Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-24

AS foreign governments one by one
accept the Kellogg ''outlawry of war
treaty proposal, the success Of this
movement Is believed by the American
press to be assured and many observers
credit the Coolidge administration with
tremendous diplomatic stroke for
world peace. .
Among the unyielding opponents OF
the League of Nations and all Its work,
however, the "outlawry" program Is re-
garded as just another scheme to draw
the United States into the tangled
skein of European affairs The Chi
cago Tribune Republican, emphah-
cally expresses It's opposition to the
present movement with the conclusion:
''They gave this country enough time,
and 1t is now about TO rope, throw, tie
and deliver itself II viii be IN the
League of Nations, but not as mem
Der: rather 1t will not be In. but hitched
on behind" The Tribune hopes that
"the Senate can resume It's part OF the
great protector" calls the Kellogg pact
one that may well prove TO be the
worst the United States ever signed,
and affirms that "all the nations which
viii be allowed in this new holy ALL
ance will sign up, and 1t will not make
the slightest difference anywhere but In
the United States"
I'VE hope that the Senate win refuse
10 ratify IT," adds the New York Herald
Tribune tRepublican). with the Thought
that this attempt to give something
for nothing only intrenches war more
deeply than ever" The Lexington
Leader Republican, opposes the treaty
on the grounds: ut removes none Of
the old or the new causes OF friction.
II leaves the map precisely as the peace
treaties made 1t. with all Its inequities.'
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Another question, which relates to
Russia, Is raised by the Dayton Daily
News independent Democratic1. which
asserts: It'll Russia, with Its 10000
| 600 people, is la on the no~war COM
pact, war Is by no means outlawed.
| Secretary Kellogg has been going on
! the theory that by shutting his eyes to
| the existence of Russia that country
could be eliminated from the interna-
| tional situation" To the News Russia
remains "the most inextricahle fly In
| the international ointment"
| THE moral outlawry Of war has be-
| come n fact" however, affirms the
| Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (inde-
pendent Republican,, with the COM
| nent that "while such action Gas Is now
| patcd, It's significance Is not to be un~
| derestimated" The st. Louis Globe
| Democrat independently, referring to
| the matter as a remarkable peace
| measure" states: THAT this will eltnli~
nate war or make armies and navies
laneless is not to be expected. but 1t will
remove from war the sanction and sup
mort of international law; 1t will place
any nation violating Its terms under
! fine ban Of civilized public opinion, and
will make IL very difficult for any To
undertake war that is not clearly de-
| fensive."
"Those who have been inclined To
| ridicule the whole idea OF war OUT
| lawry" says the Detroit Free Press (in-
dependent), "may discover that. after
ali, the signatories have performed a
valuable service In the cause or inter"
national friendship and good VIII, WIN
| the greatest and an array OF the smaller
nations pledged to Danish war as an
| instrument OF their national policies,
step will have been taken toward seenf~
| itv and peace which can scarcely be
less affective land may well prove more
effeetive) than the existing peace ma
chinery Of the League OF Nations"
Similarly comes the statement from
the Albany Evening News independent
Republican) Here are the great pow
ers declaring against war as an instru"
ment 10 national ends. cynles may say
that treaties have been serapped be-
fore and tina. this rs only more paper
/ But the world must get away from cyn~
ieiam, The nations are Ia earnest
They are working toward peace Ana