WWI PARIS CONFERENCE Q'?'S

David lloyd George was the represenataive for Britian in the Big Four. He also played a large part at the Paris Peace conference. He had a large influence on the French and Us repersentatives. His ideas were based on the plan to bring down communism and to stop it fron spreading. also he wanted votes from his people so that he'd be relceted.also viewd treaty as a faliure and thought another ww would start shortly after.

Georges Clemenceau was the rep. for France and all of his ideas were very harsh. france wanted Alsace-Lorraine back and thier goal was to run the germans into the ground. they wanted Germany to have no power whatsoever and to pay for all of the reperations that we needed. he got into tiffs with US rep also.

Woodrow Wilson had the Germans sign an armistice which ended the WWI on november 11 1918. he also wrote his fourteen points and presented them to congress which were an attempt to stop futer war and keep the peace. also he thought that the Treaty was too harsh and strayed too far from his 14 points.

Article 173 stated that Germany could no longer have a draft and only thoes who voluntiered could join. this was important bc it made the weaker and less of a threat to other countries... but it pissed them off a bit tooo...

Article 227 stated tthat the Whilhem was to be put to trial and the judges would be from the big Four. Also that the new government would be the Weimar republic which was meant to destroy GErmany even more.

Article 231 states that Germany accepts full responsibility for destroying the Allie's countries. and this really annoyed and agravated the Germans because they had to admit they started the war. also they had to soley pay for all of the damages w/o help from other countries...

1. Woodrow Wilson's main goal was to make peace. he wanted no more war and freedom with trade. He wanted Freedom within the economy and between countries so that another war would not break out. so to prevent this he helped with the idea for The League of Nations.

2.George Clemenceau's main goal was to run Germany into the Ground as far as they could. His ideas were very harsh toward the GErmans and he also wanted to regian the land that was 'stolen from the french by the Germans.

3.David Lloyd George's goal was to bring down communism. this was his public view bc he wanted to get relected. Because Germany was where some main communists were hiding was why he wanted Germany to suffer...

4. the U.S. didnt think that it was neccessary to invole itself in international political affairs that werent completely imparative to be part of. they would rther like to be isolated from all the drama if iy doesnt concern them. so in the end the US never joined the League.

5.article 231 enrager many Germany (ie Hitler) because they did not want to admit that they were at fault for the WWI. so they would later start up another WW. WWII would end up starting because of the German fuirry!