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1921

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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

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V. THE AFFirmative GUARANTY AND BALANCE OF

POWER

77

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

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149

XIV. DIFFERENCES AS TO THE League RECAPITULATED

XV. THE PROPOSED TREATY WITH FRANCE

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178

I. THE PRESIDENT'S ORIGinal Draft oF THE COVENANT

OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS, LAID BEFORE THE AMERICAN

COMMISSION ON JANUARY 10, 1919

281

II. LEAGUE OF NATIONS PLAN OF LORD ROBERT CECIL

295

III. THE COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS IN THE

TREATY OF Versailles

299

IV. THE FOURTEEN POINTS

314

V. PRINCIPLES DECLARED BY PRESIDENT WILSON IN HIS

ADDRESS OF FEBRUARY II, 1918

317

VI. THE ARticles of the Treaty of Versailles rELATING

TO SHANTUNG

318

INDEX

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