Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-29
T RANCE
INVITED
I 0 JOIN
Kellogg's Note to Envoy
Broad Move to Obtain
World Peace.
ATTITUDE CHANGED
Will Ask Other Nations
To Sign Pact If France
Falls in Line.
BY MAURITZ A. HALLGREN
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent)

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-Hope
that France still can see it's way
clear to joining the United States
and other leading powers in a. sim
Pile and unqualified fenunciation of
war was expressed by Secretary of
State kellogg in his latest note to
the French ambassador.
The communications, published to-
day, is the most sweeping in char
acter of any in the series exchanged
with Paris on the subject. 1t de-
clared specifically that "the pre-
else language to be employed" in
the declaration "is a matter of in
difference to the United States SO
long as it clearly and Enthusiastically
sets forth the determination of the
parties to abolish war among them
selves"
In this respect, the American atti-
tude toward the proposal first put
forward by Foreign Minister BRAND
of France has been changed COM
pletely. Originally the United
States sought to ignore the BRAND
suggestion while subsequent cores
pondence made it clear that this
country was considering the propos-
al only at the request of France.
Renounce ALI War
| In the present note, however, Kel-
! logg has taken the position of plead
ing with France that wars-all wars
definitely be renOunced.
4 Picturing war as San assault up
on the stability of human society,"
which "should be suppressed in the
| common INTEREST," the secretary de-
| clared that this suppression cannot
be effected by treaty loaded with
reservations and qualifications.
France previously asked that the
suggested multi-lateral declaration
be restricted to wars of aggression.
Upon this point the note stated that
"if such q declaration were accom-
panied by definitions of the word
aggression and by exceptions and
qualifications stipulating when ma
tions would be Justified in going to
war its effect would be greatly
"C"hohSu anu 4to PooitiNC Ndiuo dS
guaranty of peace virtually de-
stroyed."
Objection by France that under
its league covenent obligations it
cannot join in multi-lateral treaty
but can sign a bilaterial treaty with
| the United States alone was met
with the contention that ''a govern
ment free to conclude such a bilat-
eral treaty should be no less able
to become party to an identical
multi lateral treaty since it is hard
/ ly to be presumed that members of
! the League of Nations are in a po-
sition to do separately something
they cannot do tOgether.'
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! The attention of Paris was called
to 'the recent adoption of a reso-
| luton by the sixth International
conference of American states ex-
pressing in the name of the Amari-
can Republics unqualified condem-
nation of war as an instrument of
national policy in their mutual re-
! lations.' OF the 81 states repre-
Sented at the conference, II are
members of the League of Nations.
Copies of the note were sent to
the British, Italian, German and
japanese governments, all of whom
will be asked to sign the declaration
if an agreement with France can
be reached.
Many believed, however, that the
note constitutes a gesture by Amer
lea which may leave BRAND in
somewhat embarrassing position, at
the same time leaving the United
! States with credit for undertaking
a widespread peace maneuver.