Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
KELLOGG REVIEWS
ISOLATION PLEDGE
U. S. Will Aid Europe, But
Will Not Join Her, Sec
retary Says.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, December 15.-The
United States is committed to a policy
of cooperating with European powers
for all legitimate purposes, but of
avoiding European politics. This was
the keynote of an address by Secre-
tary of State Kellogg at a dinner
given in his honor last night by the
Council on Foreign Relations.
Secretary kellogg outlined policies
of his department and defended 1t
against recent criticism, especially
with regard to alleged aloofnesS in
foreign affairs. foreign debts and loans
and the exclusion from the United
States of foreigners, whether prince
or peasant" who seek to preach radi-
cal doctrines.
Characterizing the security confer
ence at Locarno as "Europe's sincere
effort to free itself from the old sys-
tenn Of balance of power supported by
military alliances" he said:
1T has been the settled policy of
the United States not to interfere in
purely European questions, certainly
not unless invited. and there was no
reason to invite the United States to
attend the Locarno conference.
VIII Cooperate Fully.
1--WE shall go to the very limit Of
reasonable cooperation for all legiti-
mate purposes, but we will not COM
NIT ourselves to the European system
of alliances and counter-alliances to
maintain the balance of power upon
that continent
AS for the foreign debt policy, MIR.
kellogg said it is out of the question
to contemplate an outright gift of bill
lions Of dollars The debt settlements,
he said. have been approached in a
spirit of utter fairness.
He expressed himself forcibly in ia
vor of the policy of excluding alien
radicals. He declined to recognize that
the constitutional guarantee of free
speech applies to aliens who desire to
come over here to teach their per-
niciouS doctrines Of communism, rev.
olution, sabotage and destruction of
orderly government
He added that the policy of exclu-
sion of undesirable aliens would be en-
forced without regard to the station
of life of the persons affected 1nfor-
nation on which foreigners are ex-
cluded is confidential and will not be
made public.
Although Secretary Kellogg did not
mention any specific cases, it was in
forred that he had in mind the exclu-
sion of Countess Karolyi and the Brit
ish Communist member Of Parliament
Saklatvala.
Speech Carefully WOrded.
Mr. Kellogg spoke from carefully
prepared manuscript. with every evi
dence of consciousness that his words
would be heard around the world. 1t
was disclosed that the address was re-
garded as of such importance that the
section dealing with foreign debts and
that touching upon the American at
titude toward European conferences
although it contained no direct refer
ence to the Geneva disarmament
movement, had been cabled in full by
the State Department to American
diplomatic missions in Europe.
The chief distinction" of American
policy and that least understood abroad,
the Secretary said, was the fixed de-
termination to avoid participation in
purely European political Matters
Not since 1898 has the United
States been a party to any military al
lance" he said. I'VE shall go to the
very limit of reasonable cooperation
for all legitimate purposes, but we will
not. under any circumstances, COM
nit ourselves to the European system
OF alliances and counter-allances to
maintain the balance of power upon
that continent. 1t is doubtful
If they have ever contributed to the
maintenance Of peace"
Discussing China, the Secretary de-
clared the. time had passed when ma
tions capable of maintaining self-gov-
ernment can be expected TO permit
foreign control and domination" but
he pointed out that one of the difficult
ties with which foreign countries have
to deal In China is the instability of
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