IN WAKE OF WILSON

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 437, 20 August 1928, Page 9

IN WAKE OF WILSON

MR. KELLOGG SAILS FOR PARIS

PREPARA TIONS FOR SIGNING PACT

AN anology is drawn by French newspapers between Mr F. B. Kellogg's departure from New York to >ign the • Outlawry of War Pact, and the fact that it is nearly a decade since President Wilson sailed for Pari> to meet ihe Allied leaders, after the war. An elaborate programme of banquets and other tui - tions is being arranged for the entertainment of t! ■ \ statesmen, both before and after the ceremony. (United P.A.—Bx / Telegraph Copyrigh (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.)

Reed. 10.30 a.m. PARIS, Sunday. Mr. Kellogg, the American Secretary of State, will entertain the plenipotentiaries at a banquet on the eve of the ceremony. M. Briand will give a similar banquet immediately after the signing of the Pact. On August 28, the Premier, M. Doumergue, will hold a reception, followed by a reception given by the city of Paris at the Hotel De Ville. The departure from U.S.A. of Mr. Kellogg stires memories in France. The “Petit Parisien” draws attention to the fact that it is nearly a decade since President Wilson left the United

Slates on liis way to Paris to meet the leaders of the Allied Powers to establish a new statue for the world. To-day again an American statesman embarks for Paris to put a noble enterprise afoot. The “Action Francaise” caustically \ comments: “Let us hope that this enterprise does not cost us so dearly as ! the first. The fact that Mr. Kellogg’s arrival coincides with the anniversary of the Saccho Vanzetti executions has induced the authorities to prepare elaborately for his protection. It is announced from Berlin that the Foreign Minister, Herr Stressemann, has definitely accepted the invitation to sign the pact against war. Mr. F. B. Kellogg will arrive in Paris on August 24, and the document will be signed on August 27. . RHINELAND EVACUATION Surprise has been caused by the unexpetced summoning of the Cabinet for August 23 ostensibly to finally approve details of the ceremony, but it is persistently reported that M. Poin care desires agreement on the attitude toward the question of the evacuation of the Rhineland in the in-ter-Allied debate, in case the issue is raised informally, -while the various Foreign Ministers of the Powers are assembled. It is also suggested that Mr. Kellogg will possibly raise the question of the Anglo-French naval agreement It is noted that although it is stressed from New York that Mr. Kellogg does not intend formally to discuss international questions, nothing has been said about informal discussions. According to a British Official Wireless message the president of the Irish Dail, Mr. Cosgrove, who will sign the Kellogg pact on behalf of the Free State, will return to Dublin with Mr. Kellogg abohrd the United States cruiser Detroit. MR. KELLOGG SAILS CANADIAN PREMIER’S PLANS (United P.A. —By Telegraph — Copyright) NEW YORK, Saturday. The Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Mackenzie King, and the American Secretary of State, Mr. F. £>. Kellogg, sailed to-day for Paris to sign the treaty against war. Mr. King -will later proceed to Geneva to represent Canada on the council of the League of Nations.