to encourage countries to co-operate, especially in business and trade
to encourage nations to disarm
to improve the living and working conditions of people in all parts of the world
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Membership of the League
With the USA absent Britain and France were the most powerful countries in the League
Italy and Japan were also permanent members of the council but Britain and France usually guided the League and any action had to have there support
However, both countries were poorly placed to have this role - both were weakened by WW1 and were not as powerful as they had once been
They didn't have the resources to fill the gap left by the USA
Many people thought that the USA were the only nation with the resources and power to make the League work - especially the trade sanctions
Both Britain and France had other priorities other than the League and trying to make it work - the League was not there main concern
Britain were trying to rebuild there trade and looking after the British empire
France's main concern was Germany
It was worried that without an army because of the disarmament through the League, they or the League, wouldn't be able to stop Germany attacking them
They also thought the British wouldn't send an army to help them so France was prepared to bypass the League if necessary to protect themselves against Germany
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