Beginning with Wilson's tour of Belgium, this volume then moves
to the last days of the peace conference. A great wave of relief
sweeps over council chambers in Paris when a new German government
sends word that it will accept the peace treaty unconditionally:
restoration of peace occurs with the signing of the treaty in the
Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles on June 28. That same
night Wilson boards his train for Brest to return to the United
States on the George Washington. The voyage provides a period of
leisure for Wilson, but there are signs that his strength has been
strained beyond endurance. On board ship he tries and fails to
compose one of the most important speeches of his life--an address
to the Senate to accompany his presentation of the treaty to that
body. On his return he manages to complete it only hours before
delivering it on July 10. And he responds equivocally to the
challenge--the greatest in his career as a legislative leader--to
create a solid pro-League coalition and outmaneuver his opponent,
Henry Cabot Lodge, who seems bent on blocking American membership
in the League of Nations. Then, on July 19, Wilson suffers what is
most likely a small stroke. It disorients and disables him, and, as
this volume ends, he is still without any strategy to assure
ratification of the treaty. Publication of Volume 61 ends the Peace
Conference Volumes, which began with Volume 53.
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