Germany forced to -
Reduce its army to 100,000 men and are not allowed to have conscription.
Reduce their navy to 6 warships and no submarines.
Destroy all of its air force.
Give land to Belgium, France, Denmark and Poland. The land given to Poland separates the main part of Germany from East Prussia.
Hand over all of its colonies.
Agree to pay Reparations to the Allies for all of the damage caused by the war; these are not yet settled.
Put no soldiers or military equipment within 30 miles of the east bank of the Rhine.
Accept all of the blame for the war, the "War Guilt Clause".
Italy given the two small areas of Istria and the South Tirol. The Adriatic coast to be made part of a new country called Yugoslavia, which includes Serbia and Bosnia.
3. Other new countries to be created -
Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland were formed from land lost by Russia.
Czechoslovakia and Hungary to be formed out of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The Allies are also to introduce Germany to a new form of government.
The President’s “14 points” were used as the basis for the treaty. The first part of the treaty is to prevent another war. Points 6-14 focus on achieving “self-determination”. This means that people and countries can achieve satisfaction from the treaty, and people have the right to live in their own countries.
The points are as follows:
“1 No more secret treaties between countries.
2 The seas to be free to ships of all countries.
3 No restrictions on trade between countries.
4 All countries to reduce armaments.
5 The wishes of people in colonies to be considered when other countries claimed those colonies.
6 Russia to be free to choose its own system of government.
7 Belgium to be independent.
8 Alsace-Lorraine to be returned to France
9 Italy’s frontiers to be redrawn along lines of nationality.
10 Different nationalities in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to be allowed self-government.
11 People in the Balkans to be free to form their own countries.
12 Non-Turkish people in the Turkish Empire to be free to form their own countries.
13 Poland to be independent
14 An international organisation to be set up to protect the independence of countries and settle disputes.
As you can see, the two documents don’t exactly match. We at the Press have reason to believe that this is because of the other leaders having rather more selfish views on the matters at hand.
The Press has discovered through secret sources that Congress are not altogether happy about the President’s points, and his opinions at Versailles. Our esteemed president is rapidly losing popularity in some states, again because of his unselfish and idealistic ways to try to avoid war, and his interest in the world around us.
To offence meant to our Congressman or the American people, but we think our President had the right idea. The Press wants you to support your president, and realise that we have friends in our allies and their countries and peoples. We should listen to our president and avoid keeping ourselves to ourselves, but do as much as we can to aid Europe.
