UNIVERSAL PEACE

Otago Witness, Issue 3885, 28 August 1928, Page 31

UNIVERSAL PEACE

THE KELLOGG PACT. CEREMONY TO BE RECORDED. m, t, _ PARIS, August 23. a e t Ce J reaty Wlll be Permanently ecoided by the new movietone process. erSed P^ We l U 1 lamps have been erected in the historic Clock Hall, and oLa e n repre3entative of eacb nation anrprnrri “I? Sl B nature seven camera men will Dbnnf hls , mov . ern ents, While- a microFb .LK? Chr m ,Se ? Mith the camera of tuX> W1 j ake special care to capI? the W ? rds - spoken for tlle benefit ?ater dlen T ces ., of Pjctnre theatres a week will ,■ J other microphones bronHr P ?- Ure L syl,ab >e for instant broadcasting. I t i S hoped that the proceedings may be heard in America. 1 MR KELLOGG’S SENTIMENTS. ' Mr F B K iF° N ?<P X ’ August 23 - for TTniV a cF. °? g < Secretar y of State tor United States), replying to a civic welcome at Plymouth, said: ‘‘lt i a a Primp P lr S ’ lr ; e for , nl6 ’to com e with the Fume Minister of Canada to si<m the work 6 of Treaty ’ The treaty is nbt tha it tl y I"® P lan Or any one nation; .. he work of many men and many lations. It springs from th e heart of th a peop e , who are all longing for anv sten ;k- tTV preyent another great calam- . I believe that this is a great moral -tep forward .for civilisation. As far as Canada and ourselves ar e concerned we really have no need for a treaty, as we nave a treaty written in the hearts of our people.” King (Canadian Prime -Minister) said he shared Mr Kellogg's sentiments. “I think the great prospenty of our respective countries is due in great measure' to the fact that we are not concerned with war. We have never been thinking ln terms of war, but have accepted normal relations with our neighbours and done all we could to make sible” aS haPPy and friendl - v a s P° s - DECORATED BUILDINGS. PARIS, August 24. For the first time in history Paris will be beflagged with the colours of the German Reich on August 27, when the Government has ordered public buildings to be decorated in honour of the signing of the peace pact with flags in the daytime aud illuminations in the evening. M. Ceccalde welcomed Mr Kellogg and his party on behalf of the French Government. M. Leon Meyer, in the name of the French people, addressed Mr Kellogl? and Mr Mackenzie King, and presented Mr Kellogg with the Le Havre pen. Mr Kellogg returned thanks for the magnificent present, with which he said he would be glad to sign the treaty.

FOREIGN SCRETARY’S ILLNESS. RUGBY, August 24. The following telegram has been sent by Sir Austen Chamberlain to Mr Mackenzie King (Canadian Prime Minister) in reply to the latter’s message despatched from the liner He De France, expressing regret at Sir Austen Chamberlain’s inability to be present at the signature of the multilateral treaty for the renunciation of war, and assuring him of a hearty welcome when he visits Canada: “ Deeply touched by the terms of your kind mesagc. It is a profound regret to me that my illness has left me so weak that I cannot join with you and the other representatives of the Empire in the signature of the pact at Paris. Lady Chamberlain and I thank you warmly for your assurance of a hearty welcome to Canada, where it will be a great pleasure for me to renew our friendship, but I beg that even then public functions may be avoided, and our meeting be purely informal.” President Cosgrave left Dublin tq-day for Paris to sign the Peace Pact on be; half of the Irish Free State.