GEORGE WASHINGTON

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 23 February 1929, Page 7

GEORGE WASHINGTON

THE GREATEST LINK. IN CHAIN FRIENDSHIP. BRITISH AMBASSADOR'S- EULOGY (Australian Press Association —United Service.) Received 11.25 a.m. to-day. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. Praising the - Kellogg treaty as an instrument Avliich must weigh heavily in the balance for' the cause of peace, Sir Esmo Howard (British Ambassador) declared on Friday that George Washington must eventually prove to be the greatest link in the chain of friendship and common understanding between the United States and Britain. Speaking at the commemoration of Washington’s birthday before th,c Daughters of the American Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Children of tlie American Revolution, the British Ambassador deplored any spirit of enmity. Ho criticised those on both sides of the Atlantic who enjoy stirring up trouble and whose lips * still gall and -wormwood, whose pens are dipped in vitro-1. ” CANADA’S ENDORSEMENT. Received 1.10 p.m. to-day. '• OTTAWA, Feb. 22. Without a division -the House to-day approved of a motion providing for the ratification of the Kellogg Pact. RATIFIED BY DAIL EIRE ANN. Received 10.55 a.m. to-day. DUBLIN, Feb. 22. The Dail Eireann, by S 3 to 50 votes, ratified the Kellogg Pact.