GERMANY shall hand over to Japan within three months from the coming into force of the present Treaty the archives, registers, plans, title-deeds and documents of every kind, wherever they may be, relating to the administration, whether civil, military, financial, judicial or other, of the territory of Kiaochow.
Within the same period Germany shall give particulars to Japan of all treaties, arrangements or agreements relating to the rights, title or privileges referred to in the two preceding Articles.
Abrogation of treaties contrary to the
League, in Wilson's original draft, 291;
in Treaty, 309, 310.
Affirmative guaranty of territory and in-
dependence, plan, 33; Wilson adopts,
34, 35; in Fourteen Points, 35, 36, 316;
Lansing's opposition, 37, 44, 85; con-
stitutional and political arguments
against, 48-50, 167-169; Lansing's
'self-denying covenant" as substitute,
52-54; in Wilson's original draft and
in Treaty, 54-56, 93, 283, 303; as con-
tinuing balance of power, 78; Wilson
adheres to, 86, 124; not in Cecil plan,
91; in Lansing's resolution of princi-
ples, 116; other substitute, 123, 124;
as reason for rejection of Treaty by
Senate, 125; retained in reported Cove-
nant, 135; and dominance of Great
Powers, 166. See also Equality of na-
tions; League; Self-denying covenant.
Albania, disposition, 195.
Alliances. See French alliance.
Alsace-Lorraine, to be restored to France,
196, 315.
Amendment of League, provision for,
313.
American Bar Association, Lansing's ad-
dress, 70.
American Commission, members, 15, 48;
ignored in League negotiations, 37, 41,
42, 46, 87, 105-108, 137, 143, 217; con-
ference of January 10, 106-108; igno-
rant of preliminary negotiations, 214,
216, 217; question of resignation over
Shantung settlement, 264, 265; shares
in Shantung negotiations, 265, 266.
See also Bliss; House; Lansing; White;
Wilson.
American Peace Society, 30.
American programme, lack of definite,
as subject of disagreement, 8; Four-
teen Points announced, 17; not worked
out, 190; insufficiency of Fourteen
Points, 191; Lansing's memorandum
on territorial settlements, 192-197;
effect of President's attendance at
Conference, 198; embarrassment to
delegates of lack, 198, 199; projet
of treaty prepared for Lansing, 199;
President resents it, 200; no system or
team-work in American Commission,
201, 202, 204, 303; reason for Presi-
dent's attitude, 202, 203, 211, 212; no
instructions during President's ab-
sence, 203, 208, 209; results of lack,
206; and Preliminary Treaty, 211, 212;
influence of lack on Wilson's leader-
ship, 212; text of Fourteen Points,
314-316.
Annunzio, Gabriele d', at Fiume, 233.
Arabia, disposition, 196. See also Near
Arbitral Tribunal, in Lansing's plan, 63-
65.
Arbitration, as form of peace promotion,
33; in Lansing's plan, 63-65; in Wil-
son's original draft, 285, 286, 289, 290;
in Cecil plan, 297; in Treaty, 304, 305,
308, 309. See also Diplomatic adjust-
ment; Judicial settlement.
Armenia, mandate for, 159; protectorate,
195. See also Near East.
Armistice, American conference on, 15.
Article X. See Affirmative guaranty.
Assembly (Body of Delegates), in Wil-
son's original draft, 281, 282; analo-
gous body in Cecil plan, 295; in
Treaty, 300.
Auchincloss, Gordon, and drafting of
League, 122, 123, 131.
Austria, Archduchy and union with Ger-
many, outlet to sea, 99, 195.
Austria-Hungary, dissolution, 194, 224;
Fourteen Points on subject people,
315.
Azerbaidjan, Wilson and, 99.
alliance, 179; full sovereignty, 196,
315.
Bessarabia, disposition, 194.
Bliss, Tasker H., American delegate, 48;
opposes affirmative guaranty, 124;
and Covenant as reported, 137; and
proposed French alliance, 179; and
Shantung, letter to President, 255-
261. See also American Commission;
American programme.
Body of Delegates. See Assembly.
Boers, and self-determination, 97
Bohemia, disposition, 194.
Bolshevism, peace as check to spread,
Bosnia, disposition, 194.
Boundaries, principles in drawing, 102.
Bowman, Ísaiah, Commission of In-
quiry, 18.
Brest-Litovsk Treaty, to be abrogated,
193.
Bucharest Treaty, to be abrogated,
Buffer state on the Rhine, 179, 180.
Bulgaria, boundaries, 195.
Bullitt, William C., on revision of Cov-
enant, 123; testimony on Lansing inter-
view, 268, 269; Lansing's telegram to
President on testimony, 270; no reply
received, 271; and Wilson's western
speeches, 272.
Canada, Papineau Rebellion and self-
determination, 103.
Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace, 30.
Cecil, Lord Robert, plan for League, 88,
89; Wilson opposes it, 89-92; text of
plan, 295-298.
Central Powers, Wilson and need of
defeat, 17; hope in Wilson's attitude,
20; peace or Bolshevism, 110. See
also Mandates, and states by name.
China. See Shantung.
Chinda, Viscount, and Shantung, 254,
255.
Civil War, and self-determination, 100,
Clemenceau, Georges, Supreme War
Council, 14; advocates balance of
power, 77; and Cecil plan, 89; and
Franco-American alliance, 180. See
also Council of Four.
Codification of international law, in
Lansing's plan, 64, 65.
Colonies, disposition of, in Lansing's
plan, 187; Fourteen Points on, 314.
