Aspects from the Activity of the League of Nations (1919-1932). The Covenant of the League of Nations

Finally we can say that the failures of the League of Nations were not due so much to the existance of a totalitarian power, but to the wish of the democratic states to keep the peace with any price. These democratic states made to the expansionist states concessions, sacrifiing for this the territorial integrity and independance of the smaller states. This peace, thus implemented, was a false one and was not of long duration. It was based on the older principles of the balance of the powers and not on the democratic objectives of the League of Nations Pact. This is why it was possible a new conflagration that could not be avoided. In spite of its failures, the League of Nations organisation has still the merit to be a road opener in the field of international cooperations between states.