GERMANY

POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN GERMANY-Continued

Date and number

1918 Dec. 1

Dec. 2 (109)

Dec. 3 (6026)

Dec. 5 (5404)

Dec. 7 (3270)

Dec. 8 (5421)

Dec. 10 (1950)

Dec. 16 (3309)

Dec. 21 (5549)

Dec. 21 (3338)

Subject

The French Ambassador (Jusserand) to the Secretary of State
Additional reason why French Foreign Minister thinks it
unwise to notify Germans that no peace negotiations can take
place until a constituent assembly is established in Germany.

The Secretary of State to Colonel E. M. House (tel.)

Communication from the German Government, transmitted through the Swiss Legation, proposing that the U. S. and Allied Governments send a delegation to Berlin to establish facts in the food situation (text printed).

The Minister in Switzerland (Stovall) to the Secretary of State
(tel.)

Report on political conditions in Germany by Dr. Wilhelm
Muehlon, former director of Krupps, now living in Switzerland.
The Minister in the Netherlands (Garrett) to the Acting Secretary
of State (tel.)

Report that German extremists are rapidly accumulating
arms and ammunition; fear that serious conflicts may take
place.

The Chargé in Denmark (Grant-Smith) to the Acting Secretary
of State (tel.)

Indications in German press that some progress has been
made in past week toward consolidation of political situation.
The Minister in the Netherlands (Garrett) to the Acting Secretary
of State (tel.)

Information that fixing of February 16 as date for general elections seems to have strengthened position of the temporary central government at Berlin; other political developments in Germany.

The Chargé in Denmark (Grant-Smith) to the Acting Secretary
of State

Memorandum by a clerk in the American Legation (text
printed) of a conversation with the Deputy Minister of Justice
in Prussia, in which the Deputy Minister, a leader of the
Independent Socialist Party, explained the origin of the revolu-
tionary movement in Germany.

The Chargé in Denmark (Grant-Smith) to the Acting Secretary
of State (tel.)

Report of improved political situation in Germany.

The Minister in the Netherlands (Garrett) to the Acting Secretary
of State (tel.)

Statement that the dominance of the Majority Socialist Party seems to be due to support of troops returned from the front.

The Chargé in Denmark (Grant-Smith) to the Acting Secretary of
State (tel.)

Suggestion that recommendation be made to Allied authorities that prisoners of war be removed from Germany and Denmark as quickly as possible because of Bolshevik influence in those countries.

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POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN GERMANY-Continued

Subject

The Minister in the Netherlands (Garrett) to the Acting Secretary
of State (tel.)

Information that disorders in Berlin in past week seem to
make political changes inevitable; discussion of possibilities.

The Ambassador in Great Britain (Davis) to the Acting Secretary
of State

Memorandum on the prospects of order and ordered govern-
ment in Berlin prepared in the Political Intelligence Depart-
ment of the British Foreign Office, December 21, 1918 (text
printed).

The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in France (Bliss)
(tel.)

Instructions to obtain views of Foreign Office regarding statement in telegram from U. S. Minister in Switzerland (text printed) that Bavarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed desire to hold elections in Palatinate for National Assembly on January 12.

(Similar telegram on same date to Great Britain.)

The Chargé in France (Bliss) to the Acting Secretary of State
(tel.)

Information that Marshal Foch will permit elections in that
part of Palatinate occupied by France on certain conditions.

THE DRESEL MISSION

Telegram Sent by the Chief of the Special Mission in Germany
(Dresel)

Report on political conditions in Bavaria.

(Footnote: Document bears a notation: "Telegram sent from Berlin Jan. 1st.")

AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY
NEGOTIATIONS WITH, AND CONDITIONS IN, AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY

The Chief of the Special Mission in Germany (Dresel) to the Secre-
tary of the Commission to Negotiate Peace (Grew)

Detailed report of trip to Germany December 27, 1918-
January 5, 1919; memorandum of interviews with various
German leaders and memorandum furnished by Bavarian
Minister of Transportation concerning effect of armistice con-
ditions on German railway system (texts printed).

