The Indianapolis times., 1928-07-16
KEEPING UP
With
THE NE WIS
BY LUDWELL DENNY

WAsHINGToN' July l6. -
w American officials were look-
ing to Great Britain today for the
next move in the anti-war treaty
negotiations, following French and
Italian acceptance of the much
modified pact.
Though a favorable British
answer to the Kellogg proposal is
believed assured sometime this
week, the big question is whether
the London conference will repeat
its reservation for a so-called
British Monroe doctrine. In an
earlier note London stated that
protection Of certain underlined
areas, presumably such as Suez and
Persia, was a fundamental part of
British foreign policy and neces-
sary to the safety of the empire.
Washington officials do not un~
derstand London's delay in answer
ing Kellogg's revamped proposals of
June %. They have, however, care
fully avoided joining in the attack
by large sections of the British pub
lie and press on Foreign Minister
Chamberlain for the delay.
Chamberlain, in reply to attacks
in the House of Commons last week.
indicated that another month might
be required by his government be-
fore answering Washington. But it
is now believed the Conservative
government will bow to public opin-I
ion and follow soon the action of
Germany. France and Italy.
1t is understood that Japan, Bell
gium, Poland and Czecho- -Slovakial
informally have indicated their
readiness to sign the treaty, and
that their formal acceptance is only
matter of form to be complied
With this week or soon thereafter.
The French reservations, which,
Kellogg considers satisfactory, show
that the pact "renouncing war as
an instrument of national policy'I
is in no sense a renunciation of ain
war. On the contrary, the Kellogg
pact, as now interpreted, is believed
by diplomats to give a new moral
sanction to so-called defensive wari
The proposed multilateral treaty
is also interpreted by European dipy
iomats and publicists as a moral unA
derwriting by the United StatesS
and official recognition by this Cow
ernment of the punitive war proviI !
sions of the League of Nations, the
Locarno and other European secur-
ity pactS.
ORANGES restatement of the
reservations incorporated in the
proposed treaty by the Kellogg note
of June 20 are worded somewhat
differently and stronger than the
Kellogg amendments. But the will
lngness of the State Department.
today to accept the new BRAND in
terpretations makes the latter
official The French note says:
These interpretations may be
resumed as follows
Nothing in the new treaty re-
strains or compromises in any man
ner whatsoever the right of self
defense. Each nation in this re-
Spect will always remain free to de-
tend its territory against attack or
invasion; it alone is competent to
decide whether circumstances re-
quire recourse to war in self-defense.
secondly, none of the provisions
OF the new treaty is in opposition
to the provisions of the covenant
OF the League Of Nations nor with
those Of the Locarno treaties or the
treaties of neutrality.
Moreover any violation of the
new treaty by one of the contract
ing parties would automatically re-
lease the oJher contracting powers
from their obligations to the treaty
breaking state.
Thanks to the Qualification given
by the new preamble and thanks
moreover to the interpretations
given to the new treaty, the gov
ernment of the French republic
congratulates itself that the new
convention is compatible with the
obligations of existing treaties to
which France is otherwise a con-
tracing party and the integral re-
spect of which is necessarily impera-
lively imposed upon her by good
faith and loyalty"
Critics her and abroad of the re-
written Kellogg pact quote the new
Kellogg preamble and this French
note to support their contention
that the American proposal which
started out to OUTLAW war" has
ened by "sanctifying the status quo
and perpetuating the injustices Of
the Versailles peace"
ITALY, in it's note made public
< today, likewise bases acceptance
of the convention on the sweeping
reinterpretations and reservations
accepted by Kelloggs note of June
%. Italy said:
"The royal government, which
has attentively examined the last
draft of the treaty for the elimina-
tion of war proposed by the United
States, takes note of and agrees
with the interpretation of the said
treaty which the government OF the
United States sets forth in he note
Of June % last, and on this prom
Use declares that it is disposed to
proceed to the signature thereof"