E Peace Treaties 18
18. Th,e Peace Treaties. On 7 May 1919 The Treaty Of Versailles Was Handed To Count Von Brocicdorff-rantzatt. The Chief Of The German Plenipotentiaries. During The Weeks Of Negotiation That Followed Many Minor Changes Were Made In The Treaty Terms And The Polish Section Was Entirely Rewritten. The Complete And ...
European War
War, European, The Great Conflict, Brought To An End In 1918, Changed Not Only The Boundaries Of Nations, But Practically Every In Terest And Character Of Human Life. It Created A Gigantic Upheaval Among The Hitherto Accepted Fundamental Principles Underlying Government, Law, International Relations, Democracy, Freedom, Commerce, Industry, Finance, Labor, ...
Grass Finch Vesper Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow, Grass Finch, Or Baywinged Bunting, A Well-known And Abundant Bird (poocales Gratnineus), Of The Family Fringillidce, Found Throughout The Eastern United States And Canada, And Rep Resented In Other Parts Of Temperate North An/erica By Distinct Sub-species. It Is About Six Inches Long And May Be Recognized By ...
Henri F Klein
Henri F. Klein, Editorial Staff Of The Americana. 2. Diplomatic History. The Spark That Was Indirecdy Responsible For The Out. Break Of The World Conflagration Was Kindled In The Little City Of Serajevo, The Capital Of The Former Austro-hungarian Province Of Bosnia, On Sunday, 28 June 1914. On That Day ...
Horace Meyer Kallen
Horace Meyer Kallen, New School For Social Research, New York. (2) Catastrophe Of 1914 And The Psychic Reactions To It Present The Student A Distinctive Problem. The Readjust Ments Demanded By; The World Larar Appear Psychologically As Contributions To The Genesis Of Conviction. When We Attempt To View The Larorld ...
I Direct Costs Of
I. Direct Costs Of The War By Countries. • Allied And Associated Pourers. United Stateit— Although The Last Great Power To Enter The C,onflict, The Net War Ex Penditures Of The United States Amounted To U2,623,252,843. This Was Almost 20 Times As Much As The Pre-war Debt Of The Country ...
I Historical Introduction
I. Historical Introduction. Wars Are Invariably Concerned With Issues Of Great Magnitude, Although They Frequently Arise From Ummportant Circumstances. This Is Es Pecially True Of The European War Which Brolce Out In 1914. It Would Be Rash, However, To De Scribe Any— Or Even All— Of The Political Events Of ...
I Military Clauses On
I. Military Clauses On Westenn Front. R. Cessation Of Operations By Land And In The Air Six Hours After The Signature Of The Armistice. Ii. Immediate Evacuation Of Invaded Countries: Belgium, France, Alsace-lorraine, Luxemburg, So Ordered As To Be Completed Within Fourteen Days From The Signature Of The Armistice. German ...
Ii The Historical And
Ii. The Historical And Ethnographic Ground Of The Problems Of The Small Nations In The World Wa/i And At The Peace Conferenc.& 1. The Finnish Peoples.— The Northern Most Of These Suppressed Nations Are The Finnish Peoples Of Finland, Esthonia And Northern Livonia. Originally Constituting A Portion Of That Early ...
Iii The Small Nations
Iii. The Small Nations In The Period Op The European War. Only The Briefest Summary Of The Salient Facts Involved In The Participation Of The Small Nations In The Hostilities Of The World War Can Be Attempted Here. For A More Detailed Ac Count The Reader Must Be Referred To ...
Iv The Peace Conference
Iv. The Peace Conference And The Attilmpt At A Reconstruction Of Tlie Small Tion' According To Thb Principle Of National Self-determination. 1. The Difficulties Hi Applying The Princi Ple Of Nationality To The Reconstruction Of Europe.— The Principle Of National Self Determination As Applied To The Reconstruc Tion Of Europe ...
M Arine
M Arine Waftfare) Proclaimed A New War Zone Embracing The Whole North Sea, Including The Waters Around The British Isles, Extending North To The Faroe Islands, Westward From France And England About 500 Miles And Southward To Within A Few Miles Of The Coast Of Spain. A Large Portion Of ...
