This is expressed in the title given by Wells to the relevant chapter: "The London Conference: the Crowning Failure of the Old Governments; The Spread of Dictatorships and Fascisms".
這一切都在作者給有關章節所起的標題可看出來：《倫敦會議：舊時代政府的偉大失敗；獨裁主義與法西斯主義的蔓延》（"The London Conference: the Crowning Failure of the Old Governments; The Spread of Dictatorships and Fascisms"）。