World War I: The History Of The League Of Nations

The History of the League of Nations

In 1917, America entered World War I. The resulting bloodshed and slaughter was horrific, especially to United States President Woodrow Wilson. Seeing this catastrophe, Woodrow Wlison was determined to avoid any sign of repetition that could lead to a tragedy like this war had. The only way to avoid this repetition, was to create an international organization which would mainly serve to maintain world peace by sorting out international disputes. All in all, this was the ultimate task that was designed for the League of Nations (History Learning Site, 2014).

Therefore after World War I, an international organization was assembled to prevent any further international disputes that could possibly arise

This statement caused the uprise of the opinions from diplomats and intellectuals alike from all over the world and across the Atlantic. These diplomats and intellectuals voiced that there was a need for an international organization that would be the stronghold for nurturing cooperation and enduring peace. Widely, Woodrow Wilson's idea of the League of Nations was accepted, however, since it was difficult to create Wilson was unable to encourage the United States to join in the participation (U.S. Department of State, 2015).

On January 25, 1919, The Paris Peace Conference accepted Woodrow Wilson's proposal to create the League of Nations. In addition to this acceptance, the Covenant of the League of Nations was supported by a special commission. With this special commission, the League of Nations was established by part 1 of the Treaty of Versailles, a Charter (New World Encyclopedia 2015). Moreover, the Covenant of the League of Nations consisted of 26 articles, and was formed by the Treaty of Versailles (Michael Duffy, 2000-2009). Initially, the covenant was adopted by the

Mandates were territories established as part of the League of Nations by way of Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations. To explain, these territories which were prior colonies of the German Empire and Ottoman Empire became apart of the League of Nations after the First World War (The League of Nations, 2015). Furthermore, the Mandates were classified into three categories: "A" Mandate, "B" Mandate, and "C" Mandate. To further explain, the "A" Mandate were made up by the majority of the old Ottoman Empire, and their existence was characterized as independent nations that had assistance of a "Mandatory". The "B" Mandate consisted of the territory which needed the Mandatory to serve as the administrative power for the conditions that guaranteed many aspects. These aspects include: freedom of conscience and religion, the maintenance of republic order and morals, and equal opportunities for the trade and commerce of other Members of the League (The League of Nations, 2015). Moreover, the "C" Mandate were the territories that were best administered under the laws of the Mandatory due to their small size and population. To explain, these Mandates were under the control of the "Mandatory Powers". However, in addition to the Mandates, the League took control of the Saarland for a total of fifteen years and the free city of Danzig from November 15, 1920 to September 1, 1939 (The League of Nations,