ems that Germany faced. Germany is economy was built on coal and iron. After the treaty the coal could not be mined or delivered to other countries. Also, seventy-five percent of the iron ore came from Alsace-Lorraine, which the French reclaimed after WWI. With the cutback of coal and iron Europe was even more unsettled then it was. I believe that Germany was responsible to pay for the war damages. Since they started the war a lot of civilians lost their homes and farms. They were the ones who declared war on France, and Russia at the beginning. Keynes said that everyone was responsible for war damages. I disagree with him. Germany received a bad deal with the ban on coal trading and loss of the Alsace-Lorraine iron ore deposits. However they do deserve to pay for the war.Next question at the conference, what to do with the African and Asian colonies that belong to Germany? Already the Germans were unfit colonial rulers. Wilson McIntire 4proclaimed that this was part of his international trusteeship of self-determination. During the conference they decided that the colonies should surrender to the remaining five victorious countries. Germany argued that this idea was not a fair colonial adjustment. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed it turn out to be the longest and most difficult treaty to finalize. The ottomans lost 32.7 % of its population and a fifth of its land. (177) Americans had no interest in controlling the Ottomans, but France and England had other plans. Because of this a lot of new countries popped up when the Middle East wars developed and treaties were signed. These countries did not want nationalism with European powers. They did not want to be controlled by Anglos or French. Eventually they did get land in the Middle East with military trading and arrangements. However, they could not keep control of the land that they received.Adolf Hitler’s speech on April 28, 1939 did break the Treaty of Ve...
