The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-05
PREMIER'S VISIT
IS NOT SOLELY
PEACE MISSION
Macdonald and Hoover Are
Expecte dto Discuss
Many Things.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS, 9.
scripps-Howard Foreign Editor

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-"The
time has come, the walrus said,
To talk of many things,
OF ships and sails, and sealing
wax,
OF cabageS, and kings"
1t may be accepted as a foregone
conclusion that the British premier,
Ramsay Macdonald, who arrived in
this country Friday. will say some
thing ike this to President Hoover
when he reaches the White House,
or President Hoover will say it to
Premier Macdonald. They certain
ly will not confine their converse
tons to the ships and sails of
naval limitation.
Until the late war and, to a GER
tain extent since that time, the rul-
ers of the world had the habit of
paying state visits to one another
and discussing their respective prob
lens, thereby arriving at some def
mite. general policy concerning them.
President Hoover and Premier
Macdonald will do something like
that. Of course neither can bind
his government to any definite
course of action in any such man
ner, even on naval limitation, but
there is nothing to prevent them
from airing their views on Anglo
American problems of whatever ma
ture. Macdonald would not be Mac
Donald, and Hoover would not be
Hoover did they not seek to learn
all they can from each other.
Twitted by Tories
Premier Macdonald Is known to
feel that it is not always the obvious
thing that plays the most mischief
in international affairs. He twitted,
before he came into power, by the
Tories who charged it was danger
that the trade and financial policy
of a British Labor government
would make cooperation with
America impossible. he said:
There is far more menace to the
friendly relations between America
and ourselves in new tariff bill in
troduced in Washington, or in
tariff reform agitation conducted
here from Tory headquarters, GER
tainly far more nthe feeble hand
ling by our government of the dis
graceful conduct of the liquor in
terests in conspiring to violate the
law of America"
Trade Viewpoints
PalpabIy, the British statesman is
not going to discuss pending legisla-
tion in the United States in his Of
fetal capacity. He is far too well
versed in diplomatic usage to be
guilty of any such error. But pri-
vately, as man to man, if Mr.. Hoo
YER should ask Mr.. MacDonald's
views on this and that, Mr.. Mac
Donald, no doubt. would state them
quite frankly and amicably, giving
Mr.. Hoover the benefit of the Eu-
ropean point of view. And just as
frankly and amicably Mr.. Hoover
would reciprocate.
In thisc andidt exchange, both
stand to profit enormously. 1t is
more than the chance of lifetime.
Such thing never has ahppened
before in the history of Anglo
American relations, and it should
mean much in understanding.
Today the nations of the old
world are discussing the creation Of
a United States of Europe. OBJ
viously its main purpose is not to
create q political union, like the
United States of America, but to
form an economic, industrial and
tariff union to offset the handicap
which the American high tariff wall
imposes. Mr.. Hoover, in his private
capacitl, likely will learn lot about
this important development from
his distinguished visitor.