4 Could the treaties be justified at the time?

Question 1

What are the three thoughts towards the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 1

That they were:

• too harsh
• not harsh enough
• fair

Question 2

What did most Germans think the treaty was?

Answer 2

That it was too harsh

Question 3

What did many French people think the treaty was?

Answer 3

That it was not harsh enough

Question 4

What are some quotations made during a speech by a German member of the Reichstag in 1919?

Answer 4

• “inflicting deepest wounds”

- “drain Germany’s national life-blood”

Question 5

What are some quotations from an article written by a British Journalist in 1922?

Answer 5

• “peace of revenge”

- “full of injustice”

Question 6

What are some quotations from a speech made by President Wilson delivered to the League of Nations in September 1919?

Answer 6

• “not a punishment greater than she can bear”

- “not anything in that she did not deserve”

Question 7

What are some quotations from a comment by Marshal Foch at the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919?

Answer 7

• “not a peace treaty”

- “armistice for twenty years”

Question 8

What are some quotations from a memorandum given b President Raymond Poincaré of France to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919?

Answer 8

• “treaty does not provide any supervision of troops and armaments”
• “no guarantee that … Germans will not filter troops by degrees into this district”