frothing of words

[pars]

Hi:

What is the exact meaning of "frothing of words" in the following passage? It is from the book The Iranian Crisis and the Birth of the Cold War by Benjamin F. Harper, p. 94. Does it mean "verbiage"?

"We must make sure that its work is fruitful, that it is a reality and not a sham, that it is a force for action, and not merely a frothing of words, that it is a true temple of peace in which the shields of many nations can some day be hung up, and not merely a cockpit in a Tower of Babel."

Thanks vey much.

 

[jutfrank]

What is "it"?

 

[White Hat]

“U.N.O., the successor of the League of Nations, with the decisive addition of the United States and all that means, is already at work. We must make sure that its work is fruitful, that it is a reality and not a sham, that it is a force for action, and not merely a frothing of words, that it is a true temple of peace in which the shields of many nations can some day be hung up, and not merely a cockpit in a Tower of Babel.”

I take it to mean 'loud and empty words'. The term 'froth' is defined here.

 

[pars]

What is "it"?

It is the Churchill's speech “Sinews of Peace” at Westminster College in Missouri, On 5 March 1946. The whole passage is as follow:

A world organisation has already been erected for the prime purpose of preventing war, UNO, the successor of the League of Nations, with the decisive addition of the United States and all that that means, is already at work. We must make sure that its work is fruitful, that it is a reality and not a sham, that it is a force for action, and not merely a frothing of words, that it is a true temple of peace in which the shields of many nations can some day be hung up, and not merely a cockpit in a Tower of Babel. Before we cast away the solid assurances of national armaments for self-preservation we must be certain that our temple is built, not upon shifting sands or quagmires, but upon the rock.

 

[Piscean]

Also asked here: https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/not-merely-a-frothing-of-words.4057863/

 

[emsr2d2]

@pars Please don't post the same question to multiple forums at the same time. I note you posted here first. You should have waited at least a day for people here to respond. If you then decided to post to another forum, you should include a link to this thread so that users there know you're asking in more than one place. It wastes the valuable time of members of both forums to find they're answering a question that has been answered somewhere else already.