Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14
MOT IN POLITICS" HOOVER
i SAYS; HAS ENOUGH OF EUROPE
Favors League Asserts There Will Be No
Stability Until Peace Is Established.
Danger of Bolshevism Passed."

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 13.-Herbert
Hoover. former director general OF
allied relief, came home today after
five years service abroad, during
which he distributed more than 500
steamship cargoes. or 3.21s.s6s tons
of foodstuffs, valued at $40, 900, to
starving Europe.
Il hope never to go back to Europe
again." he declared. in a statement
soon after he landed from the Aquitania-
Since August, 1914, / have devoted
my entire time and energy to war
work. and with the exception of nine
months / have spent the entire five
years away from my family. i have
no plans other than to go home. All
of my official activities having been
completed, / am once more a common
or garden variety of American, l am
not partisan. and am not in politics
in any form"
question as to whether he approved
mention of his name as a presidential
possibility.
His Growing Achievement.
The turning point in the relief Of
Europe, Mr.. Hoover said, when asked
as to what he considered the crown
ing achievement of his work abroad,
came when he was appointed manda-
tory of the railroads and was able to
ship food where it was most needed.
Up to that time, he said, the situation
looked hopeless.
The task of America in Europe now
is greater than before the armistice,
he declared, adding that it was chief
ly economic and had to do with the
restoration of trade and commerce, to
accomplish which the United States
should extend ample credits through
normal commercial methods" and
not by government action.
IF we are going to market our
normal exports next year." he ex-
planned, I'VE shall have to extend these
credits. Practically all Europe lives
on its imports. Bulgaria, Serbia,
Czechoslovakia and Hungary, among
other countries, will be able to pro-
duce enough for their own needs, but
Poland, Finland, all the neutrals and all
the bigger states like France. England
and Germany, must buy abroad. The
food situation is entirely matter of
credits. The governments of Europe
today are in a position to transport
and distribute American foods if they
are enabled to purchase them on long
time payments"
! Favors League of Nations.
Mr.. Hoover declared he favored the
league of nations idea and that there
could be no stability abroad until
peace is actually established" He
said the crest had been reached in
high prices for food. and that for
more than a month there had been
the government price of $2.26 a bushel
for wheat as a world price level, al
though in Europe wheat now is bring
ing S2.75 bushel.
One great need of Europe and Asia
Minor at present, he said, was milk
nourfshed children. Herds of animals
had been depleted by the war and no
one could tell how long it would take
to restore them. Certainly all Europe
faced an acute milk famine for at
least a year.
ty-five years to replace their beef and
dairy cattle after the civil war" he
observed. The result of the war on
child life in Europe had been dis
astrous."
Says Bolshevism Danger Passed.
One hopeful sign of conditions
abfoad. Mr.. Hoover said. was the
subsistence of the wave of unrest.
The danger of bolshevism. economi-
cally and politically, passed last
February, he said, and 1t was rapidly
0isintegrating as a philosophy. The
Hungarian situation also. he said,
was clearing" The Archduke Jo-
seph recently was ousted from con-
troll in that country when Mr.. Hoover
threatened to cut off supplies unless
he was removed.
AN enormous struggle to get back
to normal conditions is now going on
in central Europe" said Mr.. Hoover.
There are, of course. many disturb
ing and complex social currents which
make it imperative that some peace
treaty must be ratified and ratified
quickly. There can be no political
sentiment abroad until peace is con-
summated. I believe that, since the
British have ratified the treaty,
France and Italy will follow suit. and
I look to the complete ratification
this month"
Discusses Food Speculation.
Discussing speculation in food, here