HIS102Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Political Economy, Economic Sanctions, Mukden Incident
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Covenant of the league is the treaty of versailles. Every state that signs the treaty becomes a member of the league of nations. Canada becomes a member of the league in its own right. Britain tried to caucus the members of the dominion to work together toward one position. Canada did not have to take the same stance as britain in more than once occasion canada takes a position. The assembly of the league meets every september in geneva. There is an organ of the league that can meet every time the council: the permanent members (the powers of 1919 us, uk, italy, france and japan). Italy drops out and germany joins the council replacing italy. When u. s. dropped out, canada is the only country from the americas mexico joins however in 1931 [membership expanded but never reached universal status there were always important countries that were not members of the league].
