It Is A Commonplace That The League

Last Year, The Assembly Of The League, As A Result Of The Initiative Taken By The Scandinavian Nations, Further Limited And Clarified All The Provisions Of The Clause Prescribing The Duty Of States To Participate In Sanctions

Let Us Return, However, To The League Of Nations. To Create An Organization Which Is In A Position To Protect Peace In This World Of Conflicting Interests And Egotistic Wills Is A Frighteningly Difficult Task

At Geneva, The Neutral States Were Often In Agreement Concerning The Preliminaries For Genoa, And Genoa Itself Was Marked By A Quite Natural Mutual Exchange Of Ideas.

There Is No Reason Why Agreement On Particular Points Should Not Be Both Possible And Advantageous To The So-called Neutrals And To One Or More Of The Blocs, Either Existing Or In The Process Of Formation, Within The League Of Nations.

The World War Broke Out With Such Elemental Violence, And With Such Resort To All Means For Leading Or Misleading Public Opinion, That No Time Was Available For Reflection And Consideration