Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-22
KELLOGG PRESSING
B|LATERAL PACTS
Also Hopes to Put Anti-War
Treaty Into Effect Be-
fore March q.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
During the remaining few weeks of
the Coolidge administration Secretary
Kellogg hopes to complete the compre-
hensive program he laid out more than
year ago in the negotiation and sign
ing of treaties of arbitration and of
conciliation with practically every ma
ton in the world
Having sponsored the multilateral
treaty for the remuneration of war and
its ratification later by the Senate, he
now is anxious to finish the negotia-
ton and signing of the bilateral treaties
of arbitration and conciliation, which
he believes will furnish very effective
mechanism for the pacific settlement Of
such judicial disputes as may arise be-
tween the United States and other
nations.
Within the next month, Mr. Kellogg
hopes, the IA other original signatory
nations to the anti-war treaty will have
ratified that pact thereby making 1t
effective between themselves and also
between the other nations which have
formally deposited their adherenceS at
washington. As that treaty calls for
the pacific settlement of all interna-
tional disputes, Mr.. Kellogg foresaw the
need of the United States for machin-
cry to facilitate the adjustment of such
controversies and set about concluding
treaties with all nations for that pur-
pose.
Decides to MOderniZe Pacts.
The arbitration treaties signed with
various nations by Secretary Root more
than 20 years ago were expiring, and
Mr.. Kellogg decided to moderniZe them.
He eliminated from the scope of arbi-
| trations questions affecting the vital
| interest. the independence or the
honor" of the contracting parties. Such
| vague and all-inclusive exceptions, ne
| believed, could be construed to cover al
most any substantial international dis
pute and might well operate to defeat
the very purpose of an arbitration
| treaty.
| In its revised form the draft of the
arbitration treaty was offered to 80 ma
tions. Thirteen of these treaties have
been signed and eleven ratified by the
| Senate Negotiations are continuing
with the remaining 10 countries.
The conciliation treaties which are
! being negotiated at the same time are
the same as those concluded by Secre-
| tary Bryan with a number of nations
and which still are in force. They pro-
| vide tnat any dispute, when ordinary
| diplomatic proceedings have failed ano
| the parties do not have recourse tC
| arbitration, shall be submitted for in
| vestigation and report to a permanent
| international commission of five mem
bers. which is bound to make a finding
| within year. During that time the
| parties agree not to resort to any force,
but they reserve full liberty of action
with respect to the report itself.
Fifteen Never Invoked.
| Fifteen of such treaties were nego.
tiated by Secretary Bryan and the
United States never has had occasion
of invoking them. Since Mr.. Kelloge
launched upon his peace maintenance
project he has offered the Cancellation
| treaty to 21 additional nations. Elever
of these treaties have been signed anc
nine have been ratified by the Senate
| Negotiations are In progress with tht
remaining II countries
The signing of the pan-American
multilateral treaties of arbitration anG
of Cancellation to which the UniteC
States is party with l9 Latin American
nations, also brings the peaceful settle
| ment mechanism Of the United States
well toward completion Including tha
treaty the United States has signed
arbitration agreements with 80 nation!
and conciliation agreements with 8!
nations, the latter including concilia
ton treaties that are still in force.