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The '''League of Nations''' was an international organization founded on January 10th 1920 during the [[Paris Peace Conference]]. The LoN's claimed mission was to maintain world peace. | The '''League of Nations''' ('''LoN''') was an international organization founded on January 10th 1920 during the [[Paris Peace Conference]] that served as a precursor to the [[United Nations]]. The LoN's claimed mission was to maintain world peace but in practise operated as an instrument of the [[Imperialism|imperialist]] powers, in particular [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|Britain]] and [[French Republic|France]], to exert their political will under the guise of peaceful cooperation. | ||
== History == | |||
=== Founding === | |||
The Covenant of the League of Nations drawn up by a special commission at the Paris Peace Conference was included in the Versailles peace treaty and other such peace treaties that ended the First World War. Initially it was signed by 44 states, these were: Great Britain, France, [[United States of America|United States]], [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Italy]], [[Empire of Japan (1868–1947)|Japan]], [[Canada]], [[Commonwealth of Australia|Australia]], [[Republic of South Africa|South Africa]], [[New Zealand]], [[British Raj (1858–1947)|India]], [[Republic of China|China]], [[Kingdom of Belgium|Belgium]], [[Plurinational State of Bolivia|Bolivia]], [[Federative Republic of Brazil|Brazil]], [[Republic of Cuba|Cuba]], [[Republic of Ecuador|Ecuador]], [[Hellenic Republic|Greece]], [[Republic of Haiti|Haiti]], [[Hejaz]], [[Republic of Honduras|Honduras]], [[Republic of Liberia|Liberia]], [[Republic of Nicaragua|Nicaragua]], [[Republic of Panama|Panama]], [[Republic of Peru|Peru]], [[Republic of Poland|Poland]], [[Portuguese Republic|Portugal]], [[Romania|Rumania]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1992)|Yugoslavia]], [[Kingdom of Thailand|Siam]], [[Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)|Czechoslovakia]], [[Oriental Republic of Uruguay|Uruguay]], [[Argentine Republic|Argentina]], [[Republic of Chile|Chile]], [[Republic of Colombia|Colombia]], [[Kingdom of Denmark|Denmark]], [[Kingdom of Norway|Norway]], [[Kingdom of Spain|Spain]], [[Republic of Paraguay|Paraguay]], the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands|Netherlands]], [[Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran]], [[Republic of El Salvador|El Salvador]], [[Swiss Confederation|Switzerland]], [[Kingdom of Sweden|Sweden]], and [[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela|Venezuela]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=D. Asanov|year=1979|title=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia|title-url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/League+of+Nations|chapter=League of Nations}}</ref> | |||
Although The United States signed the treaty it did not ratify the Covenant and did not join the League of Nations. Additionally, many of the signatories were [[Colonialism|colonial]] possessions of the imperialists powers and had little say over their entry into the League.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
=== Imperialism === | |||
In 6 October 1932, the [[Chinese Soviet Republic]] had distributed a telegram to the workers that the LoN were a league of imperialists robbers.<ref>{{Citation|title=THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS IS A LEAGUE OF ROBBERS!|author=[[Chinese Soviet Republic]]|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-6/mswv6_15.htm|year=1932}}</ref> | In 6 October 1932, the [[Chinese Soviet Republic]] had distributed a telegram to the workers that the LoN were a league of imperialists robbers.<ref>{{Citation|title=THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS IS A LEAGUE OF ROBBERS!|author=[[Chinese Soviet Republic]]|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-6/mswv6_15.htm|year=1932}}</ref> | ||
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The League of Nations (LoN) was an international organization founded on January 10th 1920 during the Paris Peace Conference that served as a precursor to the United Nations. The LoN's claimed mission was to maintain world peace but in practise operated as an instrument of the imperialist powers, in particular Britain and France, to exert their political will under the guise of peaceful cooperation.
History[edit | edit source]
Founding[edit | edit source]
The Covenant of the League of Nations drawn up by a special commission at the Paris Peace Conference was included in the Versailles peace treaty and other such peace treaties that ended the First World War. Initially it was signed by 44 states, these were: Great Britain, France, United States, Italy, Japan, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, India, China, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Greece, Haiti, Hejaz, Honduras, Liberia, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Siam, Czechoslovakia, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Paraguay, the Netherlands, Iran, El Salvador, Switzerland, Sweden, and Venezuela.[1]
Although The United States signed the treaty it did not ratify the Covenant and did not join the League of Nations. Additionally, many of the signatories were colonial possessions of the imperialists powers and had little say over their entry into the League.[1]
Imperialism[edit | edit source]
In 6 October 1932, the Chinese Soviet Republic had distributed a telegram to the workers that the LoN were a league of imperialists robbers.[2]
On December 14 1939, the Council of the League expelled the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from the LoN during the Winter War.[3]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 D. Asanov (1979). The Great Soviet Encyclopedia: 'League of Nations'.
- ↑ Chinese Soviet Republic (1932). THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS IS A LEAGUE OF ROBBERS!. [MIA]
- ↑ "USSR joins the League of Nations".