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Nations March Toward World Peace

HISTORIC DAY ARRIVES Signing of Kellogg Pact STATESMEN AGAIN MEET AT PARIS I o-day will stand for ever as a great day in the history of the world. At Paris, 1 5 Powers will accept the Kellogg Pact, and arm themselves against war. Other nations will speedily be asked to range themselves alongside, so that all may press forward in this lofty enterprise. Statesmen discern in the Treaty that is being signed to-day a greater promise of peace than has ever before been given to the world. It may be that they hope for too much; but at the least the Pact seems to reveal the presence of a great will for peace. The ceremony itself is to be most stately and dignified, befitting the acceptance of such a solemn and momentous agreement.;

Reed. 10.45 a.m. PARIS, Sunday. Dr. Stresemann, who is the first German Foreign Minister officially to visit Paris since the Franco-Frussian War, was excellently received by hundreds of French people, who made no demonstration, though when the a* drove oil to the German Embassy there were hearty cheers and a few disapproving whistles. His meeting with the French officials was most cordial, and he willingly posed for the photographers. Dr. Stresemann is accompanied by hiq personal physician and two secretaries. Flags and banners are everywhere. In the interests of his health, he has decided not to receive the Press, though soon after his arrival a written statement appeared in the French Press, in which he sincerely regretted the drastic orders of his doctor, forbidding personal interviews. • He proceeds: “It is enough to enunciate the elementary principles of the Treaty, in order to understand the extraordinary scope of this imminent international act. I am convinced that we possess in the pact a new basis which, with the goodwill of the nations, will enable us to arrive at the creation of a world in which war, one of the most terrible scourges of humanity, will exist no more. The Germans are firmly resolved to co-operate energetically in the realisation of this ideal. It is an important fact that it should be the conclusion of such a pact that brings the German Foreign Minister to Paris for the first time for many years.”

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“I have often repeated that in a certain sense, the key to the problem of European peace lies in the relations of our two countries. We know that even after Locarno, certain difficulties were still in the way of an extension of these relations, but we were also aware that they were not such as would necessarily check the policy ’Of responsible statesmen. They can be removed, and consequently ought to be removed. I should be glad if the signatories to the Peace Pact in Paris were to favour the realisation of fresh progress in this direction.” HOMAGE TO KELLOGG The Arc.de Triomphe, where French national sentiment is centred, is to be brilliantly illuminated at night. Mr. Kellogg, author of The Pact, to whom France is paying due homage, reached Paris with the Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King, just after the Japanese delegate, Count Ushida. The latter had been travelling constantly for 15 days across the continents of Asia and Europe from Japan and was the first signatory to arrive. HISTORIC INK-STAND Mr. Kellogg suggested the Rambouillet Palace as the place for the ceremony, but this was considered to be insufficiently historic for the rendezvous. The French Government finally persuaded Mr. Kellogg that all

would be well, because he would not sit in the same chair as that formerly occupied by Dr. Woodrow Wilson. As the special chairs are reserved for Kings and Presidents, Mr. Kellogg will have an ordinary chair. The historic scene will be permanently recorded, even to the words uttered, by means of the movietone pro-

cess. The inkpot, as well as the pen to be used, will be of gold. The inkstand will be the same as that used 150 years ago by Benjamin Franklin for the signing of the treaty between France and the United States, and latterly of the treaties of Versailles and Trianon. Mr. Kellogg is expected to say a few words in reply to the opening address of the French Foreign Minister, M. Briand. It is expected that the other

I delegates will not make much use of their right to speak. RUSSIA TO BE ASKED Forty-eight hours afterwards 47 other nations of the world, including Russia, will have received invitations to adhere to the pact. Denmark has already announced she is ready to sign and when the time arrives it is expected that many of the other nations will fall in line. Whether Russia will live up to the total disarmament gesture made by her representative, Litvinoff, at Gevena in February, remains to be seen. It is also for the future to decide whether the Balkan States, which are still standing out, will be able to extricate themselves from petty squabbles and fall in line with the great Powers of the world.' In preparation for the signing e /j----mony the boulevards of Paris have been bedecked with bunting. ALL DELEGATES ARRIVE A SUNDAY OF CALLS (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. noon. PARIS, Sunday. Every Pact delegate has arrived. The day was largely occupied by receptions on arrival, calling and returning calls. Mr. Kellogg had a lengthy conversation with M. Poincare. There were 58 guests at Mr. Kel-

logg’s banquet at the United States Embassy. These included the signatories and their wives. The only absentee was Dr. Stresemann, who is acting on doctor’s orders. The Pact, which is in French and English, will be photographed and is expected to remain at the Quai d’Orsay until it is signed by all those invited to do so. It will then go to America.

j with their respective constitutional rei qufrements, and shall take effect as bej tween them as soon as all their several j instruments of ratification shall have been deposited at Washington. This Treaty shall, when it has come : into effect as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, remain open as long as | may be necessary for adherence by all j the other Powers of the world. Every | instrument evidencing the adherence of ; a Power shall be deposited at . . . and the Treaty shall, immediately upon such deposit, become effective as between the Power thus adhering and the other Powers parties thereto. It shall be the duty of the Government of ... to furnish each Government named in the preamble, and every Government subsequently adhering to this Treaty with a certified copy of the Treaty, and of every instrument of ratification or adherence. It shall also be the duty of the Government of . . . telegraphically to notify such Governments immediately upon the deposit with it of each instrument of ratification or adherence. In faith whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed this Treaty in the French and English languages, both texts having equal force and hereunto affixed their seals. Done at Paris the 27th day of August in the Year of Our Lord, 1928. CEREMONY TO BE BROADCAST ALL THE WORLD MAY HEAR KELLOGG VISITS IRELAND British Official 'Wireless. Reed. 11.10 a.m. RUGBY, Sunday. Regret is expressed in official quarters tliat the United States Secretary of State, Mr. Kellogg, has been unable to accept the invitation of a visit to London before returning to America. The ceremony of the signing of the multilateral treaty for the renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy will be broadcast by wireless from the British Broadcasting Corporation stations, and it is anticipated that listeners in many distant parts of the world will hear the speeches as they are delivered to-mor-row afternoon. Signals will be carried to London on ordinary telephone lines from Paris, and although the officials hope that these will be adequate, arrangements are made for picking up the Paris station’s transmission in the event of failure, and retransmitting. Broadcasting to the Dominions will be undertaken from the shortwave experiment station at Chelmsford. This station is used daily for work in the transmission of varied programmes on a wavelength of 24 metres. Arrangements are being made in Dublin to extend a 'warm welcome to Mr. Kellogg, who is expected, to arrive at Kingstown in the American cruiser Detroit on Thursday next. A battery of artillery on the pier will fire a salute, and a guard of honour of the Free State Army will be stationed on the shore to receive the distinguished visitor. An official' banquet and reception will be held in the evening. A series of functions has been arranged for the following day.

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

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Nations March Toward World Peace Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 443, 27 August 1928, Page 1

Nations March Toward World Peace Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 443, 27 August 1928, Page 1