Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chaizvoizvo, kuda kwaWilson kwokuva norusununguko rukuru rwokuzvimiririra nokuzvitonga kwakanga kwakanangidzirwa bedzi kunyika dzeEurope dziri pasi pokutonga kweumambo hweGermany, Austria-Hungary neOttoman. Haana kujekesa izvi, kunyange zvazvo zviri pachena kuti kuda kwake ukuru hukuru munharaunda idzi kwakanga kuri mukuedza kuedza kusimbisa umambo hwevavengi ivavo. Zvinangwa zvaPurezidhendi Wilson nokuda kwenyika yechitatu zvaiva panzvimbo pokuedza kupesvedzera budiriro yayo kuitira kuti iishandure kubva ku'musana' kuenda ku'kunaka,' chinangwa chiri chokuibatanidza munyika yezvokutengeserana, kuitira kuti U.S. ikwanise kubetserwa zvikuru kubva mukutengeserana neSouth yepasi rose. Uyezve, Wilson haana kudavira kuti nyika yechitatu yakanga yagadzirira kuzvitonga, achisimbisa kuti nguva yokuchengetwa nokutarisirwa kubva kumasimba ekoloni yaidikanwa kutarisira kuchinja kwakadaro. Wilson akaona iyi nzira seyakakosha ku'kukura kwakakodzera' kwenyika dzakatongwa, ichiratidza maonero ake pamusoro pokuderera kwemadzinza asiri eEurope. Uyezve, Wilson akanga asiri munhu anorwisana nekoloni kana kuti anoshingairira kodzero uye rusununguko kuvanhu vose, asi akanga ariwo musaruraganda, mutendi akasimba mukutonga kwevachena. Somuenzaniso, akanga atsigira
Kubatanidzwa kweUnited States kwePhilippines muna 1898 uku ichishora kupandukira kwechiPhilippine nationalist Emilio Aguinaldo, uye yakatenda zvakasimba kuti US yaive nechisungo chetsika chekumanikidza nzira dzehupenyu dzeWestern uye hutongi kune nyika dzakadai, kuitira kuti pakupedzisira vagone kutonga vakazvimirira.