NO MORE WAR.
PRESIDENT HOOVER’S VIEW. President Hoover in his Armistice Day speech struck a note of realism which should not be allowed to go unheeded. While remaining true to his eagerness for 'world peace, he gave the emphatic warning to his countrymen that the abandonment of preparedness might invite attack. He believes as firmly as ever in the Kellog Pact to outlaw war, he is ready to lead the United States into the World Court, and he will go as far as the ruler of any other country in reducing armaments, but • has no faith in mere pacific demonstra-
tions. This is counsel which cannot be disregarded. There is nothing in it to cause any -slackening of the efforts to put an end to war as the arbiter between nations. World opinion has definitely turned in that direction. President Hoover gives a simply expressed reminder that human nature has not changed and that the time has not yet arrived when countries can regard one another with blind trust. Australia has at least as much need as the United States to be warned against the danger of unpreparedness, especially at a time when the basis of her defences is being undermined.
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Putaruru Press, Volume VIII, Issue 323, 23 January 1930, Page 2
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