New Britain herald., 1928-07-21

addressed have indicated acceptance. The Coolidge administration will l regard this as an enormous victory, if the raetS can be showed through the Senate, where they must be confirmed Senator Borah, chair man of the foreign relations com mittee. favors them; few other sen- ators have been heard from.
 The treaties take note of existing pacts. which apparently will be maintained, just as our Monroe Doc Urine is unmolested. Our right to supervise elections in Nicaragua or to maintain law and order iii other
 Latin American states also is not in-
 fringed. But the European nations
 who are eager to sign these treaties
 also have special little arrangements
 which they insist on keeping up,
 France, for instance, has treaties
 with the Little Entente; Britain has
 special interests here and there
 which she will continue to uphold; Italy is building up prestige in
 northern Africa; and so on.
 The main effect of the Kellogg
 pacts will be, it is hoped, that the leading nations will not De inclined
 to adopt dog eat dog policy among
 themselves That was the object of League of Nations in the first place, and it is the object of the Locarno
 pacts. By sponsoring the Kellogg pacts We seem anxious to make amends for not participating in the League and attain the same end in a manner that is likely to react to the credit of the sponsors.
 The manner in which the various nations finally have agreed to sign on the dotted line is surprising after the poor beginning made with France, which objected to the kei- logg proposal and caused notes to go back and forth between Wash ington and Paris. The secretary of state. let it be agreed, won the dis ,f.S 1, irr t1I Jyot, t,,,% ly long to induce France to take a different view, while at the same time he changed the original inten- ton bit himself With England favorable from the first. Germany showing alacrity. and Italy falling in line, the remainder was easy.
 The question then arises, what about Russia? This great nation in expanse and population at least- is not on the best of terms with some of the nations which are will ing to accede to the Kellogg pacts; she is on the outside looking on. But she is able to make war. In the opinion of many astute obscrN- CTS, a worldwide anti-War agree ment is not complete without the participation of Russia. If these pacts are finally signed and ratified the world will still be confronted with the Russian problem. It is not Secretary kelloggs plan, We take it, 10 sponsor merely what in effect would be an agreement against Rus sia. Some of the signatorics prob ably would like to'have it that way.
 According 10 the treaties, war win be utlawed-eNcept defensive war. Somebody once said that the best defense is oflense In an emergency both sides to q dispute usually con slider themselves as being justified because they are on the defensive" ND'>OdS tNtl itilfItS any tIlill15 Sliac.
 Tn League of Nations. with the nited States in it, would have been a better guarantee of no more war between the leading nations; but we are not in it and skcptics of course are numerous as q result These Kellogg pacts are q way to serve the same ends and enable the United States to join in the F'aco parade To many it will be trying to make for past neglect.