Lloyd George’s coalition, policies (1)
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- Created on: 23-02-18 13:53
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- Lloyd George’s coalition, policies
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Foreign policies
- Tried to maintaintain co-operation at Versailles & later on
- Prestige abroad, but scrutiny for not focussing on domestic policy
- USA wanted armistice (14 points), didn't want to lose men for UK & French empires
- France taking Rhineland would disturb balance of power
- Tried to maintaintain co-operation at Versailles & later on
- New Mandates
- Former German colonies ran by LON in country's interests
- Disputes in Iraq over Palestine being a home for the Jews
- Japanese nationalism - had German Kiachow, UK had to defend East Asia
- African colonists raised defence & admin costs
- Problems with peace treaties
- Loss of land, reparations, guilt cause - German unrest
- LON lacked US support, no army, sanctions ineffective
- Chanak Crisis
- Turkish nationalists massacred Greeks 1922 moved North
- Treaty of Sevres 1920 gave Greece some Turkish land
- Japan
- Britain was forced by US to abandon alliance with Japan. US agreement of 5-3-3 naval power
- Russia
- Had to stop fighting Bolsheviks, refused to load Jolly George with arms for Poland. Bad relations
- Irish policies
- Nationalism due to harsh treatment of Dublin rebels 1916 & conscription. Home rule 1914 not implemented
- Cons didn't want Home Rule, led to war, LG had to accept repression, not taken well by public
- Treaty of London 1921
- British monarch but Irish self governing, Empire intact but Cons not happy about giving into terrorism & losing authority
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Foreign policies
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