U.S.A. ALOOFNESS

Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1930, Page 6

U.S.A. ALOOFNESS

AT GENEVA

[United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11

Although endorsing American adherence to the World Court, President Hoover, in his Armistice Day address .before the World Alliance of Churches here, reiterated, by implication, the United States’ decision to remain outside the League of Nations. Air Hoover said: “The nations ol Europe believe that they must subscribe to methods which, in the lust resort, use force to compel nations to abide by their agreements to settle controversies by pacific means. We, in our great (safety, should make no criticism of their conclusions, which arise from their necessities, lmt we believe that our contribution can best be made, in these emergencies when nations fail to keep their undertakings of pacific settlement of disputes, by our good offers and helpfulness free from any advance commitment or entanglement concerning the character of oar action. Our duty is to seek ever-widening opportunities to insure the world against the horror and irretrievable wastage of war. The London naval treaty has dispensed with one of the major frictions among the great naval powers. Yet we cannot overlook the fact that nations in many ways, are always potentially in conflict. The Kellogg-Briand pact has already become a powerful influence in international affairs.”

The President commented upon the extension of the pact for “the mobilisation of world opinion against those who fail when the strain comes.” He reiterated his suggestion that food supplies should be immune from interference on the sea in time of war, and should he guaranteed by neutral transport and management.