New Britain herald., 1928-09-01
fOllFf NATIONS 10
 N)IN WORLD PACT
Isls Inn B,l lhose Invited AludJ Accept

Washington. Sept. N - Forty icouatriss-mors than half of the nuwher invttsd-have sisnified ad- herence to the Kellogg Briand pact to reneuncs war.
 Thus the treaty embracing the greatest attempt of all times to bring about universal peace is rap- idly reaching the fulfillment that Secretary Kellogg envisaged when he sought the cooperation of the nations of the world to this end.
 Included in the sovereignties to accept the invitation to become party to the pact signed at Paris COW government made clear that it has neither enthusiasm nor admira- ton for the treaty but accepted it because lit does impose certain ob- ligations upon countries before the bar of public opinion"
 The pact. said the Russian note of adherence, Likewise gives the So- viet Union new possibility of sub mitting to all the signatory nations q question of the greatest import ance to the cause of peace-that of disarmament-whic is the one and only guarantee against war;
 The speed with which so many countries accepted the pact greatly pleased the state department at Washington. All of the acceptances were made to American diplomatic officials, except that of Soviet Rus sia which replied 10 an invitation from France, and were accompan- ,ed by expressions of thanks for the privilege of adhering.
 The most recent batch of accept ances came to the state department yesterday from Jugo Slavia, Finland, ,he Netherlands Brazil Panama and Uruguay. The acceptance was announced at Lisbon.
 The Soviet's note of acceptance was a plain indication that the Mos- cow government intends to bring UT the disarmament question at some tune in the future. Declaring that the Union always had stood for uni versal peace, the note went on: The Soviet government consid- cred and considers the carrying oui of 6 plan of universal and full dis. armament as the only means of pre- venting armed conflict. because 1T an atmosphere of general feverish- armament, every competition of tho powers inevitably leads to wal which is the most destructive. tht ; more perfect the system of arma ,nent."
 The note described the formul; outlaGing WET as vague" and say' 1t "contains many reservations whose aim is the elimination of an, likelihood of obligations to maintain peace" It especially frowns upoi the British reservations reservini freedom for England in several ter ritories which are not specificall, named" and refuses to accept tn reservations affecting the League o Nations and the Locarno agreement One Of the interesting sidelight of the treaty is the dispatch iron Paris which reveals that the incep ton of the idea for outlawing Wa was based upon the work of Smitl E. Reayis, of the Associated Pres foreign staff, who was acting purel in his reportorial capacity of "get ting a news story"
 Reavis. early in 1927, importune' Foreign Minister Hrfand at Paris t send ' message to the America people through the Associated Press The fntSsage Briand sent containe the suggestion that the two coun tries outlaw war between them selves. This fdth subsequently wa expanded by negotiations betwee Briand and Secretary Kellogg int the nreseut world wide treaty.