The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-10
KEEPING UP
With
THE NE WIS
BY LuDWELL DENNY.

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campaign attack by the Democrats.
In Central and South America,
in Europe, and in the Far East, the
State Department is pushing for
achievements to which the Repub-
lican party can point with pride"
This is considered especially nee
essary in view of the Democrats
strong plank on foreign affairs and
attack on alleged inefIlciency and
imperialism under Republican rule.
In addition to Secretary of State
Kellogg's projected multi-lateral
anti-war treaty for all the great
powers, the secretary is attempting
to re-establish friendly relations
between Peru and Chile, to clear the
way for a peaceful Nicaraguan cleo
ton under American Marines, and
to make terms with the newly vic
torius Nationalist government OF
China.
But, what with the heat bah
nerves and red tape Of diplomacy,
there are more delays than accom-
| plishments so far.
ATO one seems to have a very
IN definite idea of what is holding
up the much advertised anti-war
treaty-which will not actually out
law war, but, it is hoped act as a
kind Of moral break on aggressive
conflict.
With reports spreading from one
foreign capital to another that
those Governments are ready to
sign the treaty, Washington officials
insist that they have received no
such notification either directly or
through the foreign embassies here.
The French foreign Office init
mates that no one but Secretary
Kellogg is responsible for the delay.
1t tells the press correspondents
that Bastile Day, July IA, is obvi-
ously the proper occasion for con-
Guiding the treaty, and that it
would be well for Kellogg to be on
hand in Paris for the event.
Whereupon the American diplo-
mats mop their broWs and want to
know how by the tides Kellogg
could get from Washington to Paris
in four days, even if he were in
vited-which he has not been.
At this point the British labor
party, in its capacity as his Maj
esty's opposition puts in that all
this backing and filling is clearly
the fault of the London Tory Gov
eminent.
When charged with procrastina-
ton by the Laborite, Ernest Thur
tie, the foreign minister, Sir Austen
Chamberlain, used the old alibi that
more time is required for exchanges
with the dominions. Speaking in
the House of Commons Monday, Sir
Austen said:
In my view it is more important
his Majesty's Government should be
careful when undertaking new en-
gagements not to break their old
ones than to proceed without ref
erence to the serious nature of the
questions involved"
Just what to make of that, the
Washington diplomats do not know.
| MEANWHILE, Kellogg is COM
LVA p,eting his secret conversa-
tons with the Peruvian and Chilean
ambassadors to bring about re-
sumption of diplomatic relations be-
/ tween those South American neigh
bors after seventeen years of en-
nifty.
Chilean-Peruvian friction has not
only loIg menaced the peace of
South America and prevented set
tlement Of the old Tacna- africa ter
ritorial dispute, but has also embar-
raised the Washington Administra-
ton which tried unsuccessfully to
mediate that dispute.
This was one of the problems in
herited by the hard pressed Kellogg
from Charles Evans Hughes, who
had the credit for the gesture of
Tacna-Arica Cancellation and then
got out of Office before the collapse
of the Pershing- Coolidge plebiscite.
Kellogg now believes that in
week or so he can get the tradi-
tional enemies together again, and
that establishment Of friendly rela-
tons eventually will lead to a COM
promise adjustment of the Tacna-
africa quarrel.
MYTH the Chinese Nationalist
/ w government officially an
nouncing that the unequal treaties
with the United States and other
powers must go, the State Depart
ment is attempting a policy OF
friendship with a go-slow qualihca-
| ton
Apparently Kellogg is ready to
begin negotiations to modify the ex-
traterritorial treaties and settle the
tariff chaos, but does not intend to
extend immediate and complete
diplomatic recognition to the Ma
tionalist regime.
This is not satisfactory to Senator
King, a Democratic member of the
Foreign Relation Committee, who
helped draft the critical Houston
convention plank.
Today he demanded quick and
full American recognition of the
Nationalist government, as a mat
ter Of justice and also of expediency
in stabilizing that regime which
faces the problem of unifying China.