TEXT OF THE TREATY

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 443, 27 August 1928, Page 1

TEXT OF THE TREATY

FRANK RENUNCIATION OF WAR WELFARE OF MANKIND The full text of the Kellogg Treaty is as follows: The President of the United States of America, the President of the French Republic, his Majesty the King of the Belgians, the President of the Czecho-Slovak Republic, his Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, the President of the German Reich, His Majesty the King of Italy, his Majesty the Emperor of Japan, the President of the Republic of Poland, Deeply sensible of their solemn duty to promote the welfare of mankind; persuaded that the time has come when a frank renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy should be made, to the end that the peaceful and friendly relations now existing between their peoples may be perpetuated; Convinced that all changes in their relations with one another should be sought only by pacific means and be the result of a peaceful and orderly process, and that any signatory Power which shall hereafter seek to promote its national interests by resort to war should be denied the benefits furnished by this Treaty; Hopeful that, encouraged by their example, all the other nations of the world will join in this humane endeavour and, by adhering to the present Treaty as soon as it comes into force, bring their peoples within the scope of its beneficent provisions, thus uniting the civilised nations of the world in a common renunciation of war as an instrument of their national policy; Have decided to conclude a treaty, and for that purpose have appointed as their respective plenipotentiaries: . . . Who, having communicated to one another their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles: Article I.—The High Contracting Parties solemnly declare, in the names of their respective peoples, that they condemn recourse to war for the solution of international controversies, and renounce it as an instrument of national policy in their relations with one another. Article ll.—The High Contracting Parties agree that the settlemen or solution of all disputes or conflicts, of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be, which may arise among them, shall never be sought except by pacific means. Article lll.—The present Treaty shall be ratified by the High Contracting Parties named in the preamble in accordance