Me Ce
C.e., M.e., E.e. And E.m. Each Course Includes Elements Of General Culture, While In All Of The Degree Courses English, Modem Lan Guages, Mathematics And Political Science Are Required. Laboratory Practice Or Practical Work In The Shops Or Fields Forms An Integral Part Of Each Course And Consumes About One-half ...
Minor Operations 1
Minor Operations. 1. Supplementary Engagements Early In During The First Half Of 1916 The Bat Tle Of Verdun Overshadowed The Fighting In An Other Parts Of The Western Area. Into This Struggle Were Drawn The Best Of The French Forces; For It Was Here That The Fate Of France Seemed ...
Nations
Nations. In View• Of The Fact That The League Of Nations Has Not Begun To Function Completely, It Is Obvious That Its Relation To The Small Nations Can Only Be Inferred From The Sections Of The Covenant Which Relate &reedy To This Matter And From The Interpretative Discussions Of The ...
Presidential Preference Corrupt Practices
Primary, Presidential Preference; Corrupt Practices 'acts; Minority And Proportional Representation. Voters.— The Word Voter Is Commonly Used In The Senses: (1) A Person Who Casts A Bal Lot At An Election ; An Elector Who Actually Votes ; (2) A Qualified Voter ; A Person Possessing The Necessary Qualifications Entitling ...
Seawan Wampum
Wampum, Seawan, Peag Or Shell Money, A Fabric Bearing Beads Formed Of The Interior Of Shells, Arranged In Patterns Or Designs, Formerly Much Used By North Ameri Can Indians As A Medium Of Exchange Among The Indians Of The Atlantic Seaboard States. Not Merely Did It Serve The Indian As ...
Sir Wallace
Wallace, Sir William, Scottish Patriot And Hero: B. Probably Elderslie, Renfrewshire, About 1272; D. London, 24 Aug. 1305. Owing To The Want Of Contemporary Scottish Records, The Real Facts Regarding His Life And Achieve Ments Remain In Much Obscurity, Many Inci Dents Resting Solely On The Authority Of Blind Harry, ...
Sir Walpole
Walpole, Sir Robert, Emu. Of Orford, English Statesman: B. Houghton, Norfolk, 26 Aug. 1676; D. There, 18 March 1745. He Was Educated At Eton And King's College, Cam Bridge, And Became A Good Classical Scholar. On The Death Of His Elder Brother In 1698 He Resigned His Scholarship, In 1700 ...
Terms Of Armisi10e Granted
Terms Of Armisi10e Granted To Tuarle By The Entente. The Terms Of The Allies. Arinii.lice To Turkey, As Given Out At London Nov. Coat Were As Follows: 1. The Opening Of The Dardamiles And The Boii• Porus And The Access To The Black Sea. Allied Occu Pation Of The Dardanelles ...
Terms Of Armistice Granted
Terms Of Armistice Granted To Austria By The Entente. Military Clauses. I. The Immediate Cessation Of Hostilities By Land, By Sea, And Air. Ii. Total Demobilization Of The Austro-hungarian Army And Immediate Withdrawal Of All Austro-hun Garian Forces Operating On The Front From The North Sea To Switzerland. Within Austro-hungarian ...
The Deciding Campaign Of
The Deciding Campaign Of 1918. 1. The Crisis Of The War.—in The Beginning Of 1918 The Will To War Was Visibly Lower In The Peoples Of Europe. Austria, Bulgaria And Turkey Were At The Limit Of Their Powers And Their Peoples Had Become Apathetic. On The Side Of The Entente ...
The Last Ot Tns
The Last Ot Tn's German Resistance. 1. Weakening The German Front.— At The Vesle Foch, Pursuing The Retreating Germans Who Had Been Beaten Back Out Of The Marne Salient, Decided To Stay His Hand. It Was Not His Plan To Attack When The Enemy's Line Hardened, But To Arrest The ...
