Diplomacy Outside the League - Conflict and Tension Flashcards
why was the LoN not at the focus of all international diplomacy?
-> USA, Germany and Russia were not members of the league meaning that any arrangements involving them couldn’t happen through the LoN
-> UK and France took part in other arrangements despite being the key nations within the LoN
-> the LoN international image was damaged
who was involved in the Washington Naval Conference (Washington DC, USA)?
nine nations including USA, UK, France, Japan and Italy
when was the Washington Naval Conference?
1921-22
positives and negatives of Washington Naval Conference
positives - agreement reached on a maximum size for navies in relation to each other and prevented another naval Race
negatives - agreed without the LoN as the USA wasn’t a member, showed that successful the world’s first arms control agreement didn’t need the LoN, and that the USA could lead alternative options to the LoN
who was involved in the Treaty of Rapallo (Rapallo, Italy)?
Russia and Germany
when was the Treaty of Rapallo signed?
1922
positives and negatives of the Rapallo Treaty
positives - agreement that both countries would accept the settlement in Eastern Europe with new countries such as Poland now in existence in land formerly owned by Russia and Germany, Germany recognised the Communists as the officical government of Russia, neither side would make any more claims on the other for the costs of WW1
negatives - agreed without the LoN as Germany and Russia wasn’t members
who was involved in the signings of the Locarno Treaties?
France (represented by Aristide Briand) and Germany (represented by Gustav Stresemann) and also signed by UK and Italy as guarantors
when were the Locarno treaties signed?
1925
positives and negatives of the Locarno treaties
positives - Germany publicly accepted the TofV and their new western borders, improved relationships between Germany and other nations, reassured France that Germany wouldn’t invade and reassured Germany that France wouldn’t invade as they had in the Ruhr Crisis
negatives - agreed without the LoN as Germany wasn’t a member, the LoN should have led this, especially as France and the UK were involved
who was involved in signing the Kellog-Briand pact (Paris, France)?
65 nations including Germany, France and the USA
when was the Kellog-Briand pact signed?
1928
positives and negatives of the Kellog-Briand pact
positives - signatories renounced use of war as way to solve disputes
negatives - agreed without LoN as Germany and USA weren’t members, starting to appear that LoN was not the place for significant new moves in international relationships
