PATH TO PEACE

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1019, 9 July 1930, Page 9

PATH TO PEACE

NAVY COMPETITION IS FOLLY president hoover says LONDON TREATY DEFENDED

Washington, Tuesday, Hoover, in his message ini, SPfcial Senate Session on the Naval Treaty, said: s < t' S necessary that I should prelie-' to >'°u my views on the treaty sad Se t * le incorrect information Seen niisre Presentation which have onn wldel y spread by those who are '’iib. 6 / 1 to all I,aval reduction. The alternative to this treaty is comha. avß building with all its flow of iiisagt e SUSDic ‘ ou ’ and ultimate a . j ils!nr >' supports those who hold to i o n„ e ® ent . as the path to peace. It is flche t (bat because we are the iiatifi uat ' on we can outbuild other State ■ The very elltry of the United the 8 suc b courses would invite »QHj onso *’ dat i on of the rest of the . r ‘ d against us. Orono.i^ ose "b° seek earnestly and ! XYn-VJ tor . tbe reduction of warships *ith t poiut out. that as compared l this year tiie total asI'owA of ,he navies of the three bee,.' 1 ? under this treaty will have reduced by nearly 800,000 tons Genev- a Bet tl e ment been made at 'hen a m . 1927 upon the only proposal hove,. Slble the fleets of the three tons er w . ould have been about 080,000 koin- „ er than under the treaty now considered.”

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