Only a few treaties contained clauses protecting minorities, as the abuse of the minority treaties by Germany - and the consequent failure of the League of Nations - had left minority clauses with a poor reputation.
只有少数条约含有保护少数民族的条款，因为德国对少数民族条款的滥用和国际联盟的无能为力，使少数民族条款的声誉不好。