Taking a Look at the Paris Conference

The treaty of the Versailles was an agreement between France, England and the United states. Its intentions were to prevent a second world war however, it was a total fail. An obvious reason for not being effective could be because not everyone was included in the conference such as Russia, and Central Powers. Instead, Prime minister George Clemenceau had thought he would speak for all of europe and wanted to be the strongest of europe. Clemenceau seeked revenge towards Germany, in fact he desired most dismantle the best of Germany 's military and their nationalist pride. As for the United States, Wilson implemented the fourteen points which focused on self determination of people. Only few of his points were included in the treaty but these points had been the reason for conflicts happening in europe. Participation from everyone is important and not allowing everyone 's input could lead to negative outcomes such as, The league of nations which most likely failed because the United States wasn’t allowed to participate.

World War I was a period when countries faced economic, political, social, and cultural problems, which threatened the survival of democracy and freedom and needed a fast and effective resolution which was presented to the world by Woodrow Wilson called the Fourteen Points. The Fourteen Points offered the world a democratic resolute, that was effective, reliable and a basis for long lasting peace, unlike the Treaty of Versailles which was a non democratic approach to the problem since it contained a war-guilt clause which forced Germany to admit sole responsibility for starting World War I, although other European nations had been guilty of provoking diplomatic crises before the war, also the treaty excluded Russia which was a major

After losing a generation of men and experiencing the hardships of war, many peace related objectives were put into place to prevent another war so destructive and disastrous. The road to peace started with the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. United States President, Woodrow Wilson, presented a drafted series of peace proposals called the Fourteen Points. The last point addressed the possibility of having a group dedicated to peace and interactions among nations no matter the size (Macmillan). This organization would stop wars like World War I from happening so that it does not become part of the culture of the Western World yet again. While the idea of the league was originally rejected, the Treaty of Versailles, the most significant treaty to come out of WWI, established the League of Nations. Eventually, the League of Nations disbanded in five years after the start of World War II and the United Nations was formed. Newton Diehl Baker, Woodrow Wilson’s Secretary of War argues that the lack of such a league to keep peace in 1914 is what threw the world into the chaos of World War (Macmillan). Even Baker did not know the ramifications the war would have due to the lack of peace structure until after the war

The Treaty of Versailles was a formal peace treaty between the Word War I Allies and Germany. The leaders of Britain, France, Italy and the United States met in Paris in early 1919 to draft the treaty. President Woodrow Wilson presented his Fourteen Points, a series of measures intended to ensure future peace. The points included the formation of an international organization known as the League of Nation, which was adopted in the treaty. Representatives of each country signed the treaty in June 1919.

The many nations that were part of the Allied powers met in the Palace of Versailles in France to negotiate what would happen to the nations that were part of the Axis powers, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey. In the negotiations, President Wilson proposed and argued for his Fourteen Points. These points consisted of restrictions, land redistribution, and establishments that President Wilson believed would prevent war in the future. Among these points, he included the eradication of any and all economic obstructions and barriers as well as the establishment of a

It had resulted in much of Europe in ruins. It was interpreted as 'the war to end all wars'. So after World War I ended, Woodrow Wilson aimed for a peace treaty based on justice and not anger. In his Fourteen Points speech to Congress in January 1918, President Woodrow Wilson brought forth peace negotiations. The text book states that, “The key provisions called for open diplomacy, free seas and free trade, disarmament, democratic self-rule, and an association of nations to guarantee collective security. It was nothing less than a new world order to end selfish nationalism, imperialism, and war” (Davison, Delay, Heyrman, Lytle, Stoff, pg.

“Wilson arranged a peace conference that opened on January 18, 1919. The only ones that were in attendance were Wilson from the United States, David Lloyd George of Britain, Georges Clemenceau of France, and Vittorio Orlando of Italy”,(Goldfield, 2014, p 676). “The Central Powers and Bolshevik Russia were excluded from the conference”, (Goldfield, 2014, p 676). Wilson’s Treaty was mainly one sided against the French and the British. He wanted Germany to accept full responsibility for starting the war along with having to pay huge reparations to the allies, give up land to France, Poland, Belgium and Denmark, cede it’s colonies limit its army and navy to small self-defense forces, destroy military bases, and promise not to manufacture or purchase armaments, (Goldfield, 2014, p 676). Wilson was hoping to bring peace among the League of Nations.

The final plan of the Conference, the Treaty of Versailles, was much different from Wilson’s Fourteen Points. Wilson’s plan called for a just peace and prevent future wars, whereas the Treaty of Versailles called for punishing Germany. The major points of the Treaty included Germany losing one tenth of its land, Germany having to downsize their army and disband their navy and airforce altogether, Germany paying reparations that would cripple its economy, and Germany having to admit that they were the cause of World War I. These points would allow for the rise of fascist powers in Italy and Germany, eventually leading to the outbreak of World War II. However, one success of Wilson’s plan was Point 14, which led to the creation of the League of Nations, a group of nations that would meet to prevent conflict and preserve peace. Overall, the Fourteen Points were not well received at the Paris Peace Conference and would not achieve the success that President Wilson hoped they

