M. Litvinoff said he regretted the absence of the United States from the League, which now had appeals for help from two members who were victims of aggression. The appeals faced the League with a severe test, but it should not evade its duties.
The Soviet representative claimed that the League's "passivity" during the Manchurian conflict had as its consequence, years later, the attack on Abyssinia, 'The failure of the League to take any steps. to help 'Spain encouraged a' new attack on Juno. He was firmly convinced that resolute policy pursued by the League in one case of aggression would rid them of all other cases—
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