Evening star., 1938-04-26
PACT VIOLATIONS
IMPLIED TO TWO
State Department Points to
Italian, Japanese Acts
of Invasion.
B. tie Associated Press.

The State Department implied to
the House Foreign Affairs Committee
today that it believed Italy and Japan
had violated international treaties in
operations against Ethiopia and China.
Chairman McReynolds read to the
committee letter from Sumner
Welles, Acting Secretary Of State,
which cited previous departmental ex-
pressions OF its views on the observance
Of international obligations.
The letter was in response to a re-
quest for the departments opinion Of
resolution by Representative Scott,
Democrat, Of California which asks
the President to specify what nations
in recent years have violated treaties
to which they and the United States
are signatories
Mr. Wells said:
Upon occasion during recent years
when the Government of the United
States has believed that other nations
which are parties to international
| treaties to which it is itself a party
have failed or we're failing to comply
with the commitments arising under
such treaties, this Government has
officially and publicly SO stated
In the summer and early autumn
| Of 1885, when 1t appeared probable
that an invasion of Ethiopia by Italian
forces might occur, the Government
OF the United States took occasion
to remind both the Italian and ETH.
opian governments of the provisions
of the pact of Paris tKellogg- BRAND
pact and the obligations existing
| hereunder
The statement issued by the Sec
! retary Of State on October 6, 1887, to
the effect that the Government of the
United States has been forced to the
| conclusion that the action Of Japan in
China is contrary to the provi-
sions of the nine-power treaty OF Feb
ruary s, 1922, regarding principles and
policies to be followed in matters con-
cerning China. and to those Of the
Kellogg BRAND pact Of August n,
1928 is another instance"
After hearing the letter read, the
committee voted unanimously to re-
port the Scott resolution adversely to
the House and recommend that it be
| tabled. This was done by the House
soon after it met at noon.
Mr.. Welles said 1t had been assumed
that the Scott resolution was not in
tended to include failure of other gov
ernments to maintain payments of
money to the United States under
many existing agreements. But he
added, without naming them. that Is
nations are in default or in arrears
on such payments.
On the Senate side OF the Capitol
today. Senator Norris, Independent, of
Nebraska, usually an ardent admin
istration supporter. said he would vote
against President Roosevelts naval ex-
Ransion bill
Senator Norris statement that I'VE
have already voted enough money for
an adequate Navy" came during con-
gressional discussion of several phases
Of foreign relations.
Declares Program Too Big.
Senator Norris based part of his op-
position to the Navy bill on the possi-
bility that If we start to build
whole lot of battleships. we may find
by the time they are built that the
battleship is out of date as a weapon
Of naval warfare"
The veteran Nebraskan said he
would not oppose some expansion in
the Nays air force, but declared the
proposed $l,156,O0 900 bill for ships
and planes together is "too big"
Senator Norris said he thought the
$3.50, 100000 annual naval appropria-
tion bill passed earlier in the session
had provided for an adequate Navy
and that further heavy expenditures
might be wastetul.