Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-07
PACT VOTE
AWAITED BY ITALY
Rome's Attitude Seen as Dare
to U. S. to Reject Own
Treaty.
RY FREDERICK BOLIOwELL.

ROME. January 7.--Discussion in
the American Senate of the Kellogg
pact for the remuneration of war is be-
ing followed by the Italian press and
the general public with exceptional in
terest--sn interest somewhat suggest
iect for the second time 8 system i'm
posed upon Europe for the paciflc set
Element OF it's political souabbes.
The general attitude taken in re-
sponsible circles here is that after
America virtually forced the European
countries 10 adopt the League OF Ma
lions and then turned its own back
TO IL, the patience of Europe with
American ideas will be Sorely tried II
the procedure is repeated with regard
10 The Kellogg pact
Fears Cruiser Bill Passage.
Not that the Kellogg measures sdop-
ton OF rejection would make any diff
ference 20 italy per Sc. because Pre-
mier MuSsOini already has officially an
nounced in the Chamber OF Deputies
that it. was all very we'll to sign pactS
of pacificism. bit as far as italy was
concerned she must be ready for any
eventuality. But il America adopts
the kellogg pact and then goes ahead
with the regularly scheduled cruiser
program, that apparently will not be
the same thing at all.
Therefore, according TO the authori-
tative Tribuna, Europe will expect from
America not only adoption Of the KEEL
logg pact--because it's mere adoption
without its necessary corollary will
mean nothing--but also rejection of
the cruiser bill, which Is due for dis
clssion Immediately sfterWard, before
the United States can prove to Europe
thai she really means to follow pacific
policy
Tribuna says.
Before the present spectacle of this
state of the American MIND, against
which much criticism might be d.
rected besides that of lack of frank
ness, 1t remains TO be seen what value
may be attached to the Kellogg pact
as regards the aims for which it was
proposed by America and adopted by
the European powers.
The treaty of Versailles was also
imposed by America, accepted by Eu-
rope and finally renowned by America
itself We are now witnessing the
tenth year of these American initia-
tives which for good or ill Europe has
been constrained to accept and which
are virtually annulled by that same
America
In the present case either the
United States will make the Senate
approve the pact and will then slis-
pend the big naval armament program
in which case Secretary Kellogg's
policy will have had authentic and
working triumph-or else the Senate
will ratify the pact and afterward be-
gin the ornaments program: and in
this case we shall have had simply one
more ceremony at Paris, and everything
will go on as before"
U. 8. Policy Held "Muitilateral."
In any event, Tribuna asserts I'VE
shall have seen more clearly through
the real American policy, which is not
insincere but multilatersl. In truth
the Americans want peace. but they
therlSelvcs~-anS in order to control il
big ornaments are necessary. This
fundamental contradiction prevents
Az.sr.ca trcEc beng considered by En-
rope SIS S.S43teyeSteS - the Triumph
CT the schemes proposed by aer.
THE discussion Of the kellogg Pact
Ia toe Senate Is suacisnt to tnrcv
considerable Light on the collective
psychological situation. J; America IS
4rst 70 or.ag 70 ..ghC contradictions -
ae' po.cy--as between PROCESSES tes-
s.ccy 1ca practical ccreuc5-ts wc..c
Ne ;ncesc surprising !" tne same COZ
fraoic.4oct rio not sxisr In the noliciar
o. tu'opcars Wssnjy4stoo is 10 the
f-eii1se psrt Ga Paris Is 70 ne part o.
Lccsrno. In every iosal tncle Is Us
corresponding opposite"
Meanwhile the debates In the Senate
are amply reported in Italian news
columns-and all opposition speeches
are fully recorded.
(Copyright 1929