Fair/Unfair Treaty For Germans

After the end of the first World War, a history was created by an American president Woodrow Wilson. On the month May of 1919, Wilson established a treaty setting Germany into fourteen points of essential for lasting peace. As the Versailles treaty evolve, many European countries were more interested of punishing the Germans rather in preventing another World War. As ideas build by more European countries, the treaty contained articles that some think as being too harsh.

From learning and understanding the past of the German country, I sense that this treaty being declared went past over the fairness for the Germans. These articles were being widely shared, many have observed, as a result numbers of German Communists and even non-Germans opposed to the agreement. A local newspaper in Germany raged with comments opposing the Treaty and how the German feel betrayed; “In the place where, in the glorious year of 1871, the German Empire in all its glory had its origin, today German honor is being carried to its grave. Do not forget it! The German people will, with unceasing labor, press forward to reconquer the place among the nations to which it is entitled. Then will come vengeance for the shame of 1919.” By this, I came upon to support the Germans because I felt it was too many against one.

As the Germans were busy commenting and complaining about losing their dignity, others came by a reply with the treaty that Germany set for Russia a year earlier. People around the world believe that the treaty called Brest-Litovsk set for Russia was way more harsh and cruel. As I examined this later treaty reaction, Russia did not complain and it was between the two of this country. Yes, Germany might have gone a hypocritical, and they gave more damage, but I still think that the Germans don’t have to get that kind of payback by the world.

Reasonably, the first thoughts created by president Wilson were really goal-wised, but the outcome seemed not as effective by the people judging in that time. It is wrong to take advantages when something collide, like the other European countries were asking for land empire, army, etc... It was unjust as Wilson said ‘self-determination’ the main idea from Wilson was to have “league of nations” where nations resolve differences around a table rather than on a battlefield, respect.