Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-23
KEEP TREATY OUT
Of NEXT CAMPAIGN,
HOOVER INSISTS
Would Obscure Pressing Domestic
Issues, He Warns, in Johns
Hopkins Address.
FAvORS RESERVATIONS
by - -. . - Er.nlnn

I - .tF't taf2N fftaa 70 fFeFV Evening
Baltimore, Fcb. -. HerbertC Hoover
former iood administrator, declared today
m address ~ Johns Hopkins University
/ HE opposition 10 making tbe rasi6eafio.
! ~ the treaty with g rm ny 81 i-gu in The
presidential campaign Ho insisted The
I m ectIol Of the arguments Tor ami gafnst
I roscrvstions would Obscure crrr pressing
1 dom site issues By conflict over a qiesfion
| ~ which the country already has made
: up its mind" and added, 1t is my irnpres
sion That there is ~ nrty crcdft IN this
I position
Hope for immediate rafifeatior, a the
treaty rested. b said, in the acceptance
ny the lesser reservstioptsts" ~ The
proposals Of the mid reservationists.
nc two combined, he said could secure
ratification
The present danger E,rropo i facing.
Mr. Hoover said, rs not 50 much reyolti-
uonary cataclysrn ~ the "ztaadv de-
generation Of the standard uf living and
the slow decay of the forces of STABILITY"
Restored productivity he ipris.ed =
essential II the Allies arc to recrive the
MAXIMUM. reparation. Until then we
shall not have real peacs, " He said "it
VIII be delayed as long as VIZ hang the
treaty in the air, for we are 3 part u II F"
4 do not believe the adherence ~ shc
American people IN The League Iedtfires
any demonstration" ne continued "T
believe that the majority of our people
are convinced Of the necessary Of reserve
tons with the Leag Q. H. would appear W
an outsider that both sides we're in agree
rnent on AZ the great major idess Of tho
League and the ms jor ideas If reservations
but that they are IN disagreement mostly
over secondary questions in the reserva-
tions. In the meantime the world ia held
IN suspense. Infinite misery goes on &C.
ctrrnulatiDg. Forces are set IN motion that
may yield pew conflicts. Already the dis
trust and undermining of confidersoe and
credit ~ the world has crippled our export
market
Regarding the part the United States
will take IN the rehabilitation of Europe
Mr. Hoover eoapseled moderation.
Assuming that the treaty would be
ratified some day" IN some form" he
expressed nope that Il might serve IN
bring about reduction of armament and
the development Of engines Of oonciiia-
ton, Of arbitration and codes and courts
OF International justice /"
Except where the interests Of the United
States are vitality concerned, Mr.. Hoover
declared himself as opposed 20 American
membership ON the Various uassi0rs
provided for IN the treaty for the settle
ment % questions raised by the war
he ioanIng OF money except to alleviate
distress also was opposed. Our best
assistance N healing Europes economic
wounds lies IN the promotion of the great
processes Of private commerce," he said.
not IN loans from our government"
Mr.. Hoovers reference 30 the peace
treaty and It's ratification was preceded
by the presentation OF statistics calculated
% Indicate what he called the heart
breaking under payment" of school
eaehers. There are, he said. 100000 teach
ng positions in the public school that now
IRE vacant or flied by teachers below
The number of teachers receiving
sss than $3.50, a year, be placed st 10
90. Salary increases had been granted IN
one cases, he said, but these ranged from
D 20 25 per cent, while the cost Of living
sd increased from so TO 50 per cent.
There IS not a university IN the United
tates, he said, that is not losing month
y month some OF its best ability by the
ompetition Of commerce"