Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
KELLOGG PACT HITS
. NEW LEAGUE SNAG
Chance of Harmonizing It
With Geneva Covenant
Held Much LeSSened.
. the Associated Pros.

~ the Associated Press
GENEVA, September 24.-The Jurid-
zeal Committee of the Assembly of the
League of Nations today debated further
the project Of an amendment to the
League Covenant to harmonic it with
the Kellogg BRAND peace pact, and as
xhe d,bate progressed the chances of
such an amendment Undertaking.
leSsened
Tho delegate of Japan returned to
the attack and repeated his challenge
as to Instability of modifying the
Covenant. He pointed out that in
article 10 the Covenant provides for
sanctions, while the Kellogg BRAND
agreement. although dencuncing war,
relies only upon moral force.
The Japanese suggested that it would
be difficult if not impossible to put the
Kellogg pact into the Leagues charter
without weakening the organizations
right to use force in executing an award
against an offending state. Sweden and
Portugal already have taken a some
what similar position.
Another Group Fearful
While a group which these deleca-
tons represent. fears that putting the
Kellogg BRAND pact into the Covenant
may weaken possibility of using sane
tons, another group which does not
wish the League to have a strong
secular arm fears that the proposed
amendments may have the effect of
strengthening and extending employ
ment of sanctions.
This group. which is said to be in
accord with authoritative American
opinion, wishes to transfer the moral
weight OF the Kellogg pact into the
covenant without putting physical
weapons into the League councils
hands
Today it was said informally that
these advocates of moral force were
suspicious of possible results Of the pro-
posed amendment. In its present form
paragraph of Article 16 of the COW
enant, dealing with means for settling
a dispute, reads:
Text of Present Section.
eff a report by the council is unan-
imously agreed 70 BY the members
thereof other than the representatives
of one or more of the parties to the
dispute. the members of the League
agree that they will not go to war with
any party to the dispute which COM
plies with the recommendation of the
report.
This paragraph, with the proposed
amendment. would read: IF the report
by the council is unanimously agreed
to by the members thereof other than
the representative of one or more of
the parties to the dispute, the members
OF the League. agree that they viii
comply with the recommendations of
the report. If the councils resommen-
dalton is not carried out, the council
shall propose suitable measures to give
it effect"
Such a change, declare advocates of
moral forces embodied in the Kellogg
trczty. would place Unlimited power in
the hands of the council to employ ply
slcal force and bind all members of the
League to comply with the councils
award
T. z. Water OF South Africa told tln
committee his government viewed with
anxiety the tendency to extend the
use of sanctions~and the tendency to
transform the council from a conciI-
iating body to a judicial and arbitraa
tribunal. Nevertheless. he said, wishing
to agree with the majority, his govern.
ment would accept amendments II ths
assembly itself accepted them.
.@&4clUl ETNSIlSTl OF A1DdIlld, DIOuRnI
up an additional objection. He pointed
cut that some members of the League
have not signed the Kellogg pact and
that some kellogg Signatorles are not
members of the League Proposal for
embodying the Kellogg pact in the cove
nant, he felt, would involve the necessity
for Interpretation of both instruments,
and this he regarded as iInpracticable.
Georges Mironescu, foreign minister
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sequences OF the proposed changes In
the covenant had not been sufficiently
considered. He suggested that the
question be referred TO a subcommittee
for study. This would postpone Assem-
bly, action for year.
Economic Survey Planned.
The League. through its economic or
ganization. will undertake a worldwide
study of the present economic depres-
sion with q view 70 ascsrtaining its
causes.
The Leagues Economic Committee in
authorizing the investigation yesterday,
said 1t would be entirely technical and
free from all political association. The
proposal for the study was made by
the Indian delegation, but was adopted
unanimously.
The Leagues Financial Committee
gold delegation published its report. in
dicating probability of a shortage of new
gold for monetary purposes by the year
1884.
The gold delegation has been study
ing fluctuations Of the purchasing power
OF gold and has not yet completed its
work. Financial experts of many coun-
tries, including George E. Roberts, vice
president Of the National City Bank Of
New York, compose its membership.
Institute Is Proposed.
Prof. James T. Shotwel of Columbia
University, writer and pacifist. leaves
Geneva tonight after spending two weeks
hero in attendance at the Assembly.
During the two weeks he interviewed
ncst of the leading delegates, to whom
he unfolded plan Of setting up of a
BODY In European politics milar to the
Institute of Pacific Relations Of Ameria,
which could talk over problems in an
entirely unofficial manner and suggest
solutions which might serve as basis
for political action.
Certain proposals for temporary ad-
Justment Of the naval differences of
France and Italy were reported in we'll
informed quarters last night 10 be under
study by Paris and Rome
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