LAD #32- Kellogg Briand Peace Pact

           The Kellogg Briand Peace Pact was signed by the United States, Japan, and parts of Europe in the late 1920's. This document recognized each nations duty to promote the welfare of mankind, it was something they had to do in order to ensure the best world to live in. The Pact stated that the renunciation of war should be used as a national policy to bring about peace and order. With the signing and passage of this pact, any nation that wished to declare war in pursuit of its own interest would be denied the benefits as decreed by the treaty. It was the hope of those who signed the treaty that future generations would follow this example. This was a major effort to keep nations out of war and to use diplomatic negotiations to solve their problems. The nations involved agreed that they would denounce the resulting causalities of war as a way to solve international disputes. They would also be open to consultation so long as they adhered to one another. The government of all nations would be recognized and follow the treaty, and all would possess a copy of the treaty and would notify one another if there were to be any alterations. This treaty was a way to ensure peace in the nation, but it did not work that long. By 1939, Europe was already in another war that captured the world along with it.