THE KELLOGG PACT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20612, 10 January 1929, Page 9

THE KELLOGG PACT

SENATOR MOSES’S OPINION. ABANDONMENT OP NEUTRALITY. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.) WASHINGTON, January 8. Senator Moses, in the Senate, urged' that the Kellogg Pact legalised wars' in--stead of abolishing them. He said that the exemptions set forth by the adhering European nations would bind the United States to recognition, of their, secret selfdefence treaties. He characterised Mr Kellogg’s activities as “his imperious impatience, which js well known to us who. have seen him display it here.” He said, that the treaty “ amounts to the abandonment of. any possibility of neutrality by the United States. It means that in any future war involving great European Powers the United States would be in no position to contend for the freedom of the seas. It would mean the triumph of the historic British claim to ignore neti-, tral interests.”'—Australian Press Association. AUTHOR ENTERS CONTROVERSY. AGREEMENT TURNED DOWN. WASHINGTON, January 8. (Received Jan. 9, at 5.5 p.m.)

Mr Kellogg, backed by President Coplidge, entered the treaty controversy in the Senate, witli the result that pending agreement, which appeared hopeful, was turned down flatly. Therefore the debate must continue and the resefvationists are prepared to harass the administration for “ failure to protect the rights of the United States.” Mr Kellogg’s entry as spokesman for President Coolidge became known at a conference of , senators, after which Senator Borah announced that he could not accept the preferred unanimous consent to the agreement because Mr Kellogg insisted on having the treaty ratified without even the committee of the Senate explaining that, according to their understanding, the pact does not limit the American right of self-defence or curb the Monroe Doctrfne. The refusal of the agreement to which Senator Reed, the chief enemy of the pact, assented to-day, has intensified the feeling of the reservationists against the pact, and has particularly spurred them on to attack Mr Kellogg because of his entry into the Senate situation and his domination of the moves of the pact’s sponsors.—Australian Press Association.