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.
The League of Nations was the first attempt at something like the United Nations that we now have. It was formed after WWI. It was meant to keep the peace in the world in two ways. First, it would give countries a place to talk about their differences. The United States was not part of it. 2  More importantly, the countries in the League did not take the idea of collective security seriously. 3  When countries attacked others, nothing was done. 4  For example, Italy attacked Ethiopia and Japan attacked China. 5  In both cases, nothing serious was done.