Had Charles Evans Hughes won the U.S. Presidency in 1916 and still taken the U.S. into WWI afterwards (like Wilson did in our TL), what would the post-World War I peace settlement have looked like in this TL? Specifically, how exactly would it differ from our TL's post-WWI peace settlement?
As for my own opinion on this, I think that having Hughes as U.S. President would result in less emphasis on things such as national self-determination and thus in a harsher peace for Germany. For instance, I could certainly see France annexing the coal-rich Saarland in this TL as well as Italy annexing Dalmatia and Poland annexing (Polish-majority) southern East Prussia, Danzig, and resource-rich Upper Silesia (all of it--not just a part of it).
Also, side question, but out of curiosity--does President Hughes personally go to Versailles in this TL like President Wilson did in our TL? Or does he stay at home and merely send some of his advisers over to Versailles?
Anyway, any thoughts on all of this?