Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-09
League Invitation Will Be
Taken Up as Part of
Prosperity Drive.
WORLD DISARMAMENT
AND DEBTS HELD LINKED
America Also Will Participate in
London Experts Conference on
Suspension Details.

BY the Associated Press.
The American Government will ac-
cept within the next few days the
invitation of the League of Nations
to participate in the world disarma-
ment conference in Geneva next Feb
ruary
Acting Secretary Castle of the State
Department made the announcement of
the Governments plans late yesterday
when the invitation was received. The
acceptance will be wholehearted, the
administration, urged BY President
Hoover, being strongly in favor of re-
ducing ornaments to relieve economic
stress.
The announcement came shortly
after the Hoover administration re-
affirmed its adherence to the integrity
OF the inter-allied war debt agreements.
President Hoover's plan for a years
moratorium on governmental pay
mentS was definitely described by Castle
as contemplating no revision OF the war
debt agreements.
Arms Costs Deter Prosperity.
Later Undersecretary Castle described
inter-governmental debts as only one
OF the deterrents to renewed prosperity
and declared ''unproductive expendi-
lures on ornaments" even more i'm
portant.
Speaking over the National Broad
casting System, the Undersecretary
forecast the moratorium would bring
about general economic recovery and
expressed the hope that this would lead
to success next year at the Geneva dis
armament parley.
He predicted that recovery would
come IF the people of this country
will stand strongly back OF the Govern
ment in optimism and in that determin-
alton to carry through which is one of
the characteristics Of the American
people"
I'VE hope" Castle said, "that by this
temporary relief from intergovernmental
debts, such good feeling. such a sense
of loyal responsibility to each other,
may be engendered among the nations
that all may enter the disarmament
conference next year determined to
succeed"
Must Discount Rumors.
Castle said it was impossible to put
into action at once all the forces Of re-
cuperation, but added the President felt
that the moratorium methd of relief
might well open the door of hope and
thus lead to general economic re-
covery."
There are. OF course. and will be
rumors of all kinds which must be
ccurageouSly discounted. The President
cannot alone carry out this economic
upbuilding. That is the duty Of all The
people OF all nations, who must attack
their problems with courage and OPP
timiSm. 49,
to be worked out in Europe, and they
can oily be worked out If attacked con-
structively and courageously. We must
all seek for economy In all departments
Of the Government today, as next year
we must fearlessly attack the problem
OF waste through armament.
Good VIII Modified.
What the Presidents proposal has
so far accomplished Is the mobilization
of the forces of COED will and good un-
Outstanding and determination to bring
back prosperity. 1t has opened the
will affect every citizen Of the country.
1T is up to us to held the gates open
in order that relief may come to the
farmers of the Nation, in order that
the growth Of trade which must follow
an improvement in conditions abroad
may bring employment to all those who
are willing to work"
In a formal statement. Castle said
that President Hoover had at no time
proposed or considered any permanent
revision of the foreign debt settlements
in proposing his moratorium plan which
has been considered" he said, "solely In
the aspect of relief to temporary condi-
tions created by worldwide depression
The integrity of all agreements has been
constantly upheld during the entire
Negotiations"
Will Join in Conference.
The State Department made known
also that the United States would be
represented at the London meeting OF
experts designated to work out the de-
tails of the Hoover debt payment hon-
day plan.
Reduction in ornaments has been
linked by the Chief Executive with MS
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