The Importance Of Germany's Imperial Government

President Wilson declares that Germany’s imperial government can affect whether we live in a world of peace and democracy or conflict and autocracy. The imperial government of Germany did not give the German rights like the United States and other countries had. Wilson believed that in order to have peace, democratic countries had to be partners. This proved to be impossible because the government of Germany sent spies all over the nation. As long as Germany was run by an autocratic government, they could not be trusted to work with. Wilson’s goal was to persuade nations to live in a democracy where peace and justice was experienced by all citizens. The threat was the power of autocratic governments because they made all of the decisions without consent from their people. Germany’s government is blamed for setting aside the importance of humanity and right that should be assured to every citizen of any country. Citizens should not be controlled because that leads to rampages and riots in …show more content…
with spies since before the war proved that the Prussian autocracy, today part of Germany and Poland, could never be our friend. The courts of justice proved that these spies came close to disrupting the peace and industries of the country. This illustrated how selfish the German government was because it did what it wanted without acknowledging its people. They convinced the U.S. that they had no desire to work with them and meant to act against democracy and peace. Germany wanted the U.S. to have enemies’ right next door in Mexico as proved by the Zimmerman note to the German Minister at Mexico City. The hostility of Germany had been accepted because a friend cannot be made that has a government where officials are not concerned with the public’s opinions and peace, justice, and freedom do not mean anything, a friend cannot be made. The presence of Germany’s power results in the lack of protection for democratic nations of the