The Treaty of Versailles Was an Unfair Settlement I believe that the Treaty of Versailles was an unfair settlement. The Treaty of Versailles was not a treaty, but instead a surrender document that the defeated Germans had to sign or face the risk of invasion. I believe the Treaty of Versailles was a series of penalties and punishments imposed on Germany. Rather than seeking ways to prevent future wars, the victorious allies decided instead to weaken the Germans by hurting their national pride. Both the Allies and Germany wanted to expand their territory.
They isolated themselves from other countries; but after their imperialisms in the late 1800s, the countries went on different paths. China remained traditional and denied modernization and suffered because of it, while Japan emulated the imperial powers and became an imperial power themselves. Before the early 1700s and the late 1800s, China was a leading nation. China was fairly strong during earlier periods of history. It had a strong and peaceful government during the Qing Empire and imperial powers such as Britain and the U.S. were interested in Chinese goods.
Whereas Confucius would focus more on flourishing relationships and being respectful and loving all. Americans definitely have a problem with pushing our ideals onto other countries. We think that everyone wants to live like we do, so we trying to conform their ideas. But there is a disconnect between the Chinese and Americans because we do not understand the traditions of Confucianism that are the basis of the Chinese culture. Americans like to think of themselves as individuals that rely solely on themselves instead of others.
Although many nations did not like the letter, all countries to which it was sent, except Japan, had expressed approval at the ideas and goals that it espoused. Even though some of the ideas it presented were unpopular with the Imperialist nations, the Open Door Policy was a very event document in Chinese history. In the Open Door Notes, John Hay suggested indiscriminate taxation between nations. Hay defined indiscriminate taxation as not imposing taxes based on nationality. Many countries at the time had strong power in their
Essentially, the war was really over before it began. Austria’s situation was dire to say the least. In Europe, the usage of alliances was prevalent. One very poignant example was the alliance between Prussia and Italy, with Italy pledging troops to defend and disguise Russian movements. Austria were most excluded from the plethora of links between nations, meaning that if and when war should break out, there would not any nation willing to come to the aid of Austria in times of desperation.
This took the Chinese by surprise which were unprepared but still managed to send them back to the 38th parallel therefore the achievements of the under-equipped Chinese troops forcing the USA and South Koreans forces back to the northern border indicates that the Korean war was not a victory for the USA, this was very humiliating for the USA and especially Truman as he was in charge of MacArthur. On the other hand USA safeguarded Japan, the most important economy in Asia, and ensured that it was a loyal US ally. Japan had benefited massively from the Korean War and
China had no say or control to what Britain was doing to them, and no way of fighting back or retaliating. The only way that England and China could have come to a more fair and equal treaty is if they had respected what Lin said in his letters to the Queen, and tried to understand that they were selling illegal drugs to China, which was hurting and killing the Chinese people, their ways of life, and economy. 2.) What were the short and long-term effects of this treaty on the people of China? Please remember to be thorough, and to use examples from the textbook excerpt to support your answer.
World War II was a hard and trying time for many, but more so for the Japanese in Canada. They became subject to harassment and racism and were let down by their government. As a result, thousands of Japanese were uprooted to be imprisoned in internment camps kilometres away from their homes. Branded as enemy aliens the Japanese Canadians soon came to the realization that the nation they called home contained so much hate towards them that Canada was becoming just as foreign to them as Japan was. Following the attack on Pearl Harbour, the Japanese Canadians lost almost everything, including their livelihood.
France protested because they thought that having German influence on both sides would be too much if conflict would have occured. William the King of Prussia withdrew Leopold but the French still did not let this situation rest at hand. The French influence group led by Empress Eugénie wanted war with Prussia. So they sent a French ambassador to seek William I and ask him to sign papers
Today the survivors of the Nanking Massacre, now in their seventies and eighties, still recount the terrible things that happened over six weeks in 1937. Their voices tremble as they recount their memories, repeating over and over how they hate the Japanese. The Rape of Nanking was one of the most terrible atrocities ever recorded in history, and it happened only in the last century, between two countries we think of today as among the most civilized in the world. Yet it seems we have mostly forgotten about it, the Chinese government covering it to protect their trading status with Japan and Japan mostly denying it ever happened. The Japanese army, determined to take China and use its vast resources to fuel their defeat of the Oriental half of the world, marched through China in 1937, laying waste to everything they marched through.