This despatch is in confirmation of this Legation’s telegram No. 46
of October 11 [12?], 1928.87
[Enclosure—Translation]
Declaration of Adherence by the Cabinet
Council of Bolivia to the Treaty for the Renunciation of
War
La Paz, October 11,
1928.
The Cabinet Council, upon examination of the text of the Treaty
signed in Paris August 27 of this year by the Governments of
Germany, the United States, Belgium, France, Great Britain,
Ireland, and the British territories, Italy, Japan, and
Czechoslovakia, the said States obligating themselves to
renounce war as an instrument of their national policy in their
reciprocal relations of any origin and solemnly engaging to seek
by pacific means, without resorting to war, the solution or
settlement of all the disputes that may arise between them, and
the invitation which, through his Excellency David E. Kaufman,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United
States of North America was received by the Government of
Bolivia from the Government of North America to adhere to the
said Treaty, considering:
That Bolivia finds that the formula fully agrees with the
yearnings for peace and fraternity which it has always upheld,
and that the tendencies, ideas and guarantees harmonize with the
traditional policy of peace and friendship pursued by the
Government of Bolivia;
That under Article 38 [3] of the
Multilateral Treaty, it will remain open, immediately upon going
into effect, for such time as may be deemed necessary for the
adhesion of the other nations of the world;
Resolves: The Republic adheres to the
Treaty signed in Paris by the Governments of Germany, the United
States, Belgium, France, Great
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Britain, Ireland, the British Territories,
Italy, Japan and Czechoslovakia, renouncing war as an instrument
of their national policy in their mutual relations, and engaging
to seek through pacific means the solution or settlement of all
the disputes that may arise between them, and it shall be
referred to the National Congress for its constitutional
approval.88
- H. Siles
- A. Palacios
- Mariano Zambrana
- A. Solares
- Damian Z. Rejas
- Héctor Suárez R.
