Disarmament

The league largely failed in bringing disarmament

USA, Japan, Britain and France agreed to limit the size of their navies in a conference in 1921, but that was as far as disarmament ever got

The failure of disarmament damage the league reputation in Germany, Germany was disarmedbut no other countries would dare disarm at the same extent

Countries were not prepared to give up their own armies

The most important agreement were The Locarno Treaties and The Kellog-Briand Pact

The Locarno Treaties

In 1925 France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Poland, Belgium and Czechoslovakia met in Locarno in order to negotitate

Germany accepted borders with France and Belgium that were taken out in the Treaty of Versailles

Britain and Italy would protect France if Germany didn’t obey

Germany accepted Rhineland to stay as a demilitarised zone

France and Geemany accepted to take their fights into the League of Nations

Germany Finally was accepted in the League of Nations and it was welcome in 1926

The Kellog-Briand Pact

The Kellog-Briand Pact marked the highest point of international relations

It´s terms were

The parties condem war as a means of solving international disputes and reject it as an instrument of policy

The settlement or solution of all disputes shall only be sought by peaceful means

In the 1030’s the League was under pressure to do something about disarmament, because Germany was angry about the fact that they weire forcedto disarm and other nations didn’t do the same

Also other natios were spending more money in their armaments than before the First World War

Geemany was now part of teh League for over six years, so they thought that they should be treated more equally

The problem was that the League didn’t know if nations should disarm to the level of Germany shoupd be able to rearm

July,1932

Germany proposed to all the countries to disarm at their level

September, 1932

Britainsent Germany a note in order to agree equality, it the superior tone got Germans even more angry

December, 1932

An agreement was reached to treat Germany equally

January, 1933

Germany announced it was comming back

February, 1933

Hitler became Chancellor, He started to rearm Germany, secretly

May,1933

Hitler promised not to rearm Germany, if other nations destroyed their arms

June,1933

Britain produced an ambitious disarmament plan

October,1933

Hitler withdrew from the Disarmament Conference, and also then Germany was out of the League