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League of Nations, is there another sub heading i can include?

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 10:36 PM PDT

~League of Nations~



Introduction-

The League of Nations (LoN) was an international organisation formed as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919-1920. The League of Nations ran from the 28th of September 1934 to the 23rd of February 1935, during this time it had 58 different members. This organisation was created to complete four aims. The League of Nations appears to have originated with the British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey, which was then later adopted by United States President Woodrow Wilson and his advisor Colonel Edward M. House.



Aims of the League-

The League of Nations had a few goals set by President Wilson. He wanted the League to be like a 'world parliament', where nations would sort out their arguments (without war). He wanted to make the world a better place, he wanted to improve public health, people's lives and jobs, and put an end to slavery. Wilson also hoped that the league would persuade the nations to agree to put down all of their weapons (disarmament), therefore making war impossible. Finally, he thought that the League of Nations could enforce the Treaty of Versailles, and persuade countries to keep all of the promises they had made.



The Treaty of Versailles–

The League of Nations was founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties made after World War I ended in 1918. The treaty ended the state of war between German and the Allied Powers. It was signed on the 28th of June 1919. Different treaties dealt with the other Central Powers on the German side of World War I. The armistice ended the actual fighting, it took 6 months and lots of negotiation to decide on the peace treaty. The treaty required Germany and its allies to accept responsibility for causing WWl, to disarm, and to pay reparations to certain countries. The German government issued a protest against what it considered to be unfair demands, as they thought that the treaty was completely unacceptable. No one was ever really satisfied with what the treaty had achieved and some say that it actually caused WWll.



Strengths of the League-

The League of Nations thought that they would be able to achieve their goals because they had a number of strengths. These included:

- The amount of members- there were nearly 60 countries including Britain, France, Italy and Japan (which were reasonably powerful countries).

- The Power the League was given- they were allowed to use military force. - The Treaty of Versailles set up the League- this was good at the time because the Treaty of Versailles had basically ended World War l.



Weaknesses of the League-

The League also had a few weaknesses such as:

- They didn't have an army- they were allowed military force but didn't have they didn't have an army. If a country ignored them they really couldn't do anything about it.

The Treaty of Versailles set up the League- at the start it was good that they set it up, but when the treaty didn't satisfy anyone, people started to hate the League (this was one of the reasons that America never joined)

The countries that were members all agreed that German should pay for all of the damage due to World War l- this meant that anyone who was on Germany's side didn't like the League.

- The most powerful countries were not members- the United States of America did not want to join, the Russians were communists and hated Britain and France so they refused to join and German wasn't allowed to join. Without these three major powers, the League was weak.

Why the League wasn't able to achieve their goals-

The main reason for the League not achieving their goals was their weaknesses; if they had had army they would actually be able to control other countries if they chose to ignore them. They did not have America, the strongest country in the world. The world-wide depression took countries away from thinking about peace; they were only worried about themselves, like how much land and power they had. The more the League failed, the less people believed it was going to be successful and the less they trusted it. After a while everyone ignored it, France and Britain did nothing to help it and Italy and Japan betrayed it. In the 1930s Germany, Italy and Japan attacked the weak countries within the League and they couldn't do anything about it because they didn't have an army.



Answer on League of Nations, is there another sub heading i can include?



It's good; but there are a couple of mistakes...



1. The League started in 1919, not 1934 as you write. The dates you gave correspond to when the League was at its height of membership; but it was functioning long before 1934.



2. You state that Germany was not a member of the League; but Germany was admitted in 1926 and was a permanent member of the presiding "League Council."



Hope this helps.

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How to use an Interrail pass?

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 02:23 PM PDT

I'm going on a trip round Italy very soon, and bought an Interrail One Country Pass (6 days in 1 month) However, I'm a bit confused as to how to use it.



- Can I just hop on a train without another ticket and show it to the ticket collector when he comes round the train?

- Do I take it to the ticket office and get a separate ticket with it?

- Do I personally fill in the dates on the 'travel calender', or do the ticket office people/ticket collector write it in/stamp it?

- In short, what do I do with this?! XD



If anyone has used a Interrail pass before, especially an Italy pass, I'd be really grateful for some help :)



Thanks in advance! xxx



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Hopefully you hold a European passport or are residing in Europe for longer than 6 months, otherwise you cannot use Interrail but must use Eurail [since you have asked in Y!®A United States].



Fill in the Travel Calendar

When travelling with a flexi Pass (like a 6 days in 1 month single country Pass) it is important that you record the date of each journey in the Travel Calendar (printed on the Pass). You must write in ink and you should fill it in before boarding the train. Not doing so is the same as travelling without a ticket, which means you risk a large fine. The month should be written below the day. Be very careful filling in the date. If you make a mistake you cannot correct it, as this could be interpreted as fraud. If you make a mistake you will have to enter the correct date in the next travel day box and consequently lose a travel day.

A travel day normally lasts from midnight to midnight. Is your first trip of the day a direct overnight train departing after 19.00 hours? Then you can fill in the next day's date on the calendar of your InterRail Pass. This is known as the '7 pm rule'. Please note: travel cannot begin before 00h01 on the first day of the overall validity period of the Pass



Travel Report and survey

Your InterRail Pass consists of a ticket and a cover. Each time before boarding a train, bus or boat, it is important that you record your trip in the Travel Report on the pass cover. If you travel without having entered the trip in the Travel Report, you risk a fine and payment of a full fare ticket. Control staff are authorised to charge a fine of € 50 maximum (or the equivalent in local currency) and ask for payment of a full fare ticket. When you return the Travel Report after your trip, we will send you a free InterRail Souvenir!



Compulsory Reservation

For certain trains with compulsory reservation you will need to get a reservation at € 10.00. Those trains are shown with a grey shaded circled "R" in the travel information of the German Railway site. I usually use it for travel planning since it is easily accessible and it shows most European long distance trains.

http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.e… ..



Source(s):

http://www.interrailnet.com/interrail-co… ..
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