LES GENS FUIENT LES REUNIONS POLITIQUES

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LES GENS FUIENT LES REUNIONS POLITIQUES

A French newspaper headline roughly translating to "(The) People Flee Political Meetings". Possibly an allusion to the French response to the Paris Peace Conference?

The Paris Peace Conference was a six-month meeting of diplomats and politicos from around the world, led by U.S. President Wilson and the Prime Ministers of Great Britain and France, Lloyd George and Georges Clemenceau. The Conference involved the Allied victors of WWI deciding the terms to apply to defeated powers, notably Germany. Criticisms of the Conference vary; some feel overly punitive measures led to Germany's later aggression and WWII.

Related Images:
1. The Paris Peace Conference "Council of Four" main powers: Lloyd George, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Georges Clemenceau, President Woodrow Wilson. Taken on May 27, 1919.
2. A map showing the participants in WWI: the neutral powers are lavender, Central Powers are orange, and Allied Powers are green (some powers entered or dropped out of the war at different points; some parts of the Ottoman empire were also fighting with the allies).

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1. "Council of Four Versailles", May 27, 1919. Public domain image taken by Capt. Jackson of the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Via Wikimedia Commons.
2. "WWI-re", May 6, 2006 vector map. Created by Thomashwang and shared with a Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license at Wikimedia Commons.

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