Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-03

A treaty which depends upon world
opinion for its enforcement is welcomed
by the press as perhaps the greatest
step ever taken in the direction of per-
manent peace. When President Hoover
in the presence of the diplomats of the
world proclaimed the Kellogg BRAND
pact American observers hailed a de-
parture from historic presidents. in that
the document represents preparedness
for peace rather than for war.
THE world is moving toward per-
petual peace" declares the Milwaukee
Journal Time alone will tell whether
the move is to be sudden and complete
or slow and gradual. In either case,
the plenipotentiaries of the 46 powers
represented in washington may be sat
isf1ed with their days work" The
Roanoke World-News says that 1.-The
cause of world peace seems to have been
measurably advanced, not only by the
formal proclaiming of the Kellogg pact
for the remuneration of war as an in
strument of national policy. but by the
spirit in which several of the larger ma
tons are approaching questions Of in
ternational amity and disarmament"
lone feels that for the first time In
history there now exist definite methods
of making peace as always in the past
there have been methods of making
DelmarVia. Star, which feels also that sit
Is as If the mighty force of world opinion
against war had suddenly been pro-
Vided with q loud speaker" The Biz
mingham News thinks that history
written ages hence may take notice of
1t as the beginning of the dawn OF a
Gay destined to lift much of the burden
OF war making and war preparedness
from the backs of mankind"
"A. al IxYf
Atlanta Journal, lies not so much in
the trend of thought it reveals rather
than in the terms 1t prescribes.
Alliances and leagues there have been
we'll nigh without number. but here we
have a worldwide circle of governments
and of peoples protesting adherence
of brute force as a means of settling
their differences and devotion to the
instruments as we'll as the ends of rea-
son and justice"
Experience has shown" testif1es the
Cleveland News. that placing an indi-
vidual or a nation on It's honor Will
often accomplish more in the interest
of good behavior than the watchfulness
of Q, uniformed policeman or of nation
acting in the Irritating capacity of a
big brother" The st. Louis Times adj
vises: 1T would be q reckless signatory
power which violated - c impact to be
good. Forty-six banded powers are an
Impressive moral and physical force on
this small earth" The Ashevir1e Times
holds that such machinery of protest
against war probably would have pre-
vented the outbreak Of the world con-
flict'in 1914"
ut is not unwholesome. in the opinion
of the Charleston Evening Post, that
the universal peace pact should be pro-
claimed while there are rumors of war
and marshaling OF armies between TWO
nations adheri.g to 1t. for that in real
ity serves to o. steadinesS and Sobriety,
even solemnity. to the worlds view of
the treaty, rather than that it should
be accepted and celebrated in an estate
spirit which might Immediately be
transformed into dismay and despair"
"a most remarkable evolution in in
ternational politics" is seen by the
Champaign News-G Gazette. while the
Fort Wayne NewS-Sentinel recognizes
"a powerful check, an unprecedented
check, which requires only the continu-
ance and development of public opinion
throughout the civilized world to be-
come an even larger force for good"
The Oklahoma City Times points to the
event as IAN admission that most wars
may be avoided by arbitration, an appli-
cation of common sense to the diplo-
matte relations of the world"
cit is in order" AYERS the Pasadena
Star News, Ito encircle on every cal
endar in the land with red, white and
blue the date July a., 1929. Ages hence
the date will be remembered with CRATE
full appreciation. A new Magma Charta
has come to the world" The Youngs-
town Vindicator proclaims lone of the
greatest advances in civilization in all
recorded history" as a result Of which
the Salt Lake Deseret News and the
Portland Oregon Journal would place
on the roll of immortals the names of