 243–4, 431, 522

Angora, 430–1, 447, 454, 456, 495, 500, 503

Annunzio, G. d’, 206–7, 245, 278, 347, 349, 357

Antwerp, 370, 372, 374, 376, 381

Archangel, 182

Armenia, 35, 151, 155–6, 158, 163, 182, 451–2

Armenian massacres, 8, 189, 439, 449, 480

Armistice commission at Spa, 22

Armistice with Germany, terms of, 14–17, 21–3

Asquith, H. H., 31, 480, 571

Austria-Hungary, armistice with, 3, 7, 12, 23–4, 33, 122, 330–3

Austria, republic of, 261, 266–8, 330–45, 390

Baker, Ray Stannard, 38, 86, 114–16

Balfour Declaration, 153

Balfour, Secretary, 538

Balfour note on interallied debts, 589

Balkan states 474, 491, 494

Baltic republics, 205–30, 295

Barnes, George, 31, 38

Barthou, M., 195–6

Baruch, B. N., 114, 117

Bauer, Chancellor, 55, 394

Bela Kun, 319, 322

Belgium, participation in Peace Conference, 24–5, 42–3, 371–3

subservient to French policy, 43, 377–80, 537

dissatisfied with Versailles treaty, 98

problems internal after World War, 368–85

exaggerated claims of, 369, 375

invited to Washington Conference, 510

joins France in Ruhr occupation, 378, 561–84

money depreciated, 587

Benes, Dr. Edouard, 203, 259, 266–8, 270–2

Berlin, Congress of 1878, 298, 305–7

Bessarabia, 181, 199, 203, 212, 299–302, 309–310, 520, 605

Bissolati, Senator, 347

Bliss, General T. H., 9, 13, 114, 508, 580

Bolivia, 25

Bonar Law, Premier, 539–43, 546, 562–3, 575–6

Bonomi, Premier, 341, 354

Borah, Senator, 509

Bosphorus, see Straits

Boulogne, Conference, 525–6

Boyden, R. W., 565–6

Bradbury, Sir John, 539, 543, 565

Bratiano, Premier, 38, 64–8, 98, 302, 314

Bratislava, 266

Brazil, 24, 25, 42

Briand, Premier, 356, 533, 549, 557

Britain, see Great Britain

British Dominions, participation in Peace Conference, 24, 25, 96;

in world affairs, 593, 608

British Labor party, against peace of revenge, 31–2

opposes Ruhr occupation, 571

Brest-Litovsk, treaty of (1918), 8, 16

Brockdorff-Rantzau, Count von, 50, 55, 389

Brusa, 425, 462

Brusiloff, General, 167

Brussels Conferences, 525–7, 532–3, 537

Bucharest, Treaty of (1913) 135–6

Bucharest, Treaty of (1918), 8, 16

Bulgaria, armistice with, 3, 4, 7, 331

accepts Treaty of Neuilly, 69

loses outlet to Ægean, 135–6

Macedonia still bone of contention, 136–7, 292–4

Prosperity not seriously affected by World War, 139–40

Stambulisky régime in and its overthrow, 141–4, 504

Revolt against treaty, 144, 294

Rumania’s relations with, 295 ff.

Butler, Dr. N. M., 392

Caillaux, Joseph, 551

Canada, 38, 42, 83

Cannes Conference, 533

Caporetto, 434

Caucasus republics, 35, 182, 200, 443–4, 449, 452, 473–4, 476–7, 604–5

Cecil, Lord Robert, 84, 512

Chamberlain, Austen, 551

Chanak, 459

Charles, Hapsburg Emperor, 269, 287

Chester, Admiral, 503

Child, Ambassador, 500–1

China, participation in Peace Conference, 24–5

Japan’s intentions concerning, 34, 101

championed, then deserted by Wilson, 48

refuses to sign Versailles Treaty, 57, 94–5, 180

renewal of dispute with Russia over Mongolia, 183–4

invited to Washington Conference, 510

victim of European imperialism, 499, 515

“Christian Science Monitor,” 244–5

Cilicia, 150, 152, 156, 159, 163, 443–4, 452–3

Clemenceau, Georges, 28–31, 40, 42–3, 50–1, 57, 64–5, 97, 116, 119, 365, 421–2, 565

