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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1919
Page
2
A grand ceremony at the Hall of Mirrors marks the signing of the peace treaty. Delegations from Wilson to Lloyd George move through a packed Versailles crowd amid guards, fountains, and ceremonial pageantry.
President Wilson and the American delegation completed signing the Peace Treaty at 4 14 Paris time. The delegation signed in this order Secretary Lansing Henry White Colonel House and General Bliss in Versailles.
President Wilson, about to leave France, praised the generosity and friendship shown by the French people. He recalled months of conferences and kindness, affirmed his sympathy for France, and thanked public figures for their hospitality. He expressed confidence in France’s future and bid them godspeed. Signed Woodrow Wilson.
German delegates sign the peace treaty first in the Hall of Mirrors as Premier Clemenceau speaks. Smuts protests for South Africa while the Chinese abstain over Shantung reservations. Wilson and American delegates sign after the Germans, followed by the British and others.
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