GLOSSARY of SOME COMMON WORDS and TERMS as used in Croatian vital records. NOTE: Most of this information comes from old church records. Therefore, some terms may not be the same as those used today. Also different regions of Croatia used different terms. Italian was used only along the Adriatic coast.
To begin with, one major weakness of the league was its inability or failure to work by their principles. Self-determination a core principle in their reason for existence was practised. This is apparent in the example of Germany and Poland wanting Upper Silesia.
All of these failures were secondary to the two major ones in the 1930âs. What they did show the world was that the League could not enforce a settlement if it did not have the ability to do so and dictators were keen to exploit this where they could.rticle 11 of the Leagueâs Covenant stated: âAny war or threat of war is a matter of concern to the whole League and the League shall take action that may safeguard peace.â. Therefore, any conflict between nations, which ended in war and the victory of one state over another, had to be viewed as a failure by the League.