The Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles:
Newspaper and Contemporary Press Accounts

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The Peace Conference: Opening Session of the Greatest World Tribunal in History, with Text of the First Addresses (*.PDF file, Current History, February 1919)

The Peace Conference: A Tentative Constitution for a League of Nations Agreed Upon--Other Proceedings (*.PDF file, Current History, March 1919)

The Peace Conference: A Month's Progress at Paris in Shaping the Economic and Military Terms to Be Imposed upon Germany [Period Ended March 20, 1919] (*.PDF file, Current History, April 1919)

Summary of the Conference Proceedings, Progress in Complicated Problems (*.PDF file, Current History, May 1919)

The Peace Conference: Records of a Month's Proceedings at Paris, Introduced by Premier Lloyd George's Official Summary [Period Ended April 18, 1919] (*.PDF file, Current History, May 1919)

Germany and the Peace Treaty; Historic Ceremony of Its Delivery to the German Delegates at Versailles, How It Was Received (*.PDF file, Current History, June 1919)

Germany and the Treaty Terms: Brockdorff's Long Effort to Modify the Treaty by Means of Notes and Counter proposals [Period Ended June 20, 1919] (*.PDF file, Current History, July 1919)

The Historic Ceremony at Versailles: How the Treaty Was Signed (*.PDF file, Current History, August 1919), includes details about the signing ceremony.

Secretary Lansing on the Peace Treaty (*.PDF file, Current History, August 1919)