Show U S REFUSES pans LEAGUE OF NATIONS NOTIFIED THAT IT CANNOT ADHERE TO PROPOSED TREATY tread V proposal for pact of mutual assistance circulated among nations for viewpoint geneva united states government has officially informed the league of nations that it cannot adhere to the draft of the treaty ot of mutual assistance which the fourth assembly of the IN ague voted should be circulated among nil all the governments government with the request for expression ot of t their h air views lows holding that tile the fundamental principle of the treaty la Is to provide guar blatses of mutual assistance imd and to establish uio the competency of the council of tile tho league with respect to any decisions contemplated the united states government covern ment says that in view of 0 the united states constitution and ot of the fact that america is not a member of the league the united states would ina find it impossible to us adherence to the communication from washington adds that the united states government has not tailed failed to note that under article 17 of tho the treaty any state may give its partial adherence provided it Is prepared to reduce its armaments in conformity with the treaty but it thinks that it would not verve serve any useful purpose to consider the question of conditional and partial adherence when the conditions imposed would ot of necessity be of 0 such a character as to provide adherence of any substantial effect the communication emphasized emphasIze 5 the desire ot of the united states that appropriate prop agreements be reached to limit armaments and thus to reduce heavy burdens on the nation it Is pointed out that this desiro wits was manifested when the american government convoked the groat great military and naval powers to the washington torl conference while this conference resulted in the conclusion of an important naval treaty limiting capital ship it was found impossible to obtain an agreement limiting the tonnage of auxiliary naval craft or to make tiny any progress la in the direction or of limitation of land forces the government of the united states tho the washington message concludes having reduced its armament continues to cherish the hope that the desired result in the case of the other powers may be achieved and notes with keen and sympathetic interest every endeavor to find some suitable agreement tor for a reduction in armaments interest in such an endeavor already had been increased by the presentation of the so called draft treaty of disarmament and security drawn up by americans which now la Is officially before the members of 0 the league officials of the league said that they considered the amerl american reply a friendly document |