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Armenia

Conditions in the Near East: Report of the American Military Mission to Armenia

by Maj. General James G. Harbord

(Senate Document No. 266, 66th Congress, 2d Session.)

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1920.

• Viscount Bryce, The Treatment of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire

1915 - 1916

Austria-Hungary

• The Dual Alliance Between Austria-Hungary and Germany

7 October 1879

• The Triple Alliance (The French Original)

20 May 1882

(Eight articles in the original French)

See also expanded version of 1912

• The Triple Alliance (The English Tranlation)

20 May 1882

(English translation of the above)

See also expanded version of 1912 (In English)

• Amended Version of The Triple Alliance (In French)

5 December 1912

(Fifteen articles in the original French)

• Amended Version of The Triple Alliance

5 December 1912

(English translation of the above)

• Austro-Hungarian / Romanian Accord

5 February 1913

(Original French)

• Die Österreich-Ungarischen Dokumente zum Kriegsausbruch

(Austro-Hungarian Documents on the Outbreak of War)

2 July 1914 - 27 August 1914

(German and French transcriptions)

• The Austro-Hungarian Red Book (Print facsimile of the official English translation)
• The Austro-Hungarian Red Book (Transcriptions from the official English translation)

1914 - 1915

• The Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia (The German original)

23 July 1914

• The Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia (English translation)

23 July 1914

• The Serbian Response to the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum (French original)

25 July 1914

• The Serbian Response to the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum (English Translation)

25 July 1914

• The Austro-Hungarian Declaration of War on Serbia

28 July 1914

• The Allies' Armistice Demands

10 November 1918

• Conditions of an Armistice with Germany

11 November 1918

• Report on War Guilt by the Commission On the Responsibility of the Authors of the War

1918

• US Peace Treaty with Austria

24 August 1921

Belgium

• Treaties and Documents Relative to the Neutrality of the Netherlands and Belgium

1839-1914

Taken from an appendix to Alexander Fuehr's The Neutrality of Belgium (1915)

• The Belgian Grey Book: Diplomatic Correspondence Respecting the War (Print facsimile of official English translation)

Published by the Belgian government, 1914.

• The Belgian Grey Book: Diplomatic Correspondence Respecting the War (Transcriptions of the official English translation)

24 July - 29 August 1914

• The German Request for Free Passage Through Belgium

2 August 1914

• The Belgian Refusal of Free Passage

3 August 1914

• The Second Belgian Grey Book (Print facsimile of the official English translation)

1915

• Report on War Guilt by the Commission On the Responsibility of the Authors of the War

1918

Bulgaria




• Tsar Nicholas' Declaration Against the Bulgarians

6 October 1915 (Russian original)

• Tsar Nicholas' Declaration Against the Bulgarians

6 October 1915 (English translation)

• Report on War Guilt by the Commission On the Responsibility of the Authors of the War

1918

England

• See: Great Britain.

France

• The Franco-Russian Alliance Military Convention

18 August 1892

• The Entente Cordiale Between The United Kingdom and France

8 April 1904

• The French Yellow Book: The European War (Print facsimile of official English translation)

Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1914

• The French Yellow Book (transcription of official English translation)

1913 - 1914

• The Triple Entente Declaration on No Separate Peace

4 September 1914

• Sykes-Picot Agreement

15 - 16 May 1916

• The Allied Appeal for Rapid American Assistance

May - June 1918

• The Allies' Conditional Acceptance of the Fourteen Points

5 November 1918

• The Allies' Armistice Demands

10 November 1918

• Conditions of an Armistice with Germany

11 November 1918

• Report on War Guilt by the Commission On the Responsibility of the Authors of the War

1918

Germany

• The Triple Alliance (The French Original)

20 May 1882

(Eight articles in the original French)

See also expanded version of 1912

• The Triple Alliance (The English Tranlation)

20 May 1882

(English translation of the above)

See also expanded version of 1912 (In English)

• The Reinsurance Treaty

18 June 1887

• Amended Version of The Triple Alliance

5 December 1912

(Fifteen articles in the original French)

• Amended Version of The Triple Alliance

5 December 1912

(English translation of the above)

