NATIONS ARGUE ON PACT RESERVATIONS

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6810, 14 January 1929, Page 7

NATIONS ARGUE ON PACT RESERVATIONS

None Bound to Act KELLOGG PROPOUNDS TREATY LIMITATIONS RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENCE. Australian Press Association. . Received Sunday, 7.0 p.m. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. ‘‘Those parts of the pact dealing with the renunciation of war commit none of the signatories to go to war in defence of any country attacked in defiance of the treaty,” said Mr. x. B. Kellogg to the Senato committee on foreign relations at the recent hearings which were held in camera and published to-dav. Mr. Kellogg added that Canada made it plain the Dominion would not :bo a party unless that was understood and said emphatically there was absolutely nothing in the notes of the various countries which would change the treaty. In the Senate to-day, Senator Samuel Shortridgc, of California, said he believed Senator Reed’s opposition to the treaty “causes him to sec danger where none exists. He forgets _ that every nation has certain ineradicable rights which cannot bo abrogated.” At the secret sitting, Kellogg also said British references to special zones ot influence did not give that government a reserved right to say what should be done anywhere in tho Empire. “I do not believe it leaves Britain free to make war anywhere in the world where she considers it in her interest; the treaty contradicts it absolutely. All the British note said, or would mean if it were written into the treaty, was that there were certain regions, the welfare and integrity which were necessary for the security and defence of the Empire. “I have said over and over again,” he concluded, ‘ ‘ that any country has the right of self-defence.” “Will to Peace is Not Unlevrsal” REED EXEMPLIFIES BRITISH EMPIRE. Aust. Press Assn.— United Service. Received Sunday, 7.0 p.m. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Senator James Reed to-day described the Kellogg Treaty as so mutilated by reservations that nothing was loft to preserve a lasting peace. Senatof Reed asserted that the will to peace was not universal. India was rising against the British, China against Japan, and Germany and Austria were discontented under the foot of oppressioh on their soil. Egypt was fretting under the hold of Britain. Attributing the exceptions in the treaty to the efforts of Britain during the negotiations, Senator Reed walked to a largo map placed on an easel showing the British possessions and spheres of interest in bright colouring. He detailed the scattered world defences of Britain, dwelling upon Canada, Bermuda, Jamaica and other points near the United States. He dedared that in five hours Britain could destroy the Panama Canal. “If this country is ever destroyed it will be by the pacifists who shout: ‘Peace, peace, peace!’ when there is no peace of the kind they talk about,” added Senator Reed.

Poland Agrees With Moscow Proposition URGED TO SIGN NOW. Aust. Press Assn.— United Service. Received Sunday', 7.0 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 12. Moscow messages Teport that the Soviet’s second note to Poland expresses satisfaction at the Polish Government’s readiness in principle to accept tho Soviet proposal (referring to a statement in tho Polish note regarding tho desirability of inviting other eastern European states to participate in the protocol). Tho Soviet note of December 29 made it perfectly clear that any state might join the protocol. Regarding Lithuania, the Soviet says only recently Polish and Lithuanian relations aroused serious fears for the fate of European peace and Poland herself requested tho League of Nations to discontinue the state of war between herself and Lithuania, Therefore, the Soviet Government believed that Poland would welcome its invitation to Lithuania to join. The Soviet Government’s aim was io bring about as speedily as possible the operation of the Kellogg pact, even if only between a number of States. The Soviet believed the hope expressed by 1 olancl for clarification in the near future of the attitude of the 5 States which signed, but had not ratified the Kellogg pact, ought not to have prevented Poland from accepting the Soviet proposal and the signing of the proposed protocol would have a great moral effee . Soviet-Polish relations would be of creator importance to peace if, for one reason or another, the ratification of the Kellogg pa«t bv all other 15 signatories should be delayed for a considerable time. Still Haggling PRESIDENT INTERVIEWS OPPOSITION SENATORS United Service. Received Monday, 1.0 a.m. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. Hopes for a vote on the Kellogg pact to-day proved jjrcmatur#. Instead

Senator Bingham circulated a round robin in the Senate to which, ho alleged, he had obtained 20 signatures, pledging the signatories to defeat the pact unless the interpretative resolution was approved. President Coolidgc called on Senator Bingham for a conference after tho Senate adjourned to-day, which lasted for several hours. Senator Bingham later said: “He' wanted to know niy position. I told him I did not want to take a leap in the dark.” President Coolidge earlier conferred with Senators Curtis and Borah and it is understood he indicated to them his anxiety over the pact and cruiser billIt reported President Coolidgc was advised both measures would be passed and the blame for tho pact delay was laid to Senators who desire the passage of the cruiser measure.

Senator Borah intends to keep the pact before the Senate until a vote ia taken and it is believed he will attempt to secure a limitation to the debate early in the coming week.