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## The 1920s The treaties signed at the Paris Peace Conference had created new states and changed the borders of others. This led to disputes and was the job of the League to sort out border disputes. From the start there was so much to do that some disputes were handled by the Conference of Ambass...

## The 1920s The treaties signed at the Paris Peace Conference had created new states and changed the borders of others. This led to disputes and was the job of the League to sort out border disputes. From the start there was so much to do that some disputes were handled by the Conference of Ambassadors. This was not a body of the League of Nations. But its members (Britain, France and Italy) were the leading politicians from the main members of the League, so it was closely linked to the League. ### Regional conflicts (solved by LoN) - **Aaland Islands dispute. Finland & Sweden, 1921:** - **Vilna: Polish-Lithuanian dispute, 1920-29:** - Rights of German settlers in Poland protected, 1923 - **Upper Silesian settlement, 1921:** - **Prisoners of war repatriated from Siberia, 1920-22:** - **Corfu crisis, 1923:** - **Prevention of war between Greece & Bulgaria, 1925:** - **Bulgarian refugee support settlement, 1926:** ### Economic sanction - **Saar territory administered by the League:** - **Financial reconstruction of Austria 1922, Hungary 1923** The League's success in handling regional conflicts was mixed. In dealing with the Upper Silesia dispute, it managed to create a solution that did not lead to war, although it did not satisfy all parties. But in many of the disputes, the League's success was limited.