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The Versailles Project

The Minutes

Motion 1  Recognition that Germany was responsible for the Great War. (Especially in the western European territories)

Proposed by France

Seconded by  Italy

Vote Pass (4/2)

Motion 2  The German fleet to be handed over to Great Britain.

Proposed by  Great Britain

Seconded by Serbia

Vote  Fail (1/3/2)

Motion 3  Germany must sign to the fact that it was their fault that there was a World War. They should pay compensation to countries that suffered during the war.

Proposed by   Italy

Seconded by  Poland

Vote  Pass (4/1/1)

Motion 4  Creation of an independent Poland.

Proposed by  Poland

Seconded by  Serbia

Vote  Pass (6/0/0)

Motion 5  Austria - Hungary to give up control of lands in Bosnia - Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia and Macedonia to make Yugoslavia

Proposed by   Serbia

Seconded by France  

Vote  Pass (5/0/1)

Motion 6  Open diplomacy and no secret treaties.

Proposed by USA

Seconded by  ----

Vote  Fail (not seconded)

Motion 7  Kaiser Wilhelm II, to be put on trial for causing the war.

Proposed by  France

Seconded by  Italy

Vote Pass (5/0/1)

Motion 8 Italy to take South West Austria, Tyrol.

Proposed by   Italy

Seconded by  France

Vote  Pass (4/0/2)

Motion 9 Poland to be a democracy.

Proposed by   Poland

Seconded by  USA

Vote  Pass (6/0/0)

Motion 10 Port of Trieste to become part of Serbia.

Proposed by  Serbia

Seconded by  Poland

Vote  Fail (2/2/2)

Motion 11  Open diplomacy and no secret treaties.

Proposed by  USA

Seconded by  Serbia

Vote  Fail (3/1/2)

Motion 12  The restoration Alsace and Lorraine regions to French territorial status.

Proposed by   France

Seconded by  Serbia

Vote  Pass (6/0/0)

Motion 13  Germany to lose its overseas colonies and for them to be shared out.

Proposed by  Great Britain

Seconded by  Italy

Vote Pass (4/1/1)

Amendment 14  Italy wants the port of Trieste and 250 miles of the Dalmatian coast.

Proposed by   Italy

Seconded by  Great Britain

Vote Fail (1/2/3)

Motion 15  Portion of reparations to be used to build a new Polish economy.

Proposed by  Poland

Seconded by  France

Vote  Pass (6/0/0)

Amendment 16  Austria - Hungary is also responsible for the war and should accept the blame.

Proposed by  Serbia

Seconded by  France

Vote  Pass (6/0/0)

Motion 17  A League of Nations to be set up.

Proposed by    USA

Seconded by   Serbia

Vote  Pass (6/0/0)

Motion 18  The payment of damages caused by the warfare on French territory to be paid by Germany.

Proposed by  France

Seconded by  Italy

Vote Pass (4/0/2)

Motion 19  Germany should be allowed to recover so that she can be stable country. She shouldn't be punished too harshly. 

Proposed by   Great Britain

Seconded by   USA

Vote  Fail (2/2/2)

Motion 20  Italy wishes military support from the League of Nations..

Proposed by   Italy

Seconded by   USA

Vote  Fail (motion rejected as unclear)

Motion 21  Borders to be as they were before the Napoleonic wars.

Proposed by Poland  

Seconded by   Italy

Vote Pass (5/0/1)

Motion 22  The League of Nations should allow equal say regardless of the countries size or power.

Proposed by  Serbia 

Seconded by   USA

Vote Pass (4/2/0)

Motion 23  Removal of economic barriers and establishment of an equality of trade conditions: free trade

Proposed by   USA

Seconded by Serbia  

Vote  Fail (1/3/2)

Motion 24  Creation of new independent Bavarian /Rhineland state, creating close links politically and economically to France.

Proposed by   France

Seconded by   Poland

Vote  Pass (4/1/1)

Motion 25 Rhineland to be demilitarized.

Proposed by  Great Britain. 

Seconded by   Poland

Vote Fail (irrelevant in light of motion 24) 

Motion 26 Upper Silesia  and the port of Danzig also to become part of Poland.

Proposed by   Poland

Seconded by   USA

Vote Pass (5/1/0)

Motion 27 Austria - Hungarian Emperor to stand trial as well as Wilhelm the second. Amendment to motion 7.

Proposed by  Serbia

Seconded by   Italy

Vote Pass (5/0/1)

Motion 28 A reduction of armaments for all countries to a level that would be later agreed on by the League.  

Proposed by   USA

Seconded by   Italy

Vote Pass (4/1/1)

Amendment 29 Economic and political reform in Bavarian and Rhineland state. To be made a republic.

Proposed by France  

Seconded by  Italy 

Vote Pass (5/1/0)

Amendment 30 The League of Nations to combat the spread of communism.

Proposed by   Great Britain

Seconded by   Poland

Vote Pass (6/0/0)

Amendment 31 Italy only wants the port of Trieste, as they are Italian speakers and therefore should be represented by a central Italian government 

Proposed by   Italy

Seconded by   USA

Vote Fail (2/1/3)

Motion 32 Germans in Poland are given the option to return Germany (To avoid tension) 

Proposed by   Poland

Seconded by   France

Vote Pass (6/0/0)

Motion 33 Slavic lands of Austria - Hungary should be offered to join our Slavic nation by plebiscite Yugoslavia if they wish to belong to it.  

Proposed by   Serbia

Seconded by  USA 

Vote Fail (3/1/2)

Motion 34 Germany to join the League of Nations and for its economy to be monitored by the League.

Proposed by   USA

Seconded by   Poland

Vote Fail (3/2/1)

 

 



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