Lv Haifeng
In other words, if we mention the Paris Peace Conference, anyone with a little historical knowledge can know that it should have been a friendly meeting for peace. In fact, however, it eventually evolved into a scandalous drama, namely: the imperialist conference on the division of booty. So, what's going on here? Let's take a look.
First, let's turn our gaze to a mysterious night, the night of November 7, 1918. At this time, a car with a white flag was seen speeding west across the German and French positions. Sitting in the car was a delegation plenipotentiary headed by the German Foreign Minister. Their goal was to go to the headquarters of the Entente countries to request peace talks. Because, at this time, the German war was getting worse and worse, and it was really impossible to fight.
Then, after an overnight drive, the German Foreign Minister's car sailed to Paris, France, early the next morning. Here, the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, Marshal Vice Hee of France, stood triumphantly waiting for a long time. Of course, as everyone expected, after the meeting, French Marshal Fuxi never gave the German foreign minister a good look.
However, despite this, the German ambassador, as a defeated country, still blushed and whispered to the French marshal, "We in Germany do not want to continue the war, and ask the Allies to propose the conditions for an armistice." Upon hearing this, The French Marshal Fouchy immediately took out a list and said, "As long as you Germany agrees to these conditions, we on the Allied side will agree to an armistice." ”
However, when the German foreign minister took a look at the order, it frightened him a little. It turned out that the conditions on the list were too harsh. For example, within fourteen days the French, Belgian, Luxembourg, and Alsace regions occupied by German troops in this war were withdrawn; within one month, the German region west of the Rhine and within 10 kilometers east of the Rhine were all under the administration of the Entente. In addition, it was necessary to hand over 234 German cruisers, combat ships, destroyers, and submarines, as well as all aircraft of the Air Force and five thousand guns of the Army. Obviously, if these conditions are agreed, it is tantamount to shoveling Germany to the core, and not even a small trouser has been left for Germany.
However, there is no way. Germany's foreign minister, after much deliberation, agreed to these harsh conditions. A declaration of consent was signed on November 11, 1918, and the end of World War I was officially declared. However, the war was over, but the Allies' share of the spoils had only just begun. A scandalous drama , the Paris Peace Conference , began.
Thus, on January 18, 1919, the Paris Peace Conference was officially opened at the Palace of Versailles, near Paris, France. So why did the Paris Peace Conference choose to open at the Palace of Versailles? It turns out that there is also a story in this: the king of Prussia (Germany) once led his troops to Versailles on January 18, 1871, and declared himself emperor of Germany as a victor in Versailles. Therefore, in order to wash away the shame that France had suffered, the Paris Peace Conference chose to be held at the Palace of Versailles.
But as soon as the conference began, imperialism on the part of the treaty countries, Britain, France, the United States, Italy, Japan, etc., directly evolved the conference into a conference of spoils, that is, Japan seized the special rights of our China in the Qingdao area; France took back the Alsace-Lorraine region, plus germany's largest coal mine, the Saar, and at the same time, all the Allies became germany's creditors who needed to pay war reparations. Obviously, these imperialist countries have carried out a brutal oppression and plunder of Germany.
Of course, it was precisely because of this Paris Peace Conference that it triggered a large-scale demonstration in our old China, and the slogan of "return qingdao to Qingdao, boycott the Paris Peace Conference" constantly echoed over our old China, and the roar of anger went straight through the clouds.
In short, why did the Paris Peace Conference end up being a scandal? That is, "weak countries have no diplomacy" and will be insulted if they fail. (Lv Haifeng)