The Washington times., 1931-10-22
KELLOGG PEACE
PACT To GET
TEETH
President Hoover Believed
Working on Plan to Bring
About World Disarmament
By WILLIAM c. MURPHY, Jr.

By WILLIAM C. MURPHY, Jr.
The possibility that the Hoover
Administration may be working
toward some new agency for in
ternational action to preserve
peace is being discussed in well.
informed quarters as a result Of
recent maneuverings about the
Sino-Japanese controversy in Man
churia.
So far these discussions are
based on nothing more definite
than a belief that the Admins
tration must have some objective
in view which has not been indi-
Gated clearly by its left-handed
alliance with the League of Ma
tions Council or its tardy resort
to the Kellogg peace treaty.
Two Factors Seen
There are also two definite
factors which figure prominently
in the speculation concerning the
Administrations ultimate pro-
gram.
First, Mr.. Hoover has repeat
edly expressed the opinion that q
restoration of economic stability
is contingent upon maintenance
of peace and a reduction in arma-
ment expenditures.
Second, it is known that the
President is placing high hopes
on the forthcoming disarmament
conference at Geneva and that
he would regard a successful out
come of that meeting as the
crowning achievement of his ads
miniStration.
Both of these considerations
necessarily indicate an increasing
American participation in inter.
national affairs and a. unity Of
international action not feasible
through the use Of existing ia.
cilitieS.
Supervision Is Needed
It is suggested, for instance,
that a far-reaching disarmament
program probably would necessi.
tate some kind of international
supervision; not, perhaps, by any
body having real or pretended
power to enforce the terms of
the agreement, but at least by
some kind of an international
bookkeeping agency to check up
on the disarmament programs Of
each nation and make its find
ingS available to the other ma
tiOnS.
In the absence of such an
agency. 1t is being pointed out
there would be no way, save by
secret espionage, for one nation
to know whether the terms of the
disarmament agreement were be"
ing observed by others.
At present the League of Ma"
tions is the only organization
with facilities for such a checking
up and it's facilities DO not ex'
tend to the United States, nor Is
it regarded as likely that they
could be so extended.
Another consideration is the
attitude in some high official
quarters that the Kellogg multi
lateral treaty should be "imple-
mented." by which is meant that
some machinery should be pro-
vided to insure its prompt appll-
cation in times of emergency.
Suggestions Numerous
Suggestions along this line
range all the way from a mobili-
zatiOn of world public opinion to
the exertiOn of a definite ecOnO-
mic pressure upon recalcitrant
natiOnS-with the necessary pre-
lude of determining when a ma
ton is recaIcitrant.
Some of the current specula-
ton has served to recall that
President Hoover, Secretary Of
State Stimson and Secretary OF
the Interior Wilbur, during the
1920 Presidential campaign, signed
manifesto in favor of the "As-
sociation of Nations" suggested
by Warren G.. Harding as an al.
tentative to the League Of Ma"
tions.
The manifesto declared that
the Republican party was bound
by every consideration Of good
faith" to bring about the eStab'
1iShmer1t of such an international