WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 1929 (UP) - A new compromise agreement to bring about a vote on the Kellogg anti-war treaty was drawn up today by Chairman Borah of the Senate Foreign relations committee.
It would accede to the reservationists' demands for a report from the Foreign Relations committee explaining the American interpretation of the pact, but it would also make clear the report was not in any way a reservation.
The report would say that the American interpretation is already in the treaty and endorses the position of the administration that such a report is unnecessary.
Senator Thomas J. Walsh, Montana Democrat, opened the day's debate with a stronger stand for the treaty than has been made by most of its Republican adherents. Before galleries crowded with women representatives of peace organizations, Walsh asserted the treaty was "vastly more than a feeble creature."
"It is a revolutionary pronouncement," he said. "War has been regarded as a perfectly legitimate means of advancement until now, but this treaty tends to outlaw it."
"A nation which now violates the treaty will become an international lawbreaker," Walsh added. "It will be guilty of an international crime. The treaty will prove a powerful deterrent to any nation that might want to embark on war."
Meantime, it was indicated at the White House today, President Coolidge regards the pact as the most important piece of legislation brought before the Senate during his administration and expects early ratification of it.
The President was represented as feeling the treaty would be an important factor in stabilizing world condition and increasing the probabilities of permanent peace.
He was said to feel the treaty also would serve as a complete answer to criticism against the United States that this country has motives of aggression against other powers.
