¹ President Hoover's proposal was based to some extent upon an incorrect interpretation of the position of the League in regard to the sanctions of the Covenant. He said: “ The European Nations (sic) have by the Covenant of the League of Nations, agreed that if nations fail to settle their differences peaceably, then force should be applied by other nations to compel them to be reasonable. We have refused to travel this road.” In fact the sanctions of Article XVI apply only to cases where a state has actually resorted to war in violation of the Covenant. There is no provision in the Covenant for the employment of force to compel nations to be “ reasonable” or for punishing them when they “ faU to settle their differences peaceably.”