Manchurian Crisis

Manchurian Crisis

Why did the crisis happen?
1. Because Manchuria was very important to Japan.
  1. The railyway was their only way of getting food to the country
2. The railway was blown up and Japan blamed China
How did the league react to this?
1. They sent someone to file a report
2. The league wanted to be careful not to upset Japan as they were on the council of the leauge
3. The league couldn't use economic sanctions because USA was the main country that traded with Japan and USA never joined the leauge
What was the outcome of the crisis
1. A year later the Lytton Report came out in favour of China being innocent
2. Japan Ignored the report
What were the results of the crisis?
1. Japan left the league in 1933
2. In 1937 Japan invaded China and the league did nothing
Why did the league fail to resolve this crisis?
1. Because they didn't want to upset Japan
2. Economic sanctions would have done nothing to affect Japan

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