TREATY OF PEACE WITH GERMANY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE BRITISH EMPIRE, FRANCE, ITALY and JAPAN, These Powers being described in the present Treaty as the Principal Allied and Associated Powers, BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CHINA, CUBA, ECUADOR, GREECE, GUATEMALA, HAITI, THE HEDJAZ, HONDURAS, LIBERIA, NICARAGUA, PANAMA, PERU, POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROUMANIA, THE SERB-CROATSLOVENE STATE, SIAM, CZECHO-SLOVAKIA and URUGUAY, These Powers constituting with the Principal Powers mentioned above the Allied and Associated Powers, of the one part; And GERMANY, of the other part; Bearing in mind that on the request of the Imperial German Government an Armistice was granted on November 11, 1918, to Germany by the Principal Allied and Associated Powers in order that a Treaty of Peace might be concluded with her, and The Allied and Associated Powers being equally desirous that the war in which they were successively involved directly or indirectly and which originated in the declaration of war by AustriaHungary on July 28, 1914, against Serbia, the declaration of war by Germany against Russia on August 1, 1914, and against France on August 3, 1914, and in the invasion of Belgium, should be replaced by a firm, just and durable Peace, For this purpose the HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES represented as follows: THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, by: The Honourable Woodrow WILSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, acting in his own name and by his own proper authority; The Honourable Robert LANSING, Secretary of State; The Honourable Henry WHITE, formerly Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States at Rome and Paris; The Honourable Edward M. HOUSE; General Tasker H. BLISS, Military Representative of the HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE UNITED KINGDOM And The Right Honourable David LLOYD GEORGE, M. P., The Right Honourable Viscount MILNER, G. C. B., G. C. for the DOMINION of CANADA, by: The Honourable Charles Joseph DOHERTY, Minister of The Honourable Arthur Lewis SIFTON, Minister of Cus- for the COMMONWEALTH of AUSTRALIA, by: The Right Honourable William Morris Hughes, Attor- The Right Honourable Sir Joseph Cook, G. C. M. G., for the UNION of SOUTH AFRICA, by: General the Right Honourable Louis BOTHA, Minister of Lieutenant-General the Right Honourable Jan Christiaan for the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND, by: The Right Honourable William Ferguson MASSEY, Minister of Labour and Prime Minister; for INDIA, by: The Right Honourable Edwin Samuel MONTAGU, M. P., Major-General His Highness Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, by: Mr. Stephen PICHON, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Mr. André TARDIEU, Commissary General for Franco- Mr. Jules CAMBON, Ambassador of France; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF ITALY, by: Baron S. SONNINO, Deputy; Marquis G. IMPERIALI, Senator, Ambassador of His Mr. S. CRESPI, Deputy; HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN, by: Marquis SAÏONZI, formerly President of the Council of Ministers; Baron MAKINO, formerly Minister for Foreign Affairs, Viscount CHINDA, Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- Mr. H. IJUIN, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of H. M. the Emperor of Japan at Rome; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS, by: Mr. Jules van den HEUVEL, Envoy Extraordinary and Mr. Emile Vandervelde, Minister of Justice, Minister THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOLIVIA, by: Mr. Ismael MONTES, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Bolivia at Paris; THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL, by: Mr. João Pandiá Calogeras, Deputy, formerly Minister of Finance; Mr. Raul FERNANDES, Deputy; Mr. Rodrigo Octavio de L. MENEZES, Professor of International Law of Rio de Janeiro; THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE REPUBLIC, by: Mr. Chengting Thomas WANG, formerly Minister of THE PRESIDENT OF THE CUBAN REPUBLIC, by: THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR, by: Mr. Enrique DORN Y DE ALSÚA, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Ecuador at Paris; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE HELLENES, by: Mr. Eleftherios K. VENISÉLOs, President of the Council of Ministers; Mr. Nicolas POLITIS, Minister for Foreign Affairs; THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA, by: Mr. Joaquin MÉNDEZ, formerly Minister of State for Public Works and Public Instruction, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Guatemala at Washington, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary on special mission at Paris; THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI, by: Mr. Tertullien GUILBAUD, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Haiti at Paris; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE HEDJAZ, by: Mr. Rustem HAÏDAR; Mr. Abdul Hadi AOUNI; THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS, by: Dr. Policarpo BONILLA, on special mission to Washington, formerly President of the Republic of Honduras, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary; THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA, by: The Honourable Charles Dunbar Burgess KING, Secretary of State; THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA, by: Mr. Salvador CHAMORRO, President of the Chamber of THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA, by: THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PERU, by: Mr. Carlos G. CANDAMO, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Peru at Paris; |