New Britain herald., 1929-09-06
HENDERSON SAYS
 LEAGUE COVENANT IS INSUFFICIENT
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great war and that it's authors had been bound by the will of the gov : ernments of that day, but that now the Kellogg pact which renounCes all war; had changed everything.
 Gaps existed in the covenant which make possible recourse to war when there is no unanimity among the members of the council as to which of the disputing nations is the az gressor, and when the nations them selves refuse 10 abide by the decisionS of the council.
 League Insufficient
 "Thcrcfore under the covenant, the right to conduct private war re- mains lcgitimate, though under the Kellogg pact this right has been abolished. The pact has gone beyond the covenant, and it is our duty to render the covenant as strong as the pact"
 The British foreign secretary again won applause when he came out in strong advocacy of q general treaty which would provide financial assist ance to any state becoming q victim of aggression,-and when he pro claimed that if this treaty should see the light Of day the British govern mcnt would sign it immediately.
 He wanted this treaty to be open to all countries, whether or not they were members of the league, thus in cluuing such nations as the United States and Soviet Russia.
 "Cut Out Dead Wood'
 He also advocated giving increased powers to the league council under Article il of the covenant, so that the council might deal more effect ively with any international crisis which raised the spectre of war.
 He urged his auditors ito cut out the dead wood from the covenant"
 Disarmament Useless Alone
 Mr. Henderson made only brief allusion to the Anglo-Amcrican nl- val conversations conducted by Premier Ramsay Macdonald and Ambassador Dawes in England.
 He said it was useless for the league preparatory disarmament commission to go on meeting until some assurance of practical results had been given and urged all the nations concerned to contribute their bit to a general disarmament agreement.
 Eloqucntly he drew a picture Of the horrors of any future wars. quoting Marshal I'och's statement that the military mind always be- lieved the next war would be like the last war, but that he, Foch be- licved it never had been and never would be.
 I've must limit warships, armies, tanks, guns, aircraft and poison gas which will destroy our children and our children's children if We allow another war to break out" cxclaim- cd Mr. Henderson.
 Let us therefore press forward without delay on the great question of disarmament"
 Reaction Is Awaited
 British, German and Italian rcac- | tion to the scheme of Premier Briand of France for a United , States of Europe" was awaited here l today with considerable eagerness by delegations to the assembly of the league of nations.
 British and German attitudes were expected to be indicated in ! some measure at least in speeches by Arthur Henderson, British for eign secretary, and Gustav Stresn- 1 mann, German foreign minister. It | seemed probable Mr, Henderson '. would speak first, and that Dr. Stresemann would reserve his as- 1 dress for Saturday or Monday.
 To Confer on Union
 Meanwhile M. Briand, delighted . with the reception accorded his |. idea, mildly preached in two speeches yesterday, let it be known |. he would invite representatives of i all European nations to confer with | him on the subject early next week. | The conferences will be unofficial | and will be devoted to examining | the possibilities of the vast project. 1
 At that time M Briand expects |. to reveal his own ideas of how sucb |. a confederation, which he now says should have q political as well as an economic basis, could be created |. without loss of national sovereignty | on the part of the participating governments.
 He probably will go 10 Paris for |. the Wednesday meeting of the | French cabinet but will return to Geneva before final adjournment of | the assembly and then will recom- mend appointment of @ commission of study, provided his plan seems to meet with favor at the unofficial conference.
 Has Vast Significance
 At dinner last night. with Ram | say Macdonald and Dr. Stresemann, 1 just before Mir. MacDonald's depar- ture for London, NJ. Briand out lined roughly his conception of the European federation and just what it would mean.
 The significance of the vast pro icct has just begun to dawn upon those assembled here. M. BrianI and others already endorsing his idea declare there is no idea Of giving it an anti-American complex ion. There exists, however, an i'm pression that the project is regard ed as a logical consequence of the economic power achieved of late years by the United States
 Europe is regarded as being driven by the very force of events, and even against her own will, into defending herself against growing American competition on the one hand and dangerous communistic prOpa oanda on the other