Treaty of Versailles: Wilson Leaves to Negotiate

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I. Open covenants of peaceII. Absolute freedom of navigation upon

the seas, outside territorial waters, alike in peace and in war

III. The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers

IV. Armaments will be reducedV. adjustment of all colonial claims,

based upon a strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of sovereignty the interests

of the populations concerned must have equal weight

VII. Belgium, the whole world will agree, must be evacuated and restored

XII. The Turkish portion of the present Ottoman Empire should be assured a secure

sovereignty, but the other nationalities which are now under Turkish rule should be assured

an undoubted security of lifeXIV. A general association of nations must be

formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of

political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.

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Treaty of Versailles• ARTICLE 231.• The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage

to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies.

• ARTICLE 233.• The amount of the above damage for which compensation is to be made by Germany shall be determined by an Inter-Allied Commission, to be

called the Reparation Commission • ARTICLE 235.• In order to enable the Allied and Associated Powers to proceed at once to the restoration of their industrial and economic life, pending the full

determination of their claims, Germany shall pay in such installments and in such manner (whether in gold, commodities, ships, securities or otherwise) as the Reparation Commission may fix, during 1919, 1920 and the first four months Of 1921 , the equivalent of 20,000,000,000 gold marks. Out of this sum the expenses of the armies of occupation subsequent to the Armistice of November 11, 1918, shall first be met, and such supplies of food and raw materials as may be judged by the Governments of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers to be essential to enable Germany to meet her obligations for reparation may also, with the approval of the said Governments, be paid for out of the above sum. The balance shall be reckoned towards liquidation of the amounts due for reparation. Germany shall further deposit bonds as prescribed in paragraph 12 (c) Of Annex II hereto.

• (1) To the French Government.• 500 stallions (3 to 7 years);• 30,000 fillies and mares (18 months to 7 years), type: Ardennais, Boulonnais or Belgian;• 2,000 bulls (18 months to 3 years);• 90,000 milch cows (2 to 6 years);• 1,000 rams;• 100,000 sheep;• 10,000 goats.• (2) To the Belgian Government.• 200 stallions (3 to 7 years), large Belgian type;• 5,000 mares (3 to 7 years), large Belgian type;• 5,000 fillies (18 months to 3 years), large Belgian type;• 2,000 bulls (18 months to 3 years);• 50,000 milch cows (2 to 6 years);• 40,000 heifers;• 200 rams;• 20,000 Sheep;

This section outlines the amount of money Germany has to pay to the Allies for starting the war.

Treaty of Versailles ContinuedARTICLE 42. 

Germany is forbidden to maintain or construct any fortifications either on the left bank of the Rhine or on the right bank to the west of a line drawn 50 kilometres to the East of the Rhine. 

ARTICLE 321.

Germany undertakes to grant freedom of transit through her territories on the routes most convenient for international transit, either by rail, navigable waterway, or canal, to persons, goods, vessels, carriages, wagons and mails coming from or going to the territories of any of the Allied and Associated Powers

ARTICLE 160.

(1) By a date which must not be later than March 31, 1920, the German Army must not comprise more than seven divisions of infantry and three divisions of cavalry.

• MANDATES IN AFRICA

• PART IV

GERMAN RIGHTS AND INTERESTS OUTSIDE GERMANY.

ARTICLE 118.

In territory outside her European frontiers as fixed by the present Treaty, Germany renounces all rights, titles and privileges whatever in or over territory which belonged to her or to her allies, and all rights, titles and privileges whatever their origin which she held as against the Allied and Associated Powers.

This chart dictates exactly how much military the German Army could have even down to the amount of bullets.

This map takes away all of the African colonies Germany obtained from the Berlin Conference

Summary

The Treaty removed the status of empire from Germany. Without a government (Germany had to accept the Weimar Republic which was the new post-WWI democratic government for Germany), military or colonies, Germany and her economy suffered. Basically, Britain and France eliminated their economic and political rival for the time being.

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League of Nations• THE COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

• THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES, In order to promote international co- operation and to achieve international peace and security by the acceptance of obligations not to resort to war

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