Coanda, General, 307

Colby, Secretary, 243

Colby note to Russia, 217–24

Communism, does not attract outside Russia, 173

failure of in Russia, 172–6;

in Italy, 349–55;

in Germany, 388, 394–5;

in Hungary, 321–2;

in Serbia, 287–9;

in Bulgaria, 142

Constantine, King, 415, 419–20, 428–9, 432, 435

Constantinople, see Straits

Continuation conferences, 69, 160, 180, 519–43

Cordon sanitaire policy, 251

Crete, 491

Crimean War, 474

Cuba, 24–5

Cuno, Chancellor, 410–12, 574–5, 580

Curzon, Lord, 184, 364, 457–9, 483, 494, 500–1, 539, 573, 575

Cyprus, 35, 153, 426, 491

Czechoslovakia, creation of, 24, 123–5, 257–72, 295, 333

participation of in Peace Conference, 24–5, 42

relations with Soviet Russia, 202–3

disputes with Poland over Teschen, 238–9

helps Austria, 341

fears Anschluss, 343

money depreciated, 587

Czernin, Count, 259

Damascus, 206, 475

Danzig corridor, 80, 86, 237, 270, 284

Dardanelles, see Straits

Degoutte, General, 568

Denikin, General, 182, 192, 194, 212–3, 239, 302

Denmark, 57, 81–2

Dmowski, Roman, 43, 233

Dodecanese, 151, 163, 347, 421, 426, 491

Dorpat, Peace of, 214

Ebert, President, 345, 387, 389, 403, 567

Ecuador, 25

Egypt, 35, 87, 100, 153, 231, 365, 469, 475–6, 491, 607

England, see Great Britain

Entente, Little see Little Entente

Entente Powers, unpreparedness for peace, 4–6

organized Peace Conference, 24–6

secret understandings among, 34–5, 48, 151

difficulties in agreeing on other treaties after Versailles, 61–3, 69, 205–7

gain through treaty compromises, 94, 129–30

sell out Serbia to Italy, 122

Balkan diplomacy of, 140–41

attempt to partition Albania, 146

differ on Near Eastern policy, 150, 469–504

recognize independence of Hedjaz, 152

use mandate scheme to distribute German colonies and divide Ottoman Empire, 156–9

prestige affected by delay of peace with Turkey, 162

secret oil agreement at San Remo, 163, 524

attitude toward Soviet Russia, 169–71, 193–7, 527

intrigues in Baltic States, 201

attempt to modify Rumanian territorial claims, 302–6

help Belgium after war, 374

generally divergent foreign policies of, 521–43

Epirus, Northern, 163, 421

Eski Sheïr, 425, 430, 443

Esthonia, 35, 200–01, 209–10, 212–14, 216–17

Eupen, 84–5, 373–4

Facta, Premier, 352, 363

Fascismo, 327, 352–5, 357–64

Feisal, Emir, 152, 159

Ferrero, Signor, 105–6

Finland, 35, 100, 199–200, 208–9, 219, 230, 295, 590, 587

Fiume, 33, 48, 80, 86, 100, 122, 206, 278, 281, 283–4, 293, 347, 349, 363, 365, 422, 523

Foch, Marshal, 15, 25, 50, 116, 529, 532, 544

Forster, Henry A., 598

Foster, Sir George, 117

France, unprepared for peace, 4–5

participation in Peace Conference, 24, 27–31

demands against Germany outlined during war, 27

infeudates Belgium, 42–3, 377–80

infeudates Poland, 42–3, 79–80, 122, 231–2, 242, 244–7, 250–1, 265, 269, 487, 605–6

