Actual Fraud and Equitable Fraud. âThose cases show that âfraudâ is not used in the common law sense. It is used in the equitable sense to denote conduct by the defendant or his agent such that it would be âagainst conscienceâ for him to avail himself of the lapse of time.
From having to pay astronomical reparations to being forced to take full responsibility for the outcome of the war, the treaty left Germans feeling betrayed. The Treaty of Versailles brought no peace, as was intended, but its consequences were felt and led to tension that culminated in World War II. First of all, the Reparations' clause of the Treaty of Versailles was one of the 440 clauses in the treaty that were not readily forgotten.
While the Treaty of Versailles did not render World War II inevitable, it did hasten the conflict; the provisions caused German expansion, economic downfall and hyperinflation, and vulnerability of the German people that eventually led to the election of Hitler and the Fascist party.he Treaty of Versailles signified humiliating defeat for the Germans. As a country who had declared war on several powers, to lose the war and then be forced to pay for and sacrifice land to their enemies was a blow to the German pride.