The motives of the usa at the peace treaty conference
-president Woodrow Wilson lead the American delegation.
-Submitted the 14 vital points
-Wanted to Re-build germany on democratic lines
-Wanted self determination for many European countries
Competing with Wilson’s vision for the postwar world was a variety of national or regional issues rooted in earlier secret treaties, not in the Fourteen Points:
-Submitted the 14 vital points
-Wanted to Re-build germany on democratic lines
-Wanted self determination for many European countries
Competing with Wilson’s vision for the postwar world was a variety of national or regional issues rooted in earlier secret treaties, not in the Fourteen Points:
- The British opposed any move toward freedom of the seas, sought primacy in the Middle East and hoped to take control of a number of German colonies
- France made no secret of its commitment to regain Alsace and Lorraine
- Italian nationalists raised the cry of “Italia Irredenta” (Italy Redeemed) as the slogan for their drive for primacy in the Adriatic
- The Japanese wanted German holdings in the Shantung Peninsula of China as well as a number of German islands