satisfaction with Versailles Treaty, 97–8

length of Rhineland occupation dependent upon will of, 116–17

blocks renewal of German expansion to east, 130–1

aims to become dominant Mediterranean power, 153–4, 364

hostile to Soviet Russia, 168, 192–4, 197, 269–70

policy toward Austria, 343

intrigues against Greece, 421–2

treaty with Turkish Nationalists, 452–5

abandons Cilicia, 159, 188, 452–4

opposes Great Britain in Near East, 469–90

attitude toward Germany explained, 544–60

occupies Ruhr, 561–89

financial weakness of, 587, 591, 595–6

foreign policy of, 605–7, 609–10

Franchet d’Espérey, General, 156

Franklin Bouillon, Senator, 452–4, 460, 483

Frankfort, Treaty of (1871), 121

Gade, Commander, 220–23

Galicia, Eastern, 237–8, 241–4, 295, 328, 520, 604

Galicia, Western, 237

Geddes, Sir Eric, 559

Genoa Conference, 193–7, 270–2, 534–7

George, King of Greece, 429, 435

Germany, armistice with, 3–17, 21–3

did not surrender unconditionally, 19–21, 51

war responsibility, 8, 23, 33, 50, 54, 73, 77

blockade continued after armistice, 16, 23, 50

war prisoners held, 16, 23

excluded from Peace Conference, 26

colonies divided among enemies, 34, 374

required to evacuate Posen on renewing armistice, 46

internal conditions since the war, 55–6, 386–414

her Drang nach Osten blocked by Paris treaties, 130, 297

makes treaty with Russia at Genoa, 194–6

resists reparation payments, 389–414, 519–543

passive resistance in Ruhr, 561–84

France’s fear of, 544–560

Gibraltar, 154, 484, 487, 489

Giolitti, 348–51, 352–3, 363

Gonatas, Colonel, 435, 437

Gouraud, General, 161, 206

Great Britain, participation in Peace Conference, 24, 31–33

against freedom of the seas, 13–14

insists upon modification of Polish frontiers, 47, 55, 250–1

Versailles Treaty advantageous to Great Britain, 95–6, 346, 456

determined to break Germany’s hold on Danubian countries, 130

policies in Near East, 151–6, 159–63, 469–90

evacuates Caucasus, 183, 185

forces treaty on Persia, 185

makes trade agreement with Soviet Russia, 186

sends ultimatum to Russia, 199

policy in Baltic republics, 212–24

supremacy in Mediterranean contested by Italy, 364, 484

attitude toward Belgium, 372–3, 379

refuses to give back to Turkey Mosul, 497–8

at Washington Conference, 510–16

attitude toward German reparations, 524–43, 561–3, 565–6

funds debt to United States, 588–590

financial obligations of European Allies toward, 591–3

present foreign policy of, 606–8

holds raw materials and colonizing areas, 609–10

Great Powers, former relations to Balkans and Turkey, 148–9

Greece, participation in Peace Conference, 24–5, 68, 98

Hellenistic ambitions of, 45, 416–9, 421, 488

expansion and debacle of, 415–41

used by Entente in Asia Minor, 155, 161, 422–7, 432

at Lausanne Conference, 436, 438, 440, 491–504

depreciated money of, 587

Grouitch, Dr. Slavko, 279

Guatemala, 24–25

Haiti, 24, 25

Haller, 253–4

Hamburg, 406, 567

Hamilton, General Sir Ian. 105

Hapsburg Empire, succession of, 119–32

Harding, President, 191, 506–8, 516

Hedjaz, kingdom of, 24, 25, 151–3, 159, 164–5, 465–6, 475–6, 475, 491, 497, 502

Hellenism, 416–9, 421;

