HARPER'S PICTORIAL LIBRARY OF THE WORLD WAR
Reading edition
In Twelve Volumes Profusely Illustrated
FOREWORD BY CHARLES W. ELIOT, PhD. President Emeritus, Harvard University
VOLUME XII
The Great Results of the War
Economics and Finance, The Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations——Index
WITH INTRODUCTION BY PROFESSOR IRVING FISHER, YALE UNIVERSITY
Edited by
DR. W. L. BEVAN, KENYON COLLEGE
and
DR. HUGO C. M. WENDEL, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
GENERAL EDITORIAL BOARD
Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart, Harvard University
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, U.S.A., Chief of Staff, 42nd Division
Admiral Albert Gleaves, U.S. Navy
Prof. W. O. Stevens, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis
Gen. Ulysses G. McAlexander, U.S. Army
John Grier Hibben, President of Princeton University
J. B. W. Gardiner, Military Expert, New York Times
Commander C. C. Gill, U.S.N., Lecturer at Annapolis and aide to Admiral Gleaves
Henry Noble MacCracken, President of Vassar College
Prof. E. R. A. Seligman, Columbia University
Dr. Theodore F. Jones, Professor of History, New York University
Carl Snyder
Prof. John Spencer Bassett, Professor of History, Smith College
Major C. A. King, Jr., History Department, West Point
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Vol. 12—Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War
Copyright, 1920, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America M-U
CONTENTS OF VOLUME XII
PAGE
Introduction Professor Irving Fishervii
PART I
I. Economic Results of the War1
II. Wartime Food and Price Problems34
III. Industry and Labor in Wartime65
IV. Government Control87
V. The Money Cost of the War, Edwin R. A. Seligman105
VI. American Business in the War, Grosvenor B. Clarkson115
VII. The Liberty Loan Army, Guy Emerson126
VIII. Food and the War, Vernon Kellogg135
IX. The High Cost of Living, Director of the Council of National Defense142
PART II
I. The Peace Conference at Work, Thomas W. Lamont149
II. Wilson's Fourteen Points163
III. How the Peace Treaty Was Signed165
IV. The Peace Treaty—Its Meaning to America, George W. Wickersham170
THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES AND THE COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Preamble179
Part I. The Covenant of the League of Nations182
Part II. Boundaries of Germany186
Part III. Political Clauses for Europe188
Part IV. German Rights and Interests Outside Germany206
Part V. Military, Naval, and Aerial Clauses209
Part VI. Prisoners of War and Graves216
Part VII. Penalties217
Part VIII. Reparation217
Part IX. Financial Clauses226
Part X. Economic Clauses229
Part XI. Aerial Navigation246
Part XII. Ports, Waterways, and Railways247
Part XIII. Labor255
Part XIV. Guarantees261
Part XV. Miscellaneous Provisions262
Rejection of the Peace Treaty264
The Reservations Which Failed269
Peace by Congressional Enactment Fails271
The Map of Europe Remade279
Our Part in Winning the War280
Index
Text291
Illustrations363
I. Portraits363
II. General368
Maps383
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THIS VOLUME
A Soldier of the SoilFrontispiece
Price Movements of the United States and England from the Earliest Index Numbers Through the First Years of the World Warviii
Trend of Prices Before and After the Great Wars of Historyix
William McAdooxi
Money and the Price Levelxii
John Pierpont Morganxiv
President Wilson and Rear Admiral Grayson Passing the Palace of the King in Brusselsxvii
Women Munition Workers in the International Fuse and Arms Works3
Poster for Boy Scouts Who Worked for the Victory Loan7
Dropping the First Bomb10
A Poster Used During the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign14
Detroit—City of Automobiles17
A Woman Doing Road Construction Work20
A Woman Operating a Multiple Spindle Drill in an English Shell Factory23
Launching the Quistconck at Hog Island26
Ship-building at Camden, N. J.30
Diagram Showing the Effect of the War on the Prices of Stocks33
Centres of Live Stock Production Throughout the World36
Members of "The Women's Land Army" in England41
A Map Issued by the Food Administration to Show Food Conditions in Europe After the Signing of the Armistice43
A Food Riot in Sweden46
Harry A. Garfield49
Drying Fruit and Vegetables to Save Tin and Glass52
"Back on the Farm"54
The Nations and Their Wheat Supply59
A Municipal Canning Station61
In the Heart of the Bethlehem Steel Plant67
Forging Armor Plate70
Building Howitzers73
Guns and Armaments for United States and Her Allies74
Plowing by Night76
A War Time Warning81
Women Workers in America84
Samuel P. Gompers87
Walker D. Hines90
Building a Steel Ship in Seattle, Washington93
Hog Island Ship-building Yards94
Launching the City of Portland on the Columbia River, near Portland, Oregon96
Examining Cargoes for Contraband99
An Antidote for the Submarine Pest102
The Awkward Squad104
The Economic Conference in Paris106
Lord Reading110
While the Men Fought, Those Left Behind Bought Bonds112
French School Children Waiting to Welcome General Pétain114
United States Council of National Defense and Its Advisory Commission117
Bernard M. Baruch119
Daniel Willard122
John D. Ryan125
A Poster Used During the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign128
A Poster for the Third Liberty Loan Campaign131
Victory Way at Night133
The Battle Scene at Home137
A Community Conference on Food-Saving140
Will There Be Enough to Go Around?144
Women Doing Night Farming147
The Ore Market—Cleveland148
David Lloyd George151
President Poincaré With the Swiss President, M. Gustave Ador, Driving to the Peace Conference in Paris154
Where the Peace Treaty Was Signed157
Awaiting the Decision of the German Peace Delegates.160
The George Washington162
Paris Crowds Greeting President Wilson164
Henry White167
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau169
Victoria Hall at Geneva172
William Howard Taft176
Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States181
President and Mrs. Wilson Waving Good Bye187
President Wilson's Welcome in Paris193
Sir Eric Drummond202
Lord Robert Cecil207
Berlin Demonstrations Against The Peace Treaty214
German Press Representatives in Versailles220
Dreadnoughts Welcoming President Wilson Home227
M. Stephen Pichon233
Henry Cabot Lodge239
America's Peace Capitol in Paris245
The White Flags That Meant Defeat for the German Cause and Marked the Beginning of the End of the War251
Paris in War Time258
Senator Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania274
Male Population Registered and Not Registered281
Comparative Losses of Merchant Shipping During the War282
Production of Training Planes and Engines to the End of Each Month286
Number of Battle Aeroplanes in Each Army at the Date of the Armistice287
Our Flag in Alsace288
Secretary of War Baker Drawing Registration Numbers289