Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24
KELLOGG TRIES TO FINISH
BIG PROGRAM BY MARCH 4
Anti-War Treaty Move, Latin-American
Conference, Nicaragua and China
Prevent Real Vacation.

ragua by the time of the election, and
there are now about 5000 Marines in
/ China, besides some 900 Regulars and
a score of warshipS.
/ REWRITING to the anti-war treaty, 1t Is
! evident that some misapprehenslon en-
| lists as to the scope of the proposal. The
/ United States is not proposing that 1t
never again will fight any nation about
ANYTHING. The treaty will only bind the
/ United States not to fight those nations
which sign the treaty. There are six
great powers involved-namely, the
/ United States, Great Britain, France,
Germany, Italy and Japan. In addl-
! ton, the six nations within the British
Empire Canada, Australia, New Zea-
| land Irish Free State, Union OF South
| Africa and India) have been invited to
sign individually, so as to give greater
force to London'S signature as well as
to be a recognition of the autonomy of
these nations. Then to make II easier
for the European powers to sign with
out violating commitments they already
had made, the invitation was extended
to Belgium, Poland and CzechoSlovakia,
thereby bringing in all the powers which
signed the Locarno peace treaties. The
total number of nations thus is Is.
Other Nations Not Involved.
All other nations are outside the pro-
posed anti-war move so far, and the
United States could go to war with all
or any of them without violating Its
anti-war pledge. However, the United
States and the other powers which have
agreed to the proposal +in principle"
win throw the treaty open to the whole
world, and 1t is their hope that many
additional signatures. and finally of all
nations, will be obtained. Aside from
this specific anti-war proposal, the
United States already has signed with
many individual nations arbitration
treaties of sweeping nature which give
promise of reducing the possibility of
war to a minimum.
The representatives of the Latin
American nations therefore will come
to Washington in an atmosphere sur
charged with the hope Of peace, and the
success of the conference should be
much more complete than appeared
probable last January at Havana. The
visits of President Coolidge and Secre-
tary Kellogg and the able leadership of
the American delegation by Charles E.
Hughes promises to bear fruit in strik-
ing way in the forthcoming conference.
The Pan-American Union will be the
headquarters of the conference and Is
playing leading role in making prepa-
rations for it. DR.. L. S. Rowe. director
general, and his associates in the Seven
tenth street building already are well
advanced in the details in conjunction
with the State Department. President
Coolidge probably viii make the open
ing address.
Nav Make Notable Record,
In contemplating the variety and
magnitude of the problems before Sec
rotary Kellogg. the opinion has been ex-
pressed in competent quarters that he
stands to win high place in American
diplomatic history If only half of the
problems are solved. while IL all OF them
are brought to a solution, or appreclably
so, before he leaves office, the achieve
ment will be monumental.
The next President in that event WILL
find smooth sailing, not only In the
strictly diplomatic phases Of foreign re-
lationS but In the financial and COM
mercial phases as well, for Secretary
Mellon has so far solved the war debt
and other monetary problems OF the
World War, and Secretary Hoover has
so clearly charted the commercial seas
that their successors next March seem
likely to be occupied more in keeping
the ship of state on the course outlined
than In pioneering for new routes.
Needless to say, President Coolidge
as supreme head of all the departments,
has had a vital part in formulating or
approving the policies already success
full or still being prosecuted toward sue
cess, and is as eager as any OF his cabi-
net officers to wind up his administra-
ton with a clean slate, and probably
with a record that will impress students
of history for all time.