FRANCE AND U.S.A.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19198, 3 January 1928, Page 11

FRANCE AND U.S.A.

PROPOSED NON-AGGRES-

SION PACT. DRAFT REPORTED UNDER CONSIDERATION. (BS CABLX—PMSS ASSOCIATION— COPTStOHT.) (AOSTRALIAK AND *•*• CABLB ASSOCIATION.) (Received January 2nd, 7 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 31. The correspondent of the "New York Tribune' at Washington states that Mr Kellog E has handed to the French Ambassador a draft of a proposed treaty outlawing war between France and the United States, which, it is understood, is designed to enlarge the former arbitration agreement, and "to banish for ever war between the two nations." It is reported that the treaty contains provisions that France and the United States engage to submit all differences to arbitration by means ot an international commission of arbitration, that differences of a juridical nature shall be submitted to a permanent court of international justice at The Hague, or other tribunals mutually agreed upon under the reservation that the Senate approves of it, and that it is compatible with the constitutional laws of France, and that arbitration will not be applicable in questions of interior politics, or to problems to which the Monroe Doctrine applies. It is believed that Mr Kellogg stressed the point that the pact should not be unilateral, .but one to which other Great Powers should feel free to fix their signatures.

M. BRIAND FORESEES PACT,

(ATTSTIALIAir AKD ».*■ A»» HJX CABLB.)

PABIS, December 30,

"It is my fervent conviction that 1928 will be marked by a solemn pact between France and America outlawing war," said M. Briand in an interview.

M. Briand did not disguise the importance attached to the proposed pact, and expressed the opinion that if it succeeded it would be the most powerful instrument for peace in the world, eventually extending and embracing other nations. A conflict between Poland and Lithuania was avoided because of the spirit of conciliation shown. He'was convinced that 1928 would see a new step in the development of the international spirit and the application of arbitration to the organisation of peace.