Ayini amaphuzu ayinhloko eSivumelwano SaseVersailles?
Context:Isigaba esibucayi nesiphikisanayo kakhulu esivumelwaneni sasithi: "Ohulumeni beZizwe Ezihlangene nabaHlangene bayaqinisekisa futhi iJalimane iyalamukela icala leJalimane nabangane bayo ngokudala ukulahlekelwa nomonakalo owehlela ohulumeni beZizwe Ezihlangene nabaHlangene kanye nezakhamuzi zabo ngenxa yempi eyabekwa phezu kwabo ngenxa yokuhlasela kweJalimane nabangane bayo". Amanye amalungu eMibuso Ephakathi asayina izivumelwano ezazinezihloko ezifanayo. Lesisigaba, iSigaba 231, saziwa ngokuthi isigaba Sokuba Necala Empini. Lesi sivumelwano sasifuna ukuba iJalimane ilahle izikhali, inikeze izindawo eziningi, futhi ikhokhe isinxephezelo emazweni athile ayebambe iqhaza embusweni we - Entente. Ngo-1921 izindleko eziphelele zalezi zinxephezelo zazilinganiselwa kuma-mark egolide ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-132 (ngaleso sikhathi ama- $ 31.4 billion noma ama- £ 6.6 billion, cishe alingana nama-US $ 442 billion noma i-UK £ 284 billion ngo-2023). Ngenxa yendlela isivumelwano esasakhiwe ngayo, amaZwe Ahlangene ayehlose ukuba iJalimane ikhokhe kuphela inani lama-mark ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-50.
Isivumelwano saseVersailles sasiyisivumelwano sokuthula sokuphelisa iMpi Yezwe I. Iphuzu elibalulekile esivumelwaneni phakathi kwamaJalimane nemibuso yamaZwe Ahlangene kwakuwukuthi iJalimane yamukela umthwalo wemfanelo ophelele wokulahlekelwa nokulimala okwenziwa amaZwe Ahlangene. IJalimane kwadingeka ukuba ihlomule futhi ikhokhe isinxephezelo esilinganiselwa ku-$31.4 billion ngo-1921.