3rd Paragraph: Territorially: Satisfied: Wanted Alsace Lorraine back (in his fourteen points), Poland was allowed access to the sea (another one of his points). Dissatisfied with the treaty as Wilson opposed to the ideas of imperialism and with the Treaty gives all of Germany’s colonies to Britain and France, Wilson felt the treaty was not fair.
Answer
Fundamentally, there are reasons in which Woodrow Wilson was satisfied with the treaty of Versailles and there are reasons in which Wilson is dissatisfied with the Treaty of Versailles.
Firstly the Military Clauses given to Germany; Wilson was satisfied at the clauses as one of his Fourteen Points was international disarmament. In the Treaty Germany had been disarmed and so this pleased Wilson. However the flip side to this argument was that Wilson wanted international Disarmament and with only Germany being disarmed Wilson felt that not enough countries were making an effort to become disarmed.
Secondly the Economic Clauses given to Germany; Wilson was satisfied with the Economic Clauses as he wanted reparations to be given to France due to their losses in the First World War. Wilson also may have wanted reparations to be given to France as France owed a lot of money to the United States at that time and with France being given a lot of money by Germany, Wilson could retrieve the money that he lent France. Wilson was not dissatisfied with the Economic Terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
Lastly the Territorial Clauses of the Treaty of Versailles: Wilson was satisfied with the Territorial Clauses as they achieved some of Wilson’s fourteen points namely the returning of Alsace Lorraine to France and for Poland to have access to the sea. However Wilson was disappointed with the Territorial Clauses as Wilson disagreed with Britain and France imperialist ideology and so was angered at the fact that Germanys colonies went to Britain and France in mandates.
Overall I feel that Wilson was both satisfied and dissatisfied with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles however I believe that the fact that Germanys colonies were lost to Britain and France and no countries making an effort to disarm meant that overall Wilson was dissatisfied with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
