Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
BORAH MAKES PLEA
FOR PACT REVISION
Warns Greater Economic
Misery Is Price of.Arms Race
Among Nations.

~ the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Idaho, September a.
senator william E. Borah, chairman
Of the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee. warned today that unless the
world turns away from an ornaments
race" among nations I'VE will seek
greater depths Of economic misery than
re have heretofore known"
He, appealed for revision, of Euro
pean postwar treaties which he said
are poisoning the whole life of Europe, y
with the result that Europe arms and
arms. and arms still further"
The Idaho Senator addressed gath
ering ut the University of Idaho, in
Augurating the $4,000 william E.
porAh foundation for the outlawry of
war" established by Salmon o. Levin
pon, Chicago attorney.
Treaty Revision.
Revision Of the treaties. he said, must
come before there can be an end to
competition In ornaments which dis
arranges and demoraliSes the economic
systems Of the nations until today some
of the, great nations are upon the verge
of ecohomic collapse and financial
breakdown"
''The world is spending more money
for ornaments by far than at any time
In its history, save in the midst OF the
world war" he stated. and taxpayers
ARE paying for this program With their
blood"
we have undertaken to rear the
temple of peace upon war foundation.
The very foundation upon which the
whole structure OF politics rests in two
continents depends for Its maintenance
upon force
while much has been done for peace
On paper, the spirit Of suspicion on the
one hand and hate on the other
shoulder beneath the surface. Those
things which move men to action. their
fears and sense Of injustice, the divi-
sion Of races and peoples, the breaking
up of old boundaries, all these things
make for arniAments.
Problem Spreads Hate.
~I understand perfectly that IL was
not humanity possible to frame salts
factory treaties just at the close of the
great war, but it ought TO be possible
now
For nearly so years the Alsace-
Lorraine problem spread the poison Of
hate and nurtured the spirit of ven-
seance throughout a continent" he
said, and warned that there are at
least six Alsace- Lorraine problems now
since the war" v
within the last six months Europe
has twice been on the brink of fear
fll disaster. The President led out In
one instance and performed q service
70 all humanity in doing so. In the
ether instance, American bankers per-
formed scarcely less service. But what
WIN 1892 bring II fundamental changes
are not brought about? II the treaties
are to remain unrevised, II PREPARATIONS
are to remain unad justed, II arma-
naents are to increase, how can the
people possibly rescue themselves from
this fearful thralldom?"
lit is time for frank discussion
and. still more important It Is time for
action"
Soldiers Stage Parade.
Booming cannon and parading SOL
d1ers featured the program at the ded-
tcation OF the foundation.
A regiment of the University Re-
serve Ofiicers' Training Corps and q
troop OF . National Guard Cavalry
met q group OF distinguished visitors,
including Senator Borah and Gov. C.
Ben Ross OF Idaho as they arrived at
the campus. ss ~
DR.. Manley o. Hudson. professor OF
international law at Harvard Uniyer-
aity. chosen to deliver the first lee
lures under the foundation, attended.
:. Salmon o. sLeyinson. Chicago attor-
ney and peace advocate who endowed
the foundation In recognition OF Sena-
tor Borah's efforts to achieve world
peace, was prevented by illness from
being present. &