7 Facts About International League

1. The International League proved powerless to protect its members in the face of a resurgent German state, and in September 1939 World War II broke out when German troops invaded Poland.

2. The International League failed to prevent Japan from establishing the Manchurian province in north China as a Japanese-controlled puppet state or to force Italy out of Ethiopia.

3. The International League proposed a peace treaty, which both sides rejected, and then an arms embargo.

4. The International League was established in 1920, and ironically, the US Senate voted against joining, because most Senate members agreed that the United States was already involved in too many of Europe's disputes and conflicts.

5. The International League was a product of World War I in the sense that that conflict convinced most persons of the necessity of averting another such cataclysm.

6. The International League finally sent observers, but only after Japan formally withdrew from the League.

7. The International League began operations in Geneva, Switzerland, with Sir Eric Drummond its first secretary general.