Subject: RE: [BoundaryPoint] eupen and malmedy
Date: Feb 24, 2005 @ 16:53
Author: Bill Burke ("Bill Burke" <billb@...>)
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A SECOND QUESTION IS DO THE LOCAL PEOPLE NOW WISH TO BE PART OF GERMANY OR STAY AS THEY ARE?
ALSO WHAT ABOUT POOR OLD MORESNET, DON'T THEY WISH THAT THEY WERE INDEPENDANT , ANOTHER SAN MARINO OR MONACO, RIPPING US ALL OFF WITH POSTAGE STAMPS , DODGY BANKING AND ACTING AS A TAX HAVEN ETC.
I AGREE WITH WOLFGANG THE VERSAILLES TREATY STUPID PUNISHED GERMANY AND HELPED FUEL THE SECOND WORLD WAR. BUT WHAT DO THE LOCAL PEOPLE WANT NOW WHEN THERE ARE NO NEED FOR BUFFER AREAS?,
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Von: Bill Burke [mailto:billb@...]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2005 14:54
An: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
Betreff: [BoundaryPoint] eupen and malmedy
These two areas with Moresnet were transfered to Belguim in 1920 . Why was Eupen, a largely German speaking area transferred across? The TREATY OF VERSAILLES encouraged people to choose the country to which they wished to be attached eg Northern Schleswig went to Denmark, Southern Schleswig stayed in Germany. Can anyone answer this .
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