The Germans objected as seen in source D a newspaper article stating that it was a “ disgraceful treaty being signed. ” Source D allows for real insight in to the German populations hatred of the …show more content…
Colonel E.M House an advisor to president Woodrow Wilson in source B on of the allies states his dissatisfaction with the Treaty of Versailles. House states “to those who are saying that the treaty is bad and should never have been made and that it will involve Europe in infinite difficulties in its enforcement, I feel admitting it.” This is seen throughout many of the main players at Versailles the feeling at dissatisfaction at the treaty. GOOD. House’s statement is very telling and also states his fear for the impending conflicts that build up and cause the outbreak of World War two less then 20 years after the signing of the treaty. Showing clearly that even the people that created the treaty believed that It would cause infinite difficulties rather then solving them Due to the strong personalities - involved in writing the treaties compromise was involved countries felt that they hadn’t got what they wanted out of the treaty. Source C a cartoon from punch magazine also hints that the treaty has flaws with David Lloyd-? saying, “ I don’t say it’s a perfect egg; but parts of it, as the saying is, are excellent” This caption reinforces the idea that each nation wasn’t happy at the overall Treaty but there were party that they were happy with. The Egg in the cartoon is also symbolic of the fragileness of the treaty and its flaws as an egg can easily be broken. Though some believed that