y force against a nation and preferred
to use other forms of actions against nations. These included economic trade place
upon an offending nation. These often did not deter nations from transgressing as
some states did not abide to the sanction and continued to trade and oil continued to
be traded and was not included in the sanctions.
There were several instances where the League succeeded in resolving disputes
Disputes resolved by the League of Nations were often between small states with little
military power. An example was the Aaland Boundary dispute between the
Scandinavian states of Sweden and Finland over the Aaland Islands. The squabble
was decided in the favor of Finland. Another extremely successful resolution was
between Greece and Bulgaria in 1925. After some shooting incidents on the border,
Greek troops invaded Bulgaria. The League quickly intervened and Greek troops were
removed and reparations were paid to Bulgaria.
Several organizations were set up within the league. The International Labor
Organization was developed and worked to improve working conditions all over the
world. They persuaded governments to set maximum working day and week, specify
adequate minimum wages and introduce old age pensions, unemployment and
sickness benefits. The Refugee Organization solved the problem of the thousands of
prisoners of war marooned in Russia at the end of the war; about half a m
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