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CONTENTS

48

93

I. REASONS FOR WRITING A PERSONAL NARRATIVE 3

II. MR. Wilson's PRESENCE AT THE PEACE CONFERENCE 14

III. GENERAL PLAN FOR A LEAGUE OF NATIONS

28

IV. SUBSTITUTE ARTICLES PROPOSED

V. THE AFFIRMATIVE GUARANTY AND BALANCE OF

POWER

77

VI. THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN AND THE Cecil PLAN

81

VII. SELF-DETERMINATION

VIII. The CONFERENCE OF JANUARY 10, 1919

106

IX. A RESOLUTION INSTEAD OF THE COVENANT

109

X. THE GUARANTY IN THE REVISED COVENANT

122

XI. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

126

XII. REPORT OF COMMISSION ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS 134

XIII. THE SYSTEM OF MANDATES

149

XIV. DIFFERENCES AS TO THE LEAGUE RECAPITULATED 162

XV. THE PROPOSED TREATY WITH FRANCE

178

XVI. LACK OF AN AMERICAN PROGRAMME

190

XVII. SECRET DIPLOMACY

213

XVIII. THE SHANTUNG SETTLEMENT

243

XIX. The BULLITT AFFAIR

268

CONCLUSION

278

APPENDICES

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 11, 1918

317

VI. The ARTICLES OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES RELATING

TO SHANTUNG

318

INDEX

321