BREACH OF PACT

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 130, 28 November 1929, Page 9

BREACH OF PACT

WHAT WILL BRITAIN DO?

STATEMENT BY HENDERSON

British Official Wireless.

(Eeceived 28th November, 11 sm T , _, MGBY, 27th November. " The Foreiga Secretary, Mr. A. Henderson, was asked whether, seeing that ted by the Union of Soviet Bepublies against the Bepublic of China, both parties having signed the Kellogg Pact he would consider bringing thil breach of the Pact before other Governments that had attached their signatures to this S&ftFS^Xk* hl'^s about a lo^ r"p He t nderSo?, re Plied that the Kellogg Pact provided no machinery for dealing with any case of infraction or apparent infraction of .its terms, but merely stated in a preamble that any signatory which might thereafter seei to promote its national interests by resort to war would be denied the benefits furnished by that Treaty. He understood that the Chinese Government might appeal to the League of Nations. The Covenant of the League provided machinery for dealing with such an ap. peal, and hethought that it would be best to await developments in this direction in the first place Sir Austen Chamberlain, former Foreign Secretary, asked whether any comSS «"; *%* pa^sed between the United States Government and the BritVt^° Vemment on this subject, and S, TT6-, a?Z sugge stion was made by the United States Government for common representations to Bussia against a breach of the Kellogg Pact * o , , _,Hendef stm replied that in the \hZ? 3° f this mafcter communicavrT ?J aSS > and he formed the House at the time that we were prepared to participate in any joint action I?'*??* to.^ing thi/disSe to I peaceful termination. ,He thought that IZI then no further communication tfon h 6fl reCeiV^' bUt that »nunm^ turn had come from another GovernS aDd> l£ joint action C°«W be Si?'A^ e t Wer^ t prepared t0 P^ticipate. Sir Austen Chamberlain asked would Mr. Henderson consider if it wonia not be proper for the-,Government to initiate fresh negotiations with the United States Government on the subject. Mr Henderson replied: "I can only erltion atth- he W3S ™^™Sl eration this very morning. As I have intimated, we are. prepared to take part in joint action. I will consider the

to A a Z? bn?», aSkea ?.** was not P°srfWe s.'&^ssr 7 »«*«*■ I was contemplating was not action asaociated with the League of Nations in the first instance, but joint action by the signatories of the Kellogg Pact, Un?t e rSes>° th KUSSia & Mr. Henderson stated/in reply to a. S io + a ' th^r the Governmen| PEa de * cid,ed to publish a White Paper explaining the changes made in thf right, and obhgations of Great Britain by