1. Why did the Big Three have to take account of public
opinion when negotiating the Treaty of Versailles? In
which countries would public opinion welcome or
oppose the treaty?

2. At the end of the Peace Conference, Clemenceau
said: 'America is far away, protected by the ocean.
Not even Napoleon himself could touch England.
You are both sheltered; we are not.' What did he
mean? How secure was France as a result of the
Treaty of Versailles?