LAD #31: Wilson's 14 Points

The conclusion of the Great War left many open options regarding how to handle the aftermath. Wilson's 14 points supported a more lenient policy to be placed upon Germany. France, Italy, and Britain believed that Germany should pay off a colossal amount of debt, but Wilson saw this as unrealistic due to the state of destruction that Germany was in. Wilson pointed out that the land in Russia that the German Military incorrectly claimed to be theirs was occupied by other ethnicities. Wilson's 14 points were: no more secret treaties, freedom of the seas, the removal of economic barriers, reduction of weapons, adjustment of colonial claims in the interest of the natives and colonizers, evacuation of all Russian territory, Belgium should be independent, France should be ultimately liberated and allowed to recover Alsace Lorraine, all Italians have the right to live in Italy, self-determination granted to Austria-Hungarians, self-determination granted to Balkan states, Turkish people should be governed by Turkish government, Poland should be independent and have sea access, and the League of Nations should be created.