League of nation
The birth of the league
League of Nation is an organization that could solve international problems without resorting the war
President Wilson wanted the League of Nation to be like a world parliament
President Wilson won
1919 he took personal charge of drawing up plans for the League
The plan were no clear, some people were angered by Wilson arrogant style
But people give Wilson's plans a try
All the major nation would join the League
They promised to accept the decision made by the League
They also promised to protect one another
If they were invaded. If any member did break
the Covenant and go to war, other members promised
to stop trading with it and to send troop if necessary to force
it to stop fighting
Many British leaders thought the best league would be simple organization
France proposed an strong League with its own army
A body blow to the
Wilson had problem in the USA, before the USA
could even join the League
In the USA the ideas of a League was not
at all popular
Why American did not like to join the League
The League as supposed to enforce the treaty of Versailles
If the League imposed sanctions.(stopping trade with a country that was behaving aggressively)American trade and business that suffered most
Sending US soldiers to settle every
little conflict around the world
Some feared that the League would be dominated by Britain or France and would be called to help defend their empires, many the US were anti empire
The aims of the League
To discourage aggression from any nation
To encourage countries to co operate, especially in business and trade
To encourage nations to disarm
To improve the living and working conditions of people in all parts of the world
Article 10
The covenant set out 26 article was article 10
Article 10 really meant collective security
The member of the League could prevent war by defending the lands and interests of all nations, large or small
How the League of nations work for a better world
Refugees
The League did tremendous work in getting refugees and former prisoners of war back to their homelands
working conditions
International Labour organisation
Health
The health committee produced some important achievements
Transport
The League made recommendations on marking shipping lanes and produced an international highway health for role users
social problems
The League blacklisted four large German,Dutch,French and Swiss companies which were involved in the illegal drug trade
Membership of the League
In the absence of the USA, Britain and France were the most powerful countries in the League
After First World War neither country was quiet the mayor power it had once been
Organization of the League
The council
A smaller group than the Assembly,met more often than Assembly like 5 times or more
Pernament members
In the 1920 these were Britain,France,Italy and Japan
Temporary members
They were elected by the Assembly for three years periods
Each of the members of the council had a veto
The council could use a range of powers
Moral codemnation
Economic and financial sanctions
Military force
The assembly
League parliament
Every country in the League sent a representative
to the Assembly
The Assembly only met once a year
Decisions made by the Assembly had to be unanimous
Secretariat
A sort of civil service
Kept records of league meeting
Prepared report for the different agencies of the League
Had specialist section covering areas such as health, disarmament and economic matters
The permanent court of international justice
It play a key role in the League work of setting dispute between countries peaceful
The international Labour organization
The ILO meting once years
employers
goverment
workers
The aim is to improve the working condition of the people
The League of nations commissions
The mandates commissions
The refugees committee
The slavery commission
The health committee
The league and border disputes in the 1920s
The treaties signed at the Paris peace conference had created new states and changed the borders of others
Corfu 1923
The Corfu incident was a 1923 diplomatic and military crisis between Greece and Italy. It was triggered when an Italian general heading a commission to resolve a border dispute between Albania and Greece was murdered in Greek territory along with members of his staff.
The Geneva protocol
The Geneva Protocol for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes was a proposal to the League of Nations presented by British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and his French counterpart Édouard Herriot. It set up compulsory arbitration of disputes and created a method to determine the aggressor in international conflicts. All legal disputes between nations would be submitted to the World Court. It called for a disarmament conference in 1925.
Bulgaria 1925
The Incident at Petrich, or the War of the Stray Dog was a Greek–Bulgarian crisis in 1925, in which there was a short invasion of Bulgaria by Greece near the border town of Petrich, after the killing of a Greek captain and a sentry by Bulgarian soldiers. The incident ended after a decision of the League of Nations.