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TREATY OF PEACE WITH GERMANY
(TREATY OF VERSAILLES)

  • Treaty and protocol signed at Versailles June 28, 1919; protocol signed by Germany at Paris January 10, 1920
  • Treaty submitted to the Senate by the President of the United States for advice and consent to ratification July 10, 1919;[1] Senate resolutions to advise and consent to ratification failed of adoption November 19, 1919,[2] 2 and March 19, 1920;[3] treaty returned to the President pursuant to resolution of March 19, 1920[4]
  • Protocol of June 28, 1919, submitted to the Senate by the President of the United States July 31, 1919;[5] 5 considered by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and laid aside without action on February 10, 1920;[6] returned to the Secretary of State pursuant to Senate resolution of February 12, 1935[7]
  • Procés-verbal of first deposit of ratifications at Paris dated January 10, 1920
  • Entered into force January 10, 1920, 4:15 p.m., as between contracting parties (the United States was not a party)[8]
  • Revised from time to time by the contracting parties

1919 For. Rd. (Paris Peace Conference, XIII) 55, 740, 743; Senate document 51, 66th Congress, 1st session

The United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy and Japan,
These Powers being described in the present Treaty as the Principal Allied and Associated Powers,
Bolivia, Brazil, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Greece. Guatemala. Haiti, the Hedjaz, Honduras, Liberia, Nicaragua, Panama

  1. ↑ S. Doc. 49, 66th Cong., 1st sess. (text of treaty) ;S. Doc. 50, 66th Cong., 1st sess. (address of the President to the Senate delivered on July 10, 1919).
  2. ↑ Congressional Record, Nov. 19, 1919 (vol. 58, pt. 9), p. 8786 fif.
  3. ↑ Ibid., Mar. 19, 1920 (vol. 59, pt. 5), p. 4598 iff.
  4. ↑ Ibid., Mar. 19, 1920 (vol. 59, pt. 5), p. 4600; filed with Unperfected Treaties 1-5 (Department of State archives).
  5. ↑ S. Ex. A, 66th Cong., 1st sess.; S. Doc. 66, 66th Cong., 1st sess.
  6. ↑ Congressional Record, Feb. 10, 1920 (vol. 59, pt. 3), p. 2678.
  7. ↑ Ibid., Feb. 12, 1935 (vol. 79, pt. 2), p. 1825; filed with Unperfected Treaties G-9 and I-5 (Department of State archives).
  8. ↑ For the treaty of Aug. 25, 1921, restoring friendly relations between the United States and Germany, see TS 658, post.

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