... seemed to have gained what she wanted from the treaty. German naval power had been destroyed and this had been one of Britain's main concerns. The British believed that the treaty was firm but just at first, though this was not the prevailing view in Germany. Germans claimed that the treaty was punitive and unfair, and had been a major departure from President Wilson's 14 points. In 1919 an economist, J.M Keynes wrote a devastating critique of the treaty. He argued that a naïve Wilson had been forced by a vindictive Clemenceau (French Première) and Llyod George (British PM) to agree on an over harsh peace. He condemned the undesirability and unworkability of the reparations clauses. Although even Lloyd George had doubts about the treaty and suspected that Germany had been treated unfairly. However most Frenchmen considered the treaty far too soft, they believed Germany was still too economically strong, Clemenceau ...

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