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Title: The Peace Negotiations
Author: Robert Lansing
Release Date: December 13, 2003 [eBook #10444]
Language: English
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THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
A PERSONAL NARRATIVE
BY ROBERT LANSING
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
CONTENTS
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 STA
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