As unprecedented as the beginning, the end of the Great War saw large talk about the future of the world. Wilson, in his address to Congress addressed the retreat of Russians at the end of the war and the consequences of this. With the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Russia settled its problems with the Central Powers and left the British and French to fight. While applauding, Wilson questioned the thinking behind such a decision as they kept all land after the treaty. He became skeptical of the "democratic" process that was occurring largely because he was unsure of Russian motives and the German involvement. In order to protect democracy and justice, Wilson declares that it is now the United States' duty to join the conflict and present its own plan. With the conclusion of the fighting, Wilson hoped that the people of different countries could become more harmonious to maintain order and peace. Perhaps unrealistically and more so idealistically Wilson hoped to restrict the practices that had become normal in many countries. He suggested that secret treaties come to an end, freedom of the seas, end of economic barriers, self-determination for colonies, and the reacquisition of lost territory to Russia, France, Italy, and Belgium. As well as peaceful organization of Austria Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro and the other Balkan states that made up to "powder keg" as well as a League of Nations.
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