Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-18

AS HOOVER EXPRESSES 1T.

bring out the real American idea TO
the League Of Nations and to correct
iy interpret the American people
attitude toward tho countries O.
Europe. In a letter which Mr.. Hooye
wrote to President Wilson nearly
year sgo-April II, 1919-while tn
President was still in Paris negotiat
ing the peace treaty he offered
program for Americas participation
Al world affairs that not only CAV
heed to W~ashington's advice abou
EMO entangling alliances" but fulfill
ed every obligation that the United
States owes to humanity.
Mr.. Hoover's letter, which was pub
lished yesterday by the Public Ledger
of Philadelphia. was written to the
President as q protest and q warn
ting against the continuance of Ameri-
can membership in the various COM
missions provided for by the treaty
of Versailles. In 1t Mr.. Hoover de-
clared, in effect, that If the United
States participated in these COM
missions the inevitable result would be
the inveigling OF the country into In
~calculable military n economic ao-
ventures. He asserted that in his
opinion Americas late associates In
the war were bent on forcing u co.
operation for purposes of their own
and hs urged the President to defeat
these aspirations.
But because Mr.. Hoover would keep
us out of any such "~entangling
alliances" does not mean that he
oppose the United States going
into the League Of Nations with all
the strength and influence that this
nation possesses. Mr.. Hoover La and
always has been. N of the strongest
advocates of the League of Nations. he
would have It accepted as 1t was
brought from Paris by President
Wilson. Only. by keeping clear of the
commissions and other schemes for
cooperation between the Allies In en-
forcing the terms of the peace treaty,
he would keep America free to be the
independent, dominent force in the
league-the benevolent arbiter of Au-
man events-to the end that she
might save the world from misery
and disaster worse than the Dark
Ages"
Instead of trailing along with the
Allies as a passive If not active menu
Der Of q military alliance against the
Central Powers. he would. as the
Public Ledger puts 1t. set up q
genuinely paramount League of Ma
lions and then have America play IN
It the commanding part which is right
fully ours by reason Of u potential
strength, our unparalleled high leve'
of average Intelligence, our political
territorial and economic disinterested
ness and our splendid moral leader
ship.
Mr.. Hoover could see, as few other
could see at that time, but which i
now. becoming quite apparent to all
that "the Central Empires an
Russia" are undeniably being driven
into IAN independent league" H'
prophesied correctly when he said h
felt that the revolutions in Europ
were not over and that the unite'
States sis still the n great mora
reserve in the world"
This moral force we unquestionabl
must use for the benefit of
but in so doing we must not make
appear hat we are tied up with an
faction In the OLD World affairs. I'm
less the United States Is ahsolutel
tndenendent and ready to act as It see
At on all questions. regardless OF wha
nations are involved, the League will
as Mr.. Hoover says. simply becom
a few neutrals gyrating an arme
alliance" This Is pretty nearly whs
the league has become today becaus
Of our refusal to participate In 1t, Ha
we taken the position advocated b
MI. Hoover IN the beginning ther
IL rood reason to believe that tn
world would not be in the a
condition it is found today.
This is only another one OF tn
thoroughly sound doctrines-thoroug
" American doctrines-that Mr. Hoo'
er has voiced. There is no man Evin
better informed as to the state Of II
world today; there is no man wit
greater ability to do things and, 1ud,
ing from this letter just publishe
there is no man with a better undeI
standing of the correct position of II
United States in world affairs this
Mr.. Hoover.
This man is available to the Peep
of the United States to serve them
their President for the next FOL
a When we consider the pro'
lens hat are to confront h q matte
during coming presidential term. WI
Is the betas equipped for the gre