The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-17

That the position of Spain as a first
class power shall be recognized hv
sending her an invitation to be among
the original signers of this war-aboli.
ton treaty. He was warned more
imam a month ago that KELLOGG wouId
not invite Spain. Primo ordered his
ambassador at Washington. Senor
Don Alexandra Padilla Bell, to in
Slst upon the rights of his govern
ment. Don Alexandra went day after
DAY, week after week, to plead and
argue with Kellogg. Finally kellogg
refused to see him and sent him fo
talk with assistant secretaries. The
dark, slender, sad faced Don Aleian~
arc chewed his Castilian moustache.
knowing that the actual reason for
ms trouble was located in Moscow
Aellogg was afraid that the Soviets
would instantly demand, through Ger
many, that if Spain were TO he in
vlted, they must likewise be invited
Latins flock together. in Wasb;n@-
ION Don Alexandra told his story to
Inc L.1atm-Americans. Argentina and
Brazil and Chile and Peru began 70
consider whether they were not en-
tItled to be invited to the party. even
S4ough they were protected" by the
Monroe Doctrine reservation in tbe
treaty. Meanwhile Primo de Rivera
induced the French to suggest tbot
Spain be invited. But KELLOGG and
chamberlain stooo pat. Spain rnet
not drag in the Reds, perhaps. Later
on she would be invited to sign q nro-
tocol of adherence, made of genuine
i"S0n imi'atlon OF the original pact.
Now, the question is. how sbou
SPAN be satisfied and the Soviet
Union be kept out of the limeligbt
even if the Soviet Union must finaIly
De permitted to sign? If Moscow
received an invitation to the show of
aug; II in Paris, Kellogg fears that
Chlcherin would arrive in a blaze Of
press publicity, scatter amendments
and comments around for a dav oy
Two IN advance and then in alphabet
lcal order, step up behind KELLOGG and
sign for the U. S. S. r. Just below
the Y. S. A. But if Russia is invited
70 sign later, at Washington. what
could prevent Chlcherin or Litvinof
from from coming or a special ship to New
ork, meeting big popular reception
from his friends, and getting a mil
non dollars worth of free publicity
Tor a government that Kellogg will
never recognize?
Ii it were not for Moscow KalIoooe
would welcome the sending ,,f . Iof
OF pompous ENJOYS to Washington
next month to sign his treaty. Hoover
needs the help of big Swedish dom
9nstratlon, Norwegian, Finish. =
Dutch, and so on. But-and he looks
again under the bed for the RedsI
has Britain entered into a secret
and naval alliance and FL
nanclal agreement with France IN
preparation for the signing If +ha
Kellogg war-abolition treaty On An~
- II so, what are its terms and
what is its purpose. /? anu
These questions assail secretoru &c
state Kellogg as he prepares to 90 n
rams. He has been studying. with
the help of naval officers, the Franco-
British agreement recently submitfed
to him by the British and Francb
In, Inns document seems to explain very
little. If it is SO important a thing
as Foreign Minister Chamberlain has
limited 1t must be the false front fo,.
dangerous secret diplomacy.
Kellogg repeats loudly that he will
not discuss war debts or Preparations
or any other subject than his treaty
while he is in Europe. But the Brit.