The Conduct of the War—Discussions of Peace and Conclusion of the Armistices
Contents
- Speeches on war aims by the British Prime Minister, January 5, and by
President Wilson (the Fourteen
Points), January 8; comment in Associated and enemy countries—Speech of
the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, January 13—Unofficial
Austro-German advances regarding peace to the American Professor
Herron
(Documents 1–24)
- Speeches of the German Chancellor (Hertling) and the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign
Affairs (Czernin), January
24 (Documents 25–42)
- Third session of the Supreme War Council, January 30–February 2:
discussion of the use of American troops—Public statement of the Allied
Premiers denouncing the enemy peace program—Objection by the United
States to collective pronouncements by the Supreme War
Council—Unofficial conversations on peace between Professor
Herron and a Bulgarian emissary (Documents 43–55)
- The Herron-Lammasch conversations, February 3–4 (Documents 56–58)
- President Wilson’s speech in
reply to Hertling and Czernin, February 11; comment in
Associated and enemy countries—Assurances transmitted to Lammasch, February 15—Letter of Emperor
Charles to President Wilson, February 17 (Documents 59–83)
- Chancellor Hertling’s speech,
February 25—British attitude toward German and Austrian advances
regarding peace—Support by the United States of proposals for an
Inter-Allied General Reserve—Italian request for American troops (Documents 84–102)
- Memorandum of the Inter-Allied Labor and Socialist Conference on War
Aims, February 23 (received March 18)—Proposals for a discussion between
Socialist and Labor Parties of the Allied and Central Powers and for an
Allied Socialist mission to the United States; attitude of the American
Government—Allied reverses in France: American assurances of
reenforcements—Communications exchanged between President Wilson and Emperor
Charles—The American Labor Mission to
Europe (Documents 103–131)
- Speech of the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs (Czernin), April 2—Request of the
Greek Government for guarantees (Documents 132–138)
- President Wilson’s speech of
April 6; comment in Associated and enemy countries—Assurances to Greece,
April 19 (Documents 139–154)
- Fifth session of the Supreme War Council, May 1–2: discussion of the
use of American troops—Consideration of the advisability of declaring a
state of war with Turkey and Bulgaria—President Wilson’s speech of May 18 (Documents 155–177)
- Sixth session of the Supreme War Council, June 1–3: the question of
unity of naval command in the Mediterranean—Appeal of the Allied
Premiers for more American troops—Fresh reverses in France-Assurances to
France and promise of American troops to Italy—“Peace offensive” in the
German press—Speeches of Kühlmann
and Hertling, June 24 and
25—Change of government in Bulgaria: unofficial advances regarding
peace (Documents 178–205)
- President Wilson’s speech of
July 4—Seventh session of the Supreme War Council, July 2–4–The
Herron-De Fiori
conversations (Documents 206–216)
- Chancellor Hertling’s
speeches of July 11 and 12: statements of policy regarding
Belgium—Unofficial German advances toward Belgium regarding peace;
unfavorable judgment of these by the American Government (Documents 217–246)
- Austro-Hungarian peace note, September 16; American reply, September
17—Hertling’s speech,
September 24 (Documents 247–256)
- President Wilson’s speech of
September 27—The Bulgarian armistice, September 29—Declaration of the
United States against a separate peace with Bulgaria, October
2—Replacement of Chancellor Hertling by Prince Max of
Baden
(Documents 257–278)
- German note requesting an armistice and peace negotiations on the
basis of the President’s addresses, presented October 6—Speech of the
German Chancellor, October 5—Austro-Hungarian note, presented October
7—Informal Turkish proposals to the Allies, October 6–9—American reply
to the German request, October 8—Joint note of the Allied Premiers to
President Wilson, October 9 (Documents 279–302)
- Second German note, October 12; American reply, October 14, calling
for the destruction of arbitrary power in Germany—Turkish note
requesting an armistice and peace negotiations, presented October
14—Dispatch of Colonel House as
American representative in the armistice negotiations at
Paris—Proclamation of the federalization of Austria, October 16 (Documents 303–313)
- American reply to the Austro-Hungarian peace note, October 19,
repudiating autonomy of subject peoples as a basis of peace—German note
of October 20 conveying assurances of popular control of the
Government (Documents 314–326)
- American note to Germany, October 23—Submission of the correspondence
with Germany to the Associated Governments—Speech of the German
Chancellor, October 22—German note of October 27—Austro-Hungarian note,
transmitted October 29, offering to negotiate separately (Documents 327–339)
- Participation of Colonel House
in the armistice negotiations at Paris—Interpretation of the Fourteen
Points—British reservation concerning “freedom of the seas”—American
note to Turkey, October 31—Austro-Hungarian note, received October
31 (Documents 340–359)
- Discussion of the armistice terms—The armistice with Turkey, signed
October 30—Disintegration of Austria-Hungary—The armistice with
Austria-Hungary, signed November 3 (Documents 360–373)
- Discussion of President Wilson’s
principles of peace—Note of the Soviet Government, received November 3,
regarding participation in the peace
negotiations—Reports of constitutional changes in Germany—Memorandum of
the Allied Governments on the bases of peace, November 4—Agreement on
the terms of the armistice for Germany (Documents 374–384)
- American note to Germany, November 5, transmitting the Allied
memorandum and referring further communications to Marshal Foch—Appeal of President Wilson to the peoples of Austria-Hungary
for moderation—Further inquiry of the Soviet Government regarding
negotiations—False report of the signature of the armistice (Documents 385–400)
- The armistice negotiations with the Germans—Revolution in Germany and
abdication of the Kaiser—Refusal of the American Government to negotiate
with the Soviet Government—The armistice with Germany, signed November
11 (Documents 401–420)