As these amendments or modifications did not affect the theory of organization or the fundamental principles of the League, they in no way changed my views or lessened the differences between the President's judgment and mine.

Our differences were as to the bases and not as to the details of the Covenant.

Since there was no disposition to change the former we were no nearer an agreement than we were in January.
The President's visit to the United States had been disappointing to the friends of a League in that he had failed to rally to the support of the Covenant an overwhelming popular sentiment in its favor which the opposition in the Senate could not resist.

The natural reaction was that the peoples of Europe and their statesmen lost a measure of their enthusiasm and faith in the project.

Except in the case of a few idealists, there was a growing disposition to view it from the purely practical point of view and to speculate on its efficacy as an instrument to interpret and carry out the international will.