Through my studies and research I have come to the

following conclusion about the League of Nations: despite

all of President Woodrow Wilson's efforts, the League was

doomed to fail. I feel this was so for many reasons, some

of which I hope to convey in the following report. From the

day when Congress voted on the Fourteen Points, it was

obvious that the League had a very slim chance of being

passed in Congress, and without all of the World powers, the

League had little chance of surviving.

On November 11, 1918 an armistice was declared in

Europe. Wilson saw the opportunity to form an international

organization of peace to be formed. He acted quickly. On

January 18, 1919 he released his fourteen points. The

Fourteen Points consisted of many things, but the most

important was the fourteenth-the establishment of a league

of nations to settle international disputes and to keep the

peace. After congress had voted, only three of Wilson's

fourteen points were accepted without compromise. Six of

the others were rejected all together. Fortunately the

Wilson then went to Europe to discuss the

The first meeting of the League was held in Geneva,

Nations lies in the fact that it provided the groundwork for

total of sixty-three nations were represented at one time or

didn't want to work with the nations they had defeated.

Aland Islands in 1921 and between Greece and Bulgaria over

mandated territories were given different degrees of

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