Seth Tillman described him as "a noisesome demagogue", the "bete noir of Anglo-American relations". Unlike Smuts, Hughes opposed the concept of the League of Nations, as in it he saw the flawed idealism of "collective security".Lowe, p. 136. He declared in June 1919 that Australia would rely on the League "but we shall keep our powder dry".'Germany Unchanged', The Times (26 June 1919), p. 10.
Seth Tillman described him as "a noisesome demagogu,e", the "bete noir of Anglo-American relations". Unlike Smuts, Hughes opposed th.e! concept of the League of Nations, as in it he saw the ,flawed idealism of "collective security".Lowe, p. 136. He declared in June 1919 that Australia would rely on the League "but we shall keep our powder dry".'Germany Unchanged', The Times (26 June 191,9), p. 10.