see also Greece

Herriot, Senator, 197

Hindenburg, Marshal von, 330 388

Holland, 100, 222, 369–73, 381, 386–7, 510, 559, 572

Honduras, 24, 25

Hoover, Herbert, 508, 597

Horthy, Admiral, 326, 332

House, Colonel, E. M., 9, 111, 113

Hughes, Secretary, 458, 508–9, 514

Hussein, King, 152

Hungary the new state of, 126, 259, 266–9, 311, 315

Hymans, 42, 43, 228–9

Hythe Conference, 525–6

India, 24, 25, 96, 192, 405–7, 475, 607

Interallied debts, 518, 520–1, 534, 537–8, 550, 585–98

Irak, 466

Ireland, 231, 469

Ismet Pasha, 493–5, 499–501

Italy, participates in Peace Conference, 24, 33–4

against Serbian expansion, 33, 47, 62–3, 122–4, 279–80, 282–85, 292–3, 349, 523

retires from Peace Conference, 48, 422

opposition in to Versailles Treaty, 100–1

driven out of Albania, 146–7, 349, 523

progressively withdraws from Asia Minor, 161, 453, 459

Russian policy of, 198, 215, 350

foreign policy of, 343, 363–6, 424, 487, 539

intrigues against Greece, 161–2, 421–2, 432–3, 471–2

at Washington Conference, 510–12

indebtedness to United States, 537, 590, 592

demands unhampered access to raw materials and unrestricted immigration, 608–9

Japan, 24, 34, 42, 101–2, 179–80, 182, 364, 510–18, 579, 608–9

Jewry, international, 476

Jews, persecuted in Poland, 253–5

situation of in Rumania, 305–7

Jugoslavia, see Serbia

Kaiser Wilhelm II, flees to Holland, 386–7

proposed trial of, 32, 77, 371

Karagach, 496, 504

Kattowitz, 246–8, 400–1

Kemal Pasha, see Mustafa Kemal

Kerensky, A., 167, 170

Keynes, J. M., 117

Kiev, 239–40, 302

Klagenfurt plebiscite, 282

Knox, Senator, 73–4, 114

Kolchak, Admiral, 167, 182, 185, 192, 194, 212–3, 239, 302

Konia, 152, 161

Korfanty, 400

Kramar, M., 66, 264

Krupp von Bohlen, 570

Lansing, Secretary, 15, 38, 113–5

Latin America, British investments in, 593

Lausanne, Conference of, 188, 198–9, 364–6, 415. 436, 438, 440, 448, 451, 461–2, 466, 491–504, 517, 537, 539

Latin American republics, attitude toward Versailles Treaty, 102–4

Latvia, 35, 200–1, 209–11, 216–17, 240

Law, Bonar, 31, 32, 83, 539–43, 546, 562–3, 575–6

League of Nations, proposed by Wilson, 41

draft modified, 45

Wilson defends, 59–60

exclusion of Germany from, 75–6

gives British Empire six votes, 96

France shows no faith in, 97

imperfectly safeguards Monroe Doctrine, 103

United States refuses to enter, 106–8 506–7, 522

Lansing against, 114

intervenes to settle Serbo-Albanian frontier, 147

ignores Near Eastern questions, 149–50, 489

fails to enforce mandatory government in Near East, 157–9, 206, 520

important to settle Vilna question, 225–8

helps Austria to get credits, 340

suggests Brussels Conference, 532

ignores German protests, 403

offers membership to Turkey, 431

champions special rights, 489–90

Lemburg, 247

Lenin, 171, 177, 184, 186, 202, 212, 214, 227, 360, 462

Libau, 209, 215

Liberia, 24, 25

Liebknecht, Karl, 388

Lithuania, 35, 100, 200–1, 207, 209–11, 216–17, 219–29, 233–5, 245–6, 295

Little Entente, 251, 266–9, 287, 291–2, 326, 460, 605

Lloyd George, 31, 32–3, 38, 40, 46–47, 116–7, 120, 154–5, 161, 195–6, 279, 356, 365, 395, 421–4, 427, 457–9, 473, 480, 483, 524, 527, 550–3, 538–40, 546, 548–9, 562, 571

London, continuation conferences in, 523, 530–2, 538–9, 542

London, Pact of, 24

London, Treaty of (1839), 370

London, Treaty of (1913), 449

London, secret treaty of (1915), 24, 33, 34, 48, 122, 137, 151–2, 346, 364, 487, 523

Luxemburg, Grand Duchy, 370, 372–3, 380

Luxemburg, Rosa, 388

Lvoff, Prince, 167, 170

Lympne conference, 527–8

Macedonia, 134, 136–8, 234, 280, 292–4, 476, 479–80, 491

Maestricht, 371–2

Malmédy, 84–5, 373–4

Malta, 487

Manchuria, 183

Mandates, see League of Nations

Marienwerder plebiscite, 55, 85

Maritza River, 135, 504

Masaryk, President, 259

Mecca, see Hedjaz

Memel, 86, 207, 209, 228–9, 246, 284, 520

Mesopotamia, British occupation of, 35, 152, 159, 163, 431, 443, 467, 469, 475–6, 491, 607

