Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume XII / The Great Results of the War

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INTRODUCTION By PROFESSOR IRVING FISHER

The Great Results of the War

The Great Results of the War PART I I ECONOMIC RESULTS OF THE

II WARTIME FOOD AND PRICE PROBLEMS Intricacies of a Perplexing

III INDUSTRY AND LABOR IN WARTIME Unprecedented Conditions and

IV GOVERNMENT CONTROL Wartime Nationalization of Railways and

V THE MONEY COST OF THE WAR Over USD210,000,000,000 Spent by

VI AMERICAN BUSINESS IN THE WAR Voluntary CoOperation of

VII THE LIBERTY LOAN ARMY Mobilizing Americans at Home to Pay

VIII FOOD AND THE WAR How Scientific Control and Voluntary

IX THE HIGH COST OF LIVING A Study of the Extraordinary Conditions Subsequent to the Armistice

PART II I THE PEACE CONFERENCE AT WORK A Vivid Account from

II WILSON'S FOURTEEN POINTS An Attempt to Raise International Morality to the Level of Private Morality

III HOW THE PEACE TREATY WAS SIGNED A Description of the

IV THE PEACE TREATY ITS MEANING TO AMERICA America's "Place

THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES AND THE COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

PREAMBLE

PART I The Covenant of the League of Nations

PART II. Boundaries of Germany

PART III Political Clauses for Europe SECTION I. Belgium

PART IV German Rights and Interests Outside Germany

PART V Military, Naval, and Aerial Clauses

PART VI Prisoners of War and Graves SECTION I. Prisoners of War

PART VII Penalties

PART VIII Reparation SECTION I. General Provisions

PART IX Financial Clauses

PART X Economic Clauses SECTION I. Commercial Relations

PART XI Aerial Navigation

PART XII Ports, Waterways, and Railways SECTION I. General Provisions

PART XIII Labor SECTION I. Organization of Labor

PART XIV Guarantees SECTION I. Western Europe

PART XV Miscellaneous Provisions

REJECTION OF THE PEACE TREATY The Senate Fails to Ratify the

THE RESERVATIONS WHICH FAILED Text of the Preamble and Fifteen

PEACE BY CONGRESSIONAL ENACTMENT FAILS

THE MAP OF EUROPE REMADE Proposed Form of Government, Countries

OUR PART IN WINNING THE WAR Official Figures That Reveal the

INDEX

ILLUSTRATIONS I. PORTRAITS

II. GENERAL

MAPS

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HARPER'S PICTORIAL LIBRARY OF THE WORLD WAR

In Twelve Volumes
Profusely Illustrated

VOLUME XII

THE GREAT RESULTS OF THE WAR

Economics and Finance, The Peace Treaty, The League of Nations. Index

HARPER'S PICTORIAL LIBRARY OF THE WORLD WAR

In Twelve Volumes
Profusely Illustrated

FOREWORD BY CHARLES W. ELIOT, PhD.
President Emeritus, Harvard University

VOLUME XII

The Great Results of the War

Economics and Finance, The Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations——Index

WITH INTRODUCTION BY PROFESSOR IRVING FISHER, YALE UNIVERSITY

Edited by

DR. W. L. BEVAN, KENYON COLLEGE

and

DR. HUGO C. M. WENDEL, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

GENERAL EDITORIAL BOARD

Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart,
Harvard University

Gen. Douglas MacArthur, U.S.A.,
Chief of Staff, 42nd Division

Admiral Albert Gleaves,
U.S. Navy

Prof. W. O. Stevens,
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis

Gen. Ulysses G. McAlexander,
U.S. Army

John Grier Hibben,
President of Princeton University

J. B. W. Gardiner,
Military Expert, New York Times

Commander C. C. Gill, U.S.N.,
Lecturer at Annapolis and aide to Admiral Gleaves

Henry Noble MacCracken,
President of Vassar College

Prof. E. R. A. Seligman,
Columbia University

Dr. Theodore F. Jones,
Professor of History, New York University

Carl Snyder

Prof. John Spencer Bassett,
Professor of History, Smith College

Major C. A. King, Jr.,
History Department, West Point

Harper & Brothers Publishers

NEW YORK AND LONDON

Established 1817


CONTENTS OF VOLUME XII
PAGE
Introduction Professor Irving Fisher vii
PART I
I. Economic Results of the War 1
II. Wartime Food and Price Problems 34
III. Industry and Labor in Wartime 65
IV. Government Control 87
V. The Money Cost of the War, Edwin R. A. Seligman 105
VI. American Business in the War, Grosvenor B. Clarkson 115
VII. The Liberty Loan Army, Guy Emerson 126
VIII. Food and the War, Vernon Kellogg 135
IX. The High Cost of Living, Director of the Council of National Defense 142
PART II
I. The Peace Conference at Work, Thomas W. Lamont 149
II. Wilson's Fourteen Points 163
III. How the Peace Treaty Was Signed 165
IV. The Peace Treaty—Its Meaning to America, George W. Wickersham 170

THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES AND THE COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Preamble 179
Part I. The Covenant of the League of Nations 182
Part II. Boundaries of Germany 186
Part III. Political Clauses for Europe 188
Part IV. German Rights and Interests Outside Germany 206
Part V. Military, Naval, and Aerial Clauses 209
Part VI. Prisoners of War and Graves 216
Part VII. Penalties 217
Part VIII. Reparation 217
Part IX. Financial Clauses 226
Part X. Economic Clauses 229
Part XI. Aerial Navigation 246
Part XII. Ports, Waterways, and Railways 247
Part XIII. Labor 255
Part XIV. Guarantees 261
Part XV. Miscellaneous Provisions 262
Rejection of the Peace Treaty 264
The Reservations Which Failed 269
Peace by Congressional Enactment Fails 271
The Map of Europe Remade 279
Our Part in Winning the War 280
Index
Text 291
Illustrations 363
I. Portraits 363
II. General 368
Maps 383

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THIS VOLUME

A Soldier of the Soil Frontispiece
Price Movements of the United States and England from the Earliest Index Numbers Through the First Years of the World War viii
Trend of Prices Before and After the Great Wars of History ix
William McAdoo xi
Money and the Price Level xii
John Pierpont Morgan xiv
President Wilson and Rear Admiral Grayson Passing the Palace of the King in Brussels xvii
Women Munition Workers in the International Fuse and Arms Works 3
Poster for Boy Scouts Who Worked for the Victory Loan 7
Dropping the First Bomb 10
A Poster Used During the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign 14
Detroit—City of Automobiles 17
A Woman Doing Road Construction Work 20
A Woman Operating a Multiple Spindle Drill in an English Shell Factory 23
Launching the Quistconck at Hog Island 26
Ship-building at Camden, N. J. 30
Diagram Showing the Effect of the War on the Prices of Stocks 33
Centres of Live Stock Production Throughout the World 36
Members of "The Women's Land Army" in England 41
A Map Issued by the Food Administration to Show Food Conditions in Europe After the Signing of the Armistice 43
A Food Riot in Sweden 46
Harry A. Garfield 49
Drying Fruit and Vegetables to Save Tin and Glass 52
"Back on the Farm" 54
The Nations and Their Wheat Supply 59
A Municipal Canning Station 61
In the Heart of the Bethlehem Steel Plant 67
Forging Armor Plate 70
Building Howitzers 73
Guns and Armaments for United States and Her Allies 74
Plowing by Night 76
A War Time Warning 81
Women Workers in America 84
Samuel P. Gompers 87
Walker D. Hines 90
Building a Steel Ship in Seattle, Washington 93
Hog Island Ship-building Yards 94
Launching the City of Portland on the Columbia River, near Portland, Oregon 96
Examining Cargoes for Contraband 99
An Antidote for the Submarine Pest 102
The Awkward Squad 104
The Economic Conference in Paris 106
Lord Reading 110
While the Men Fought, Those Left Behind Bought Bonds 112
French School Children Waiting to Welcome General PÉtain 114
United States Council of National Defense and Its Advisory Commission 117
Bernard M. Baruch 119
Daniel Willard 122
John D. Ryan 125
A Poster Used During the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign 128
A Poster for the Third Liberty Loan Campaign 131
Victory Way at Night 133
The Battle Scene at Home 137
A Community Conference on Food-Saving 140
Will There Be Enough to Go Around? 144
Women Doing Night Farming 147
The Ore Market—Cleveland 148
David Lloyd George 151
President PoincarÉ With the Swiss President, M. Gustave Ador, Driving to the Peace Conference in Paris 154
Where the Peace Treaty Was Signed 157
Awaiting the Decision of the German Peace Delegates. 160
The George Washington 162
Paris Crowds Greeting President Wilson 164
Henry White 167
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau 169
Victoria Hall at Geneva 172
William Howard Taft 176
Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States 181
President and Mrs. Wilson Waving Good Bye 187
President Wilson's Welcome in Paris 193
Sir Eric Drummond 202
Lord Robert Cecil 207
Berlin Demonstrations Against The Peace Treaty 214
German Press Representatives in Versailles 220
Dreadnoughts Welcoming President Wilson Home 227
M. Stephen Pichon 233
Henry Cabot Lodge 239
America's Peace Capitol in Paris 245
The White Flags That Meant Defeat for the German Cause and Marked the Beginning of the End of the War 251
Paris in War Time 258
Senator Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania 274
Male Population Registered and Not Registered 281
Comparative Losses of Merchant Shipping During the War 282
Production of Training Planes and Engines to the End of Each Month 286
Number of Battle Aeroplanes in Each Army at the Date of the Armistice 287
Our Flag in Alsace 288
Secretary of War Baker Drawing Registration Numbers 289

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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