Terms of the Armistice With Austria-Hungary

With supplement giving details and executive clauses of certain points of the armistice.

Military Convention Between the Allies and Hungary, Signed at

Belgrade

Regulating conditions under which the armistice between the Allies and Austria-Hungary is to be applied in Hungary.

307043-42-vol. II- -2

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NEGOTIATIONS WITH, AND CONDITIONS IN, Austria and HUNGARY-Continued

Date and number

Nov. 14 (2346)

1918

Nov. 12 The Swedish Minister (Ekengren) to the Secretary of State
(5512) Cablegram from Swedish Foreign Office (text printed) con-
veying request of Austro-Hungarian Government that U. S.
Government be informed concerning protest made to German
Government against entrance of German troops into Austro-
Hungarian territory.

Nov. 15 (2356)

Nov. 16

(2366)

Nov. 16

Nov. 16 (40)

Nov. 16 (5582)

Nov. 18 (46)

Nov. 18 (1060)

Subject

The Ambassador in Italy (Page) to the Secretary of State (tel.)
Report of renewed discussion of possible territorial expan-
sion of Switzerland.

The Ambassador in Italy (Page) to the Secretary of State (tel.)
Belief of Swiss Minister in Italy that his Government would
be willing to take in Vorarlberg, if the population desired it, but
would not go beyond this.

The Ambassador in Italy (Page) to the Secretary of State (tel.)
Receipt of memorandum from Swiss Minister in Italy ex-
pressing in writing his attitude as explained in telegram No.
2356, November 15.

The Swiss Minister (Sulzer) to the Secretary of State

Communication from Government of German Austria
begging U. S. Government to obtain consent of Entente
Governments for certain German missions to continue in
German Austria.

The Secretary of State to the Special Representative (House)
(tel.)

Two communications received through the Swedish Minister
(texts printed): (1) from the representatives of neutral powers
in Vienna to the Associated Governments advising the occupa-
tion of Vienna by Allied forces in order to prevent revolution,
(2) from the Austrian Government requesting that Austrian and
Hungarian ships be allowed to sail and to bring in food. Two
communications received through the Swiss Minister (texts
printed): (1) request of commander of forces in the Tyrol
that Entente Powers occupy and revictual the Tyrol at once,
(2) suggestions of Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office for re-
victualling Austria-Hungary.

The Swedish Minister (Ekengren) to the Secretary of State
Message addressed to the President by the Austrian Govern-
ment asking for his support of the resolution of the Provisional
National Assembly that German Austria, as a democratic
republic, should be part of the great German republic (text
printed).

The Secretary of State to the Special Representative (House)
(tel.)

Note transmitted by the Swiss Minister setting forth the
recommendation of the representatives of neutral countries
at Vienna that the Entente occupy Vienna in order to prevent
revolution (text printed).

The Ambassador in Italy (Page) to the Secretary of State

Memorandum from Swiss Minister in Italy, November 15 (text printed), stating Minister's attitude toward territorial expansion of Switzerland.

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NEGOTIATIONS WITH, AND CONDITIONS IN, AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY-Continued

1918 Nov. 19 (5844)

Nov. 19 (5849)

Nov. 26 (5861)

Nov. 29 (292)

Nov. 30

Nov. 30 (5945)

Dec. 4

Dec. 7 (6000)

Dec. 7

Dec. 9 (246)

Subject

The Minister in Switzerland (Stovall) to the Secretary of State
(tel.)

Message addressed by a Viennese organization to President
Wilson entreating him to use his influence to the end that no
nation should lose its right of self-determination for reasons
of retaliation (text printed).

The Minister in Switzerland (Stovall) to the Secretary of State
(tel.)

Message addressed by the Hungarian Foreign Minister to
President Wilson appealing to him, and through him to the
world, to come to the aid of the young Hungarian democracy
(text printed).

The Swedish Minister (Ekengren) to the Secretary of State

Appeal by the President of the National Council of the
Ukrainian State of Halycz to President Wilson asking his in-
tervention to prevent the occupation of all of Galicia by
Poland and all of Bukowina by Roumania (text printed).

