Mandate System in Germany
Noam Dorfzaun, Nicolás Salazar, Nicole Encalada
History
The Mandate System: German East Africa
Countries in charge of German East Africa.
British took control of Tanganyika on, 20 July 1922. Unlike other colonies, Tanganyika didn’t suffer from European Settlement.1
Ruanda-Urundi (now Rwanda and Burundi) was mandated to Belgium on 31 August 1923. On 1925 Belgium formed between Ruanda-Urundi and Belgian Congo an administrative union.2
The Kionga triangle was given to Portugal and they added it to their colony of Mozambique.3
How successfully was it run?
It was a failure because “it masked the hidden agendas of the Mandatory powers, suppressed minority and cultural rights, and created internal division.” The mandate system was a way to hide colonialism and the continuation of foreign rule over former colonies. The League of Nations tried to create a system of accountability by establishing a Permanent Commission, which was “an independent institution that acted to supervise the Mandates”. Each Mandatory nation was supposed to create an annual report to give to the commission, in order to analyze the situation of each nation and to inform the commission of what was happening and what where their opinions. However, the commission was ineffective because it didn’t verify or inspected that there were these annual reports that explained the reality of the situation, so the League of Nations had limited access to this information. 4 How did life change for the inhabitants? Nicolas
What happened to the country/territory/area after the LONs?
After the war had broken out, the British invaded German East Africa, but couldn’t defeat the German Army. The German leader in East Africa, Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck did not surrender until the German Empire had collapsed. After this the League of Nations gave control of the area to the United Kingdom who named their part of the German area “Tanganyika”. The United Kingdom held Tanganyika as a League of
History
The Mandate System: German East Africa
Countries in charge of German East Africa.
British took control of Tanganyika on, 20 July 1922. Unlike other colonies, Tanganyika didn’t suffer from European Settlement.1
Ruanda-Urundi (now Rwanda and Burundi) was mandated to Belgium on 31 August 1923. On 1925 Belgium formed between Ruanda-Urundi and Belgian Congo an administrative union.2
The Kionga triangle was given to Portugal and they added it to their colony of Mozambique.3
How successfully was it run?
It was a failure because “it masked the hidden agendas of the Mandatory powers, suppressed minority and cultural rights, and created internal division.” The mandate system was a way to hide colonialism and the continuation of foreign rule over former colonies. The League of Nations tried to create a system of accountability by establishing a Permanent Commission, which was “an independent institution that acted to supervise the Mandates”. Each Mandatory nation was supposed to create an annual report to give to the commission, in order to analyze the situation of each nation and to inform the commission of what was happening and what where their opinions. However, the commission was ineffective because it didn’t verify or inspected that there were these annual reports that explained the reality of the situation, so the League of Nations had limited access to this information. 4 How did life change for the inhabitants? Nicolas
What happened to the country/territory/area after the LONs?
After the war had broken out, the British invaded German East Africa, but couldn’t defeat the German Army. The German leader in East Africa, Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck did not surrender until the German Empire had collapsed. After this the League of Nations gave control of the area to the United Kingdom who named their part of the German area “Tanganyika”. The United Kingdom held Tanganyika as a League of