Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-01
RUSSIA APPROVES
ANT|-WAR TREATY
Moscow Stresses 0pportu.
nifty to Bring About Dis.
armament.

BY the Associated Press.
Forty countries--rlors than half the
number invited-~haVe signifled adher-
ence to the Kellogg BRAND pact to re-
nounce war.
Thus the treaty which Is attempting
, To bring about universal peace Is rapid
ly reaching the fulflllment that Secre-
tary kellogg envisaeed when he sought
the cooperation of the nations Of the
world to this end.
Included In the Sovereignties To ac-
cept the invitation to become party to
the pact signed at Paris Monday Is
Soviet Russia. The Moscow govern
ment made clear that II has neither
enthusiasm nor admiration for the
the treaty, but accepted it because lit
does impose certain obligations upon
countries before the bar of public opn-
ion y
The pact said the Russian note of
adherence likewise gives the Soviet
union q new possibility Of submitting to
all the Signatory nations a question of
the greatest Importance to the cause of
peace--that of disarmamcnt--whic Is
the one and only guarantee against
war"
u. S. Pleased.
The speed with which so many
countries accepted the pact greatly
pleased the State Department All OF
The acceptances were made to Amer
lean diplomatic officials. except that of
Russia, which replied to an invitation
from France. ana was accompanied by
expressions of thanks for the privilege
of adhering
The mos recent acceptances came to
the State Department yesterday from
,Jugoslavia. Finland the Netherlands.
Brazil. Panama and Uruguay. The ac-
ceptance OF Portugusl was announced
at Lisbon. The roll of the countries
which have agreed TO renounce war. in
addition to the Is original sicnatories.
now stands as follows
Austria. Argentina. Bolivia. Brazil
Bulgaria Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark
Dominican republic, Finland Greece
Liberia. Luxembourg. Mexico. Neither
lands, Norway. Panama. Peru, Portugal
Eumania. Kingdom Of Serbs, Croats
and Slovenes; Spain, Soviet Russia,
Switzerland and Uruguay.
The Soviet'S note OF acceptance was
plain indication that the Moscow
government intends To bring up tn.
disarmament question at SONS time IN
the future Declaring that the union
always AlGN StuDl ApA hbbNNt6nA Bt"NN
the note went on:
THE Soviet government considered
and considers the carrying out of a
plan of universal and full disarmament
as the only means of preventing armed
conflict. because in an atmosphere oi
seneral feverish armament every COM
petition OF the powers inevitably leads
to war. which is the more destructive
the more perfect Is the system of arma
ment."
Formula Called Vague.
The note described the formula out
having war as vague" end says II
contains many reservations whose aim
Is the elimination of any likelihood of
obligations TO maintain peace" 1t espe-
cially frowns upon the British rescrva
tons rescrving freedom for England In
several territories. which are not spe-
officially named" and refuses IN accept
the reservations affecting the League OF
Nations and the Locarno agreement.
One of the interesting sdclights ri
the treaty is the dispatch from Paris
which reveals that the inception Of the
idea for outlawine war was bssed unon
the work OF Smith r. Reavis Of the
Associated Press foreign staff, who was
acting purely In his reportorial capacity
of getting news story"
Reavis, early in 1927, importuned for
eign Minister BRAND. at Paris. to send
messa~e 10 the American people
through the Associated Press The mes
sage BRAND sent contained the sugges-
ticn that the two countries outlaw war
between themselves. This idea Subse-
euently was expanded by negotiations
between BRAND and Secretary Kellogg
into the present worldwide treaty.