Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-07
PEACE Of NATIONS
HINGES ON FARLEY
Hoover Tells Press of I'M
portance After Breakfast
Conference With Delegates.
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try will cooperate in the progress of
the conference by patience, encourage
ment and freedom from criticism. We
90 to London in a fine atmosphere OF
international good will, and 1t Is the
duty of our country to preserve that
atmosphere so far as lies within our
power"
Gave "Buck-up' Talk.
Secretary Stimson, chairman of the
delegation, said after the breakfast that
Mr.. Hoover had given "buck-up" talk,
outlining the general American position
and Gin his inimitable way reviewing
the world situation which led up to
the conference.
The Secretary said the meeting
showed no differences of opinion among
the group and that they would carry
on as a unit. 1t also was agreed that
Mr.. Stimson would be the sole spokes-
man of the delegation at London.
Stimson Talks for Movies.
Immediately after the breakfast the
President and delegates posed for pho
tographs and Mr.: Stimson subsequently
gave this farewell message to the Amer
lean public through the talking moving
pictures:
IT have pleasure in introducing the
members of the American delegation to
the conference on naval ornaments
soon to be held in London, Mr.. Charles
Francis Adams, the Secretary of the
Navy; Senator Joseph T. Robinson.
Democrat of Arkansas, leader of the
Senate; Senator David A. Reed, Repub-
lican of Pennsylvania, and Ambassador
Dwight W. Morrow.
THE other two members of the dele
cation will join US in London. Ambas-
sador Charles G. Dawes is there now
and Ambassador Hugh S. Gibson will
proceed from Brussels to London.
Eight years ago treaty was signed
in Washington which ended the posi-
bilities OF competitive building of battle
ships between the United States, Great
Britain, France, Italy and Japan. Since
signed, not a new battleShip has been
built IN the world. During this period
of holiday from battleship building a
far greater sense of security has pre-
vailed than existed Immediately before
that treaty. With that sense of Sc
curity there has been a marked reduce
ton in those international irritations
which inevitably accompany competitive
naval building.
Aim to Delay Building.
I'VE have now come to the time when.
under that Washington treaty, battle
ship building is about to begin again
not competitive building, but mutually
agreed-on building.
yet it will be expensive building,
and 1t, therefore, seems a most oppor-
tune time for the United States to meet
with these same powers to see if we
cannot still further delay or decrease
expenses of the battleship fleets.
AT the same time we shall endeavor
to find mutually satisfactory arrange
ment for limiting the building of
cruisers, destroyers and submarines, and
thus still further increase that sense of
security essential to international good
will
These are the purposes of the
American delegation as it sails for the
naval conference in London, and the
purposes Of the delegations from the
other four countries, with all of which
we have had most friendly preliminary
TOO little means Of defense gives a
nation feeling of insecurity. Too
much gives its neighbors a feeling of
insecurity. Our object is to try to find
happy medium that will be mutually
satisfactory"
End Business Affairs.
Some of the Presidents breakfast
guests went TO the Executive Mansion
this morning with their affairs in WASH
lngton finally wound up for an indefl-
mite stay abroad. Secretary Stimson of
the State Department, head of the dele
cation, had closed his desk and ar
ranged to leave during the day for a
short visit to his home on Long Island.
Most Of the official party, however, is to
depart on Thursday morning on a spe-
clal train timed to make quick connec-
lions that afternoon with the steamer
George Washington at her pier at Ho-
boken.
Has Studied Problem.
Long before ne entered the White
House Mr.. Hoover had applied the
trained mind of an engineer to certain
features of the complex problem of
naval construction. In 1921 he was
member of the commission created by
President Harding to advise the Amer
lean delegation to the Washington con-
ference. He has examined diligently
the technical charts prepared for the
present delegation by the naval experts.
Observation-Disclosures, both by nat
ural talent and long training, he has
been found by his conferees to be well
supplied with detailed statistics respect
ing the navies of the world.
Through the months when the Lon
don conference has been In the max
ing he has given intensive study, like
wise, to the practical application of all
Of this technical information in the field
of international politics. Notably, in his
conversations last Fall with the British
prime minister, Ramsay Macdonald, he
sought to go behind the technicalities
and analyZe the more remote causes
which stimulate the building of battle
ships. In a general sense, his conclu-
sionS have been stated in public utter
ances asking for an end to naval COM
petition.
Realizes Responsibility.
Under the Constitution the President
is charged with conducting the foreign
relations of the Nation. While he has
expressed every confidence in the men
he Is sending to London, they 60 as
his representatives, and Mr.. Hoover is
conscious that whether success or fail
ure Is in store the ultimate RESPONSE
bility will be his.
When he took leave of the delegates
today in no sense did he take leave of
the negotiations. He intends to continue
to give the problems Of the conference
a generous part Of his daily thought.
Before the end is reached many mes
sages will have passed across the At
lantic and many decisions bearing on
the course of events in London will
have been made here in the White
House.
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FRIENDS OF PERSHING