Another modification in the Covenant affects the procedure of introducing
amendments. In the original draft amendments to the Covenant could be brought about only by a unanimous vote of the Council and by a three-fourths majority of the other States. In the revised form the three-fourths majority is reduced to a bare majority, and if any State disapproves of an amend- ment thus carried it may withdraw from the League. When these revisions are considered, no one can wonder at the demand of the French for an old-fashioned security by means of safe frontiers. When the original draft of the Covenant was issued the French said in substance ; " But the League may not work !" Now that the Covenant has been revised they say in substance : " But the authors of the League themselves provide for its temporary character. What kind of security is that ? "
