LAD#27 - Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact

The Kellogg-BRiand Pact of 1928 was a treaty between the United States and other Powers signed at Paris on August 27, 1928. The signed of the treaty agreed that it was their solemn duty to promote the welfare of mand kind. They renounced war as an instrument of national policy and that all changes in relations shoudl be made by pacific means and be the result of a peaceful and oderly process. All the otehr nations of the world will join in this humane endeavor encouraged by their example. There is a total of three articles which make up the treaty. Basically stating that war is condemned and renounced and the settlement or solution of all disputes should be down by pacific means. Also it was deemed that the treaty remain open as long as may be necessary for adherence by all the other Powers of the world.