Text American Draft Communicated to the Powers: Revised Clauses: France Indifferent: Opinions in Japan Washington, June' 22, The State Department announces! that Mr. Frank B, Kellogg, the Secretary of State, has sent to fourteen Powers a note stating the terms of his proposed multilateral trouty outlawing war. The text of the Note will be published when all the proposed participants have notified that they have received it,|!—Reuter.
London, June 24.
The text has been issued of the draft treaty against war addressed by the United States Secretary of State, Mr, Frank B. Kellogg, to fourteen nations, including Japan, Poland, Czecho-Slovakia and other signatories of the Locarno pacts, the British Dominions and India.
The draft treaty consists of two main articles, the first solemnly condemning recourse to war for solution of international controvert ties and renouncing it as an instru-ament of national policy and the second agreeing that solution of all disputes of whatsoever character shall never be sought except by pacific means.
'The text is preceded by n preamble, the first three clauses of which' have been revised to give express recognition of the principle that if a State resorts to war in volation of the treaty the other shall be released from igations to that State, "The revised clauses read:
(1) The signatories are deeply sensible of their solemn duty to promote the welfare of mankind, (2) are persuaded that the time has come when frank renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy should be made so that exist Jing peaceful and friendly relations. should be perpetuated, and (3) are convinced that all changes in re-Jntions between one another only be sought by pacific me be a result of a peaceful and order-Ty, process, and that any signatory which should seek to promote its national interests by resort to war should be denied the benefits of the The draft is accompanied by covering letter reviewing the tory of the negotiations, emphasizing that there is nothing in the trouty that will in any way restrict or impair the night of self-defence, expressing the opinion that there necessary inconsistency between the Covenant of the League of Nations and the iden of qualified renunciation of war, and showing that the United States aims to give the treaty worldwide application but prefers not to: post-[pone the treaty until all nations can agree to the text. Moreover, the letter adds, the United States is convinced that if the present addresses agree to conclude the treaty other nations will adhere to it immediately the treaty comes simple procedure would bring the age-long a: tions of mankind to universal peace Inenrer to practical fulfilment than ever before in history.
The papers consider that Mr. Kelloge's Note deserves a prompt welcome, but the reception so far accorded to it in the French press is iMferent, none of the papers expressing any enthusiasm.—Reuter.
Oficial and Press Opinions in Japan Tokyo, June 26. exception of the! which considers that in the proposed draft fare too indefinite and asks whether the adhesion of the United States to the League of Nations would not be a better safeguard for world peace, the papers do not make any editorial comments on Mr. Kellogg's latest proposal for a multilateral treaty "for the outlawry of war, though there appears to be a feel: ing that the articles constituting the pact and the provisions contain-in the preamble should be equally binding.
The Foreign Office, on the other and, ex with the proposals and intimates that a favourable reply is likely to. be despatched shortly after the text has been submitted to the Cabinet June 27.
Mr. Kellogg's Intest proposal for a multilateral treaty outlawing war occupies the attention of the leading newspapers, which express unanimous approval, fully satisfied that it will reinforce and not supplant the existing pacts, provisions: for the prevention of war. Its re cognition of the French and other reservations and the inclusion of smaller countries among the particupants are considered to increase practicability and effectiveness.
Warsaw, June 27.
Poland has received a Note inviting her to participate in Secretary Kellogg's anti-war treaty,
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