New Britain herald., 1927-11-07
FRENCH PEACE
 MOVE ENDORSED
Memorial Going to President Coolidge From First Church

Sixty-fiv members of the First Congregational church yesterday signed memorial to President Cool idge asking him to approve of the recommendation of M. Briand of France in his suggestions for steps toward universal peace.
 In his Armistice Day address, Rev. Theodore A. Green submitted the resolution, and said in part:
 Arbitration treaties Of more or less limited scope became popular after the middle of the last century. And treaties to settle all disputes be- tween nations, whatever their nature by arbitration or conciliation began to be made as long ago as 1929. For example, between Columbia and Peru in oSuth America. It is an ac- tual fact that thirty such treaties were in force in 1914, but not be- tween the so-called great powers.' Between 1776 and 1926 over S27 ar hitration treaties were made, not in- cluding the agreement under the League of Nations covenant. During this same period, 264 disputes were actually settled by arbitration.
 Since the world war, the move ment to outlaw war and make peace possible, has made rapid progress. The members of the League of Ma in the world family only Russia, Turkey Mexico and the United States, have pledged themselves to submit all disputes for some kind of peaceful settlement, and, even though the proposed settlement is not acceptable, in any case not to re- sort to war until three months after the report of the council In 1924, the assembly of the League of Ma tions drafted a general treaty that would go much further in making war illegal. This was known as the Geneva Protocol It was not ratified by the great powers in part, at least, because the United States Germany and Russia were not then in the league. Such a treaty would be effective only in case all the great powers were to cooperate. In 1925, however. by the Iocarno Agreements Germany on the one side and Belgium, France, Czecho- SloVakia and Poland, severally, on the other, engaged to settle by peace full means, all disputes of every kind not settled by the normal methods of diplomacy. Thus war between Ger many and these several countries has been absolutely renounced. Fifty Two treaties making for peace be- tween nations have been involved, notably France with five, Denmark and Italy with ten, Spain with eight sweden and Switzerland with seven, and Great Britain with one. The u nlte2 States has not yet made one such treaty. Finally, on September 9, 1927, just two months ago, Dr. Stressemann announced to assem- ply of the League of Nations that the German Reich would accept the compulsory arbitration cause of the world court of justice' The dele gates rose and cheercd him in excite
 nent and delight! Why? Because Germany, the enemy of more than seven-tcnths of the world in the last great war, Germany is the first of the great nations to accept without provlso the principle of obligatory resort to the world court on all the questions with which the court is competent 10 deal.
 But all this business Of follow ing after the things that make for peace has been accomplished in spite of-we regret to explain-and not because of the cooperation, backing and assistance of our own beloved nation. If we would be honest with ourselves as we face up to the responsibilities still incrsm- bent upon us to carry on the work