History 2301E Lecture : Lecture 36 - Woodrow Wilson and the Paris Peace Conference

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14 Feb 2012

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Germany, reduction of the army only for germany: signed in november 1918 y paris peace conference, 32 different nations attended, dominated by the big four y the big four , vittorio orlando. most interested in getting territory; promised land by the allies and wants to get it: georges clemenceau. france in the thick of the fighting, suffered the heaviest losses. wanted germany to pay for the losses (reparations) wanted safety against future german aggression: woodrow wilson. between wilson and clemenceau, acting as a mediator between them. mistake to be too harsh on germany in the negotiations; but. russia not invited either y league of nations: organization for a new, peaceful world order, article x. If one is aggressive against the other, they would all band together to stop it. If a member nation goes to war anyway against another, the. League is allowed to take action against the other.

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What is the main ideas reflected in these sources?

b) It was for all the members of the Cabinet relief. Never before had a declaration of war been welcomed with such satisfaction. France having done all that was incumbent upon her to maintain peace and war having nevertheless become inevitable, it was a hundred times better that we should not have been led, even by repeated violation of our frontiers, to declare it ourselves. It was indispensable that Germany, who was entirely responsible for the aggression, should be led into publicly confessing her intentions. If we had had to declare war ourselves, the Russian alliance would have been contested, national unanimity would have been smashed, it would probably have meant Italy would have been forced by the clauses of the Triple Alliance to side against us.
c) "I am not a man who believes that we Germans bled and conquered thirty years ago...in order to be pushed to one side when great international decisions call to be made. If that were to happen, the place of Germany as a world power would be gone for ever, and I am not prepared to let that happen. It is my duty and privilege to employ to this end without hesitation the most appropriate and, if need be, the sharper methods."

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