The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-10-29
fOffic;al CITY. state and County Newspaper
Jdealism Casts It's Biggest Die

rrcaden. Hoover stand TO achieve The finest adfca-
situra i'll practical idcaisra in 1929 years II ne can put o'ef
81 the nassl limitation project with the ad Oh RAMSAY
cMacDcnald-hut he RISKS also the fate q WOODROW WI
sons t.aric disappo.n. men; ever the League OF Nations
! which to the wa. president was a tiaseo With The United
d States cut Of il. For naval limitation. after al means
pamorc than just that. IL implies turning the kellogg pac1
o.rc.loure!ng war into a reality. Without practical APP
sproaches such IS naval limitation connotcs. the Kellogg
Il declaration. after all, might remain = magnificent
xngesture. ,r
q This situation has been stated by a western editor
:, in reviewing the Macdonald visit and the agreement TO
{; call the naval conference January 30 at London. AS ne
nj expresses ii, our traditional, policies OF national de-
fifcnse" are being scrapp.d, ard he asserts that President
Hoover hrs embarked upon the greatest adventure OF
idealism IL the history OF the world
K Continui--.. the paper remarks:
F III all goes well with ar. Hoover on his great adven-
s. turc, he will emerge from it the greatest contributor to
y world peace III human annals ard a benefactor TO this
country that will inscribc his name alongside Washing
p toms and L.ncolns. If disaster should betidc him. he
y will be the victim of another flight OF American ideal
: : Ism
4 This statement of the case is worth examining.
It IS right III l!nc with what Ramsay Macdonald has
g been sayins about taking risks for peace" Mr.. Mac
:, Donald himself is rssins his whole career OH the dis
I armament. issue. England. for centuries. has depended
: fl entirely on her navy. II the British isles should be
Y tightly 3lockadcd, the nation could net exist for a fort
= night.
ff 1uljpO tEsl AL. iiAlpo-!e-u SaS- uo"A Wis navy ""1
tina. Britain. stumbling into a war, Is da.e2ted because
O its fleet is not adequate: is It hard to figure what British
9 historians will say about him?
Mr.. Hoover, therefore, Is il good company. He l.
ready to take r.elis, just as the British premier Is; and
a there Is, somehow. something tremendously hcartenine
D III seeing that Cd word. .idealisn." tackled Oh to thu
!, policies Of an American president once more.
r We haven't had any too much OF that lately. Fo:
c years VIC heard OF nothing bl. normally and tn.
+ virtues Of keeping cool. which arc 10. the qualities b,
= which the Kingdom OF God will ever BE- brought TO earth
:. Nov-and VIC ought to thank heaven for i've have tn
president Of the United States and the prime minister
II Of Great Britain cnbarsing as idealists once mcrc-tak
7 ing risks in the hope that they can make a reality on
Of an impractical dream.
81 Taking risks? And why not? Was anything worth
{ having ever won from a cold universe by a struggling
2 humanity without the taking Of risks? Did any people
: ever erect a statue to a man solely on the ground THAI
he never tool. a chance?
y It may be that these high hopes will go to pot, and tina
Mr.. Hoover, as the newspaper says. will become til,
victim Of another flight Of American idealism" II SO
: the best thing the American people can do is to ALLOW
? itself to be vic.imizcd along with him. History has a wa!
Of remembering the venturesome idealistS-nations ant
- individuals 2likc-and forgetting the sale-and-sanc one
Il who always played their cards close to their vests.