The second was the delay in ratification; the principle that Congress is not bound by agreements reached on behalf of the US by its official representatives is something almost unique to the US, other examples including the rejection of Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations agreement in 1919.
第二个政策是延迟批准；国会不受代表美国利益的官方代表所达成协议所约束，此原则几乎是美国独有的，其他例子包括1919年参议院拒绝了伍德罗·威尔逊国际联盟协议。