| Description | This address, entitled 'The Historical Background of the League of Nations', was written by Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury in collaboration with John S. Hoyland, possibly her nephew, the step-son of her sister Josephine Taylor who married John William Hoyland in 1906. It was originally printed in 'One & All', the official journal of the Adult School Union, in May 1931.
Drawing on the 'brotherhood' which existed within the Adult School Movement, Taylor Cadbury defines the League of Nations as the culmination of 'this movement towards world-brotherhood'. Her address provides a historical account of past movements towards international federation 'out of which the idea of internationalism has developed'. Taylor Cadbury also refers to the impact of the First World War on efforts towards international peace, emphasising the importance of the Adult School Movement and the League of Nations in work to oppose the destructive force of 'anarchic nationalism'. |