Wilson Overturns Racial Equality Proposal

Date: April 11, 1919 • Location: Rome, Italy

Paris Peace Conference: Woodrow Wilson overturns Japan's Racial Equality Proposal, stating that unanimous support was required.

The Paris Peace Conference was a set of formal and informal diplomatic meetings in 1919 and 1920 after the end of World War I, in which the victorious Allies set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers. Dominated by the leaders of Britain, France, the United States and Italy, the conference resulted in five treaties that rearranged the maps of parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands, and also imposed financial penalties. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria were not given a voice in the deliberations; this later gave rise to political resentments that lasted decades. Russia was represented. The arrangements made by this conference are considered one of the greatest watersheds of 20th century geopolitical history which would lead to World War II.