711.5912Anti-War/11
The Banish Minister (Brun) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received September 4.]
Sir: On the 27th of August this year the American Minister at Copenhagen transmitted to the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs a note by which the Danish Government was invited to adhere to the treaty signed on that same day at Paris, which condemns the recourse to war for the solution of international disputes.
With reference to the said note the Minister of Foreign Affairs has instructed me to state to you, that the Danish Government has great pleasure in joining entirely in the high ideas which have inspired this treaty, and has felt a deep satisfaction at the completion of this great plan which is destined to contribute to the steady advance of the idea of peace among the nations of the world.
I am furthermore instructed to declare formally to you, that the Danish Government adheres to the said Treaty, with reservation only of ratification in accordance with the Danish Constitution.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs is prepared to submit the Treaty in due time to the Danish Parliament (“Rigsdag”) in the session which opens at the beginning of the month of October next.
I have the honor to ask you to be so good as to acknowledge the receipt of my present communication.
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