• Die Deutschen Dokumente zum Kriegsausbruch

(German Documents on the Outbreak of War)

13 June 1914 - 27 August 1914

"Herausgegeben im Auftrage des Auswärtigen Amtes"

Charlottenburg: Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft für Politik und Geschichte, 1919 -

(German and French transcriptions in print)

5 volumes in 3:

Vol. 1 - Vol. 2 - Vol. 3 - Vol. 4 - Vol. 5 (commentary)

• The German White Book: How Russian and her Ruler Betrayed Germany's Confidence and Thereby Caused the European War (Print facsimile of official English translation)

Berlin: Liebheit & Thiesen, 1914

• The German White Book (Transcriptions of the official English translation)

1914

• Amtliche Kriegs-Depeschen nach Berichten des Wolff'schen Telegr.-Bureaus

Official German Telegrams from Wartime, 1914-1918.

In 8 volumes:

Vol. 1 - Vol. 2 - Vol. 3 - Vol. 4 - Vol. 5 - Vol. 6 - Vol. 7 - Vol. 8

• The German Declaration of War on Russia

1 August 1914

• The Treaty of Alliance Between Germany and Turkey

2 August 1914

• The German Request for Free Passage Through Belgium

2 August 1914

• The Belgian Refusal of Free Passage

3 August 1914

• Japanese Ultimatum to Germany

15 August 1914

• Full Text of the German "White Paper" On the War

published in the New York Times, 24 August 1914

• Wilson's First Warning to the Germans

10 February 1915

• The Reichstag Peace Resolution

19 July 1917

• The Allies' Armistice Demands

10 November 1918

• Conditions of an Armistice with Germany

11 November 1918

• Abdication Proclamation of Wilhelm II

28 November 28 1918

• Report on War Guilt by the Commission On the Responsibility of the Authors of the War

1918

• US Peace Treaty with Germany

25 August 1921

• Erich Ludendorff, ed.,

Urkunden der obersten Heeresleitung über ihre Tätigkeit 1916-1918

2nd ed. (Berlin: Mittler, 1921).

Great Britain

• The Entente Cordiale Between The United Kingdom and France

8 April 1904

• The Anglo-Russian Entente

1907

• British Imperial Connexions to the Arab National Movement

1912-1914

• British Official Documents on the Origins of the War

Multi-volume set ed. by G. P. Gooch and Harold Temperley (London: HMSO, n.d.)

Vol. I, The End of British Isolation: 1897 - 1903, University of Toronto Digital Collections

Vol. XI, The Outbreak of War: June 28 - August 4 1914, Dual Frame version;  Standard version

Major Resource!

• The British Blue Book: Great Britain and the European Crisis

London: HMSO, 1914

• The Triple Entente Declaration on No Separate Peace

4 September 1914

• The British Defense of the Realm Consolidation Act

1914

• Sykes-Picot Agreement

15 - 16 May 1916

• Viscount Bryce, The Treatment of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire

1915 - 1916

• The Balfour Declaration

2 November 1917

• The Allied Appeal for Rapid American Assistance

May - June 1918

• The Allies' Conditional Acceptance of the Fourteen Points

5 November 1918

• The Allies' Armistice Demands

10 November 1918

• Conditions of an Armistice with Germany

11 November 1918

• Report on War Guilt by the Commission On the Responsibility of the Authors of the War

1918

• Anglo-Soviet Trade Agreement

16 March 1921

• The Palestine Mandate of the League of Nations

24 July 1922

Hungary

Post-World War I; See also: Austria-Hungary
• Treaty of Trianon

Signed 4 June 1920

• US Peace Treaty with Hungary

29 August 1921

Italy

• The Triple Alliance (The French Original)

20 May 1882

(Eight articles in the original French)

See also expanded version of 1912

• The Triple Alliance (The English Tranlation)

20 May 1882

(English translation of the above)

See also expanded version of 1912 (In English)

• Amended Version of The Triple Alliance

5 December 1912

(Fifteen articles in the original French)

• Amended Version of The Triple Alliance

5 December 1912

(English translation of the above)

