The Archive · 1928

The War Outlawry

PROPOSALS

Sir A. Chamberlain Confident of Concluding Treaty London, June 29.

Replying to a deputation from the League of Nations Union, Sir Austen Chamberlain declared that, while] the problem connected with the Kellogg Treaty outlawing war was not quite'so simple as appeared, he was confident it would be successfully concluded, He said that the Government at} present thought that no useful purpose would be served by signing the optional clause with the reservations they would have to attach to it. The practical way of -proceeding was to get the principal arms-producing countries to name a date to ratify the treaty simultaneously—Reuter.

Pr "oolidge's Hope Superior, Wis., June 30.

President Coolidge in an interview. towday expressed the hope that the anti-war treaties would be ready for consideration by the Senate in December—Reuter.

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