All In All, The League Of Nations

We Here In The North Have For Many Years Had A Natural Tendency To Feel That When Our Representatives Come Together At An International Meeting, We Embark On The Quest Of Mutual Understanding And Support

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

The Equality Among All Members Of The League, Which Is Provided In The Statutes Giving Each State Only One Vote, Cannot Of Course Abolish The Actual Material Inequality Of The Powers Concerned.

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

A Formally Recognized Equality Does, However, Accord The Smaller Nations A Position Which They Should Be Able To Use Increasingly In The Interest Of Humanity As A Whole And In The Service Of The Ideal