IN THE CAUSE OF PEACE.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19787, 27 November 1929, Page 5

IN THE CAUSE OF PEACE.

I SUPPLEMENTING THE PACT. ~~ MR KELLOGG'S SUGGESTIONS. (BBITISH OrjICUL WIRELESS.) RL'GBV, November i>4. Mr F. B. Kellogg, formerly United States Secretary of State, was the guest of the Pilgrims' Club in London at a dinner last night. Lord Cecil, proposing his health, said that Mr Kellogg would surely go down to history as one of the most convinced advocates of peace that ever directed the foreign policy of his country. The Kellogg Pact was a very great achievement. On this side we took the Pact very seriously. We recognised, however, that the great monster of war could not be killed by aspirations, however high and holy they might be. It would only be destroyed by hard work, and, if necessarv j great sacrifice. That was why we welcomed so enthusiastically the comradeship of Mr Kellogg's great country. "He will remember the profound feeling of relief felt in this country when the United States decided to come into the war," Lord Cecil continued. "The ! fooling of some of us has been the same during the last few months. There was a time after the war when I

the United States almost appeared to withdraw from the movement for peace. From the time of your Secretaryship of State, however, it has been clear that she is once again in the van of the contest. We are already engaged in hopeful negotiations on the naval question, and in another two months the result will be laid before the Five-Power Conference. Let us hope that that conference will form the basis for a further advance, and that very soon we may rejoice in the knowledge that the naval part of the problem is in n fair way to settlement.

"That will be a great thing; but it is only the first part. Land and air armaments remain to be dealt with. Here, too, we hope for your help, though yon are principally" concerned with the sea. In some ways the armies and air forces are more dangerous to peace than the navies. Let us then not slacken in our efforts." Mr in ihe course of his reply, said: "There should be such a reduction of armaments as will prevent the use of navies and armies for anything but national protection. In the reduction of armaments there is perfect safety. No one or two nations are going to be able to dominate the world. Control of the seas is now impossible. The security of the world can only be obtained by mutual consideration, confidence, and the advancement of pacific settlement of disputes." It had been evident for a long time that one of the problems difficult of solution was the relative armaments between Great Britain and the United States. He was convinced that there would be no reduction of armament if the questions were approached from the basis of the possibility of war between Groat Britain and the United States. Mr Kellogg added : "While I realise that, as a political and practical necessity, parity between our navies is neeessarv. I am convinced that war between them is impossible, and what I anv as to the impossibility of war between the United .States and Great Britain applies to the United States and the other great European Powers.'' Mr Kollngor se t f or th some lines of furth.T advance which he thought should supplement the Peace Pact. First, the education of popular opinion in peace ideals; second, the advancement and extension of conciliation and arbitration, and (he judicial settlement of disputes; and, third, the limitation of armaments and the prevention of any competition such as might lead to war.