WORLD PEACE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20450, 3 July 1928, Page 9

WORLD PEACE

MR KELLOGG’S PROPOSALS. BRITAIN HOPES FOR SUCCESS. (British Official Wireless.) (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) RUGBY, June 30. , The Prime Minister and Sir Austen Chamberlain received the members of the League of Nations Union, headed by Professor Gilbert Murray and Lord Cecil, and discussed with them the Government’s attitude to arbitration and other questions. Referring to the Kellogg proposal, the Foreign Secretary intimated that though the problem was not quite as simple as it might seem, the deputation need be in no doubt as to his desire to bring the American Treaty to a successful conclusion. There were, he said, a great many disputes which could not be settled by arbitration, but which might be settle by conciliation, since such disputes could not be determined by any rule or consideration of law.

AMERICAN SENATE’S VIEW. t ——— SENATOR BORAH RETICENT. WASHINGTON, July 1. Senator Borah, who is chairman of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, indicated that the multilateral anti-war treaty, if signed during the summer, would probably receive the earliest consideration when the' Senate was convened next winter. He refused to express an opinion relative to the possible reception of the treaty, but declared that he anticipated no serious fight against its, ratification.—Australian Press Association.

SCOPE OF PROPOSED PACT. I EXTENSION URGED. WASHINGTON. July 1. (Received July 1, nt 7 p.ni.) In a letter supported By an imposin'’ list of public men, Mr Samuel Colcord, of New York, has urged Mr Kellogg to extend the scope of the pending multilateral pact to “ delegatise ’’ was by making it criminal under international law. Mr Colcord makes the suggestion on the ground that a dissatisfied nation may find means to withdraw from a treaty, but no nation can withdraw from international law. He contends that if this were done it would establish the permanency of the pact.—Australian Press Association.