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PEACE PROPOSAL. (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. The Assistant-Secretary of State, Air Castle, addressing the Women’s Conference on the causes and cures of war, said that even if the French propoal for a treaty for the outlawry of war as an instrument of national policy, should he adopted, this would not of itself he an absolute guarantee of peace.
He added that peace, to he real, must he the state of mind, and while the American Government aspires to real peace through international understanding, such cannot lie achieved hv waving a magician’s wand.
U.S. NAVAL POLICY. WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. What is considered an important indication of the naval policy of the United States is seen in the announcement that both the new aircraft carriers. Lexington, and Saratoga, which wore recently commissioned. have been assigned to the Pacific Battle Fleet. ft was originally intended that the Lexington should he the flagship of the Aircraft Squadron ol the Atlantic Scouting Fleet. Both vessels together carry 116 airplanes uml twn hundred aviators. THE I’AX-AAIKRICaNS. HA VANN A . Jan. 16. For the first time in his life. Pit-. sklent Coolidge set foot on foreign soil, when he arrived in the battleship Texas. A great crowd greeted the President enthusiastically. He and Al. Alachado attended the pnn-Amcri-enn Conference to-day, and afterwards Afr Coolidge attended several functions organised in his honour. He leaves 611 return to the United States on Tuesday morning. LATER. President Coolidge . addressed the Pan-American Conference. Ho paid a tribute to the inherent desire for peace manifested by the American public, and the absence of large military establishments in the New World. He declared that (hey all adopted the spirit of accommodation, goodwill, confidence. mutual helpfulness and consultation.
Afr Coolidge said: “AVit.li each succeeding Conference, agreements for orderly settlement of such differences as may arise between the American republics, have been extended and strengthened, thus making their relationship' more certain and more secure.’’
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