Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-24
Hoover Talk Before ID. A. II.
Believed Warning of Action

Misrepresentation and abuse that we
have seen so thoroughly falsifled by the
solid results Of the Naval Conference"
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That the majority Of Americans are
In favor of the court is the contention
Of the Springfield Union, the Asbury
Park Evening Press, the San Antonio
Express and the indianapolis Star. The
last mentioned adds that "the World
Court was established with the aid Of
outstanding American jurists and has
been accepted by 80 per cent Of the
worlds civilized population" The Fort
Worth Record-Telegran, however, finds
significant conflict between the
ortnodoxy" OF Mrs. Mccormick and
that OF the President.
It Is argued by the Chicago Tribune
that "the Senators who have followed
the court policy of these Republican
Presidents have been severely punished.
by the Republican voters" and that
paper continues: "They have been the
whipping boys who have taken the LASH
lngs for the mistakes of the Presidents
they have supported. The Presidents
themselves have been blind to the con-
sequences. They have seen their friends
retired to private life and have con-
tlnued to offer the survivors to sim
liar hazards, just as If there had been
no warning given. There Is. of course.
no assurance that this international
policy persisted in by the chief Of the
party against the expressed will of the
party voters will not in the end have
consequences for the head of the Re-
is not frequently the case that the chief
OF party can go opposite to the wishes
OF the party voters and retain their
confidence or their support"
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america stands before the world"
replies the st. Paul Pioneer Press, cas-
the greatest preacher of peace. But fine
words are not enough. Joining the
World Court. on the terms as now pre-
sented. would, in fact, be a very mod
est essay in cooperating for the reali-
cation OF this ideal" The address is
interpreted by the Spokane Spokesman
Review as "a declaration of American
doctrine" and a frank definition of a
national doctrine with respect to the
rest OF the world that may take per-
manent place with the Monroe Doc
trine"
"The women of America in particu-
lar, declares the st. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat, should regard with sympathy all
of mankind, while proper means of de-
tense are carefully maintained" The
Topeka Daily Capital advocates ''plac-
ing the Nation where it should stand
among the nations Of the world and
promoting law, order and mutual un-
Outstanding" The Philadelphia Eve
ming Bulletin holds that the President
has supreme faith that every honest
doubt or fear can be satisfied" while
the Syracuse Herald asks, why. in the
name Of all that's sensible, should the
Nation, already marked in history as
The progenitor of the great peace com
pact incorporated In the multilateral
treaty, balk at the tribunal which BY
virtue OF its judicial mission, inparts
added dignity and moral force to that
memorable agreement"
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The speech, in the Judgment of the
Rock Island Argus. reached the heights
OF an exalted patriotism and was emf
nently sane and sensible" Emphasize
ing the strength of the United States.
the jackson Citizen Patriot maintains:
adherence to the World Court on the
part Of the United States would exert q
tremendous influence for good. But as
the President stated, there can be no
commitments to use coercion, not even
In a remote sense. And the European
bowers must be willing to trust the good
word OF America, and be content with
that, II this country Is to be drawn into
actual membership in the World Court"