How did diplomacy outside the LoNations impact the League

• Locarno Treaties of 1925:

  > Ended German resistance of the Treaty of Versailles, as Germany willingly accepted the borders that had been imposed on them six years earlier.
• Locarno Treaties of 1925:

  > Peace guaranteed between Britain, Italy, Belgium and Czechoslovakia, as well as Germany and France.
• Locarno Treaties of 1925:

  > This meant that the crisis in the Ruhr had been averted and Germany could begin rebuilding and gaining respect on the world stage. Germany was allowed to join the League of Nations, representing a path towards a potentially peaceful future .
• The Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928:

  > 65 countries met in Paris agreeing they would not use war as a key to solve disputes.
• The Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928:

  > Germany, France and the USA were involved.
• The Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928:

  > This meant that once again individual countries acted independently of the League and made it look like it really was just a place for countries to air their problems, without being a place where a practical solution could be found.