§ 47. Mr. Langford-Holtasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many nations signed, with the United Kingdom, the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1932 outlawing war; how many of these nations gave notice of withdrawal from the pact; and how many have been engaged in hostilities since the signing of the pact.
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreThe Kellogg-Briand Pact, or the International Treaty for the Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy, as it is officially styled, was signed at Paris on 27th August, 1928, by fifteen nations, including Che United Kingdom. Of these, none has withdrawn and all except one have been engaged in hostilities. Forty-eight other nations later acceded to the Treaty; of these, none has withdrawn— though a number have ceased to exist— and six have not been engaged in hostilities.