Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-11
Text of Hoover Speech
Arn.istce address A6rms Move for international
Peace PGcts and Emphasizes Americas
Interests as World Wide.


League of Nations provides for arbi-
tration and Cancellation amongst 81 ma
tons of the world.
It is my belief that the world will
have become firmly interlocked with
such agreements within a very few
years and that it will become an &C
copied principle of international law
that disputes between nations which it
has not been possible to determine
through the ordinary channels of di-
plomacy shall in future be submitted to
arbitration or to international concilia-
ton commissions.
World Court Functions.
In the development of methods of
pacific settlement, a great hope lies in
ever extending the body and principles
of international law on which such set
Elements will be based. The World
Court is now strongly established in
stitution amongst As nations as a con-
tinuing body, performing and facilitate
ing justiciable determinations which
can only be accomplished sporadically
under special treaties of arbitration. Its
permanence is assured, and from 1t
there is steadily growing a body OF
precedent, decisions and acceptance OF
law in the formulation OF which we
should have a part, not alone in our
own interest, but in advancement OF
peace.
A year ago made a suggestion of a
practical contribution in settlement OF
an age-old controversy of freedom of
the seas 1 proposed that food supplies
should be made immune from inter-
ference in time of war and that the
security of supplies should be guaran-
teed by neutral transport and manage
ment proposed it not alone upon
humane grounds. but that the haunt
ing fears of nations who must live from
over the sea might be relaxed ana Ins
sacrifices which they make for naval
strength might be lessened. Our 1000
supplies are assured, and it is therefore
from us disinterested proposal: IL
would make for prevention as well as
limitation of war.
We. as a Nation whose independ-
ence, liberties and securities were Dorm
of war, cannot contend that there
never Is or never will be righteous
cause for war in the world. Nor can
we assume that righteousness has so
advanced in the world that we may
vet have complete confidence in the run
growth of pacific means or rest solely
upon the processes of peace Tor defense'
u. S. Has World Interests.
With the progress the world mas
made in the installation OF the me-
thcdical processes for the setGleIlen.
Of controversies, the larger ptotie -
onoeroes as to fidelity to agreement 10
nee these methods. The thought and
snxiety of the world is rightly directed
IN the question as to what the natlons
of the world will do in case OF a lalluie
N IIse them. It is useless for us 10
saw that we have no interest III SUCH
events -, ,r,.fl
since our experience in the World
War no one will deny the dangers WHtSA
foreign wars bring to our shores OF ing
interest we must have IN the peace "
the world at large. But 90 nos my LAY.
that orr obligation in these matters nes
Ihollv IN the basis of self-interest. IL
is ,Inon its moral and spiritual strengIn
that the advancement of the world must
rest. - ,roserve
,,eoca among nations must be dl1erenL
from that of the other great nations OF
the world. The security OF our geo
graphic situation, our traditlonal 1Iees
dom from entanglements IN the invoNeo
diplomacy of Europe, and our oiSInUeI.
estadness enables us to give different
and in many ways a more enectlVe SEW
ice to peace.
Pacific Aid Pledged.
The nations OF Europe, bordered as
thew are by age-old dangers OF WHICH
we in the Western Hemisphere nave ~
tie appreciation, beset as they are py
ionr-ir1herited fears, believe that they
must subscribe to methods which In the
last resort will use force to compel ma
tions to abide by their agreements 10
settle controversies by PACING means
we. in our great state Of safety and m
dependence, should make no criticism
of their conclusions which arise from
their necessities.
But we believe that our contribution
can best be made in these emergencies
when nations fail to keep tnelr unoer-
takings of pacific settlement OF disputes,
by our good Offices and helpfulness, free
from any advance commitment or en-
tanglement as to the character OF our
action.
The purpose of our Government is to
co-ouerate with others, to use our
friendly ofices. and, short of any i'm
plication Of the use of force, to use
every friendly effort and all good VIII
to maintain the peace Of the world. 90
The war that ended on this day II
wears ago taught us one thing, if moth
ing else, and that is the blessing OF
peace. When we look back upon Its
splendid valor and heroism then dis
played, when we remember the mag
nificent energies poured forth by young
and old, when we recall the marvellous
exercises of the greatest virtues that
glorify the human race-unselhshness,
Self sacrifice, cooperation, both by men
and women-we are looking not upon
qualities which war creates, but rather
upon the traits of the human race
which war makes seem more vivid by
contrast with its own horrors. These
same qualities are exercised, but are I'M
sung and unheralded in times of peace.
Those who died displaying them would
have displayed them living and would
have wrought their fruits into the en-
during fabric of our peaceful destiny.
We can only pledge ourselves, in honor
Of their memory, to the task Of making
ever more unlikely that our youth here
after shall be denied its opportunity to
devote its idealism and its energies to
the constructive arts of peace.
tn some extent by attractiVeneSs and