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Haile Selassie's Speech to League of Nations

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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Haile Selassie's Speech to League of Nations

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  1. Haile Selassie's Speech to League of Nations

  2. 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)

  3. Malaria

  4. 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)

  5. Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928

  6. 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

  7. Ethiopian Case: Italy and Ethiopia, 1935

  8. Ethiopian Case o Italy invaded and colonized Ethiopia, ignoring the Italo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1928 o Failure

  9. Slavery

  10. Slavery o To suppress and prevent slave trade and progressively and as soon as possible abolish slavery o Success

  11. Aaland Island Case

  12. 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

  13. Saar Basin/Sileasia

  14. 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

  15. Manchukuo Incident

  16. Manchukuo Incident o Japanese-staged an explosion in order to excuse an invasion o Failure

  17. Typhus

  18. Typhus o Joint representatives from around the world come together and helped stave off Typhus from spreading o Success

  19. Yellow Fever

  20. Yellow Fever o Another disease that was studied and had countries come together in order to study it while fighting it off. o Success

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