Evening star., 1928-01-08
PEACE PLAN FACES
MANY. X.0BSTACLES
Kellogg Proposal stirs Fa.
vorabIe Comment Despite
Handicaps to Be Overcome.
BY GEHvIILE RElCHE.

by kattb u The star.
PARIS, January 7.-On April last
Foreign Minister BRAND invited -
group of American newspaper cor.
respondents to the Quai dOrsay. and
there launched the idea of "a pact out
having war between the United States
and france. To-day. Secretary OF
State Kellogg, after studlng various
projects developed by Or. Nicholas
Murray Butler. Prof. James j
Shotwen and Sir Austen Chamberlain,
puts This idea into action and pre-
seuts TWO separate proposals which
attract the attention Of the whole
wo, ID
Agreement is practically reached on
the proposal for an arbitration con
veniion. but the pact 0utlawinS war
remains To he discussed.
All sane minds in France, and IN
Europe at large, rejoice at the gtandi.
ose proportions which these peaceful
ideas have assumed. although they
remain somewhat nebulous as yet.
. Progress Held Slow.
DO we want war or peace? III
modern civilization wants peace 1t
can only be obtained by arbitration
Of disputes and progressive disarina
.ment. But progress In these direc
tions is slow for many reasons. FIRST
we must avoid Ctopian schemes ana
demogugic offerings such rs MAXI"
Iitvinotr of Russia. reCpntN pro
posed at Geneva, which ampunf*'i 10
u plan for world iev"iu,i"n aboiiSt''
ine All frontiers at the same time
a. MI attuaments
Next there are the skep,irs. who
are even more dangerous. hey point
Ia The Hngu. con. ention OF l3o. i"i
peaceful settlement. ot iutrfhhttoIa'
disputes. whhh was signed ny ~ hI'
tions. and remark sarcastica'iT, IL
worked wonderfully in 1914
Finally. there are the army ana
navy men who gain living by war
and who are az hard to convince hs
an opium nerchan; to whom you say
''op'um does more harm than sood
and should be suppressed.
Joined with snese nae the ui'rH
fascists. whose doctrine recentlr OK
pressed by the Rome Tevere, Is down
with democratic anesthesis. tht'S
,lcubtlesa prefer the anr~thesin oi
cannon gas bombs.
Fears for League.
Such are the Instructions which
must be overcome. Alas. there are
others. which remind us sadly OF sec
ondrate political speeches. We All
have our little reservations. our Nc"
araguas our Monroe Doctrines. when
disturb the symmetry of all these uni'
versai plans for making war inioS-
xible," writes The Morning post Ana
others .xc,ti,n. ".;ut will ~e"'fet1ry
kellogg's scheme not torpedo the
League OF Nations"
,f~s. ssf ha n ttit "a N
principle Ats perfectly with the
Leagues program Moreover. France
would not consider pact which de
s,royed what already has been accom-
nlished 1T Geneva. And Americas in
Iorsement Of the same ideals does not
imply II has changed It's policy toward
Geneva. The Htgue 81 th" Nnnr"
tncirine. America simply rises above
that policy to declare her willingness
- the strongest nation In the world
10 join with others In an effort I"
prevent armed hostilities
Ttue, var still exists. Men are
killing each other here and there
Barbarism will not disappear over.
night Blu. In not the iesson of 1914
1918 enough. That immense holo,
caust OF young men. among whom,
dont,iiess many we're gcniuses, that
wholesale material destruction ARE
they not enough To make US all anx
ions 10 undertake whatever gives rea
sonable hope Of making repetition
'mnoSsihie?
II In 19aS the world can take only
ane short step alon. the path of peace
lei us take II gladly. without uncnn
sidered optimism. but without de
strueiive skepticism also.
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