The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-03
RATIFICATION OR
WORLD WRECK, IS
CH0|CE--H00vER
Food Administrator Says
Treaty, While Imperfect, is
All Which Will Save World.

PALO ALTO, Oct 3-"If the League
of Nations is to break down, we must
at once prepare to fight" Herbert
Hoover, formerly Economic director
for the Supreme War Council, told the
students of Stanford university in an
address delivered here Thursday
night.
The Peace Treaties" he said, can
not be carried out without the League.
II the League falls the treaties also
fall. If the balance Of power Is to sup
plant the League Of Nations, we will
have torn asunder the only hope that
Europe will not break into further
wars Of races, classes and combina-
tons that will take civilization back
to the middle ages.
Il am confident that If we attempt
to revise the treaty we shall tread
road through European chaos. If we
manage to keep our soldiers out Of 1t
we will not escape fearful economic
losses.
The allies may, themselves, revise
this treaty without us and then as
senlbe a council of nations of their
own in an endeavor to solve the prob
lens of Europe. 1t would be council
of Europe and in the midst Of these
terrible times, considering the debts
they owe us, the material they must
have from us or starve, l would rather
that we be represented therein lest it
> become a league of Europe against
the Western hemisphere. A peace
without us means more army and
navy for us, the old treadmill Of taxes
and dangers for US"
Europe is Desperate.
Mr. Hoover said that few people
~ 1i0n hn
which Europe has been reduced. Dur
ing the coming winter some Of them
will look with longing eyes to this
rich, fat nation. with its surplus of
every human necessity" he said. eve
cannot fiddle while Rome burns. If
we believe we can see our neighbOrS
return to another 80 years war
through the break down Of this treaty
and we still maintain our progress, ii
Is the egotism Of insanity. Our ex-
pansiOn overseas has entangled us for
good or i'll, and l stand for an honest
attempt to join with Europe's better
spirits to prevent these entanglementS
from involving us in war. We are
not dealing with perfection, we are
dealing with the lesser Of evils.
For us to refuse to enter into a
joint attempt with the well-thinkine
to establish a continuing moral con
science against war is the utmost
folly in our own interests"
Pointing out the likelihood that some
European nations will again be plung
nd into war with their neighbors. Mr.
Hoover referred to probability Of the
invasion Of Poland If the treaty failed
He said: There are many elements
in Europe who wish to see the treaty
break down and the League of Ma
tions disappear During the last five
months our Allies have been growing
weaker from military point Of view
due to the necessity Of demobilizins
their armies, while at the same time
\ the reactionary group in Germany ha:
been growing in strength through the
hope of yet securing division Of the
Allies. At the time I left Europe {
month ago German militarism had al
ready reestablished itself as a we'll
disciplined, well-Officered army Of a
least 400 900 men largely congregateC
on the Polish frontier and even defy
ing the government at Berlin. Under
the alarm of this danger the Poles il
the midst of the greatest economic
misery that nation ever knew, have
been trying to create an army of 500
600 men for their protection from thu
Germans on one side and the Bolshev