Kellogg, Peacemaker

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 829, 25 November 1929, Page 9

Kellogg, Peacemaker

VISCOUNT CECIL'S TRIBUTE Pact Author in Britain HIGH HOPES OF POWERS' NAVAL PARLEY Uccoivcii 1 1.0 a.in. UM ÜBV. Sunday. FKAXK L>. KBLdAHiti will smvi\ go down • history as one qt‘ ilie most convinced advocates <>i’ | -ace lhat has ever directed ilie foreign policy oL* liis eoßtitry." >:iid Viscount Cecil, proposing the toast of the author < T tin* waroutlawrv Pact at a Pilirrims* Club dinner in London.

The Kellogg Pact, said Lord Cecil, was a very great achievement. On this side of the Atlantic we took the Pact very seriously. We recognised, however, that the great monster of war could not be killed by aspirations, however high and holy they might be. It would only be destroyed by hard work, and, if necessary, by great sacrifice. That was why we welcomed so enthusiastically the comradeship of Mr. Kellogg’s great country. He well remembered the profound feeling of relief all felt in this country when the United States decided to come into the war. LAND AND AIR FORCES Lord Cecil continued: “The feeling of some of us has been the same during the last few months. There had been a time after the war when the United States had almost appeared to withdraw from the movement for peace. From the time of your Secretaryship of State, it was clear that she was once again in the van of the contest. We are already engaged in hopeful negotiations on the naval question. In another two months the result will be laid before the Five Powers Conference. Let us hope they will form a basis for a further advance, and that very soon we may rejoice in the knowledge that the naval part of the problem is in a fair way to settlement. “That will be a great thing; but it is only the first part. Land and air remain to be dealt with. Here, too, we hope for your help, though you are principally concerned with the sea in this matter; but peace is one whole. Wherever "and however it is broken, the whole structure is in danger, and indeed, in some ways, armies and air forces are more dangerous to peace than navies. Let us then not slacken in our efforts.”

NATIONAL PROTECTION ONLY Mr. Kellogg, in the course of his reply, said:—“There should be such a reduction of armaments as will prevent the use of navies and armies for anything but national protection. In reduction of armaments there is perfect safety. No one or two nations are going to be able to dominate. “World control of the seas is now impossible. The security of the world can only be obtained by mutual consideration, confidence and the ad-

vancement of pacific settlement of their disputes.” It had been evident for a longtime, that one of the problems difficult of solution was the relative armament between Great Britain and the United States. He was convinced that there would be no reduction of armaments if the questions were approached from the basis of a possibility of war between Great Britain and the United States. LINES OF ADVANCE Mr. Kellogg added: "While 1 realise that as a political and practical necessity parity between our navies is necessary, 1 am convinced that war between them is impossible, and what I say as to the impossibility of war between the United States and Great Britain applies to the United States and the other great European Powers.” Mr, Kellogg set forth some lines of further advance, which he thought should supplement the peace pact—firstly, the education of popular opinion in peace ideals; secondly, advancement and extension of conciliation and arbitration, and the judicial settlement of disputes; and, thirdly, limitation of armament, and the prevention of any competition such as might lead to war. PALACE FOR CONFERENCE King George has placed St. James’ Palace at the disposal of the Government for the Five Powers’ Naval Conference. SINGAPORE BASE ESSENTIAL FOR PROTECTION, SAYS JELLICOE Reed. 0.5 a.m. LONDON, Sunday. All the naval authorities agree that the Singapore base is essential,” Karl Jellicoe told a newspaper representative. Naval reductions may mean a base on rather smaller lines than were originally proposed. He was confident that Australia and New Zealand would resent the proposal for abandonment, or seriously postponing completion of the base, in which they would be most justified, as the base was absolutely necessary for the protection of the interests of the Empire iii the Pacific.