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The Treaty of London (1915) From World War I Document Archive WWI Document Archive > 1915 Documents > The Treaty of London (1915) Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers, London, 1920, LI Cmd. 671, Miscellaneous No. 7, 2-7. The Treaty of London was signed on April 26, 1915. Its provisions were to cause some difficulty during the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919. ARTICLE 1. A military convention shall be immediately concluded between the General Staffs of France, Great Britain, Italy, and Russia.

This convention shall settle the minimum number of military forces to be employed by Russia against Austria-Hungary in order to prevent that Power from concentrating all its strength against Italy, in the event of Russia deciding to direct her principal effort against Germany.... ARTICLE 2. ARTICLE 3. ARTICLE 4. ARTICLE 5. ARTICLE 6. ARTICLE 7. ARTICLE 8. ARTICLE 9. ARTICLE 11. ARTICLE 13. ARTICLE 14. ARTICLE 16. Treaty of Sèvres. The representatives signed the treaty in an exhibition room at the famous porcelain factory[4] in Sèvres, France.[5] The treaty had four signatories for the Ottoman Empire: Rıza Tevfik, the grand vizier Damat Ferid Pasha, ambassador Hadi Pasha, and the minister of education Reşid Halis, who were endorsed by Sultan Mehmed VI.

Among the other Allied powers, Greece did not accept the borders as drawn and never ratified it.[6] Avetis Aharonian, the President of the Delegation of the First Republic of Armenia, which also signed the Treaty of Batum on 4 June 1918, was a signatory of this treaty. Aims of the Allies[edit] The leaders of France, Britain, and the United States had stated their differing objectives with respect to the Ottoman Empire during the Paris Peace Conference, 1919.

The common theme was the sick man of Europe had come to his own end. Treaty terms[edit] An original map from 1920 illustrating the Treaty of Sèvres region. Kingdom of Hejaz[edit] Armenia[edit] Ottoman Empire[edit] Eleftherios Venizelos. Eleftherios Venizelos (full name Elefthérios Kyriákou Venizélos, Greek: Ἐλευθέριος Κυριάκου Βενιζέλος; pronounced [elefˈθerios ciriˈaku veniˈzelos]; 23 August 1864 – 18 March 1936) was an eminent Greek leader of Greek national liberation movement and a charismatic statesman of the early 20th century remembered for his promotion of liberal-democratic policies.[1][2][3] Elected several times as Prime Minister of Greece, serving from 1910 to 1920 and from 1928 to 1932, Venizelos had such profound influence on the internal and external affairs of Greece that he is credited with being "the maker of modern Greece",[4] and is still widely known as the "Ethnarch".

In his subsequent periods in office Venizelos succeeded in restoring normal relations with Greece's neighbors and expanded his constitutional and economical reforms. In 1935 Venizelos resurfaced from retirement to support a military coup and its failure severely weakened the Second Hellenic Republic, the republic he had created. Adriatic Campaign of World War I. Characteristics[edit] It consisted mainly of Austro-Hungarian coastal bombardments of Italy′s Adriatic coast, and wider-ranging German–Hungarian submarine warfare into the Mediterranean.

Allied forces mainly limited themselves to blockading the German–Hungarian navies in the Adriatic, which was successful in regards to surface units, but failed for the U-boats, which found safe harbours and easy passage into and out of the area for the whole of the war. Considered a relatively secondary part of the naval warfare of World War I, it nonetheless tied down significant forces. History[edit] 1914[edit] Beginning of the war[edit] Austro-Hungarian dreadnoughts at Pola. The French and Montenegrin forces attempted to cause havoc also at Cattaro in September, October and November 1914, and the KuK navy was called in there also, resulting in a decisive defeat for the Allies. The Goeben[edit] Winter[edit] 1915[edit] Bombardment of Ancona[edit] Allied raids[edit] The summer of 1915[edit] Alexander Kerensky. Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Ке́ренский, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ˈkʲerʲɪnskʲɪj]; 4 May [O.S. 22 April] 1881 – 11 June 1970) was a lawyer and major political leader before the Russian Revolutions of 1917 belonging to a moderate socialist party, called Trudoviks.

After the February Revolution Kerensky served as Minister of Justice in the democratic Russian Provisional Government. In May he became Minister of War. In July he became the second Prime Minister until it was overthrown by the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution. He spent the remainder of his life in exile, dying in New York City at the age of 89. Life and career[edit] Early life and activism[edit] Kerensky's father was the teacher of Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin); members of the Kerensky and Ulyanov families were friends. Rasputin[edit] After Rasputin had been murdered and buried in Tsarskoye Selo a group of soldiers were ordered by Kerensky to rebury the corpse at an unmarked spot in the countryside.