Precisely because France and Britain entered World War I. After Germany's initial advances into the Low Countries and France, they not the French and British would get the credit for success. The war on their side by signing the secret Treaty. President Woodrow Wilson of the United States did not agree completely with the other Allies. He wanted a peace treaty based on justice, not bitterness. He believed that would produce a lasting peace. President Wilson had led negotiations for a truce to end the hostilities of World War One. Wilson did not let it a secret, it spread it to the people, making it public to him in him sharing his ideas and thoughts of what he thinks is right.
