Les États Neutres et le Pacte de la Société des Nations
The Neutral States and the Covenant of the League of Nations

Author(s): Peter Rochegune Munch
Subject(s): Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: CEEOL Digital Reproductions / Collections
Summary/Abstract: The draft Covenant of the League of Nations published on February 14, 1919 was drawn up, without the neutral States having had the opportunity to give their opinion. It must also be said that the project did not satisfy the desires of neutral States. Everywhere in these States, a society open to all States was wanted, including the defeated States, and greater equality between the Member States of the Society would have been desired, a less preponderant position for the great powers. Nevertheless, in all the neutral countries of Europe the opinion prevailed that one should join the Society, if one was invited to do so. The League was considered as a first basis of an international organization founded on the principles of law and justice, and it was hoped that neutral States could contribute in the future to the happy evolution of the League.

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