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No. 5. Mr. Houghton to Sir Austen Chamberlain. Sir, United States Embassy, London, 22nd May, 1928. In the note which you addressed to me on the 19th May, 1928, you were good enough to inform my Government that His Majesty's Government in Great Britain had been in communication with His Majesty's Governments in the Dominions and with the Government of India, and had ascertained that they were all in cordial agreement with the general principle of the multilateral treaty for the renunciation of war which the Government of the United States proposed on the 13th April, 1928. You added that you felt confident, therefore, that His Majesty's Governments in the Dominions and the Government of India were prepared to accept an invitation to participate in the conclusion of such a treaty as that proposed by the Government of the United States. I have been instructed to state to you that my Government has received this information with the keenest satisfaction. My Government has hoped from the outset of the present negotiations that the Governments of the Dominions and the Government of India would feel disposed to become parties to the suggested anti-war treaty. It is, moreover, most gratifying to the Government of the United States to learn that His Majesty's Governments in the Dominions and the Government of India are so favourably inclined towards the treaty for the renunciation of war which my Government proposed on the 13th April, 1928, as to wish to participate therein individually and as original signatories, and my Government, for its part, is most happy to accede to the suggestion contained in your note to me of the 19th May, 1928. Accordingly, I have been instructed to extend, through you, to His Majesty's Governments in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, and to the Government of India, a cordial invitation, in the name of the Government of the United States, to become original parties to the treaty for the renunciation of war which is now Under consideration. Pursuant to my instructions, I also have the honour to inform you that the Government of the United States will address, through you, to His Majesty's Governments in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, and to the Government of India, at the same time and in the same manner as to the other Governments whose participation in the proposed treaty in the first instance is contemplated, any future communications which it may make on the subject of the treaty after it has been acquainted with the views of all the Governments to which its note of the 13th April, 1928, was addressed. I have, &c., A. B. Houghton.

No. 6. Note to the United States Charge d'Affaires in London of 30th May, .1928. Sir, Foreign Office, 30th May, 1928. In the note which Mr. Houghton was so good as to address to me on the 22nd May, he extended on behalf of the Government of the United States an invitation to His Majesty's Governments in the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand and in the Union of South Africa, as well as to the Government of India, to participate individually and as original signatories in the treaty for the renunciation of war which is now under consideration. 2. I now have the honour to inform you that His Majesty's Government in New Zealand have received with warm appreciation the invitation addressed to New Zealand to become an original party to the treaty proposed by the Government of the United States for the renunciation of war. His Majesty's Government in New Zealand welcome the opportunity, in co-operation with His Majesty's Governments in other parts of the British Empire, of associating themselves with the Government of the United States in this movement to add greater security to the peace of the world, and they will be happy to share in any negotiations leading to the conclusion of the proposed treaty. I have, &c., Austen Chamberlain.

No. 7. Note from His Majesty's Government in Canada to the United States Minister in Ottawa of 30th May, 1928. Office of the Secretary of State for External Affairs, Canada, Sir, Ottawa, 30tli May, 1928. I have the honour to acknowledge your note of 22nd May,* extending to His Majesty's Government in Canada in the name of the Government of the United States, an invitation to become one of the original parties to the treaty for the renunciation of war now under consideration. The Government of Canada is certain that it speaks for the whole Canadian people in welcoming the outcome, in the proposed multilateral pact, of the discussion initiated almost a year ago between

* This note was, mutatis mutandis, identical with No. 5.

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