Kq2- To What Extent Was The LoN A Success Flashcards
1
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Aims
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- discourage agression by any nation
- encourage international cooperationn-esp. business and trade
- encourge disarmament
- improve living and working conditions for people throughout world
2
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Vilna
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-failure 1920 -capital lithunia -poland and lithuania both claimed it -poland occupied and refused to leave-most of population polish -league morally condemned poland and asked to remove troops- didnt want to upset -poland refused -city given to poland- council agreed
3
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Upper silesia
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- success
- 1921
- both germany and poland wanted it
- plebicide
- germany got industrial area
- poland rural area
4
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Aaland island
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Success
- 1921
- both wanted
- sweeden accepted finland to have islands
5
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Corfu
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- failure
- 1923
- italy- undermined lon as in council
- italian ambassadors and tellini surveyed greek border- ambushed and killed
- outside league- undermined- agreed that greek pay compensation-italy removed from corfu
6
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Bulgaria-lon
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- failure
- 1925
- war of the stray dog
- dog ran over border
- soldier ran after dog and shot
- greek soldiers angry and invaded
- league condemnd greece- greece pulled out and payed moeny to bulgaria
- double standards with corfu
7
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Disarmament conference
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- failure
- 1932-34
- geneva
- germany left 1934
- disarmament rate poor and countries not disarming fullly or at even rate
- failed- gb not want to disarm other countries ect.
8
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Health committee
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- work against leprocy
- campaign to exterminate mosquito- cause malaria and yelow fever
- red cross
- plague siberia
- failed- cant exterminate disease completely
9
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Slavery commission
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- ending slavery in abyssinia- joined lon 1926
- liberea abolished forced labour
- kept records control slavery, prostitution, human trafficking
- set free 200,000 slaves sierra leone and burma
- slavery went more underground- more diff to solve
10
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Commission for refugees
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- 400,000 return of prisoners of war to homes
- sent doctors to turkish camps- stop spread typhoid and cholera
- spend £10 mil on building homes and farming tools and equipment
- failed as racism still a problem
11
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International labour organisation
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- restriction lead in paint
- convinced country to adopt 8h day, 48h week
- worked end child labour
- increased womens rights in workplace
- beacme part of un- sucess
- failure-diff to ensure all countries adopted
12
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Why lon failed
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Fr and gb self interest Absent powers Ineffective sanctions Lack armed forces Unfair treaty Reaching decisions too slowly Everyone had to agree- european club
13
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Permenant court of international justice
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- netherlands
- judges from member nations
- could make decisions on diputes submitted
- legal advice to council
- no mechanism to ensure countries followed
14
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Locarno treaties
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1925
- gb, fr, italy, belgium, poland, germany
- germany accepted
- borders with france and belgium
- demilitarised rhineland
- settle disputes through lon
- german goodwill-fr more secure
- paved way for germany to joing league 1926
- ussr left outside lon- only majour european power
15
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Kellog-briand pact
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1928
- 65 nations signed
- condemn war to solve disputes
- countries can keep arms for self defence
- greeted as great moment and turning point- safer world
- nothing said if break it