Mexico, 593

Millerand, President, 161, 356

Minsk, 240

Mongolia, 183–4

Monroe Doctrine, 102–4

Montenegro, incorporated in Serbia, 147, 275–6, 278, 282, 285, 520

Morocco, 87, 365

Mosul, 152, 443, 497–9, 604–5

Mudania armistice, 435, 460–2, 472, 492

Mussolini, 198, 352–66, 450, 462, 524, 540, 542, 576, 591

Mustafa Kemal Pasha, 161, 326, 444, 450–1, 454–62, 465, 488, 501, 504

Narutowicz, President, 253–4

Near East Relief, 440

Neuilly, Treaty of, 69, 134–40, 142–4, 282, 292, 294, 307, 426

Nicaragua, 24, 25

Niedamowski, 253–5

Nitti, Premier, 38, 100, 117, 161, 163, 165, 178, 203, 347–8, 357, 391, 395, 524

Open door, real significance of, 101–2, 596, 603–5, 607–10

Orlando, Premier, 63, 100, 348, 363, 365, 421

Ottoman Empire, see Turkey

Paderewski, Premier, 66, 236, 238

Painlevé, Paul, 557

Palestine, 35, 152–3, 158–9, 163, 165, 469, 476, 491

Panama, 24, 25

Panama Canal, 489

Paris, atmosphere of during Peace Conference, 27

Paris, Conference of (1856), 298

Paris, continuation conferences in, 402, 523, 528–9, 532, 541–3, 563

Paris Peace Conference, 18–70, 111–18, 205–6, 281–2, 298, 307, 325–6, 334, 338, 420–4, 446, 519–20, 548, 599

Pashitch, Premier, 265, 277, 280–1, 285, 290

Pellé, General, 503

Pershing, General, 508

Persia, 35, 96, 151, 180, 184–6, 443–4, 474–7, 604–5, 607

Peru, 25

Pilsudski, Marshal, 236–7, 251–2

Plastiras, Colonel, 435, 438

Poincaré, Raymond, 40, 184, 364, 460, 483, 525, 533–4, 538–43, 546, 549, 563, 573

Poland, resurrection of, 24, 79, 123, 125, 231–56, 295–6

participation in Peace Conference, 24, 25, 42, 43

real interests not considered at Peace Conference 79–80

wins victory over Soviet Russia, 200–1

frontiers of, 48, 55, 233–5, 250–1, 520

Vilna seizure, 206–7, 225–8

protests Lithuanian seizure of Memel, 229

financial weakness of, 249–50, 587

and Upper Silesia, 400–2

dependence on France, 42–3, 79–80, 122, 231–2 242, 244–7, 250–1, 265, 269, 487, 605–6

Porta Rosa Conference, 342

Portugal, 24, 25, 510

Pressburg (Bratislava), 266

Przemysl, 243

Racial equality, Japanese ask for at Peace Conference, 101–2

Rapallo, Treaty of, 283–5, 349

Rapallo, Treaty of (Russia and Germany), 194, 193–7, 536

Rathenau, Walter, 195

Reciprocity, denial of principle in Versailles treaty, 76–81

Reparations from Germany, 32–3, 52–4, 91–2, 375–6, 399, 402–13, 469, 518, 520, 525–43, 561–4, 588, 591, 596

Reparations Commission, 405, 520, 525, 539, 541, 565, 576, 591

Reval, 210, 215

Rhineland, occupation of, 18, 21–2, 79, 97, 116–7, 373, 404, 414, 483, 549, 557–9, 563, 569, 606

