19 MAY 1928, Page 1

" We have written on this most important subject in

our first leading- article, but here we may say something. about the proceedings_in the House of Lords on Tuesday. IOrd Readitig moved a resolution of cordial welcome to the_ Pact, and rightly-argued that in a case of this kind acceptance should be unhesitating. Lord Cushendun, for the Government, said that any doubts which the Govern- ment Might. have had were resolved by Mr. Kellogg's recent explanation, and that he thoroughly agreed with 755 Lord Reading. -Nevertheless, he doubted whether it would be Vise- to pass" the resolution, as it was "lacking in pre- cisiOn " ; roi: example, it did not reproduce the exact wording of Mr. Kellogg's proposal.

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