The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-25
HULL PLEDGES
u. 5. AID FOR
WORLD PEACE
Faithful Observance of
Treaties, international
Good Faith Urged.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
Scripps- Howard Foreign Editor
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-Uttered
against the background of blazing
far east and defaulting Europe,
diplomats here attach unusual i'm
portance to the first public state
ment of Americas new secretary of
state, Senator Cordell Hull.
Leaving his sick bed to meet the
press for the first time since his ap-
pointment, the new foreign minis
ter's very first words we're a plea for
the faithful observance of treNties
and of international good faith and
to promise American cooperation
in the preservation of world peace.
This policy he declares, lis
vital" The success of Americas
principal foreign policies in the
years to come, he said, will be de-
termined by the extent of its aid in
deStoring world commerce, which
would include our own commerce at
home, and its aid in maintaining
world peace under the fundamental
policy of right and justice"
Revision Not Cure-All
AS to the war debts, the incoming
secretary of state made it perfectly
plain that the Roosevelt admins
tration does not regard mere re-
vision as the one grand cure-all for
what ails the world.
He clearly intimated that many
other things are the matter, and
that unless these are Strengthened
out too, mere clearing up the debt
situation will have little effect.
That the war debts owed this
government are but one factor" he
said, will not be controverted.
All persons must recognize" he
said at the outset, that demorali-
zation and chaos, including the
complete dislocation of the economic
relationship of nations, characterize
many vital phases of political and
economic affairs everywhere.
Moral, Political Standards Drop
There has been, too, a general
letting down since the war of moral
and political standards by both
peoples and governments. There
should be no laxity on the part of
this or any other nation in the OBJ
of both the letter and spirit
of treaties and of international good
faith.
There should be sane and real
istic international cooperation,
keeping in mind our traditions and
our constitution, to aid in pre-
serving the peace of the world.
This nation henceforth must
play its full part in effecting the
normal restoration of national eco
nomic relationships, and in world
commercial rehabilitation from
which alone business recovery in
satisfactory measure can be hoped
for." He added that in all this
the war debts owed the United
States are but single factor.
First Formal Statement
Senator HullS is the first formal
statement from President Elect
Franklin D. Roosevelt's official fam
lily. 1t is the first statement on
broad foreign policy yet made by the
administration. Accord
ingly, it was eagerly, if not anx-
iously, awaited in foreign diplomat
ic circles.
BY coincidence, or otherwise, it
mally broke with the League or
Nations and virtually told the
world that, come what may, she will
never give up Manchuria, and that
further advances into China are to
be expected.
By vote AZ to l, the league as
sembly had voted against Japan,
and the next step will largely de-
pend upon the attitude of the Roose-
welt administration.