How Does Henry Cabot Lodge Support The League Of Nations

After losing a generation of men and experiencing the hardships of war, many peace related objectives were put into place to prevent another war so destructive and disastrous. The road to peace started with the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. United States President, Woodrow Wilson, presented a drafted series of peace proposals called the Fourteen Points. The last point addressed the possibility of having a group dedicated to peace and interactions among nations no matter the size (Macmillan). This organization would stop wars like World War I from happening so that it does not become part of the culture of the Western World yet again. While the idea of the league was originally rejected, the Treaty of Versailles, the most significant treaty to come out of WWI, established the League of Nations. Eventually, the League of Nations disbanded in five years after the start of World War II and the United Nations was formed. Newton Diehl Baker, Woodrow Wilson’s Secretary of War argues that the lack of such a league to keep peace in 1914 is what threw the world into the chaos of World War (Macmillan). Even Baker did not know the ramifications the war would have due to the lack of peace structure until after the war

Lodge was a Republican senator and believed that, “I will go as far as anyone in world service that the first step to world service is the maintenance of the United States. You may call me selfish if you will, conservative or reactionary, or use any other harsh adjective you see fit to apply… And when I think of the United States first in an arrangement like this, I am thinking of what is best for the world” (Lodge). Many individuals agreed with this statement and felt that Senator Lodge’s strongest and most powerful argument was, “For if we stumble and fall, freedom and civilization everywhere will go down in ruins” (Lodge). This statement alone could have ultimately swayed the voting. It is evident that Senator Lodge overcame his opponent since the United States did not join the League of Nations. His opinion won this fight since his argument was the strongest and his words resonated with many people. Without the help of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge’s speech, the voting could have been different, thus, changing

Henry Cabot Lodge’s speech (Document B) expresses a more similar message to the political cartoon (Document C) because both sources oppose the League of Nations. The League of Nations was introduced in the Treaty of Versailles. This League provided a place for countries to meet, settle disputes peacefully, and punish any nation that broke the peace. At the time the league was introduced, there started to be a heated debate to weather the United States should be involved. Henry Cabot Lodge’s speech (Document B) has a similar message to the political cartoon because both of these sources prove that the League of NAtions is harmful or has a negative effect to the United States.

The League of Nations came into being after the end of WWI. The League of Nation's mission was to ensure that war never broke out again (Smikin). The country as a whole was appalled by the carnage that had taken place in what was intended to be a civilized part of the world. The

During the Paris Peace Conference Wilson proposed the “Fourteen Points” which was a plan for the postwar. The League of Nations was part of his “Fourteen Points” plan and consisted of everybody except, the United States, the Soviet Union, and Germany. In the end, the League of Nations failed to keep peace when the stronger countries challenged the terms hit in the Versailles Peace Conference. Even the objectives that the United States developed during and after the world failed to achieve those objectives.

Together with the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations was established, with the aims of “disarmament,; preventing war through collective security,; settling disputes

World War 1 exposed the need for an association of nations, a body to promote international peace and security. The necessity of an organization to prevent global conflict of the nature of World War 1 was initially pointed out by President Woodrow Wilson in his congressional speech in 1918. The emergence of the League of Nations was a natural corollary to the catastrophic consequences of the Great War.

Imperatively, President Woodrow Wilson envisioned a world parliament which was exerted at the Paris Peace Conference. However, the non-existent relationship between United States and the League of Nations was a vital decision in which lead to the failure of the League of Nations and the uprising of another world war. The key element of the creation of the League of Nations was that nations should summon and solve major issues through discussion rather than war. Its purpose was to strengthen international relations and improve cooperation among foreign powers, ultimately creating an atmosphere fostering world peace. Conversely, U.S Congress hesitated to join threatened by the policy of isolationism. The belief that the League would endanger

As World War 1 came to an end, there was a growing desire to preserve the world’s peace being championed by the then United States President Woodrow Wilson. Woodrow came up with fourteen points aimed at a mutual disarmament and an agreeable negotiation and arbitration process to solve disputes among world’s nations (Martyn 56). A meeting was held in Paris, Italy where the part one of the Treaty of Versailles was signed creating the League of Nations in 1919. (Fredrick 86) This body was mandated to ensure peaceful co-existence among countries and to prevent any further war. The body however failed in its mandate of fostering world’s peace with the countries going against the agreement leading to another world war. (Martyn 57).

Woodrow Wilson, the president of the U.S. during this time period, was still convinced the citizens of his country to agree to let the U.S. join the League. Although, Henry Cabot Lodge and other Congress members couldn't decide whether or not to join before Wilson’s term of presidency ended. Moreover, another fact that contrasts is the way they went about solving international difficulties, one did so by using a group of civilians, the other a written document and a conference. Also, while the League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles, both affect today's world, they went in completely different directions. “However, the coming of World War II once again demonstrated the need for an effective international organization to mediate disputes, and the United States public and the Roosevelt administration supported and became founding members of the new United Nations,” (The League of Nations 1). The League became the United Nations, a respected organization the government uses  globally. Both of the movements wanted peace, but these privileged maestros behind the choreographed plans of action, while summing up all the world’s plans into one peace treaty that is presented in

In this essay, I am going to look at the successes and failures of the League of Nations (LofN) in its struggle for peace throughout the 1920’s. The LofN was the ‘brain child’ of American president Woodrow Wilson. The four other main powers (Britain, France, Japan and Italy) joined along with approximately 60 other countries from around the world. The U.S.A then abandoned its ‘child’ as to social and economic unrest led to a more isolationist foreign policy. Yet the other four main countries continued to support the LofN and formed the council, consisting to the ‘most powerful countries’. The LofN was set up to enforce peace in Europe and the world. It created various

The plan was first proposed by President Woodrow Wilson as he outlined fourteen points to bring peace in Europe. However, President Woodrow Wilson refused to outline how his fourteen points would be used to bring long lasting peace in Europe (Magee, 2008). When Wilson returned to the United States, there was a high demand to protect the United States’ sphere of influence was a complete violation of the principles of League of Nations. Despite his efforts, his adversaries in the congress refused to implement his ideas that were considered revolutionary. His adversaries from foreign countries instead revenged on Germany and traded colonies sand territories among themselves making the league of nation’s mandate a sham. At the end the United States’ congress refused to allow America join the League of Nations because of the political strategies and internationalists that were aligned for the next presidential

President Woodrow Wilson helped create the League of Nations, but due to insufficient votes, they stayed out of the organization. Even though the Senate voted twice, enough votes were never gathered. The League of Nations had their first meeting and the United States never joined the organization.

The League of Nations was borne out of collective desire of the nations around the world to prevent war, promote world peace and stability. According to Ebegbulem (2011), the unprecedented destruction and death caused by World War I spurred the victorious nations into formalizing a system of collective security in the form of League of Nations. The primary motive of the League of Nations was to prevent/deter or address any aggression by a state through collective response from other states, thereby ensuring collective security. By ensuring collective security, the member states aimed to discourage an aggressor nation from waging war against the victim nation through the prospect of the aggressor having to face the collective power of the members who were signatories to the ‘League of Nations’. The League of Nations aimed to achieve peace by linking national and international security issues to the promotion of economic development of its member countries (Schwabach & Cockfield, n.d.). The other objectives of the

League of Nations: The goal was to create an organisation that would prevent war and resolve conflict by discussing issues in a peaceful manner. Wilson’s idea. Based in Geneva because it was neutral.