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have no doubt that your government
will be entirely agreeable to JOINING
with the Government of the tnlteu
States and the governments OF the
other movers concerned for the pur-
pose of reaching a preliminary agree
ment as to the language tn he used IN
the proposed treaty, thus ohvlatlnE All
danger OF confronting the other pow
ers with defnitive treaty upaccept'
able tn them. AS indicated henw. the
Government Of the United States
would be pleased il the Govern
ment Of France would agree that the
draft treaty submitted by NJ. BRAND
last June should be made the basis OF
such preliminary discussions.
Refers 70 Previous Form.
I'm the second place. and this point
is closely related To what goes Detore,
NJ. BRANDS reply OF January b, l?!H.
in EXPRESSING the Willingness OF tne
Government Of France to join with the
Government of the United States in
proposing a multilateral treaty for the
remuneration of war. apparently con
templates that the scope of such
treaty should be limited to wars OF
aggression. The form Of treaty which
YOUR government submitted tn me last
June which was the subject OF my
note of December. ~, 1927, contained
no such qualification or limitation.
On the contrary, ii provided un'quiNo'
Cally for the remuneration by the hl"h
contracting nrtirS of all war as an
instrument of national policy in the
following terms:
ARTICLE. /.
The high contracting powers sol.
cmnlr declare. in the name Of the
French people and the people of the
United States of America. that they
condemn recourse ~ war and re-
nounce it, respectively, as an instru-
ment Of their national policy toward
each other.
PARTICLE >
THE settlement or the solution al
all disputes ar conflicts. or whatever
nature ar of whatever origin they may
he. which NAV arise between France
nd the United States Of America shall
never he sought by either side except
by pacific means
Questions Modification.
Il am not informed Of the reasons
WHICH nave ltu Ntht eoN Ct ~
suggest this modification of its orisi-
nal proposal, but earnestly hope that
i, is of no particular significance and
that ii is not TO he taken as an indi-
cation that the Government of France
will find itself unable to joint with the
Government of the United States in
proposing as suggested above. that
the original formula submitted by NJ.
BRAND which enviSa ged the unquail-
fed remuneration Of all war as an in
strument of national policy. he made
the subject of preliminary discussions
with the other great powers for the
purpose of reaching a tentative agree
ment as to the language TO be used
i'm the proposed treaty.
III YOUR government is agreeable
10 the plan outlined above and is will
ing that further discussions of the
terms of the proposed muitilateral
treaty he based upon the original pro-
posal submitted To me by NJ. BRAND
last June. / have the honor To suggest
that the Government OF France join
with the Government of the United
States in n communication to the Brit.
ish. German, Italian and japanese
Governments transmitting the text of
NJ. Brands original proposal and cop
les OF the subsequent correspondence
between the Governments OF France
and the United States for their con.
sideration and comment: ii being I'M
6erstooi. of course. that these pre-
urinary discussions would in no way
commit any of the participating gov
ernments pending the conclusion of
definitive treaty.
Accept. ExceIlsney. the renewed
assurances of my highest considera'
ton