Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-24

Some day, when it can be told,
theren be a thrilling story Of the way
in which heaven and earth were moved
during the past week to prevent Rus
STA and China from going to war. The
United States put the most powerful
shoulder to the wheel. It's au-com-
polling motive was to avert hostilities
at this particular rnoment-the cere-
monial effectuation of the Kellogg pact.
President Hoover and Secretary Slim
son realized that war In Manchuria on
the eve of today'S historic event In the
White House would have blown gaping
holes in the pact. and possibly sunk 1t
without trace, as far as any future use
fulness was concerned. America hopes
the anti-war treaty will be a bulwark
for peace for all time; but what sent
cold chills down all spines at the White
House and the State Department was
the fear that the Russians and Chinese
might begin shooting at each other TINS
week, Of all weeks. So 1t was ordained
that Secretary StimSon should step on
all the diplomatic gas at his command
to avert such catastrophe. He moved
with celebrity and force In Moscow
Marking, London. Paris and TOXIC. TO
date, he has achieved Americas pur.
pose. How long it will remain achieved
well, that's another story.
Ofacially. the choice Of July ~ by
President Hoover as the day for pro-
claiming the effectiveness OF the gen.
eral pact for remuneration OF war was
dictated mainly by the arrival this week
Of Japan's ,ratiflcatory document: "
was the last one required to put the
treaty in force. Nevertheless, the date
has deep historical significance: Elk
actly is years ago today-July "A,
19l4-the World War was born. 1t was
the fateful "a hours between the dis
patch Of Count Berchtold's tmper1ous
Austrian ultimatum to Serbia and It's
official rejection by the Serbian govern
ment. Herbert Hoover Is not partlcu-
larly sentimental person where the real
tiles of public affairs are concerned,
but it's Just possible he chose July "a
as kellogg pact day" with malice
aforethought, as it were-malice, that
is. toward all and sundry who, in days
to come, refuse to renounce war as an
instrument of national policy.
Not everybody knows that an Ameri-
can newspaper man, Smith ReaVis,
news editor of the Paris bureau OF the
Associated Press, had a hand IN the
glory of the Kellogg pact. On April g.
1927, the tenth anniversary OF the
United States entry into the World War,
Reavis asked Foreign Minister BRAND
at Paris for . statement to the Amerl-
can people. M. Brands response was
an invitation to the United States Gov
eminent to join with France in . b1-
lateral pact to outlaw war. Out OF that
suggestion grew Secretary Kellogg's
proposal Of q multilateral pact, which
has now become the lav Of the civilized
world. Two other men-one recently
gathered to his fathers, Myron q. Her
rick, our late Ambassador to France,
and Paul Claudel, French Ambassador
In Washington-also played effective
roles in bringing the pact to hnal
fruition.
American dollars have an important
share in the Bremen's conquest Of the
transatlantic record. The North Ger
man Lloyd Is one OF the numerous
German corporations which have Dor
rowed large sums OF money IN the
United States during the past flve OF
shares are listed on the New York Stock
Exchange. The cash which American
! investors placed at the Lloyd's disposal
has certainly furnished some Of the
sinews of war for the Bremen lines
enormous expansion, especially In the
| direction of enabling it to build fleet
of de luxe steamers for the American
passenger trade. The skipper Of the
| swift and sinewy Bremen Is Capt
Ziegenbein. In German, his name
means goats leg" Evidently the Teu-
| tons think they've got q good one tc
stand on when he's on the bridge.
X X u
Judge Nicholas J. Sinnott Of the
United States Court Of Claims, who hal