Evening star., 1928-10-14
KELLOGG TREATY DRIVE
BEGINS ARMISTICE DAY
Speech i'm New York for Anti-War Pact
to Be Followed by Other
Ratification Talks.

argued that if Santo Domingo should
cede a naval base to Russia, the Secur-
ity of the United States would be en-
dangered. and the United States would
therefore be justified in using force to
prevent the construction OF such base.
Many Latin Americans frankly resent
any such Interpretation, and their re-
sentiment will be increased if the Sen
ate makes any Interpretation to this Ell
feet. This probably explains the delay
in adherence by the A B G powers.
The Department of State Is not
alarmed by such reports. On the con-
trary it is in possession of assurances
that in due course the six remaining
Latin American States will join the
other IA sister republics of the Amer
icas. which have already declared their
allegiance to the kellogg pact. Argen-
tina is expected to come into line as
soon as the new administration at
Buenos Aires is a little more firmly
established
Favored by Brazil.
Brazil has formally indicated its en-
thuSiastic support of the renunciatlon-
of-war treaty.. setting forth that it
happens to be in full agreement with
the basic principles of the Brazilian
II.
mersed in the Tacna AFRICA settlement
with Peru, but Secretary Kellogg has
no reason whatever to fear that the
Santiago governments adherence will
not eventually be forthcoming. The
Ecuadoran government has only re-
Gently been recognized by the United
States. a fact which explains delay in
that quarter. No opposition of any
sort has been registered at Washington
in the names of Colombia and Para
quay.
The United States has never raised
the Monroe Doctrine question. It did
not introduce into the diplomatic ne
gotiations any reference along the
lines of the so-called British Monroe
Doctrine" declaration in connection
with John Bulls regional" interests
The British, in signifying their willing
ness to sign the treaty, insisted upon
its being understood that nothing in
it would debar "self-defense" and
protective" measures in certain parts
of their empire. They had the Suez
Canal region especially in mind Secre-
tary Kellogg did not find it necessary
to specify that Uncle Sam regards the
Monroe Doctrine regional PROPOSE
ton. because this country holds the
doctrine to be so Self-evident a self
defense matter that to make a point
of it in a multilateral treaty would be
superf1uous. There is no expectation
at the State Department that the Sem
ate will try to write Monroe Doctrine
reservation into the pact before rati-
flying it.
Russian Stand Enters.
There has been some talk about
Senator Borah's intentions to insist
that Russias adherence to the kellogg
treaty denotes de facto American
recognition of the Soviet government
The foreign relations chairman has
even been credited with the purpose of
putting this formally on record in the
Senate. When the international sani-
tary convention. to which Russia is a
party. was ratified by the Senate in
1876. that body attached a proviso that
its approval was not to be construed as
diplomatic recognition of Russia. Not
only has the State Department no
knowledge of Borah's reputed plan. but
points out that recognition of foreign
governments is exclusively q presiden-
t1al. and not a senatorial affair. Russia
is also signatory of the international
postal convention of 1920, to which the
United States is a party. Secretary
Kellogg declares no American recogni-
ton of Russia is implied by her adher-
ence to the anti-war pact.
Certain opponents of ratification of
the anti-war treaty are advocating that
it be sidetracked until the Senate has
passed the Navy bill for construction
of Is cruisers. The friends of the bill
are expecting opposition to it from the
ultra-pacif1st group on the ground that
war having been "renounced" by 81 of
the worlds governments, the expendi-
ture of hundreds of millions of dollars
on new warships is unjustified.
(Copyright. 1921