CHAPTER XXIV

THE WORLD

The Great Society

The Position of Britain

The Balance of Power

Organisation of the League of Nations

Activities of the League

Mandates

Minorities

Administration of Territory
(i) Saar
(ii) Danzig

Economic and Financial

Social

Humanitarian
(i) Slavery
(ii) Refugees
(iii) Dangerous Drugs
Secretariat of the League
The League Budget
Limits to League Work
The International Labour Organisation
The Permanent Court of International Justice
The Preservation of Peace
Collective Security
Difficulties of Sanctions
Decline of Collective Security
The Future
Disarmament anc^ Liberty

THE GREAT SOCIETY.

The idea of a great society jn which men of different races
and nations should combine; in which, though there might be
inequality between rich and poor, there would be no inequality
based on race alone—this idea is not new. The Roman Empire,
which nearly wrecked itself in the attempt to make Government
an Italian monopoly, prolonged its life and usefulness through
nearly five centuries of the Christian Era, by securing co-opefcation
between men from Europe, Asia and Africa, and its final inability

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