League of nation

League of Nation is an organization that could solve international problems without resorting the war

President Wilson won

1919 he took personal charge of drawing up plans for the League

The plan were no clear, some people were angered by Wilson arrogant style

But people give Wilson's plans a try

All the major nation would join the League

They promised to accept the decision made by the League

They also promised to protect one another

If they were invaded. If any member did break
the Covenant and go to war, other members promised
to stop trading with it and to send troop if necessary to force
it to stop fighting

Many British leaders thought the best league would be simple organization

France proposed an strong League with its own army

Wilson had problem in the USA, before the USA
could even join the League

In the USA the ideas of a League was not
at all popular

Why American did not like to join the League

The League as supposed to enforce the treaty of Versailles

If the League imposed sanctions.(stopping trade with a country that was behaving aggressively)American trade and business that suffered most

Sending US soldiers to settle every
little conflict around the world

Some feared that the League would be dominated by Britain or France and would be called to help defend their empires, many the US were anti empire

To discourage aggression from any nation

To encourage countries to co operate, especially in business and trade

To encourage nations to disarm

To improve the living and working conditions of people in all parts of the world

The covenant set out 26 article was article 10

Article 10 really meant collective security

The member of the League could prevent war by defending the lands and interests of all nations, large or small

Refugees

The League did tremendous work in getting refugees and former prisoners of war back to their homelands

working conditions

International Labour organisation

Health

The health committee produced some important achievements

Transport

The League made recommendations on marking shipping lanes and produced an international highway health for role users

social problems

The League blacklisted four large German,Dutch,French and Swiss companies which were involved in the illegal drug trade

In the absence of the USA, Britain and France were the most powerful countries in the League

After First World War neither country was quiet the mayor power it had once been

The council

A smaller group than the Assembly,met more often than Assembly like 5 times or more

Pernament members

In the 1920 these were Britain,France,Italy and Japan

Temporary members

They were elected by the Assembly for three years periods

Each of the members of the council had a veto

The council could use a range of powers

Moral codemnation

Economic and financial sanctions

Military force

The assembly

League parliament

Every country in the League sent a representative
to the Assembly

The Assembly only met once a year

Decisions made by the Assembly had to be unanimous

Secretariat

A sort of civil service

Kept records of league meeting

Prepared report for the different agencies of the League

Had specialist section covering areas such as health, disarmament and economic matters

The permanent court of international justice

It play a key role in the League work of setting dispute between countries peaceful

The international Labour organization

The ILO meting once years

employers

goverment

workers

The aim is to improve the working condition of the people

The League of nations commissions

The mandates commissions

The refugees committee

The slavery commission

The health committee

The treaties signed at the Paris peace conference had created new states and changed the borders of others

The Corfu incident was a 1923 diplomatic and military crisis between Greece and Italy. It was triggered when an Italian general heading a commission to resolve a border dispute between Albania and Greece was murdered in Greek territory along with members of his staff.

The Geneva Protocol for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes was a proposal to the League of Nations presented by British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and his French counterpart Édouard Herriot. It set up compulsory arbitration of disputes and created a method to determine the aggressor in international conflicts. All legal disputes between nations would be submitted to the World Court. It called for a disarmament conference in 1925.

The Incident at Petrich, or the War of the Stray Dog was a Greek–Bulgarian crisis in 1925, in which there was a short invasion of Bulgaria by Greece near the border town of Petrich, after the killing of a Greek captain and a sentry by Bulgarian soldiers. The incident ended after a decision of the League of Nations.