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British and French and also Mussolini signed an agreement, Stresa Pact
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Mussolini was preparing for a full-scale invasion of Abyssinia.
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British and French were desperate to keep good relations with Mussolini because they did not take the situation of Mussolini invading Abyssinia seriously
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The ballot was taken in the LOL- The majority of British people wanted to use the military force to defend Abyssinia
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British Foreign Minister, Hoare, made a speech- He was telling people that they should stop Italy from attacking Abyssinia by putting enough armies and security
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A committe reported to the league that neither side can't be done for the Wal-Wal incident; League planned to give Mussolini some of Abyssinia, but Mussolini rejected.
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Mussolini's army launched a full-scale invasion of Abyssinia <--- used tanks, aeroplanes and poison gas
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League was ideally placed to act, because it was a large powerful state (Italy) attacking a smaller one (Abyssinia)
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The league banned all imports from Italy and also banned on arms sales, loans to italy, exports to Italy, while allowing them to Abyssinia
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However, banning the coal exports to Italy was a problem, because 30,000 Britain coal miners were about to lose their jobs
