Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Treaty Of Versailles Question

Was the Treaty of Versailles- fair or unfair? Justify.

I think the Treaty of Versailles is fair because the winners of the war should get the most and the loser should get the least. Germany had done a lot of bad things.The started the war. If there is someone to blame for being cruel to the world for a period, it is Germany. I think they deserved to give away land they earlier had conquered, back to the countries. Countries like Britian and France were attacked by Germany and were actually trying to stop the war instead of fighting it.
If we look at paragraph 159, I think it is fair that the German forces are reduced to 100,000 men because that way they will not have the military force to start the war again. Paragraph 181 and 198 is about the same , making the German forces so weak that they will not be agressive again.
In paragraph 233, Germany must pay back for all the damage and loss of a the civilians. I think this is fair because they were the people who attack random civilians and so they should pay for the damage they made. This goes for all of us in our daily life, if we cause damage to someone, we make up for our mistake.
In paragraph 431, where it says that allied forces will occupy Germany until Germany has fulfilled the treaty, I think it is fair because if there is no military power to scare the Germans, they might not do as agreed in treaty.