A Brief History of the Great War |
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advance Aisne alliance Allies Alsace-Lorraine American Anglo-French armed Arras artillery attack August Austria-Hungary Austrian Austro-German Bagdad Balkan battle Belgian Belgium Bolsheviki Bolshevist Britain British Bulgaria captured Central Empires colonies command conquest coöperation Council Crown Prince Dardanelles declared defeat defense democratic diplomatists drive Dual Monarchy East Prussia eastern economic enemy Entente Powers Europe flank forces foreign France French frontier Galicia Gallipoli German armies German General Staff German government Germany's Gorizia Greece Greek guns Hindenburg Hungary Isonzo Italian Italy Ivangorod Japan League Mackensen March Marne ment Meuse military minister Mittel-Europa Montenegro munitions naval neutral northern November October offensive Ottoman Empire peace Petrograd political premier Provisional Government Przemysl railway reënforcements Revolution river Rumania Russian armies Russian Poland Salonica SCALE OF MILES September Serbia Socialists Soviets submarine territory Teutonic tion treaty Trentino troops Tsar Turkey Turkish Turks United Verdun victory Warsaw Western Front Ypres
Popular passages
Page 218 - It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace...
Page 217 - With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical character of the step I am taking and of the grave responsibilities which it involves, but in unhesitating obedience to what I deem my constitutional duty, I advise that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the government and people of the United States...
Page 400 - To those colonies and territories which as a consequence of the late war have ceased to be under the sovereignty of the States which formerly governed them and which are inhabited by peoples not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world, there should be applied the principle that the well-being and development of such peoples form a sacred trust of civilization and that securities for the performance of this trust should be embodied in this Covenant.
Page 400 - Mandatory must be responsible for the administration of the territory under conditions which will guarantee freedom of conscience and religion, subject only to the maintenance of public order and morals, the prohibition of abuses such as the slave trade, the arms traffic and the liquor traffic...
Page 421 - Amendments to this Covenant will take effect when ratified by the Members of the League whose representatives compose the Council and by a majority of the Members of the League whose Representatives compose the Assembly. No such amendment shall bind any Member of the League which signifies its dissent therefrom, but in that case it shall cease to be a Member of the League.
Page 420 - Will entrust the League with the general supervision of the trade in arms and ammunition with the countries in which the control of this traffic is necessary in the common interest; (e) Will make provision to secure and maintain freedom of communications and of transit and equitable treatment for the commerce of all members of the League.
Page 308 - There is no other course open to us but to fight it out. Every position must be held to the last man : there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight on to the end. "The safety of our homes and the freedom of mankind depend alike upon the conduct of each one of us at this critical moment...
Page 217 - The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty, We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make.
Page 419 - The degree of authority, control, or administration to be exercised by the Mandatory shall, if not previously agreed upon by the Members of the League, be explicitly defined in each case by the Council.
Page 411 - Any fully self-governing State, Dominion or Colony not named in the Annex may become a member of the League if its admission is agreed to by two-thirds of the Assembly, provided that it shall give effective guarantees of its sincere intention to observe its international obligations, and shall accept such regulations as may be prescribed by the League in regard to its military, naval and air forces and armaments. Any member of the League may, after two years...