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How successful was the League in the 1920s? - Coggle Diagram
How successful was the League in the 1920s?
The Covenant of the League of Nations
Articles 8 and 9: countries should only have sufficient military strength to mantain national security
Article 10: any member attacked has the support of all the other members
Article 11: any memember can ask the League for help it it fears attack
Articles 12 to 15: no war until threee months of having been brought up to the League's attention. Disputes settled by process; investigating the issue, discussion in the League, putting the issue in an international court or going to arbitration
Article 16: members agree to take prompt action against anyone going to war
Collective security
Economic sanctions: ban on trade or refusing credit
Military sanctions: making the attacker surround or sending military help to the victim
Moral disapproval: when the council would meet to condemn the act of aggression, the aggressor would stop military actions, knowing the whole world was watching
arbitation through the Court of International Justice
the Aland Islands, 1921
the Aland Islands are located between Sweden and Finland
both countries claimed them, 95% of the population was ethnic Swedes but the islands belonged to Finland
League decided that it was to stay under Finland rule because if not many other minority groups in Europe might want to do the same
The League also ensured that the Swedes had more automony to preserve their traditions and costums
success, Sweeden and Finland accepted the League's arbitration to give the islands to Finland
The Corfu Incident, 1923
The Italian, General Tellini, sent by the Conference of Ambassadors to clarify the border between Greece and Albania was murdered in Greece
The Greek authorities weren't able to arrest anyone
the Italian leader, Benito Mussolini ordered the occupation of the Greek island of Corfu
the League decided to send a commission to the Albanian-Greek border to investigate Tellini's death, they found no evidence that Greece had failed to investigate the murder propely
Greece was made to pay 50 million lire as compensation under Italian pressure, two days later the Italians began evacuating Corfu
failure, Mussolini ignored the League's order to leave Corfu and made Greece pay money to Italy
Greco-Bulgarian confrontation, 1925
two Greek guards were killed and others retreated
reports were exagerated and the greek goverment was told Bulgarians had launched an invasion
Greece ordered an attack on Bulgaria
the League instructed both sides to withdraw to their own borders and Greece to pay compensation
success, Greece obeyed the League's order to leave Bulgaria
Vilnus, 1921
Vilnius population contained Poles, Jews and Lithuanians and was recognised as part of Lithuania
the border between Lithuania and Poland was unclear and the Leagued drew a provisional one
The League made the Hymans plan that recommended that both Lithuanian and Polish languages have equal status, they have equal rights, and equal foreign economic and policies
both sides rejected the Hymans Plan and the League coudln't do anything else so the occupation in Vilnus continued
the Conference of Ambassadors later on reconginsed Vilnus as part of Poland
failiture, Poland didn't leave Vilnus and the League couldn't do anything
Poland invaded Vilinus
Aims of the League
stop wars
make all countries disarm
improve workers conditions and curing diseases