KELLOGG PACT FIGHT

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 562, 15 January 1929, Page 9

KELLOGG PACT FIGHT

STUBBORN SENATORS REPORT ON TREATY SOUGHT (Australian and X.Z. Press Association) Reed. 11.25 a.m. WASHINGTON, Mon. j Under heavy pressure from the 1 White House and the State Depart- j ment, the Senate irreconcilables j dropped the proposed “round-robin*’ I petition against the Kellogg Pact and took a more direct line of attack by meeting in a conference, in which it ; was decided to propose a direct reso- ] lution in the Senate, calling for the Foreign Relations Committee to make an official report of what it thinks the treaty means as regards the Monroe Doctrine and other American foreign policies. The Washington correspondent of the “New York Times’* says the battle over the proposed ratification of the Kellogg anti-war pact became more intense to-day. This was the result of a conference between Senators James Reed (Democrat, Missouri), H. Bingham (Republican, Connecticut) and G. H. Moses (Republican, New Hampshire). The three members mapped out a campaign with the object of having the Senate’s ratification of the pact accompanied by a committee’s report, or some other interpretive declaration. This outcome of the conference means the failure of the efforts of the President, Mr. Coolidge, to prevent this course being taken. It is now certain that a stern conflict will be waged between the Administration and certain members of the Senate, mostly Republicans. The latter contend that an interpretation of the pact is necessary. The conference, it is believed, has also further imperilled the chances of the Cruiser Bill.