London, Aug, 20.
'The ceremony of signing the Kel-Joee Anti-war Pact in Paris thveatened to be clouded by the reports of perturbation in America over the 'Anglo-French Naval Agreement'. Ju particular it was reported tha: President Coolidge, after hearing the views of the Navy Department on the subject, privately manifested iis displeasure at the arrangement which commentators declare violates the Naval Limitation Treaty of|bas 3922, Tt ly now announced however that President Coolidge has forbidden for" the present further action by United Staten Government officials with re-yard to inquiries on the situation ated by the Agreement regarded in London plenipotentiaries but the end to a disagreement between Britain and France. It is therefore inaccurate [to speak of secret clauses sin ere has been no signed conver tion, The communi: wells on the need of France for small high-powered submarines and light cruisers, and explains that the compromise is meant to serve as a basis for the settlement of the whole disarmament problem.
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The semi-official communique sued yesterday on the subject of the Anglo-French naval compromise refers to the failure of the Tri Partite Naval Conference betwes the United States, Great Britain and Japan, which, it says, occurred chiefly owing to the opposition between the standpoints of Great Britain and the United States with regard to lighteruisers and their Jarmaments, Furthermore, says the communique, the preparatory Disarmoment Commission has also met with difficulties which hitherto have been impossible to remove, The British and French Governments, Janxious to enable resumption of ths negotiations of the Preparatory Commission, jlntly searched for 3 of an entente which might ren tually be accepted by the other Powers and therefore the compromise thus reached, far from running counter to the points of view of other nations, tends to reconcile them, 'A Mean Solution Arrangements, in fact, have merely been made for the purpose fof enabling further negotiations on Precise-bayes, the' comm cone tunes.. It recalls that France fav-
Wir. Frank B Kellogg on the esca: sion of the latter's departure from New York for Europe.
Sir Austen wired:
"Tam confident that the world will owe much to your initine tive"
Kellogg wirelessed from the liner Te de France his deep appreciation of Sir Austen Derlai's message, adding tha: he shared Sir Austen's belief that Treaty marks a signal advance towards the goal of universal peace. ured limitation of light craft from oint of view of aggregate ton-\naxes while Great, Betsy desired Himitation by classes. The mean solution between these contentions has been reached, Esch country since the outset of the negotiations necessity of ensuring the scextity of her colonies, particularly munications with thai giving in Churcher Aug. 21.
Baron Cushendun, the Chancello of the Duchy of Lancaster, who wi sion the Kellogg anti-war pact un behalf of the British Government, in aletter to the Archbishop of Canter bury, expresses profound satie—faction that Mis ud the Archbishop of York have ordered ware of the pact at Paris on August 27 shall be the wor of thanksgiving should tion.
This contention, however, tne ronimuriqué states, does not apply to high-powered submarines with extensive cruising radius and a big tonnage.
Fran: under 000 tons to en-ure rapid conunnunteation with her colonies and to defend her euasts. These vessels, she contends, should nol be tirsier fas their armament ig purely fern light craft Letter armed for attack should he Himited aveording to the British of view, will be the most impressive deelara-Aion ever made by mankind of the determination to preserve the pede and will inspire in mations a. ce: fident hope such as they have never had until row of deliverance length from the sickening: abomin: tion of war, There can therefore, be no presumption in Believing' that without Divine sanction' and yaidanee such a con which the compromise has been strongly deprecate the saggestios hat there is some sinister significance behind the Anglo-Frenen naval compromise, emphasized chat the compromise is very straightforward, the absences of any ulterior motive be-
T. Cosgrave, the President of Executive Council, will come Paris to sign the Kelloxs Pact instead of Foreign gree to adhere to i rms of the cat communicated to ccaerned. The U of certain points, which the iovernnient has now answered, phasives that the Ansla-Prench naval compromise is no: a diplo-[i matic act
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