• The Italian Declaration of Neutrality

3 August 1914

• The Allied Appeal for Rapid American Assistance

May - June 1918

• The Allies' Conditional Acceptance of the Fourteen Points

5 November 1918

• The Allies' Armistice Demands

10 November 1918

• Conditions of an Armistice with Germany

11 November 1918

• Report on War Guilt by the Commission On the Responsibility of the Authors of the War

1918

Japan

• Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War

1905

• Japanese Ultimatum to Germany

15 August 1914

Luxembourg

• The Treaty of London (1867)

21 June 1867

Granting neutrality to Luxembourg (French translation)

• Luxembourg Railways Intelligence Report

24 September 1911

• The German Occupation of Luxembourg

1914-1918

(Original French- and German-language dispatches)

Romania

• Austro-Hungarian / Rumanian Accord

5 February 1913

(Original French)

Russia

• The Three Emperors' League

18 June 1881

• The Reinsurance Treaty

18 June 1887

• The Franco-Russian Alliance Military Convention

18 August 1892

• Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War

1905

• The Anglo-Russian Entente

1907

• Russian Orange Book: Documents Respecting the Negotiations Preceding the War (Print facsimile of the official English translation)

Published by the Russian government, 1914.

• The Russian Orange Book (transcriptions of the official English translation)

1914

• The German Declaration of War on Russia

1 August 1914

• The Triple Entente Declaration on No Separate Peace

4 September 1914

• Tsar Nicholas' Declaration Against the Bulgarians

6 October 1915

(Russian original)

• Tsar Nicholas' Declaration Against the Bulgarians

6 October 1915

(English translation)

• The Abdication of Nicholas II

15 March 1917

(Russian facsimile and transcription)

• The Abdication of Nicholas II

March 15 1917

(English translation)

• The Allies' Armistice Demands

10 November 1918

• Conditions of an Armistice with Germany

11 November 1918

• Report on War Guilt by the Commission On the Responsibility of the Authors of the War

1918

• The Post-War Soviet / U.S. Agreement on Food Shipments to Russia

19 October 1920

• Anglo-Soviet Trade Agreement

16 March 1921

Serbia

• The Serbian Blue Book (Print facsimiles of official English translation)

1914

• The Serbian Blue Book (Transcriptions of official English translation)

1914

• The Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia

23 July 1914

(German original)

• The Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia

23 July 1914

(English translation)

• The Serbian Response to the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum

25 July 1914

(French original)

• The Serbian Response to the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum (English Translation)

25 July 1914

(English translation)

• The Austro-Hungarian Declaration of War on Serbia

28 July 1914

• Report on War Guilt by the Commission On the Responsibility of the Authors of the War

1918

Turkey

Conditions in the Near East: Report of the American Military Mission to Armenia

by Maj. General James G. Harbord

(Senate Document No. 266, 66th Congress, 2d Session.)

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1920.

• The Treaty of Alliance Between Germany and Turkey

2 August 1914

• Viscount Bryce, The Treatment of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire

1915 - 1916

• Report on War Guilt by the Commission On the Responsibility of the Authors of the War

1918




United States of America

• President Wilson's Declaration of Neutrality

19 August 1914

• The US Statement on the Status of Armed Merchant Vessels

19 September 1914

• Wilson's First Warning to the Germans

10 February 1915

• Wilson's War Message to Congress

2 April 1917

• President Wilson's Fourteen Points

8 January 1918

• The U.S. Sedition Act

16 May 1918

• The Allied Appeal for Rapid American Assistance

May - June 1918

• The Allies' Conditional Acceptance of the Fourteen Points

5 November 1918

• The Allies' Armistice Demands

10 November 1918

• Conditions of an Armistice with Germany

11 November 1918

• Report on War Guilt by the Commission On the Responsibility of the Authors of the War

1918

• The King-Crane Report

28 August 1919

• The Post-War Soviet / U.S. Agreement on Food Shipments to Russia

19 October, 1920

• US Peace Treaty with Austria

24 August 1921

• US Peace Treaty with Germany

25 August 1921

• US Peace Treaty with Hungary

29 August 1921

• Nye Commission Report

Special Committe on Investigation of the Munitions Industry (Findings)

24 February 1936.

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