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Visual Evidence 2
Illustration 2: The Covenant.
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The High Contracting Parties,
In order to promote international co-operation and to achieve international peace and security:
By the acceptance of obligations not to resort to war;
By the prescription of open, just and honourable relations between nations;
By the firm establishment of the understandings of international law as the actual rule of conduct among Governments; and
By the maintenance of justice and a scrupulous respect for all treaty obligations in the dealings of organised peoples with one another:
Agree to the Covenant of the League of Nations
STATES MEMBERS
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Any fully self-governing State, Dominion or Colony may become a Member of the League on a two-thirds vote of the Assembly.
THE FIFTY-FOUR MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE:
Abyssinia
Albania
Argentine
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bolivia
British Empire
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
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China
Colombia
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Esthonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
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Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
India
Irish Free State
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Liberia
Lithuania
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Luxemburg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Persia
Peru
Poland
Portugal
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Roumania
Salvador
Kingdom of the Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes
Siam
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Uruguay
Venezuela
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NON-MEMBERS:
Afghanistan
Brazil*
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Costa Rica**
Ecuador
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Egypt
Hedjaz
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Mexico
U.S.S.R.
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Turkey
United States of America
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*Withdrew from the League on June 12th, 1928.
**Withdrew from the League on January 1st, 1927.
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The League of Nations: A Pictorial Summary, Geneva: League of Nations, c. 1920. (Courtesy of the Woodrow Wilson House)
Illustration 2 is a map and a list of League of Nations Members.
Questions for Illustration 2
1. Under what category is the United States listed in
this document?
2. Read the covenant that appears at the top of the
page. Which of the principles would most likely have bothered an opponent of the League like Senator Borah? Why?
* The image on the screen has a resolution of 72 dots per inch (dpi), and therefore will print poorly. You can obtain a high resolution version of Illustration 2 but be aware that it will take about 35 seconds to load with a 28.8K modem.
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