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Haile Selassie's Speech to League of Nations. How the League works:. One vote for each country If there were disputes then: Call upon the nations to use diplomacy (sit down and talk) The League could issue economic sanctions if diplomacy failed
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How the League works: One vote for each country If there were disputes then: • Call upon the nations to use diplomacy (sit down and talk) • The League could issue economic sanctions if diplomacy failed • The League could introduce physical sanctions (but it had no force to use)
Malaria o The League appointed a malaria commission, which is studying the disease in Europe, Eastern Asia and the United States; also there are efforts to produce more quinine. o Success for the League of Nations (add to all)
Kellogg-Briand Pact o 15 countries outlawed war and aggression o Success? No way to enforce it and did not prevent the rising militarism of the 1930s
Ethiopian Case o Italy invaded and colonized Ethiopia, ignoring the Italo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1928 o Failure
Slavery o To suppress and prevent slave trade and progressively and as soon as possible abolish slavery o Success
Aaland Island Case o Aaland Islands wanted to become part of Sweden but Finland took it to the League of Nations to settle this. League decided that they would stay a part of Finland o Success, decided that economic, political and security factors are important to take into account when deciding about self-determination
Saar Basin/Sileasia o Put the decision of what country to join to a vote, too close of a vote (though in favor to join Germany), gave the upper part to Germany and the rich coal mines to Poland o Success
Manchukuo Incident o Japanese-staged an explosion in order to excuse an invasion o Failure
Typhus o Joint representatives from around the world come together and helped stave off Typhus from spreading o Success
Yellow Fever o Another disease that was studied and had countries come together in order to study it while fighting it off. o Success