League Of Nations

Question 0

Organisation of LofN

Answer 0

Covenant
Assembly
Council
Court of international justice
Commissions 
Secretariat

Question 1

Membership

Answer 1

Defeated countries and communists not invited
USA did not join- isolationism
Wilson wanted them to join.
1920- 42
1930- 59
Dominated by Br & fr

Question 2

Covenant

Answer 2

26 articles = trade, living conditions, working conditions, disarmament, collective security (article 10)

Question 3

Assembly

Answer 3

Every member represented,
Once a year
Unanimous decisions

Question 4

Council

Answer 4

4 permanent (Britain, France, Italy, Japan) = in charge
Temp members elected every 3 years
More frequent than assembly

Question 5

Court of international justice

Answer 5

Hague, Netherlands

Judged disputed between countries

Question 6

Commissions

Answer 6

Organisations with particular roles.

Eg; health committee

Question 7

3 ways to settle disputes

Answer 7

Hearing by impartial country
Ruling by int court of justice
Inquired by council

Question 8

If leagues decision was ignored by country…

Answer 8

Economic sanctions (rarely worked as didn't have USA's help
Call other members to take military action

Question 9

4 simple fail of league

Answer 9

Vilna 20
Corfu 23
Ruhr 23
Disarmament

Question 10

Vilna & Corfu events

Answer 10

Vilna 1920: pol & lith. Corfu 1923: Greece & Albania border
Cap of lith=vilna Supervised by italien general tellini
Vilna mainly inhabited by pol. 27/08= tel killed in gr
Pol invaded Mus want comp, occ Corfu
L of n said no. L of n said get out
Pol kept vilna. Mus officially agreed…..

Question 11

3 success of league

Answer 11

Upper Silesia 1921 - ind region ger & pol. Wanted by both. 1920- plebiscite. Ind- ger, rural- pol.
Aaland islands 1921- swed & fin want. War threat, l of n said fin. Agreed.
Bulgaria 1923 - gr troop invade. Bul appeal. L of n said get out. Gr agreed but complained.

Question 12

Affects of Wall Street crash on league

Answer 12

Japan- left league and invaded Manchuria
Mussolini wanted empire to distract from economic problems.
Britain & France preoccupied to worry about anyone else

Question 13

Manchuria

Answer 13

1931-1932
Sept 31 jap soldiers blew up manchurian railway
Claimed Chinese sabotage
Invaded and conquered.

Question 14

League response to Manchuria

Answer 14

L of n told jap to get out
Sept 32- unlawful
Too late
Jap left league and invaded rest of china.

Question 15

Abyssinia & l of n response

Answer 15

1935-36
Oct 35- Italy invades wal-wal oasis
Legume imposed sanctions but not coal or oil or close Suez Canal
Dec 35- Hoare & Laval plan-split Abyssinia up. Sacked.
May 36- Italy in Addis Ababa

Question 16

Why did the league fail?

Answer 16

Unanimous decisions
USA not there
Sanctions not effective
No army
Countries act in own interest
Appeasement

Question 17

Implications of league failure

Answer 17

Violence and aggression were shown to pay
Victims suffered
Collective security didn’t work
Br & fr saw disarmament wasn’t working so began to rearm