Evening star., 1932-05-05
HOOVER PEACE IDEA
4ALL-T|ME POLICY
Castle in Address IntimateS
Doctrine Bars Forced Re-
SpeCt for PaCts.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

The Hoover doctrine" Of peace, &C
cording to the Acting Secretary of State,
William Castle. jr., is to enforce peace
by peaceful methods and not by means
which might lead this country into a
war.
Mr.. Castle indicated this policy of
the present administration in a speech
made before the American Conference
on International Justice and pointed
out the chief reasons why this country
cannot easily Join the League of Ma
tons, nor can it sympathize with the
idea expressed by the leading pacifists
IN this country of inforcing the kellogg
pact, if necessary by a boycott.
The members of the League, Acting
Secretary Castle stated, are gound BY the
covenant, which recognizes the use Of
force to keep peace. When President
Hoover assumed Office. he found the
United States bound together with the
other nations Of the world. by the terms
OF the Kellogg-Briand pact to 1enouncs
war rs national policy, and 10 seek the
settlement Of al disputes only throug--
pacific means.
Considered Weak BY Many.
Many people considered this pact
weak hence the outcry that some
thing must be done to enable the ma
tlons 10 put more reliance in the Kel-
!ogg pact. The only constructive ideas
brought forth 70 put teeth into the
paTs tsrZsnI,a pact were ideas of military in
The policy Of the administration as
expressed in the note sent by Secre-
tsry Stlmson to the Japanese and
Chnese governments on January 8 and
N the letter addressed TO Senator
Borah February % indicates clearly
tnat the United States intends TO apply
only peaceful sanctions to any nations
tnat break willfully any international
treaty it has solemnly promised to
maintain.
Thought Not Original.
The Stimson note of January 8.
whereby the Secretary of State draws 10
the attention OF the Chinese and jam
neSe governments that lit tthe Ameri-
can Government) does not intend 10
recognize any situation, treaty or agree
ment entered into by those governments
IN violation of the covenants of treaties
which affected the rights of our citizens
IN CHINA and the Kellogg pact" is not
an original thought. On May IL, 1915,
secretary William j. Bryan instructed
Mr.. Guthrie, the American Ambassador
at Toxic, to draw the attention of the
imperial Japanese government that the
Government Of the United States can
not recognize any agreement or under
taxing entered into between the govern
mentS OF China and Japan impairing
the treaty rights of the United States
and its citizens in China, the political
and territorial integrity of the republic
OF CHINA or the International pcliey
relative to China commonly known as
the open-door policy"
AZ the time Whcn the Ssims0n nSta
wss sent to Toxic ana Nanking It VS.
thought that refreshing the NE % CT
the japanese statesmen that Az "a
has vital interests in the Fer Erss
would have the desired effect. The
Japanese paid no heed, however, to the
American warning
When the Shanghai incident occurred,
the pacifiSt Clements in this country
began urging the administration to d.
clare a boycott against Jcpan. little
reahzlng such a measure IVES tsnt2-
mount to a declaration of war.
Boycott Dangerous
Secretary Castle made the situation
Gear in his speech last night. explain
ing why the President was so m-ci ep-
posed to such step. The idea of .
boycott draws its inspiration from the
Covenant Of the League of Nations Mr..
Castle stated. This idea is also op-
posed by the administration primarily
because an official boycott is an act
which would almost surely lead to
war" Mr.. Castle went on to say that
To make it effective it must be prac-
tically universal agreement, and such
unanimity is hard to achieve unless you
have something like a SUPER authority
which must be obeyed. If the United
States alone declared boycott, beside
being useless, it would almost certainly
be considered as an act Of war"
For these reasons it is Obvious that
unless hagrantly provoked the policy
Of the administration will continue to
be one of preservation of peace at any
price. In certain circles it Is believed
that Mr.. Castles statement means this
country would be reluctant to join in
any drastic step taken by the other
nations to enforce the respect of in
ternational treaties. The Hoover doc
trine" which it is expected will be
transmitted to posterity and will form
the basis of Americas policy as much
as the Monroe doctrine, is to seek peace
by peaceful methods, to remind peace
breakers Of their wrongdoings and let
time heal whatever wounds any jingo-
iStic nation may inflict upon other
nations. The administration is con-
vinced that eventually nations will find
out, from sad experience, that wars
don't pay.
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