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 staff
Photograph by Signal Corps, U.S.A.
A meeting at the quai D’ORSAY
after President Wilson’s
departure from Paris
Facsimile of Mr. Lansing’s
“Full powers” To negotiate
A treaty of
assistance to France
The daily conference of the
American peace commission
Photograph by Isabey, Paris
CHRONOLOGY
The Declaration of the Fourteen Points January 18, 1918
Declaration of Four Additional Bases of Peace February 11, 1918
Departure of Colonel House for Paris to represent
the
President on Supreme War Council
October 17, 1918
Signature of Armistice, 5 A.M.; effective, 11 A.M.
November
11, 1918
Departure of President and American Commission
for France
December 4, 1918
Arrival of President and American Commission in
Paris
December 14, 1918
Meeting of Supreme War Council January 12, 1919
First Plenary Session of Peace Conference January 25, 1919
Plenary Session at which Report on the League of Nations
was Submitted
February 14, 1919
Departure of President from Paris for United States
February
14, 1919
President lands at Boston February 24, 1919
Departure of President from New York for France March 5, 1919
President arrives in Paris March 14, 1919
Organization of Council of Four About March 24, 1919
President’s public statement in regard to Fiume April 23, 1919
Adoption of Commission’s Report on League of
Nations
by the Conference
April 28, 1919
The Shantung Settlement April 30, 1919