FRENCH RESENT WILSON'S ARMISTICE DAY REMARKS REGARDING VERSAILLES TREATY
Paris, France (JFK+50) On November 12, 1923, The Evening Star reports "the tenor of former President (Woodrow) Wilson's address, broadcast throughout the United States Saturday night, created a disagreeable impression" here in Paris.
In the broadcast, Mr. Wilson referred to France as "making waste paper" of the Treaty of Versailles*. This, the French found "particularly" resentful.
*Treaty of Versailles (1919) ended the state of war between Germany & most of the Allied powers. The U.S. did not ratify the treaty & signed a separate peace with Germany. French Marshall Foch criticized the treaty for being too lenient on the Germans.
SOURCE
"Wilson Remarks Resented In Paris," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., November 12, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
