Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-20 | Page 6 | A Washington Bystander

A AW W BYSTANDER By KIRKE L. L SIMPSON W WASHINGTON Secretary Kelloggs Kellogg's Kelloggs Kellogg's Kel- Kel logg's return from his European peace pilgrimage brings sharply to tile the front the question of the next hurdle the war renunciation pact has to take the senate of the United States It If Mr Kellogg has no a notion that senate ratification of the pact willbe will be just a matter ot of form more or orless orless less lie he Is completely unaware of the sort of talk that has been afloat recently in important senate circles There Is already an idea cIrculating circulating ing In Democratic senatorial minds that the pact and related diplomatic exchanges should be exhaustively examined by the foreign relations committee Some senators are in- in ini i dined to feel that the communications front from some governments notably notably not not- ably London announcing readiness to sign in the light ot of observations made in those notes actually amounted to reservations The suggestion sug- sug is made privately that it might be just aswell for the senate to do a little interpreting Itself on the meal ng and limitations or of the pact in Its ratifying resolution That would reopen the whole question in other capitals ADHERENCE QUESTIONS Chairman Borah of the foreign relations committee has stated that ho he does not regard the pact as conflicting con con- with the Monroe doctrine or see any necessity of an amendment amend amend- ment or reservation to insure that that American pronouncement continues continues con con- in full force unimpaired by bythe bythe the war renunciation pledge Whether the Democrats concUr Inthe in inthe the Borah view It is too early to tell It seems possible they might not make up their minds about It until after the November elections Should they capture the senate In that battle of ballots it might well be Democratic strategy to see that the question ot of ratification was deferred dl de- tarred to be acted upon under Democratic Democratic Dem- Dem auspices But aside from the Monroe lonroe doe doc trine angle there are other aspects ot of the peace treaty ratification matter mat mat- ter filled with p possible trouble for forthe forthe the Washington administration There is the question of Russian adherence for instance Senator Borah and both the Harding and Coolidge administrations have not seen eye e to eye on the Russian recognition recognition rec- rec discussion and it is already clear that Russia's adherence to the peace treaty when formally re- re from France for deposit in Washington will raise that bogie bogic again The state department holds Russia's adherence is a mere routine job of depositing so far faras as It is concerned Some foreign relations committee senators contend that as adherence of powers Is provided for In the treaty adherences adherences become a part of the tho treaty and subject to the senat senates senate's s 's ratification ratification tion jurisdiction They profess to see a definite step toward Russian recognition involved PRECEDENCE CITED By way of answer to this it is pointed out that Russia has already adhered to treaties to which the United States is a party and n question of recognition ot of Russia been raised thereby Also it is argued It if the tho senate is to pass on every adherence to the peace pact ratification would be postponed Indefinitely Indefinitely In- In definitely to await universal adherence enco ence which the treaty itself invites Otherwise every 1 adherenCe adherence enCe after ratification would mean presumably return of tile the treaty to the senate for reaffirmation of it its approval S