Word: kellogg
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...approve the Treaty, was on its way to Washington. To East Room ceremonies were invited twoscore diplomats representing the ratifying powers. The President had a speech ready. A formal luncheon was to be served in the State dining room. Among the prime guests was to be Frank Billings Kellogg, the Coolidge Secretary of State who brought to fruition the idea of France's Aristide Briand for such a treaty. Calvin Coolidge had also been asked to attend. There were to be band music, cameramen, a nationwide hookup...
...other side of the world from Washington, however, that was brewing which might make the Kellogg Treaty absurd on the first day of its legal existence. Soviet Russia and Nationalist China, two of the signatories of the pact, were on the explosive verge...
Last week in Kansas City, Mo., the Endeavorers conducted their 32nd International conference. As is usual with meetings of this kind, the young people listened to speeches and passed resolutions prepared by adult leaders. They resolved: 1) to uphold the Kellogg-Briand peace treaty; 2) to uphold Prohibition. These resolutions were sent as an answer to President Hoover's message of "cordial greetings . . . deep appreciation." In part they said: "[The delegates] send you the assurance of their affectionate regard and pledge their loyalty in the following words...
Realizing that this was a purely technical point, that there was no objection from any party to the spirit or the clauses of the Kellogg Treaty, the Tanaka government advised the Emperor to sign the treaty as written, for fear of causing international complications. To appease ultraconservatives, an official explanation was issued pointing out that the Emperor was signing a treaty written in a foreign language; that the Emperor was doing nothing to lower his authority...
...sensitive nature of onetime Foreign Minister Count Yasuya Uchida could not brook such an irregularity. He was responsible for the Kellogg treaty in Japan. He felt that he was put in the position of presenting an unconstitutional treaty to his country. Piqued, he resigned from the Privy Council, paid a farewell visit to Prince Saonji, last of the Elder Statesmen or Genro...