711.2512Anti-War/7
The Ambassador in Chile (Culbertson) to the Secretary of
State
Santiago, September 8,
1928.
[Received October 3.]
No. 14Sir: Referring to my telegram No. 97 of
September 6, 11 a.m.66 indicating the nature of the reply of the
Chilean Government to the invitation to adhere to the Multilateral
Anti-War Treaty, I have the honor to transmit herewith copies and
translation of the reply of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
In making this noncommittal reply, the Chilean Government followed
the lead of what it believes to be the policy of Brazil and
Argentina. I have detected no resentment among the Chilean officials
of the fact that this Government was not invited to be one of the
original signers of the Anti-War Pact. If it were not for the vague
feeling that Chile should orient its policy in accordance with what
is believed to be the common interest of the A. B. C. powers, the
Chilean Government, I believe, would have adhered to the Anti-War
Pact immediately and as a matter of course. As I have said, there is
a tendency here in spite of the recognized difficulties, to develop
an
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entente with Bolivia
and Peru but it no doubt seemed premature to follow these countries
in a declaration in favor of immediate adhesion to the Anti-War
Pact. However, it seems clear that as soon as ratification of the
Anti-War treaty by all the original signatories becomes evident, the
Chilean Government will adhere. In this connection, attention is
called to the second paragraph of the enclosed note.
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure—Translation]
The Chilean Minister for Foreign
Affairs (Gallardo) to the
American Ambassador (Culbertson)
Santiago, September 5, 1928.
No. 6570Mr. Ambassador: I have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of your courteous Note of August 27th
last, in which Your Excellency was good enough to inform my
Government officially of the celebration of the Pact for the
proscription of war that was on that date signed at Paris by
Your Excellency’s Government, together with Germany, Belgium,
France, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union
of South Africa, the Irish Free State, India, Italy, Japan,
Poland, and Czechoslovakia.
In accordance with Article III of the aforementioned Treaty, the
text of which is included in Your Excellency’s Note, the
countries which, like Chile, have been invited to adhere to it
may do so as soon as all the original signatories have ratified
the Treaty and it becomes effective.
My Government is grateful for this communication and, in making
note thereof with every interest, is pleased to request Your
Excellency to communicate to Your Government and to the
Secretary of State, Mr. Kellogg, its congratulations upon the
success of the efforts which, for some time, have been made to
bring about the realization of this memorable Pact, which is a
new and valuable guarantee for the maintenance of international
concord.
My Government has always lent with enthusiasm its adhesion to the
policy of peace which progressively guarantees in the world its
beneficent dominion, and has thus well manifested it by
significant acts in dealing with all its foreign problems and by
its prompt ratification of the Treaty to Avoid or Prevent
Conflicts Between the American States, which my Government was
pleased to subscribe to at the Fifth Pan-American Conference in
Santiago, Chile.
I avail myself [etc.]
