In Washington (USA), Woodrow Wilson, a politician and statesman of the United States of America, one of the leaders of the Democratic Party, passed away. He was the president of the USA during the years 1913–1921. He was born in Staunton, Virginia (USA), in 1856. In 1913, Wilson formulated his doctrine on international order, the basis of which were the universal rights and not the balance of forces. In 1917, he involved the USA in the First World War. In 1918, he presented the famous 14 points, which are the principles of establishing world peace. After the First World War, he participated in the Peace Conference in Versailles and later proposed the creation of the League of Nations (1919). The American Senate rejected the Peace of Versailles and the inclusion of the USA in the League of Nations. President Wilson rejected the compromise of January 1920 for the division of Albania, reached between the british, French and Italian prime ministers. As a result of President Wilson’s opposition, the English and French representatives announced on February 26, 1920 that they were abandoning this initiative. Wilson received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919. He passed away in Washington (USA) in 1924. (In the photo: Woodrow Wilson)
Text: The encyclopedic dictionary of Kosova – Vol. II , Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosova, Prishtina, 2018, page 1695.
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