sputes and to keep the peace. The American President’s speech was the force that leads to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. Conversely, after congress had voted, only three of Wilson’s fourteen points were accepted without compromise and six of the others were rejected altogether. The reason for this uncertainty by the congress was because, “the Fourteen Points were all couched in broad, rather vague terms, well designed to serve their propaganda purpose, but hardly suited to the negotiations of which in the sequel, they were to become the basis” . Wilson wanted the League of Nations because he believed that World Wars would continue to occur as long as each nation was responsible for their own defense. Wilson wanted the nations of the world to stand together in the League of Nations, and promise to defend the territory and freedom of any member attacked by another nation. Wilson believed that in order to keep peace the League needed the authority to impose economic sanctions against aggressor states but the League did not have any military forces to back up these economic threats. He believed that even a powerful nation, knowing that it would face combined opposition of all the powerful nations, would not go to war. In Europe, Wilson also met some confrontation with the Fourteen points. The French leader Clemenceau commented on Wilson’s fourteen points when he states, “God had needed only ten commandments, but Wilson fourteen.” The powerful nations and leaders at the time of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles were Wilson from the United States, David Lloyd George of Great Britain, George Clemanceau of France, and Vittorio Orlando of Italy. These leaders met at the Paris Peace Conference and collaborated on writing the cruel Treaty of Versailles, which contained the League of Nations. President Wilson presented the League of Nations draft to the Peace Conference on ...
