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Title: The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919, comp
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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pot I perceivedthe same silhouette and immediately thought, *Whv, thats my friendof yesterday.* I hadnt time to continue the reflection, for the indi-viduals arm was raised, revolver in hand, and he fired at the door ofthe automobile and hit the window. I didnt reflect that there wereperhaps other bullets in the revolver, and as soon as the first shot 302 THE CONFERENCE AND SIGNING OF THE TREATY -was fired I leaned forward to look out. Other shots followed rapidly,one after another, and I felt a sharp pain low down the back of myneck. The pain was so intense that I could not help crying out. Irealized perfectly that I had been hit. What followed passed withlightning rapidity. The orderly seated beside the chauffeur on thefront of the automobile had at the first shot pulled his revolver outof his pocket. The chauffeur at the same time put on speed and gotus out of range. My adversaries are really poor shots. They are exceed-ingly clumsy. Am I not a good prophet? Do I not arrange things
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© PRESS ILLUSTRATING SERVICE. THE MURAT MANSION. CALLED BY THE FRENCH THE MAISON BLANCHEHere lived President and Mrs. Wilson during their first stay in Paris ahead? I had arranged to have no meeting of the conference to-dayso that I could get a little rest. Well, Ive got it. Discussion in the Supreme Council, or Council of Ten, which in-cluded two representatives from Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan,and the United States, turned to the form of the future governmentof territory freed from enemy rule. The Conference accepted aplan of mandataries for colonies and backward nations. On March26, Mr. Wilson having returned to Paris, the Council of Ten, inorder to speed up the work, was broken up into two bodies, a Councilof Four and a Council of Foreign Ministers. The Council of Four 303 SKETCHES, PEACE TREATY, CHRONOLOGY ■was composed of Premiers Orlando, Clemenceau and Lloyd George,and President Wilson. On April 14 the rcpnralion demands to bemade on Gremany were announced, and on A

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