KELLOGG PACT

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 136, 5 March 1929, Page 11

KELLOGG PACT

FORMAL SIGNING AT WASHINGTON (Australian Press Assn.—United Service.) Washington, March 2. In a formal ceremony at the office of Mr. Kellogg seven British countries ratified the' Renunciation of War Treaty to-day." The British Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard, signed for Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South. Africa, and India, Mr. Vincent Massey for Canada, Mr. William Macaulay for the Irish Free State Minister, while the German; Italian, and Czecho-Slovakian Ambassadors signed. France, Belgium, and Japan will sign later when their ratification is received by their diplomatic representatives here. RATIFIED BY FRANCE Australian Press Association. (Rec. March 3,5.5 p.m.) Taris, March 1. The Chamber of Deputies by 570 votes to 12 has ratified the Kellogg Pact, ; . BRITAIN’S RATIFICATION CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES. (British Official 'Wireless.) , Rugby, March 3.. The Queen, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of York, as members of the Council, of State appointed to act for the King during his illness, signed the seven documents ratifying the Kellogg Pact, which were deposited at the State Department, Washington, yesterday, by Sir Esme Howard, British Ambassador, on behalf of His Majesty’s Governments in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, and the. Government of India. The Canadian and Irish Ministers in Washington similarly deposited a ratification of the Pact on behalf of his Majesty’s Governments In Canada and the Irish Free State. . - The following message was sent to Mr. Kellogg by Sir. Austen Chamberlain, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, yesterday: “At the moment of the deposit of bur ratification of the Treaty for the Renunciation of War as in instrument of national policy I offer you my heartiest congratulations on the completion of. this ; great act with which your name will ever be associated in the minds, of men. May it link nations of the world in peaceful cooperation, and In particular confirm for ever the peace which for over one hundred years has. endured between the United States of America and the British Empire.” Mr. Kellogg has replied expressing deep appreciation of Sir Austen Chamberlain’s telegram, and fpr the cooperation and assistance rendered in the negotiation of the Pact and the promptness with which , the Empire ratifications have been obtained in order to glye an example to the world of the desire of the British Empire to continue to do everything in its power for the maintenance of peace.