In 1871, Germany became the highest power in European politics, which resulted in naval and economic rivalries.”Minor incidents, occurring in Manila Bay, Beijing, Samoa, and Venezuela, ultimately escalated to Germany's submarine warfare against merchant shipping which caused the United States to enter World War I.” In WW1 the U.S and Germany fought against each other. President Wilson presented his idea of Fourteen Points. The Fourteen points was a basis for peace. “It called for the abandonment of secret international agreements, a guarantee of freedom of the seas, the removal of tariff barriers between nations, reductions in national armaments, an adjustment of colonial claims with due regard to the interests of the inhabitants affected, self-rule and unhampered economic development for European nationalities.” After ww1 in 1919, the Allied powers held a peace conference to talk about formulating peace with the Central powers. “The treaty between the U.S. and Germany, formally titled the "Treaty between the United States and Germany Restoring Friendly Relations" was signed in Berlin on August 25, 1921.” This is an example of how foreign relations changed after

The Treaty of Versailles was the 1919 peace treaty that brought WWI to an end. Contrary to Wilson’s 14 points, the Treaty of Versailles wasn’t idealistic as the Allied Powers sought

The peace treaty to end the war, in the hope that there will not be another. The treaty was signed by Germany and the allies. The allies were represented by the main three countries, Britain, France and the United States. Both sides suffered huge losses, economically, and to their population. The allies lost over 4.6 million, and their enemies lost 3.5 million. The majority of the people at Versailles blamed Germany for the war, demanding that Germany would be crushed economically and militarily. The French wanted to make Germany pay, financially, where the United States believed that Germany should be punished in a way that would lead to European reconciliation. So President Wilson called for the introduction of the international peacekeeping organisation, “Wilson’s Fourteen Points”, to end all secret treaties. On the 7th of May, the treaty was presented to Germany. The Germans lost 13% of their land, 10% of their population. Germany also lost two borders at Alsace and Lorraine, which were returned to France. The German navy and army was dramatically cut, their air force and submarines were banned. They had to officially sign and accept “War Guilt”, taking responsibility for the war. They also had to pay reparations up to 6.6 billion pounds. The allies had created a treaty which weakened Germany and created an organisation for future world peace. Germany did not like the treaty, the loss of territory angered many Germans. The Treaty of Versailles ended the first war and created peace, but it also led to the start of the Second World

In the early months of 1918, the dynamics of The Great War ravaging Europe changed dramatically. On March 3rd, Germany and the Russian Bolsheviks signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, officially ending Russia’s involvement in the war and freeing Germany’s forces previously occupied on the Eastern Front . That same month, Germany launched an extensive attack in France along the Somme River, knocking a devastating blow to the Allies. By the summer of 1918, the United States had escalated it’s involvement in the war, sending over mass amounts of troops and coordinating with European powers to essentially back the German offensive into a position of little advancement. As Germany recognized its failing position in the war, the officials in the German High Command began quietly pursuing negotiations of peace and cease fire, not from their European counterparts, but from American President Woodrow Wilson . Germany was hoping to benefit from President Wilson’s ideals of peace and justice for all, ideals he had laid out publicly that year in a January speech outlining his “blueprint for a new democratic world order.” These Fourteen Points became the cornerstone of Wilson’s contribution to the peace negotiations following the armistice that ended the war in November of 1918. Focusing on the belief that an established system of democracy, communication and peace would prevent further atrocities like World War I, the Fourteen Points centered on equal representation and opportunity

In this study, we will compare and contrast the 14 points of Woodrow Wilson to the Treaty of Versailles. This corpus, made of 20th century documents, is composed of two sources: President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points outlined in January 8, 1918, a speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress, is our secondary source. The cho- sen document as the primary source is the Treaty of Versailles of 28 June 1919, at the end of World War I. On January 8th of 1918, through a speech on War Aims and Peace Terms, President Wilson set down 14 points as a blueprint for world peace that was to be used for peace negoti- ations after World War I. Wilson’s 14 points addressed many European conflicts and were aimed at creating lasting peace in Europe. And, the Treaty of Versailles was the decision made at the Paris Peace conference post WWI.

The Paris of Peace conference was held on January 1919 in Versailles just right outside of Paris. Paris of Peace conference was called to establish reasonable terms to make peace with the countries after World War I. In that conference there was almost thirty nations that were participates. The “Big Four” were there as well, the big four consisted of Great Britain, represented by David Lloyd George, France, represented by George Clemenceau, United States, represented by Woodrow Wilson, and Italy, represented by Vittorio Orlando. David Lloyd George wanted moderate peace he also wants to alienate Germany as a naval threat. Vittorio Orlando wanted the territory was promised by the other countries. George Clemenceau wanted ironclad guarantees against future German military threat and he wanted Germany to pay for all the damages they caused during World War I. Woodrow Wilson wanted peace without Vengeance that were based on his fourteen points. One through five on his points consisted of open covenants, openly arrived at; which means no more secret treaties, freedom of the seas, free trade, and reduction of weapons. Six through thirteen consisted of self-determination of Europeans and point 14 consisted of the League of Nations. Woodrow Wilson was not successful in his goals, but in 1920 the League on Nations was established; after

no choice but to sign. This was as if they did not sign it would