League of Nations
The League of Nations. A very early United Nations, it was a bold concept born of the carnage of WWI, that rapidly turned into a paper tiger. It's doom was foretold in 1936 when Halle Selassie of Ethiopia spoke a very moving appeal directly to the League regarding an "illegal" (and blatent) military invasion by Italy. A "League" which subsequently did nothing, opening the door to future acts of conquest by military, ultimately leading to World War II and the death of millions more.
The proposed International Standard on Auditing
The rejection of the Versailles Treaty is what led to the formation of the league of nations proposed by Wilson.
The rejection of the Versailles Treaty is what led to the formation of the league of nations proposed by Wilson.
President Woodrow Wilson
The U.S. senate, at the time, was composed of a majority of Republicans. These Senators believed that the Treaty of Versailles was too harsh on the Germans. On the other hand, President Wilson was in favor of the Treaty of Versailles. Wilson's inability to compromise with these Republican senators with the amendment of the Fourteen Points as proposed by Wilson was the main reason why the Treaty of Versailles was defeated. The U.S. senate, at the time, was composed of a majority of Republicans. These Senators believed that the Treaty of Versailles was too harsh on the Germans. On the other hand, President Wilson was in favor of the Treaty of Versailles. Wilson's inability to compromise with these Republican senators with the amendment of the Fourteen Points as proposed by Wilson was the main reason why the Treaty of Versailles was defeated.
The United States never entered the League of Nations because they never ratified the Treaty of Versailles, which proposed the league.
At an international meeting in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, in July 1944, it was decided to create a new international monetary system and a permanent international organization to monitor it.
The Lodge Reservations
Leucippus (450?-370? BC), was a Greek philosopher. He proposed the atomic theory of matter, that all matter is constituted of identical indivisible particles called atoms. This theory was further developed by his student, Democritus.
In the early 1940s Harry Dexter White of the United States and John Maynard Keynes of the United Kingdom proposed the establishment of a permanent international organization to establish global currency standards.
the peace keeping organization that was created is the league of nation