Topic 2: L of N

Question 1

Manchuria Crisis

Answer 1

1931-33
Japan
- Chinese “Bandits” in Manchuria “sabotaged” the Japanese Mukden railway
- The league was too slow and no effective action was taken

Question 2

World Disarmament Conference

Answer 2

February 1932
- Was to make losers of the war disarm
- Germany secretly arming
- no confidence in League after Manchuria
- France afraid of no defense
- Germany leaves league 1933
- Britain, France, and Italy form “Stresa Front” April 1935 (to defend against Germany)

Question 3

Abyssinia

Question 4

Åland Islands

Answer 4

1921 - success
- First dispute to be satisfactory
- Most of them wanted to be ruled by Sweden
- The league awarded the islands to Finland

Question 5

Upper Silesia

Answer 5

1921 - success
- Contained valuable industrial areas
- Between Germany and Poland
- Originally given to Poland
- Results of a vote suggested that it should go to Germany
- A majority of the Silesian people wanted to go to Poland
- It was split between both countries

Question 6

Mosul

Answer 6

1924 - success
- Mosul used to be part of the ottoman empire until the end of ww1
- Britain had declared it Iraqi
- After much debating Turrkey finally agreed to let Iraq keep Mosul

Question 7

Bulgaria

Answer 7

1925 - success
- Greece was ordered to pay 45 000 euros to compensate Bulgaria after invading
- This was judged disproportionate response of a shooting incident
- Greece accepted ruling but thought it unfair

Question 8

Vilna

Answer 8

1920 - failure
- Vilna became the capital if Lithuania
- A polish army seized the city in 1920
- Lithuania made and appeal to the league
- League asked the Polish to leave but they didn’t
- The matter was passed to the conference of ambassadors

Question 9

Occupation of the Ruhr

Answer 9

1923 - failure
- French and Belgian troops occupied the Ruhr to try and ensure that Germany was paying reparations
- Germany responded with civil disobedience so that to not provide France with any reparation funds or goods that come out of that territory

Question 10

Corfu incident

Answer 10

1923 - failure
- Italians forming an international boundary were murdered on Greek soil leading Mussolini to order a naval bombardment on Corfu
- When Greece appealed to the league the Italians were ordered to leave but Greece had to pay Italy