Being a Compilation from the Newspaper
Press of Eight Years of the World's
Greatest History, particularly as
Concerns America, Its
People and their
Affairs

By

Frank B. Lord and
James William Bryan

JAMES WILLIAM BRYAN PRESS
WASHINGTON, D.C.

COPYRIGHT, 1921
BY
Frank B. Lord and James William Bryan

All Rights Reserved

CONTENTS

Page
Americanism—From President Wilson's Independence Hall Address, Philadelphia, July, 1914 [ 2]
History's Proving Ground [ 7-8]
Portrait in typophotogravure of President Wilson at America's Entry in the War—Charcoal Sketch by Hattie E. Burdette [ 10]
Woodrow Wilson's Administration—Eight Years of the World's Greatest History—Courtesy of the New York Times [ 11-69]
Early Accomplishments of Administration [ 15]
Foreign Policies, 1913-1914 [ 22]
Landmarks in Mexican Policy [ 23]
Appeals for Mediation [ 30]
The European War, 1914-1916 [ 30]
Federal Reserve—From President Wilson's Address to Congress, April, 1913 [ 31]
Typophotogravure of Governor Woodrow Wilson and Joseph P. Tumulty with Newspaper Men, 1912 [ 32]
Senator Glass on Woodrow Wilson, 1921—Courtesy of the New York Times [ 36]
Personal Messages to Congress from President Wilson's First Address to Congress, April 8, 1913 [ 39]
Typophotogravure of President Wilson Reading First Message to Congress, April 8, 1913 [ 40]
Mediation Efforts, 1916-1917 [ 43]
Hamilton Holt's Tribute [ 44]
United States in the War [ 46]
Rural Credits from President Wilson's Remarks on Signing Bill, July, 1916 [ 48]
Typophotogravure of the President in 1918 [ 50]
The Fourteen Points [ 58-59]
Peace Conference and Treaty, 1919 [ 61]
The Closing Year, 1920-1921 [ 66]
Cartoon—The Founders of the League of Nations, by Baldbridge in the Stars and Stripes [ 70]
Verse—Beware of Visions, by Alfred Noyes [ 70]
Poem—In Flanders Fields, by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrea [ 71]
Poem—America's Answer, by R. W. Lillard.—Courtesy of New York Evening Post [ 71]
Sonnets—Recessional by Richard Linthicum—Courtesy of the New York World [ 72]
Workmen's Compensation—From President Wilson's Speech of Acceptance, 1916 [ 73]
Typophotogravure of Portrait of President Wilson at Peace Conference, by George W. Harris [ 74]
Woodrow Wilson's Place in History—An Appreciation by General The Right Honorable Jan Christian Smuts, 1921 [ 75-79]
Cartoon—Without the Advice or Consent of the Senate, by Kirby in the New York World [ 80]
We Die Without Distinction—From the President's Address at Swarthmore College, 1913 [ 80]
Woodrow Wilson—An Interpretation—Courtesy of the New York World [ 81-93]
Typophotogravure of the President on Board Ship Returning from Peace Conference [ 87]
The President and the Peace Treaty [ 87]
Typophotogravure of the President at the Last Meeting with his Cabinet, 1921 [ 88]
Two Pictures—From Address by Joseph P. Tumulty [ 88]
The Covenant of the League of Nations [ 93-100]