See also Mandates.
Commerce. See Non-intercourse; Open
Door.
Commission of Inquiry, work, 17, 18.
Commission on the League of Nations,
appointed, 117; and Wilson's return
to United States, 117, 118; meets, Wil-
son's draft as groundwork, 119; meet-
ings and report, Wilson's address, 134;
character of report and work, 134,
137, 172; secrecy, 136, 235; Wilson's
domination, 138.
Constantinople, disposition, 195.
Constitutional objections, to affirmative
guaranty, 50-52, 167; and to Cecil
plan, 91.
Council of Foreign Ministers, estab-
lished, nickname, 219.
Council of Four, self-constituted, 214;
secrecy, 218, 236; "Olympians," 222;
gives only digest of Treaty to other
delegates, 239, 240; Shantung bar-
gain, 243, 254, 255, 261, 267. See also
Secret diplomacy.
Council of Ten, and Lansing's substitute
resolution on League, 115; during Wil-
son's absence, 204; self-constituted
organization, 213, 214; and Supreme
War Council, 213; divided, 218; and
secrecy, 235.
Council of the Heads of States. See
Council of Four.
Council (Executive Council) of the
League, in Wilson's original draft,
282, 283; analogous body in Cecil
plan, 295; in Treaty, 300, 301.
Covenant. See League of Nations.
Croatia, disposition, 194.
Czecho-Slovakia, erection, 194, 224.
Dalmatia, in Pact of London, 223.
Danzig, for Poland, 194.
Dardanelles, Fourteen Points on, 316.
Declaration of war, affirmative guaranty
and power over, 49, 50, 167.
Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein, 196;
Heligoland, 196.
Diplomacy. See Secret diplomacy.
Diplomatic adjustment, as basis of Cov-
enant, 46; exalted, 67-70, 82, 169;
Lansing on judicial settlement and,
70-73; in Wilson's original draft, 285-
287; in Treaty, 305-307. See also
Judicial settlement.
Disarmament, not touched in Lansing's
Egypt, and self-determination, 97; dis-
position, 196.
Election of 1918, as rebuke to Wilson,
32.
Entangling alliances. See Isolation.
Equality of nations, sacrifice in Wilson's
draft of League, 44, 45, 67, 81, 85, 90;
in Lansing's form for League, 58, 59;
ignored in Cecil plan, 88, 89; primacy
of Great Powers retained in reported
Covenant, 135, 138; violation by
Treaty, 164-167, 273, 274; and secret
diplomacy at Conference, 219, 238-
Esthonia, Wilson and, 99; autonomy,
193.
Ethnic influence on boundary lines, 103.
See also Racial minorities; Self-de-
termination.
Finland, question of independence, 193.
Fiume affair, Lansing's attitude, 222;
Pact of London in light of dissolu-
tion of Austria-Hungary, 223-225;
resulting increase in Italian claims as
basis for compromise, 225; attitude
of Italy toward Jugo-Slavia, 225, 226;
commercial importance of Fiume to
Jugo-Slavia, 226; campaign of Italian
delegates for Fiume, 227, 228; Italian
public sentiment, 228; character of
population, self-determination ques-
tion, 229; efforts to get Wilson's ap-
proval, 229-231; threat to retire from
Conference, 231; Wilson's statement
against Italian claim, 232; withdrawal
of delegation, 232; Italian resentment
against Wilson, 232; as lesson on
secret diplomacy, 233-235; delegation
returns, 235; and Shantung, 259, 260.
Fourteen Points, announced, 17; af-
firmative guaranty in, 35, 38; insuf-
ficient as programme, 191; text, 314-
316.
France, Alsace-Lorraine, 196, 315; res-
toration, 315. See also Clemenceau;
French alliance; Great Powers.
Freedom of the seas, in Fourteen Points,
French alliance, as subject of disagree-
ment, 8; provisions of treaty, 178; re-
lation to League, 179, 185; and re-
moval of certain French demands
from Treaty of Peace, 179, 180; and
French adherence to League, 179-181,
185; Lansing's opposition, 182, 183,
185, 186; drafted, signed, 182; Lan-
sing and signing, 183; arguments for,
183-185.
Geographic influence on boundary lines,
103.
Georgia, Wilson and, 99.
Germany, buffer state on the Rhine,
179, 180; and Russian route to the
East, 192, 193; Lansing's memoran-
dum on territorial settlements, 194,
196, 197; military impotence, 197.
See also Central Powers; French al-
liance; Mandates.
Ginn Peace Foundation, 30.
Great Britain, and clause on self-de-
termination, 95; Egypt, 196. See also
French alliance; Great Powers; Lloyd
George.
Great Powers, and mandates, 156-160.
See also Balance of power; Council of
Four; Equality of nations.
Greece, territory, 194.
Gregory, Thomas W., and Wilson's
modus vivendi idea, 207.
Guaranty. See Affirmative; Self-deny-
ing.
Hague Conventions, and international
peace, 30.
Hague Tribunal, and Lansing's plan, 65,
73; Wilson's contempt, 130; recogni-
tion in Cecil plan, 296.
Hands Off, as basis of Lansing's plan, 75.
Health, promotion in Treaty, 312.
Heligoland, dismantlement, disposition,
196.
Herzegovina, disposition, 194.
Historic influence on boundary lines,
103.
Hostilities. See Prevention of war.
House, Edward M., joins Supreme War
Council, 14; conference on armistice
terms, 15; selection as peace negotia-
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