711.60 d 12Anti-War/11
The Minister in Finland (Pearson) to the Secretary of
State
Helsingfors, August 31,
1928.
[Received September 13.]
No. 1000
Sir: I have the honor to refer to the
telegram received from the American Embassy, Paris, signed Frank B.
Kellogg, Secretary of State, and dated August 27, 3 p.m. in which
the Legation was requested to deliver to the Foreign Office a note
containing the anti-war treaty signed in Paris, together with an
invitation to the Finnish Government to adhere to the pact. This
note was delivered to the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs on
August 28th and the Legation is now in receipt of a reply from the
Finnish Government, a copy of which is enclosed herewith.
I have also been verbally assured by the Acting General Secretary of
the Foreign Office that the Finnish State Council is favorably
disposed to the treaty and will submit a proposition to the Diet for
Finland’s adherence to the Multilateral Treaty for the Renunciation
of War.
The Legation’s telegram No. 9 of August 31, 12 noon,33 was sent as an
interpretation of the note based upon a conversation which I had
this morning with the Acting General Secretary of the Foreign
Office.
I have [etc.]
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[Enclosure]
The Finnish Acting Minister for Foreign
Affairs (Sunila) to the
American Minister (Pearson)
Helsinki, August 30,
1928.
Monsieur le Ministre: I have the honor
to acknowledge the receipt of your note of August 27th 1928 in
which you informed me that the Governments of Australia,
Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain,
India, the Irish Free State, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland,
South Africa and the United States of America have the same day
signed in Paris a treaty binding them to renounce war as an
instrument of national policy in their relations with one
another and to seek only by pacific means the settlement or
solution of all disputes which may arise among them. At the same
time you communicated to me the text of the abovementioned
treaty for the consideration of the Government of Finland, in
view of its adherence.
On account of this I have the honor to inform you for the
communication to your Government that the Government of Finland
has received with pleasure your announcement with the invitation
included in it, and that it takes a favorable attitude in the
matter regarding the adherence of Finland to the treaty. While
accepting this attitude in regard to the present treaty the
Government of Finland has taken notice of the authentic
declarations given in regard to the influence of the provisions
of the treaty, inter alia, into the
rights and obligations of the contracting Powers in their
capacity of members of the League of Nations. In conformity
herewith I have the honor to bring to your notice that the
Government of Finland attaching great importance to the
universality of the treaty, will in due time submit it for the
approval of the Diet.
I avail myself [etc.]