Vilna (1920)
- Vilna had many Polish-speaking people
- Poland invaded Vilna
- Lithuania appealed to League of Nations
- Poland refused a proposed plebiscite by the League
- Matters passed onto the Conference of Ambassadors which awarded Vilna to Poland
- Note: Conference of Ambassadors: higher-ranking diplomat providing judgement on issues from the Treaty
Occupation of the Ruhr
- Germany announced it could not make reparation payment in 1922
- France believed that Germany simply just did not want to abide the Treaty. Therefore, in January 1923, the French occupied the Ruhr along with Belgian troops and seized coal and resources equal in value to the intended payments
- Germany could not give armed resistance, and instead got passive resistance from residents of the Ruhr through strikes
- Residents were expelled and casualties were inflicted by the French
- Spendings heightened as the displaced population needed to be relocated and fed
- Because of the lost revenue, the government printed money, leading to inflation. As money rapipdly lost value, the middle class with savings were affected the most and bartering became a way of payment
Corfu Incident
- Italian invasion of Corfu
- Italian general killed on patrol on Greek territory bordering Albania
- Mussolini demanded 50 million lira compensation and execution of those who killed the general
- Greece appealed to League, which initially condemned Italy
- Mussolini wanted to pass judgement to Conference of Ambassadors
- Conference of Ambassadors supported Mussolini, Greece had to pay and Italy to withdraw troops from Corfu
- Displayed League ineffectiveness against powerful nations
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