Ruhr, France threatens to occupy, 398, 404, 411, 529, 532, 534, 541–3, 546, 561

occupation of, 208, 228, 500, 561–84, 606–7

Spartacist, insurrection in, 394–5

Rhodes, see Dodecanese

Riga, 209, 215

Riga, Treaty of, 201–2, 215–227, 240–2

Root, Elihu, 114

Rumania, aggrandizenment of, 24, 123, 125, 275, 295–316

participation in Peace Conference, 24, 25, 64, 298–302

intervention bought by secret treaty, 34, 122, 137, 265

protests against Treaty of St.-Germain, 64–8

annexes Bessarabia, 203, 212, 300–2

common frontier with Poland, 241

occupies Budapest, 299

signs treaties, 307

finances of, 587

Russia, Soviet, Entente Powers in war with, 35

excluded from Paris Peace Conference, 57, 180

stands behind Turkey, 162–5

internal evolution and foreign policy of, 167–204

makes treaty with Afghanistan, 185,

with Turkey, 187–9, 453,

with Great Britain, 186,

with Germany, 194–7,

with Poland, 201–2,

with Czechoslovakia, 270

at Lausanne Conference, 188, 198–9

at Genoa Conference, 193–7

Great Britain sends ultimatum to, 199

relations with Baltic states, 205–30

anti-Bolshevist movement, 211

excluded from Washington conference, 510–12

German economic activity in, 406

no peace for in League of Nations, 180

Russia, Transcaucasian, 96

Saar Commission, 83

Saar Valley, 82–4, 100, 604

St.-Germain, Treaty of, 62–9, 99, 119–32, 221, 258, 265, 267, 274, 282, 288, 305–6, 335–40, 344, 426

San Remo, Conference of, 160–3, 187, 395, 424, 431, 471–2, 523–4

San Stefano, Treaty of, 474

Scheidemann, 389, 394

Schleswig, 57, 81–2

Self-determination, violations of principle of in Versailles Treaty, 81–7

in St.-Germain and Trianon Treaties, 123 ff., 205–6, 284, 304, 317–19

in Treaty of Neuilly, 137–9

in Treaty of Sèvres, 205–6

in Treaty of Riga, 201–2

proclaimed by Soviet Russia, 179

Wilson’s dilemma concerning, 218–19

Serbia, aggrandizement of, 24, 123, 125–6, 273–294, 295–6

participation in Peace Conference, 25, 42

conflict between Pan-Serbs and Jugoslavs, 265, 276–8, 281, 286–91

Sèvres, Treaty of, 162–6, 326, 424–7, 429–34, 443, 446, 459, 462, 471–2, 477–8, 484

Shantung question, 48, 50, 87, 94–5, 101, 365, 515–16

Siam, 24, 25

Siberia, 179, 182, 200, 203, 510–11

Sikorski, General, 255

Simons, Secretary, 402, 530–1

Smuts, General, 38, 58–9, 72, 116, 157

Smyrna, Greece asked by Big Four to occupy, 160, 365, 415, 422–5, 434–5, 443, 453, 455, 501

Spa Conference, 396–7, 525–8 592

Stambulisky, late Premier, 141–4, 504

Stefanik, General, 259

Straits, question of, 162, 166, 188, 198, 315, 425, 448–9, 460, 469–90, 517

Suez Canal, 475–6, 484, 487, 489

Supreme Council, 6–13, 25–6, 40, 295, 299–302, 305–6, 431, 444, 458, 522

Sweden, 100, 559, 572

Switzerland, 100, 559, 572

Sykes-Picot agreement, 35, 152, 605

Syria, French occupation of, 35, 158–9, 161, 432, 443, 491

Tardieu, André, 38, 116

Tchitcherin, 188, 195, 198–9

Temesvár, Banat of, 44, 126, 138, 280, 282, 298–305, 310, 324, 327, 604

Ter Meulen plan, 532–3

Teschen dispute, 44, 238, 265

Thrace, Eastern, 134–6, 162, 425, 427, 433, 435–6, 439, 443, 453, 460, 462, 479, 483, 492, 498

Thrace, Western, 135–7, 441, 447, 496–7, 504

Transiberian railway, 179, 183

Trianon, Treaty of, 69, 119–32, 258, 265, 274, 282, 288, 305, 307, 312, 317–23, 326, 344, 426

