NO CONCILIATION PACT UNDER DISCUSSION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18469, 22 May 1928, Page 5

NO CONCILIATION PACT UNDER DISCUSSION.

U.S. and BRITAIN" ALREADY HAVE ONE, SAYS CHAMBERLAIN. (Uniterl Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received Alav 22, 11.30 a.m.) ' RUGBY, Alay 21. Sir Austen Chamberlain was asked in the House of Commons, whether the United States Government had submitted any proposals for* the conclusion of conciliation and arbitration treaties between America and Great Britain on similar lines to the Treaty which Jiad just been signed between America and Germanv. He said that, the United States Government had made proposals for a new arbitration treaty to replace the Anglo-American Arbitration Treaty of 1908, which would expire on June 4. These proposals were receiving careful consideration at the hands of the British Government. No proposal had been made by the United States Government for a conciliation treaty because there was already such a treaty in force between the United States and Great Britain. namely, the AngloAmerican Treaty regarding the estal> lishment of the Peace Commission, •which was signed at Washington on December 14, 1914. lie saw no reason why this Treaty, or Conciliation Treatv, now being negotiated between the United States and a number of foreign- countries should be abrogated, if, as he hoped would be the case, the proposed Treatv for the renunciation of war became an accomplished fact.— British O'flicial Wireless.!