who were part of the allied powers?
The United States and France
Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles
 United States diplomats believed that they had "devised a brilliant solution to the reparation dilemma"; appeasing both the British and French, a
paragraph 231 of the versailles treaty dealt with It was the opening article of the reparations section of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended the First World War between the German Empire and the Allied and Associated Powers. who wrote it? Norman Davis and John Foster Dulles which countries were part of this empire? The empire  consisted of 26 states, most of them ruled by royal families. which languages did they speak? German, Polish, Danish, Dutch and Frisian etc and which religions did they follow? Christianity, protestants, Muslims etc what is 'sonderweg'? Many historians have emphasized the central importance of a German or "special path" (or "exceptionalism") as the root of Nazism and the German catastrophe in the 20th century. name some of their colonies German East Africa, Kenya, Rhodesia and Portuguese Mozambique.
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Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles [SEP] Allied opinion on article
Gordon Auchincloss, secretary to Edward M. House (one of Wilson's advisers), sent a copy of the clause to the State Department and stated "you will note that the President's principles have been protected in this clause". Historian William Keylor commented that initially both United States diplomats believed that they had "devised a brilliant solution to the reparation dilemma"; appeasing both the British and French, as well as Allied public opinion irrespective of the fact that Allied leaders were aware of concerns surrounding German willingness to pay reparations and the disappointment that could follow. Vance C. McCormick (an economic adviser of Wilson) emphasized this point, and stated: "...the preamble is useful.