Triest, 80, 86, 283

Tripoli, 480, 491

Trotzky, 171

Trumbich, M., 66

Turkey, armistice with, 3, 7, 150, 331, 442–3, 459

Hedjaz detached from, 24

secret understanding among Entente Powers concerning, 35, 135

proposed division of 148–66

future not settled by Paris Conference, 159–60

money depreciated, 587

Turkish Nationalists, 161–2, 165–6, 187, 189, 423, 431, 440, 442–68, 491–504

Ukrainia, 35, 182, 200, 212, 237–8, 240, 244, 295, 302, 604

United States, participates in Peace Conference, 24, 29, 44

involved in Entente war against Soviet Russia, 35

Yankee imperialism, 102

Monroe Doctrine, 102–4

no moral leadership of, had treaty been ratified, 104–5

refuses to ratify treaty, 106–9

protests against partition of Albania, 146, 523

not offered mandate over Armenia, 155–6

protests San Remo oil agreement, 165

Persia asks for financial mission, 186

Russian policy, 217–24, 510–11

difficulties encountered in taking sides in European questions, 224

Finland funds debt to, 230, 588

refuses to refer German protests to Allied Governments, 403

refuses to recognize return of Constantine, 429

and Panama Canal, 489

at Lausanne Conference, 500–3

at Washington Conference, 505–18

opposition to League of Nations, 506–7, 522

at Brussels Conference, 537

declines invitation to Genoa Conference, 534

European indebtedness to, 537–8, 550, 585–98

suggested fixed indemnity at Peace Conference, 548

duty of to help France constructively, 554, 557–60

Great Britain funds debt to, 587–8

observer on Reparations Commission declares Versailles Treaty impracticable, 566

has had no vital part in European affairs since 1918, 609

Unkiar-Skelessi, Treaty of (1833), 474

Upper Silesia, 55, 85–6, 207, 237, 246–7, 344, 399–402, 404, 520, 537, 604–5

Uruguay, 25

Vaïda, Premier, 312–14

Vandervelde, 38

Venizelos, E., 68, 98, 154, 160–1, 163, 265, 415, 418–24, 427–9, 436, 438, 441, 493–4, 504

Versailles, Treaty of, 49–61, 71–118, 160, 167, 178, 221, 228–9, 237, 328, 334, 337, 347, 373–5, 398, 414, 519, 523–7, 543–5, 558, 566–7, 573–4, 601–4

Versailles, Treaty of, principal features, 74–5, 446, 461, 506

Vienna, Conference of (1815), 26, 95, 208, 219, 415

Vilna made Lithuanian capital, 210–11

Vilna, question of, 201, 207, 225–8, 245–6, 344

Viviani, Premier, 356

Vladivostok, 183

Warsaw, 204, 236, 253–6, 261

Washington Conference, 180, 183, 485–6, 505–18, 550

Wei-hai-wei, 515

Weimar assembly, 389, 396

Wilson, President, war speeches of, 4, 7–8, 13–14, 27, 35, 43, 47, 48, 104, 218

arrival in Paris, 36

distinguished between Germans and their government, 7–8, 119

refers Germany’s armistice request to Supreme Council, 8

curious attitude of on Polish frontiers, 48

Fourteen Points of, 9, 10, 13–14, 21, 30, 47, 52, 283

at Peace Conference, 21, 28, 40–1, 44–9, 95, 122

Manchester speech, 30

proposes Prinkipo conference, 40

seems to break physically at Paris, 48

ignorant of secret treaties, 48, 158

deceived on mandates question, 157–9, 374

tries to keep Versailles terms secret, 52

lauds treaty in statement to press, 59–60

betrayed into defending Old World diplomacy, 66–8

denies accuracy of Peace Conference records, 67

urges ratification of Versailles Treaty, 72, 106–7, 506

note to Austria-Hungary, 217–18

opposes Italy on Fiume question, 48, 86, 101, 346, 365, 422

joins in asking Venizelos to occupy Smyrna, 160, 421–3

Wirth, Chancellor, 401, 404

Wojciechowski, President, 255

Wrangel, Baron, 154, 167, 182, 192, 194, 204, 527

Yudenitch, General, 182, 192, 212–13

Zara, 283

Zeligowski and Vilna, 207, 225–9, 245