Evening star., 1930-12-06

with recognition of the hope for
psace that Is expressed in the BRAND
kellogg treaty which would outlaw war,
Americans declare satisfaction that the
Ncbal peace prize has been awarded
to Frank B. Kellogg, former Secretary
Of, State. The treaty is declared to
represent world ideal, and while there
are doubts as to the achievement of all
that is sought by it, much credit Is
given to Mr.. kellogg for his persistence
in bringing the, agreement to success
full conclusion.
"The pact stands" IN the opinion Of
the Buffalo Evening News, "aS a funda-
mental law for peace, as foundation
stone on which to build new world
order exalting reason and law in inter-
national relations, instead OF the present
system of armed peace, interrupted BY
recurrent wars" That paper says of
the recipient of the prize that "he Is
the fifth American thus to be honored,
the others being Theodore Roosevelt
in 1906, Elihu Root in 1912, woodrow
in 1925. Never was the award of the
Nobel prize more richly deserved than
in the case of Mr.. Kellogg"
Mr.. Kellogg's name" according to
the Flint Daily Journal, "will be linked
for all time with the treaty by which
nearly all the nations in the world
agreed to abandon warfare as an In
strunent of national policy" The Jour-
nal adds that because of the OUT
standing character of the work Mr..
Kellogg did on the treaty, the award
in American life have half as varied
a list of distinctions as Mr.. Kellogg.
He has been q United States Senator
from Minnesota, American Ainbassa-
dor to London, Secretary Of State, and
just: recently elected a Judge of. the
World Court"
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Finding interest in Mr.. Kelioggs
achievement in the Nation, the Wor-
cester Telegram suggests that ''he GER
ta1nly slipped over a fast one when
our irreconcilable foes Of the league
and all its works were not Watching"
In explanation, the Telegram describes
its effect in the statement: "Under the
Kellogg treaty, the United States and
the other countries of the world, most
OF them being members Of the League
Of Nations, make mutual promises to
seek the settlement of all their disputes
by pacific means. This peace-pledge
is not greatly different from the pledge
previously taken by the members Of the
League. But it is o little more in
elusive, little more sweeping. SO, by
the Kellogg treaty, we have America as
sociating herself with the members of
the League of Nations for the keeping
of peace"
Evidence of "the infinite variety Of
America" is seen by the Savannah
Morning News, which records that
Uncle Sam has Jared we'll in the grant,
ing of Nobel prizes this year." since
he "has won them in peace, medicine
and literature, an art, o science and o
moral force, a we'll rounded trinity"
The Albany Evening News calls making
OF the peace pact zone of the most dis
tinguished services that could be given
to the world" and the Scranton Times
AYERS that 1t sis declared by students
of international affairs to he q real
instrument for the effective preserva-
tion of world peace" that it also "em-
phasizes the part that our country and
Its leaders have played and are con-
tinuing to play in efforts at outlAwing
war and making world peace secure"
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The conviction that ''eNery possible
effort should be made to mobilize world
opinion on the peaceful settlement of
disputes" is voiced by the
Kansas City Star, with the conclusion
that lit is fitting that the prime mover
in bringing about the acceptance of this
obligation should be awarded the Nobel
peace prize" The Charleston (W. Va.)