Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-09
BY WILLIAM RUFUS SCOTT.


r. AGING Secretary Kellogg upor
- his return tomorrow on thu
Leviathan from France will b;
4 the next big task he hops tC
finish before the present admin.
tstration expires on next March 4-th;
successful conclusion of the interna
tional conference on arbitration anc
Cancellation. to begin December 10 ii
tn Fan-American Union Building here
This conference is an outgrnwth OF
the sixth p9n-Americon conference
held last January and February in
Havana. which was attended by Presi-
dent Coolidge. Secretary Kellogg
Charles Evans Hugh-s and Other out
standing American delegates. and at
which time he President of the United
States IVES authorized tn call within a
year a conference IN Washington to
devise a treaty to outlaw war among
the nations of North and South
America.
IA Nations Have Joined.
So far acceptances to the December
conference have been received by the
Department of State from Salvador,
Honduras. Costa Rica Cuba, Peru, Ar
gentina, Brazil Venezuela, Paraguay
Colombia. Nicaragua, Bolivia and Ecua-
dor. With the United States. the num-
Der Of acceptances thus is II out of
possible 81 and the remaining nations
are expected to reply favorab'y in short
order
Canada is not a member Of the Pam
American Union. but suggestion re-
Gently has been made that Canada be
invited to Join. so as to make the par
ticipation in the Western Hemisphere
embrace all nations. AS Canada has
just enthusiastically signed the Kel-
logg anti-war treaty in Paris. the pur-
poses of the forthcoming Washington
conference are considered to be equally
acceptable to Canada
President Coolidge will open the De-
cember conference with the idea of
arbitration as substitute for war
greatly enhanced bv the overwhelming
success of the Kellogg treaty. More
over, Charles Evans Hughes, whose
work at the Havana conference was so
noteworthy will enter the December
conference with his prestige also in
creased by election as a judge of the
World Court
1t is not understood here at present
that this election will make any differ
ence in the position of Mr.. Hughes as
one of the two delegates of the United
States Mr.. Kellogg being the other
delegate. To keep the conference from
being too bulky it was proposed that
delegates, although with ss many
assistants. no doubt as any nation may
deem necessary.
To Promote Arbitration.
Since the aim of the December con-
ference is to promote arbitration. there
IS not discerned anything in the con-
xs,1.io -,
In his role as a judge of the World
Court. The rules of the World Court
provide that judge cannot sit in any
case in which he has taken part as a
lawyer or otherwise in partisan sense
Secretary Kellogg will settle the point
OF Mr.. Hughes present eligibility as
delegate to the December conference, if
there appears any need to make a
decision
How long the conference opening in
December viii last is not practicable
nov. But. as noted, the Kellogg univer-
sal snti-war treaty he's paved the way
for the regional American treaty with a
thoroughness that should make for
speedy work here two months from to-
morrow. If this conference can finish
It's work in time for President Coolidge
to submit a treaty. for the American
nations. to the Senate before he ends
his term March 4. it will be a great
source of satisfaction both to him and
Secretary Kellogg
The chance that the expected treaty
may be submitted in time for ratifica-
ton before March is considered ey-
cellent, but there are always unforeseen
contingencies that might prolong or
obstruct decision by the conference.
II is known, however, that Secretary
Kellogg will make supreme efforts to
clean the ambitious diplomatic slate
SET for himself, including not only the
ratification of the treaty signed in