WORLD WAR I
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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Jorge Lloyd
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Winston Churchill
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Chamberlen
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Lord Robert Cecil
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Commission on Armaments presented a draft Treaty of Mutual Assistance in 1923, which proposed to make a war of aggression illegal; if a country was attacked, all countries of the League would send troops to defend it. It was discussed at the League’s Assembly of September 1923.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the spring of 1946, he participated in the final meetings of the League at Geneva, ending his speech with the sentence: “The League is dead; long live the United Nations!"
Detailed explanation-3: -He was one of the principal draftsmen of the League of Nations Covenant in 1919 and one of the most loyal workers for the League until its supersession by the United Nations in 1945. Cecil was the third son of the 3rd marquess of Salisbury, who was three times British prime minister.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Minister of Blockade was a position headed by Lord Robert Cecil from 1916 to 1918 to enforce the economic blockade against Germany. Cecil, undersecretary at the Foreign Office, assumed responsibility for the Ministry of Blockade, and was its sole leader during its two years of existence.