Franco Prussian War Veterans Observe Modern Peace Ceremony
The hall drew many guests of honor including Allied army marshals and generals, and presidents of the French Senate and Chamber of Deputies. Signers of the document were joined by numerous notables while tapestry benches expanded to accommodate all, and a contrast with 1871’s Franco-German session was noted as veterans watched the ceremony with grim satisfaction.
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Prealent Wilson
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Wilson
M. Clemenceau
Mr. Lloyd George
Paris
Benyn
Clemenceau
Versailles
Signing of Versailles Peace Treaty Ends War Era
Report describes the moments after the treaty signing with President Wilson and leaders Clemenceau and Lloyd George, including German protests, orderly ceremonies, and a balcony terrace crowd surge. It details signatories from Germany, the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and other nations, plus Smuts’ objections and a Paris-wide celebration marking the historic event.
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Clemenceau
New York
United States
Wilson
Mr. Lansing
Henry White
E. M. House
Tasker H. Bliss
Dominions
Canada
Charles J. Doherty
George Foster
Arthur I. Sifton
Australia
William M. Hughes
Gilbert Cook
New Zealand
W. PF. Massey
Union of South Africa
Louis Botha
Jan Christian Smuts
India
Edwin S. Montagu
Maharaja of
Uruguay
Smut
Europe
Smuts
Germany
Belgium
Great Britain
France
Paris
Clemenceaul
Lloyd George
War Telegrams and Paris Peace Ceremonies Shaping a Postwar World
Amid peace talk the world remains torn by conflicts from Poland and Ukraine to Finland and Russia. Bolshevik resistance persists in multiple fronts while Hungary and Romania clash, and Smyrna sees Turkish Greek hostilities. In Costa Rica and Nicaragua, borders and security loom as US attention grows. Paris hosts plenipotentiaries routing routes and guards for a formal peace table in Versailles, with ceremonial entry through the Queen's Apartments and Hall of Mirrors.
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Uae
Germany
Russia
Smyrna
India
China
Carranza
Villa
Othr
Mexico
Costa Rica
Tinoco
Nicaragua
United States
Champs Elysees
Arc de Triomphe
Bois de Boulogne
Versailles
Hall of Peace
Plen
World War Duration Tally Ends After 4 Years 336 Days
The piece notes the start with Archduke Francis Ferdinand's assassination in Sarajevo and the 1914 July 28 declaration of war against Serbia. It then counts the conflict at four years and eleven months totaling 1,798 days, marking the European war's timeline from the outbreak to peace.
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Francis Ferdinand of Austria
Duchess of Hohenburg
Sarajevo
Serbia
Austria
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