A Brief History of the Great WarMacmillan, 1920 - 461 pages "Select bibliography": pages 431-436. |
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advance Aisne alliance Allies Alsace-Lorraine American Anglo-French armed Arras artillery Assembly attack August Austria-Hungary Austrian Austro-German Bagdad Balkan battle Belgian Belgium Bolsheviki Bolshevist Britain British Bulgaria captured Central Empires command conquest coöperation Council Dardanelles December declared defeat defense democracy democratic diplomatists drive Dual Monarchy East East Prussia eastern economic Entente Powers Europe forces foreign France French frontier Galicia Gallipoli German armies German General Staff German Government Germany's Gorizia Greece Greek guns Hindenburg Hungary Isonzo Italian Italy Japan July June League of Nations Mackensen March Marne ment Meuse military minister Mittel-Europa Montenegro munitions naval neutral November October offensive Ottoman Empire Paris Party peace Petrograd political premier President Wilson Provisional Government railway reënforcements Revolution river Rumania Salonica SCALE OF MILES September Serbia Socialists soldiers Soviets territory Teutonic tion treaty Trentino troops Tsar Turkey Turkish Turks United Verdun victory Western Front Ypres
Popular passages
Page 218 - It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace...
Page 217 - With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical character of the step I am taking and of the grave responsibilities which it involves, but in unhesitating obedience to what I deem my constitutional duty, I advise that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the government and people of the United States...
Page 419 - Mandatory must be responsible for the administration of the territory under conditions which will 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...
Page 420 - Will entrust the League with the general supervision of the trade in arms and ammunition with the countries in which the control of this traffic is necessary in the common interest; (e) Will make provision to secure and maintain freedom of communications and of transit and equitable treatment for the commerce of all members of the League.
Page 306 - There is no other course open to us but to fight it out. Every position must be held to the last man : there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight on to the end. "The safety of our homes and the freedom of mankind depend alike upon the conduct of each one of us at this critical moment...
Page 413 - The Members of the League recognize that the maintenance of peace requires the reduction of national armaments to the lowest point consistent with national safety and the enforcement by common action of international obligations.
Page 217 - The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty, We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make.
Page 412 - ARTICLE 4 1. The Council shall consist of Representatives of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers, together with Representatives of four other Members of the League. These four Members of the League shall be selected by the Assembly from time to time in its discretion.
Page 418 - If both parties to the dispute when so invited refuse to accept the obligations of membership in the League for the purposes of such dispute, the Council may take such measures and make such recommendations as will prevent hostilities and will result in the settlement of the dispute.
Page 419 - The degree of authority, control, or administration to be exercised by the Mandatory shall, if not previously agreed upon by the Members of the League, be explicitly defined in each case by the Council.