Or Blistering Agents Vesicants
Vesicants, Or Blistering Agents, Substanc, S Which, If Kept In Contact For Some Time With The Surface Of The Body, Excite Such Irritatign As To Cause Effusion Of Scrum From The True Skin, Leading To Separation And Elevation Of The Cuticle, And Formation Of A Nesicic Or Blister. Vesicants Are ...
Or Essential Oils Volatile
Volatile Oils, Or Essential Oils, Vegetable Oils Distinguished By The Pos Session Of Pungent, Characteristic Odors, And By The Fact That They Can Be Vaporized Without De Composition, And Usually Without Any Consider Able Residue. The Volatile Oils Differ From The "fatty Oils,o Or "fixed (ale" (of Which Olive Oil ...
Or Glass Eye Wall Eyed Pike
Wall-eyed Pike, Or Glass-eye, One Of The Pike-perch (stieostedion Vitreans) Of The Central Part Of The United States, So Called In Reference To Its Large Staring Eyes; Also Absurdly Called Salmon Or Jack-salmon In Some Parts Of The South. Its Body Is Elongate, Back Arched, Head Subconic, Long; Cheeks, Gill-covers ...
Or Greenlets Vireos
Vireos, Or Greenlet's, A Family (vireonieis), Of Small Fly-catching Passerine Birds, Restricted To America, Where They Range From 'patagonia To Canada. They Have Bills Conical, Much Compressed, Decurved At The End And Notched, But Scarcely Toothed, With Numer Ous Conspicuous Rictal Bristles; Frontal Feathers Bristly And Erect, Or Bent Slightly ...
Or Paper Hang Ings
Wall Paper, Or Paper Hang Ings, Called By The French Papier Teint, Orna Mental, Decorated Or Colored Paper Affixed To The Walls Of Houses As A Substitute For The Ancient Tapestry Hangings. The Chinese Appear To Have Employed Paper For This Ust From Time Immemorial, And The English Claim To ...
Or South Vic Toria
Victoria Land, Or South Vic Toria Land, Antarctic Regions, A Vast Con Tinental Plateau South Of New Zealand, Ex Tending From Latitude 71° To The South Pole Be Tween Longitudes 160° To 170° E. Victoria Land Was Discovered And Named By The British Navi Gator Sir James Clark Ross During ...
Or Valkyr Walkyrie
Walkyrie, Or Valkyr, In Scandi Navian Mytholoa, One Of A Company Of Nine Or More Beautiful Maidens, Attendants Of Odin (q.v.), Who, Clad In Brilliant Armor And Adorned With Golden Ornaments, Ride Through The Air, Order Battles, And Distribute The Death-lots Ac Cording To Odin's Commands. Fertilizing Dew Drops On ...
Or Viticulture
Viticulture, Or The Vine Is Any Climbing Plant, Especially If Shrubby, As The Bop-vine, The Vines Of Melons; But The Name Particularly Belongs To A. Plant T:;:f The Genus Vitis Of The Natural Order Vitacem, Haying Pentamerous Flowers (five-toothed Calyx, Five Petals, Five Stamens), And The Petals United Into A ...
Or Wineland Vinland
Vinland, Or Wineland, The Chief Settlement Of ' The Qatty Norsemen In North' America, Represented In Modern Dales By Part Of Massachusetts And Rhode Island. The First Voyager To See The North Coast Was Bjarne Herjulfson, Who Was Driven Thither By A Storm In The Summer Of 986 A.d., When ...
Or A Plot Discovered
Venice Preserved, Or A Plot Discovered.
Or The Fox Volpone
Volpone, Or The Fox. Jonson Was A Colossus. An Autocrat, A Scholastic, A Rider Of Hobbies, A Combatant, He Overstrides The Or Dinary Men Who Swartn About His Ankles And Snap At His Shins.
Or The Volun Tary
Voluntaryism, Or The Volun Tary System, A Term Applied To The Support Of Ministers Of Religion And Their Churches By The Voluntary Contnbutions Of The People, As Opposed To The Connection Of Church And State, And The Support Of The Ministry Frotn Tithes Or General Taxation. Whenever The Clergy Receive ...