Except in the case of the Shantung settlement, there was none concerning which our judgments were so at variance as they were concerning the League of Nations.

I cannot believe, therefore, that I was wrong in my conclusion as to his attitude.
On the two days succeeding the one when I handed the President my draft of articles I had long conferences with Lord Robert Cecil and Colonel House.

Previous to these conferences, or at least previous to the second one, I examined Lord Robert's plan for a League.

His plan was based on the proposition that the Supreme War Council, consisting of the Heads of States and the Secretaries and Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Five Great Powers, should be perpetuated as a permanent international body which should meet once a year and discuss subjects of common interest.
That is, he proposed the formation of a Quintuple Alliance which would constitute itself primate over all nations and the arbiter in world affairs, a scheme of organization very similar to the one proposed by General Smuts.
Lord Robert made no attempt to disguise the purpose of his plan.

It was intended to place in the hands of the Five Powers the control of international relations and the direction in large measure of the foreign policies of all nations.