The League of

Nations

Bea Joy Lorraine A. ArcenioIII-9 BSE History

THE FOURTEEN POINTS

• (1) No secret treatise

• (2) Freedom of the seas for all nations in peace and war

• (3) Removal of all economic barriers or tariffs;

• (4) Reduction of national armaments

• (5) Far adjustment to colonial claims

• (14) A general association nations

THE BIRTH OF THE LEAGUE

• In 1918 nobodywanted to repeatthe mass slaugtherof the war.

• “the war thatended all wars”

• Geneva, Switzerland

PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON

Some thought that the USA would becontrolled by other nations throught the LoN

Although the LoN was presidentWilson’s idea the USA’s Senate

rejected it:

• Some Americans did not want to be involved again in European’s disputes orwars

The LoN’s main bodies

1) The Council (consisted of 4 permanent members)

2) The Assembly (consisted of all the other members)

3) The Secretariat (consisted of a Secretary General and is responsible for the day-to-day running of the LON)

SECRETARIAT

COUNCIL

ASSEMBLY

The League’s Powers

The League’s Powers. (When a nation acted illegally the league could..)

Condemn

Tell a country that it has done wrong in the open Assembly.

Sanctions

Impose a trade embargo to push the country towards bankruptcy .

Arbitration

Offer to mediate between the two conflicting countries.

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The League’s Powers

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Border disputes in the 1920’s

• Germany and Poland disputedthe region

• It was divided in two by theLoN

UpperSilesia, 1921

• Sweeden and Finland disputedthe islands

• The LoN decided that theislands would belong toFinland. Sweeden accepted thedecision.

AalandIslands,

1921

THE SUCCESS OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

THE SUCCESS OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

• Greece invaded Bulgaria.

• The LoN forced Greece toapologize and paycompensations toBulgaria.

Bulgaria, 1925

Turkey, 1923

•Respond to the humanitariancrisis

•A member of the league calledthis «the greatest work of mercywhich mankind undertaken

THE FAILURE OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

• Small town between Polandand Czechoslovakia

• 1919, the Polish and theCzechs troops fought

Teschen, 1919

THE FAILURE OF THE LEAGUE’S OF NATIONS

• Germany failed to payan installmentaccording to the treatyof Versailles

• French and Belgiuminvaded the Ruhr

Invasionof theRuhr

(1923)

CAUSES OF GREAT

DEPRESSION

Causes of the Great

Depression

Over Production•Industry

•Agriculture

Stock Market Crash and Financial Panic

High Tariffs &

War Debts

How the depressionaffected the League

There was less international cooperation. The USA and other nations looked to take

care of themselves instead of worrying about world peace and humanitarian

issues.

Desperate people suffering terrible economic hardship increasingly turned

to leaders offering radical solutions. This led to the rise of militaristic

fascist governments.

Britain and France no longer wished to sort out international disputes that would cost them money and could further damage their trade.

The LoN’s Weaknesses

• Great Britain and France personal interest

• No military forces

• Countries havdmemories of WW1!