Evening star., 1928-05-03

There is a vast difference between
disarmament" and the Kellogg BRAND
program for ''outlawing war" With
merely disarmament, as a national
policy, not based on preliminary steps
TO prevent attack upon our country
danger increases; with a world pact
outlawing war, danger decreases. Hence
there should be no such befogging of
the question as would be certain to
those who associate the project TO
make war abhorrent to the policy and
method of all civilization, on the one
hand, and the folly of destroying means
of defense without first increasing the
security against attack. The crisis Is
Stupendous.
Never has the world come so very
close TO the condition of peace through
agreed methods of diplomacy and ar
bitration as 1t appears to be today, with
the imminence of adoption, not OF the
original proposed French treaty be-
tween France and the United States.
but of its enlarged plan as proposed
by Secretary OF State Kellogg 10 make
the pact multilateral. SO as TO include
all the strong powers upon an equal
basis. binding all to submit all con-
troversies To arbitration, and TO refrain
from war except in national defense
when actually attacked or In imminent
danger Of attack Apparently France
has the same desire TO make the pro-
posed peace method universal as has
the United States, but with the CEN
turies of precedent of Frances wars. 1t
is not so easy for her to leap unreserv-
edly into the new policy and trust to
the good faith of the world.
~
While France Is hesitating to take
the leap into arbitral peace, her ira
ditional enemy Germany, Is ready 10
accept the Kellogg plan with great en-
thusiasm.
A leading German paper, the Boerson
Courier, says
"A more positive reply than Ger
many's TO kellogg's proposal would be
impossible. The note Is dictated by
the conviction that this is the only way
TO lasting peace. Stresemann's reply
Is solely addressed TO the United states
not to France or any other nation.
Theodore Wolff, in the Berliner rage
blatt. says.
germany could not do anything but
express honest sympathy for the Ameri-
can move and demand that Kellogg's S
plans be realized In their pure form
But still we ask what viii come OF 1t?
England will undoubtedly try TO act as
mediator between Paris and Washing
ton Before anything can be done long
negotiations among England. France
and other powers will take place"
The German Nationalist, from
partisan standpoint. are seeking to play
politics with the situation, by demand
| ing the impossible condition that no
anti~war pact be concluded until all
| "A dAaInFtnU
| pact TO outlaw war Is foolish whlle
most OF the nations surrounding Ger
many are armed 10 the teeth.
SO, they would go around the same
old vicious circle. arguing for universal
disarmament before Suppressing The
policy and practice OF war, the aoie
cause for defensive armament, Clhh-
cellOr Marx, however. IL Tar more logi-
cal. for he writes that The next result
Of the accord proposed by Kellogg must
| be general diaarmament." That IL the
only succeeding step that common
sense could imagine, Just as soon AS
| the cause of armaments ceases 10 eHlst'
srms viii become atrophied, ana grad
unly die But that result cannot pre-
cede the cause nor can IL come ABOUT
| Immediately, II must follow IN the nat
ural way OF all useless things.
| Day before yesterday, In Russia. there
+, was a parade nf million men under
arms. II developed unlimited enthu~
sinsm among the millions OF spectators.
The boasted policy OF the Soviet govern"
ment IL Ia stir up strife In other conii~
| tries, and eventually so weaken their
governments that the conquest OF civil
| lizatlon by the Communist viii be eaay'
| While that cannot affect the Kellogg :
BRAND plan 10 induce the oiviliaed
powers 10 abhor aud discard war an a
| means of settlement of disputes between
| themselves, IL points 10 prudent states
men the unavoidable necessity Of re~
| tanning strong means of aelf.defenAe
against threatening Russia, In fact.
thaL menace and all other menaees OF
attack make the retaining at armies
and nayies essential 10 the enforcement
af That very Kellogg paet,
Foreign Minister StFesemann nf Ger
many SAYS
"1hs German reply 10 the question