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5: League of Nations Pt. 2 - Around the World

History of the Second World War

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The Importance of the Mandatory Powers

Of those petitions that arrived, 10% were deemed to be valid complaints and the mandatory power was called upon to act. The League had no ability to force change within the mandate or to change the actions of the mandatory power. All it could do was publicize and expose the actions of that power and hope that public pressure would prompt some actions. Along with assuring that the treatment of the people within the mandates was up to a certain standard,. Another of the core goals of the mandate process was to bring European-style civilization to the mandates.

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