KELLOGG PACT ON TRIAL

Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1929, Page 11

KELLOGG PACT ON TRIAL

CHINA’S ATTITUDE STATED

ACTION BY U.S.A. AND FRANCE ■ \ * RUSSIA AND CHINA WARNED By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian Pres® Association. Received July 21, 5.5 p.m. Washington, July 19. The United States, at the advice ,of .the Secretary of State (Mr. H. L. Stimson), has notified China’ and the Soviet that they are bound to preserve peace by the Kellogg Pact. Mr.. Stimson conferred with Minister Wu, who stated that China has been faithfully observing-' the pact, hithough it is technically still ineffective. He also intimated that the Chinese Government was observing meticulously the letter and the spirit of the pacific treaty of 1921, as well as the Kellogg Pact.

Mr. Wu stated: “My Government’s action in rejecting from the management of the Chinese Eastern Railway certain Russian citizens was made necessary when the Russians concerned misused their positions in a manner detrimental to Chinese interests, and in violation of the Soviet Government’s solemn pledges. They were disseminating In Chinese territory propaganda attacking the foundations of our Government and social institutions, as well as violating the Sino-Russian agreement of 192-1 in their management of the railway. If the Russian Government persists despite our desire for peace in forcing war upon us, China, of course, will defend herself, but the aggressor nation will bear the responsibility if the matter is not settled by peaceful means.” A message from Paris states that M. Briand visited the Chinese and Russian Ministers, and, it is understood, urged them to exhaust every means of peacefully solving the crisis. He also emphasised that recourse to arms was not consistent with signing the Kellogg Pact.