r, ver001)." Even though Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, India, China, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hedjaz, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serb-Croat-Slovene State, Siam, Czechoslovakia, and Uruguay (thirty-one countries) were joined by the League (Schoenherr, ver001), each country that had any power, Great Britain and France, was troubled with rebuilding their own country and getting life back to normal, instead of concerning themselves with the affairs of other countries. So, the League of Nations never gained any real power.
             The new boundaries of Germany are discussed in Articles twenty-seven through thirty in the Treaty of Versailles and would reduce Germany's size significantly. It would create Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, and Poland (Schoenherr, ver027). Because the Austrian-Hungarian Empire was reduced to Czechoslovakia, and individual Austria and Hungary, each country was weak and had political unrest (World War I, OCLC). Poland was created from mostly Germany and was weaker than any of the other counties created because of the fact of their military status. The cavalry was of men on horseback, so Poland would have little defense from invading countries. This would prove to be true in the beginning of World War II. Even though it had appeared that Articles twenty-seven through thirty had broken up the Axis Powers of World War I, in reality the countries would be discontent with their new status and would lead to a greater possibility conquering the lands that were taken from them (Versailles, OCLC).
             One of the most controversial items of the Treaty of Versailles was Article two hundred and thirty-one. Article two hundred and thirty one states "The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the
             responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all ...