But It Is Possible That, In The

All In All, The League Of Nations Is Not Inevitably Bound, As Some Maintain From Time To Time, To Degenerate Into An Impotent Appendage Of First One, Then Another Of The Competing Great Powers

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.

No Nation Is So Great As To Be Able To Afford, In The Long Run, To Remain Outside An Increasingly Universal 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

And The Annual Meetings Of The League's Assembly Are In Effect Official Peace Congresses Binding On The Participating States To An Extent That Most Statesmen A Quarter Of A Century Ago Would Have Regarded As Utopian.