PACT TO END WAR.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 2 June 1928, Page 5

PACT TO END WAR.

NEW ZEALAND’S REPLY. TO' AMERI CAN 1N VTTATION lav TKIjEOUAPH—PBESS ASSOCIATION.J WELLINGTON, June I. The Prime Minister announced today that the reply of His Majesty’s Government in New Zealand to the invitation extended to New Zealand by the United States Government to become an original party to the proposed multilateral treaty for the renunciation of war was conveyed to the United States vCharge D’Affaires in London (in the absence of the United States Ambassador) by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on May 30. The following are the terms of the reply: “His Majesty’s Government in New Zealand have received with warm appreciation the invitation extended to New Zealand to become an original party to the treaty proposed by the Government of United States for the renunciation of war. They welcome the opportunity in co-operation with His Majesty’s Governments in other parts of the British Empire in associating themselves with the Government of the United States in this movement to add to the greater security to the peace of the world and they will be happy to share in any negotiations leading to a conclusion of the proposed treaty.”