RENOUNCING WAR

Evening Star, Issue 19771, 23 January 1928, Page 4

RENOUNCING WAR

FRAMM-AMERICAM CONVERSATIONS AGREEMENT IMPROBABLE. Press Association —By Telegraph Copyright. WASHINGTON, January 20. Pending the arrival of a new French Note on the proposal submitted by Senator Kellogg for a sis-Power multilateral treaty renouncing all wars as an instrument of national policy, the State Department officials refuse to discuss the latest turn in the _ situation, but there is evident disappointment over a Paris forecast that the new Bnand Note will be tantamount to a rejection of the latest American plan. If, as is reported, France will not consent to extend the principle from being merely aggressive to all wars, it is felt here that practically all hope for the success of the project will vanish, and, in such circumstances, attention here will probably be concentrated on a Franco-American Arbitration Treaty. NEW YORK, January 21. The New York ‘ Times’s ’ Washington correspondent says that M. Briand a reply to Senator Kellogg’s Note has been received. Although cordial and friendly in tone, it impressed the officials as vague, marking no progress in the negotiations. Opinion is inclined to the view that the multilateral treaty proposal should be dropped for the present, and that it may later take the form of a proposal for a declaration to be issued simultaneously by the Powers to the effect that they consider war an unfortunate and unwarranted instrument for the settlement of international disputes. It is understood that the French Note intimates that in view of France’s European commitments, she cannot subscribe to a. pact against all wars, and suggests that the United States might take up the question with other Powers, leaving France out for the present. The State Department, however, is not inclined to such action. M. BRIAND’S REPLY. MULTILATERAL PACT ACCEPTABLE. PARIS, January 22. (Received January 23, at 9.50 n.m.) M. Briand’s reply to Mr Kellogg, which has been published, accepts the suggestion of the United States for a multilateral pact. He considers that America should remember that the members of the League of Nations signed in September 1927 a resolution declaring aggressive war condomnablo as an international crime, and recommending the peaceful solution of differences. France is ready to support the United States in every way compatible with her international obligations.—A. and N.Z. Cable. BRITAIN’S SECURITY PROPOSALS. (British Official News.) Press Association —By Wireless—Copyright. RUGBY, January 21. (Received January 23, at 11 a.ra.) The memorandum on security, which was forwarded to the League of Nations this week, continues to attract attention in the Press, which generally regards it as a. closelyreasoned document, embodying some permanent principals of British foreign policy.