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Japan attended the 1919 Paris Peace Conference as one of five great powers, the only one which was non-Western. [3] The presence of Japanese delegates in the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles signing the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919 reflected the culmination of a half-century intensive effort by Japan to transform the nation into a modern state on the international stage.
The other members of the Central Powers signed treaties containing similar articles. This article, Article 231, became known as the "War Guilt" clause. Critics including John Maynard Keynes declared the treaty too harsh, styling it as a "Carthaginian peace", and saying the reparations were excessive and counterproductive.
The Treaty of Versailles of 1871 ended the Franco-Prussian War and was signed by Adolphe Thiers of the Third French Republic and Otto von Bismarck of the newly formed German Empire on 26 February 1871. A preliminary treaty, it was used to solidify the initial armistice of 28 January between the powers. [1]
Article 22 of the Treaty of Versailles [4] dealt with the creation and administration of League of Nations mandates. Lodge's third reservation proposed that Congress should be able to reject administering, developing, or defending any territorial mandate that the League might try to assign to it.
List of Treaties between the U.S. and Indian Tribes 1778–1842 from the Library of Congress; List of Treaties 1845–1851 from the Library of Congress; List of Treaties 1851–1855 from the Library of Congress; List of Treaties 1855–1859 from the Library of Congress; Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894: List of Dates
The American Commission to Negotiate Peace, successor to The Inquiry, participated in the peace negotiations at the Treaty of Versailles from January 18 to December 9, 1919. [1] Frank Lyon Polk headed the commission in late 1919.
Regarding "Other peoples, especially those of Central Africa" the Mandatory powers were charged to "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, and the prevention of the establishment of ...
Four amendments were passed by voters in the Oct. 14 election, and four more are on the Nov. 18 ballot. Louisiana's Constitution has now been amended 213 times since it was ratified in 1974. Early ...