London, Feb. 2
The Secretary of State for Fo eign Affairs replied in the negative to a question in the House of Commons to-day as to whether the United States had offered Great. Britain a multilateral treaty similar to that offered to France and whether negotiations in that connection were proceeding—Reuter.
Test of Latest American Note to France Washington, Feb. 28.
The State Department has issued the text of Mr. Kellogy's reply to the Note of the French Foreign Minister, M. Briand, of January 21, in regard to the proposed treaty between the two countries for the outlawry of war.
The Secretary of State demands that the treaty shall clearly set forth the determination of the parties to abolish war among them fscives. He condemns the effort to jit the scope of the treaty to aggressors" and contends that ¢xceptions and qualifications, stipulate ing when nations shall be justified going to war, would weaken the treaty.
The Secretary of State says that members of the League of Nations cannot, without violating the terms of the League Covenant, agree among themselves and with the American Government to ounce war, then it seems idle to discuss either bilateral or multilatoral treaties. He points out that the recent Pan-American Conference at Havana passed a resolution con-dernning war as an instrument of tional policy, doctoring, "It is significant that' out of the fwentytone nations represented at the Conference seventeen were members of the League of Nations.
Mr. Kellogz concludes by again proposing that France should join the United States in inviting Japan. Italy, Great Britain and Germany to consider the exchanged views between France and the United States for the purpose of concloding a multilateral treaty proscribing recourse to war—Reuter.
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