The Peace Process

• “The Good Lord only need 10 commandments. Wilson needs 14.”

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKzZ1OwPXgk 3:05

Paris – Palace of VersaillesJanuary 18, 1919 – June 28, 1919

The Big Four• 32 nations

– 75% of world’s population

• France– Georges Clemenceu (“The Tiger”)

• Britain– Henry Lloyd George: “Make Germany Pay”

• Italy– Vittorio Orlando

• U.S.– Idealistic Wilson and his 14 Points

• Arms reduction, self-determination, League of Nations

• Russia? Japan?

• Germany’s view– “November criminals” “Diktat”

Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando, Henry Lloyd George,

Woodrow Wilson

Opposition in the U.S.

• Isolationism• Senate would not ratify treaty

– Senators William Borah and Henry Cabot Lodge

• Wilson’s speaking tour

Wilson’s Speaking Tour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLOhByiwdfE 7:45-12:10

President vs. Congress

• Boxing match– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM0bpk6pSBw