Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
KELLOGG PACT HIT
BY FRENCH ON EVE
OF NAVAL PARLEY
Peace Move "Insufficient" to
Guarantee Security, Says
Foreign Office.
MEETINGS WORK SUBJECT
TO MANDATES OF LEAGUE
Designation of Strength by Mathe-
matical Ratios Struck
Singing Blow.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
PARIS, December 27.-A foreign Of
flee memorandum published today sets
forth the French position relative to the
forthcoming London Naval Conference,
Certain tenets which have character
lied the American attitude toward the
conference are discarded by the Quai
DOrsay, which advances certain other
propositions as the basis for proceeding
toward the projected five-power agree
ment.
Principal among the points advanced
are:
THAT the work Of the London con-
ference is to be within and subservient
to that of the League of Nations.
2-That France regards the Kellogg
pact as insufficient guarantee of national
security to form a basis for a disarma-
ment agreement. Such an agreement,
however, could be based on the covenant
of the League of Nations.
National Needs Main Factor.
3-That the principle of designation
Of naval strength by means of mathe-
matical ratios such as were evolved at
the Washington Naval Conference is
unsatisfactory. Instead national needs
must dictate naval strengths; the
memorandum mentions considerable
needs Of the French Empire
Unavoidable correlation of land
and sea strength, and the necessity of
considering the former in any projected
reduction of the latter.
5-Desirability Of Mediterranean
pact OF non-aggreSsion participated in
by natiorS not invited to the London
conference, such as Spain.
French official quarters attached con-
siderable Importance to the memoran-
dunn. The text was issued in both
French and exact English translation.
Hold Kellogg Pact Insufficient.
Points which are considered here to
be in opposition to the American and,
possibly, the Anglo-American position
as to the forthcoming conference are
the ones specifying that any agreement
is merely preliminary to a League of
Nations agreement, that the Kellogg
pact is insufficient national guarantee
as basis for an agreement and that
the principles of naval ratios cannot
govern.
The memorandum says that the Kel-
1ogg-Briand anti-war pact relies on the
force of public opinion and this is not
SUFFICIENT guarantee of public national
security.
In the Chamber of Deputies Aristide
BRAND and Premier Tardieu we're
voted confidence yesterday on their
peace" policies by poll Of 303 to 266,
the specific question being whether they
were to be authorized to continue the
reparations settlement work at the sec
ond Hague conference, meeting Janu-
ary 3.
'Tt is easier to whip nations into
fighting frenzy by heroic battle cries
and the trumpetS of turmoil than to
make them listen to the words Of peace"
NJ. BRAND cried fervently.
THE policy of peace Is drab and un-
emotional. But in spite of all bitter at
tacks and the weight of ridicule. I viii
remain at my post to preach this policy.
If need be, will go through my coun-
try like 2 pilgrim telling my people that
peace is the best policy, and hope
that my feeble means may find con-
vincing arguments to end wars forever"
TOXIC, December 81 Cp.-The cabi-
net today decided to name Matsuzo
Naggai, japanese Ambassador to Bel
gium, as the fourth delegate to the Lon
don naval conference. A fifth delegate
may be named from among the AmbaS-
sadors to European capitals later. 1t
vas definitely decided that AmbasSa-
cor Debuchi, at Washington, will not
be sent to London.
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