The Secretary of State to the Swiss Minister (Sulzer)

Regret that Minister's note dated November 16 was not received until after November 17, the date set for the evacuation of German troops from Austria.

President Wilson to the Assistant Secretary of State (Phillips)

Instructions to acknowledge receipt of note No. 5582, dated November 16, from the Swedish Minister and to state that in the conferences at Paris the President will take under serious consideration the question of the formation of a Republic of German Austria.

The Swedish Minister (Ekengren) to the Secretary of State

Note from the Foreign Office of German Austria, November 26 (text printed), drawing attention of neutral diplomats to encroachments of Czechoslovak troops and requesting that this note be forwarded to the President of the United States and the Entente Governments.

The Italian Chargé (Miniscalchi-Erizzo) to the Acting Secretary
of State

Proposal of a central commission at Vienna to control
Austro-Hungarian demobilization; suggestion that United
States participate in commission.

(Footnote: Transmitted to Colonel House in Department's telegram No. 147, December 7, not printed.)

The Swedish Legation to the Department of State

Protest of German Austria against Jugoslav occupation of Klagenfurt, with request that area be neutralized and occupied by U. S. troops (text printed).

The Acting Secretary of State to the Swedish Minister (Ekengren)

Request that Swedish Government suggest to Austrian Government that all communications in regard to terms of the armistice should be addressed to all the Associated Governments and not to the United States alone.

Colonel E. M. House to the Acting Secretary of State (tel.)

Reasons why French Foreign Office believes that it would be unwise to establish central commission at Vienna; inclination to agree with Foreign Office.

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NEGOTIATIONS WITH, AND CONDITIONS IN, AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY-Continued

Date and number

1918 Dec. 10 (163)

Dec. 11 (1377)

Dec. 12 (3320)

Dec. 13

Dec. 18

Dec. 18

Dec. 19 (6277)

Dec. 19 (33)

Subject

The Acting Secretary of State to Colonel E. M. House (tel.)

Communication from the Austro-German Government, transmitted by the Swedish Legation, suggesting the occupation of Klagenfurt and Villach by American or English troops as the only way to avoid conflict between Germans and Jugoslavs (text printed).

The British Chargé (Barclay) to the Acting Secretary of State

Request for expression of views of U. S. Government concerning request of Austrian Government that U. S. troops be quartered at Klagenfurt and Villach and that territory in question be neutralized; opinion that French and Italian Governments should be consulted before final decision is made.

The Minister in Sweden (Morris) to the Acting Secretary of State
(tel.)

Letter from King's Chamberlain (text printed) expressing
King's desire that there be brought to the attention of U. S.
Government, with a view to consideration by the Peace
Conference, a telegram imploring King's protection for
Protestant churches of Hungary (text printed).

The Swedish Legation to the Department of State

Communication which the Austro-German Government desires to have transmitted to President Wilson (text printed) concerning a proposal that Austro-German Republic and Jugoslav and Czechoslovak states submit frontier disputes to arbitration.

The Department of State to the Swedish Legation

Statement that U. S. Government prefers not to receive further communications such as that transmitted in Legation's memorandum of December 13, unless it is clear that they are being sent to all governments concerned.

The Acting Secretary of State to the Italian Chargé (Miniscalchi-
Erizzo)

Acknowledgment of note of December 4, proposing central commission at Vienna to facilitate Austro-Hungarian demobilization; advice that decision has been made to handle matter through representatives in Paris.

The Swedish Legation to the Department of State

Request of the Hungarian Government that there be transmitted to U. S. Government a communication already sent to Allied Governments (text printed) setting forth desire of Hungarian Government to renew direct relations with said governments.

(Footnote: Transmitted to Commission to Negotiate Peace as Department's telegram No. 299, January 18, 1919, with statement that Department has replied that question has been brought to attention of the Mission.)

The Minister in Switzerland (Stovall) to the Commission to
Negotiate Peace

Note from Swiss Political Department, December 17 (text
printed), quoting communication from Austro-Hungarian
Legation at Berne in regard to critical situation of Austro-
Hungarian prisoners of war in Siberia and Turkestan.

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