OUTLAWING WAR

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXV, Issue 7723, 17 July 1928, Page 3

OUTLAWING WAR

WORLD-WIDE PEACE NOW IN SIGHT CONFERENCE OF POWERS , AMERICAN PACT APPEALS (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, July 15. Confidence in the wide acc iptance of the Kellogg proposals for the outlawry of war has increased rapidly in London as a result of the progress made in the last few days. The German Government’s reply constituting, in the light of Mr Kellogg’s explanation and interpretations, an acceptance of the proposals and notifying their willingness to sign without reservations, was delivered this week. It is understood the French reply, about which optimism is felt, will be published on Monday. The British reply is in draft and after Cabinet sanction has been obtained it will, of course, be circulated to the Dominions. This progress has followed rapidly upon the conversations between German, French and British jurists, Messieurs Cans, Fromageot and Sir Cecil Hurst, which took place at Berlin last week. Sir Cecil Hurst and M. Fromageot had been at Geneva, and as M. Gaus was unable to leave Berlin his colleagues proceeded there for an exchange of views regarding the relationship of the Kellogg proposals to the treaties and agreements already in force for the maintenance of peace.

The three jurists found complete unanimity to exist as to the interpreations to he put on the recent American communications regarding the proposed pact.