ABSTRACT
League of Nations had been made an integral part of the treaty of Versailles. The League was discredited along with the impracticable treaty provisions. The treaty of Versailles was subjected to long and penetrating criticism in the French Senate and Chamber of Deputies. The United States alone had gained nothing tangible by the war. The treaty fight in the United States Senate is a dramatic episode in American history. The United States has not abandoned the hope of constructive international cooperation in the settling of world problems, however, was indicated by the Limitation of Armaments Conference, which assembled by invitation of the American government, with nine powers participating. Public opinion supported President Harding when he issued the call to the conference, showed great interest in its proceedings, and indorsed the program for limitation of armaments and for emancipating China which the United States was partially successful in having adopted.
