THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY NEW YORK THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON THE MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHA THE MISSION BOOK COMPANY AN INTRODUCTION TO By ARTHUR PEARSON SCOTT Assistant Professor of History THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS PREFACE The present volume does not purport to be an exhaustive or scholarly study of the Peace Conference and the Treaties. It is not based on any inside knowledge of what went on at Paris, or on any unpublished documentary material. It is simply the outcome of my attempt, in connection with teaching contemporary history, to keep in touch with some of the principal developments in international affairs. Necessarily I must rely largely on newspaper and magazine material, which in many respects is unsatisfactory. The situation has been constantly changing while the book was being written, and many important questions are still unsettled. The principal Treaties, however, are completed and, except for the United States, are now effective. I hope that a preliminary study of them may be found useful for classes interested in present-day problems. I also hope that the book may prove of interest and value to anyone trying to obtain a clearer idea of what is going on in the world. Within the last six years the average American has been forcibly reminded of the connections between his affairs and those of the rest of the world. Regions and peoples and problems that |