The League of Nations

The birth of the League
1. Disagreement
  1. About the organisation of the League
    1. Wilson
      1. Wanted the League to be like a world parliament
      2. Representatives of all Nations could meet regularly to decide on any matters that affected them all
        Won
    2. Lloyd George
      1. Simple organisation
      2. Would get togother just for emergencies
    3. Clemenceau
      1. wanted a strong League with its own army
Aims
1. Discourage agression ftom any Nation
2. Encourage Nations to co operate
  1. Especially in
    1. Business
    2. Trade
3. Encourage Nations to disarm
4. Improve living and working conditions of all parts of the world
The structure
1. The council
  1. Smaller group that met more often
    1. If the decision didn´t work
      1. They could use a range of powers
        Moral condemnation
        Economic and financial sanctions
        Military force
  2. Temporary members
    1. Elected by the assembly
  3. Permanent members
    1. 1920
      1. Britain
        Italy
      2. France
        Japan
    2. Could have a VETO
      1. Could top the Council acting even if all other members agreed
  4. Aim
    1. Solve disputes between members
2. The assembly
  1. Was the League´s Parliament
  2. Every nation could send a representative
  3. Could vote on
    1. Admitting new members to the League
    2. The budget of the League
  4. Met once a year
  5. Decisions had to be unanimous
3. The Court
  1. Made up by judges from the member countries
  2. Would give a decision on a border dispute between two countries
4. ILO
  1. Brought togother employers, governmets and workers representatives once a year
  2. Aim
    1. Improve the working conditions of people
5. Comissions
  1. The Mandates Comission
    1. Made sure that Britain and France didn´t act in its own interests
  2. The Refugees Comitee
    1. Helped to return refugees to their original home after the 1ww
  3. The slavery Comission
    1. Worked to abolish slavery around the world
  4. The Health Comitee
    1. Attempted to deal with the problem of dangerous diseases
    2. Educate people about health and sanitation
Border disputes
1. Vilna
  1. Polish army took control of Vilna
  2. Lithuania appealed for help to the league
  3. League protested to Poland
    1. Poland did not withdraw
      1. Poles kept Vilna
2. Upper Silesia
  1. Geermany and Poland wanted control over the region
  2. Plebesite in 1920
    1. For silesians to vote which country they would like to join
      1. Industrial areas voted for Germany
        League divided the region along this lines
      2. Rural areas voted for Poland
3. Aaland Islands
  1. Wanted by Sweeden and Finland
  2. League gave them to Finland
4. Corfu
  1. Greece and Albania
  2. Tellini, killed in the greek side
    1. Mussolini blamed the greek government for the murder
      1. Greece had to pay compensation
    2. Mussolini bombarded
5. The Genova Protocol
  1. If two members were in dispute they would have to ask the League to sort out the disagreement and they would have to accept the Council´s desicion
  2. Weakened the League
6. Bulgaria
  1. Greek troops invaded Bulgaria
  2. Bulgaria appealed for help
    1. Greek had to pay compensaion to Bulgaria
How did the League work for a better world
1. Refugees
  1. Got refugees back to their homelands
2. Working conditions
  1. Limited hours for children to work
  2. maximum of 8 hours per day
3. Health
  1. Worked hard to defeat the disease of leprosy
  2. Campaign to exterminate mosquitoes
    1. Reduced cases of malaria
4. Transport
  1. Produced an international highway code for road users
5. Social problems
  1. Blaclisted companies which were involved in illegal drug trade
  2. Brought the freeing of slaves in British owned Sierra Leone

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