The Washington times., 1933-12-29
PRESIDENT HITS
INTRIGUE Of
VERSAILLES
Says U. S. Will Stay Out of
League, and Spurns Armed
Intervention Anywhere
BY international News Service
Almost unstinted praise was

BY International News Service
Almost unstinted praise was
heaped upon President Roosevelt
by the chancellories of Europe
and South and Central America
today as his address on foreign
affairs was read with avid inter-
est throughout the world.
Cuba was jubilant over his
declaration against armed inter-
vention, which was accepted as
final assurance the island repub-
lie will be allowed to work out
it's destiny unaided.
Press and officialdom in Eng
land characterized the disarma-
ment and non-aggression angles
of the speech was extremely
well.timed' and Foreign Minister
Joseph Paul-Boncour Of France
hailed the address as "magnifi'
cent"
Reich Seen Satisfied
German officials withheld COM
ment pending full reading of the
Q text, but particular satisfaction
was expressed in semi-official cir
cles over his attack upon the $50
called statesmen" who negotiated
the peace pacts at the close OF
the war
In one of the most important
declarations or foreign policy
made since he entered the White
House, President Roosevelt, in an
address last night before a din
ner of the woodrow Wilson
Foundation, at the Mayflower
Hotel, declared the definite pol
icy of the United States from
now on is one opposed to armed
intervention"
3-POint Program
Concerning our international
relations, the President outlined
q three-point program. 1t was:
l. Let every nation agree to
eliminate over a short period
every weapon of offenSe.
2. A simple declaration that
no nation will permit any OF
it's armed forces to cross its
own borders into territory OF
another nation.
8. No general agreement for
the elimination of aggression
and of weapons of offensive
warfare would be of any value
to the world unless every nation
entered into the, agreement by
solemn obligation. If such an
agreement were signed by a
great majority of the nations,
it would be a comparatively
easy matter to determine which
nations are willing to go on
record as belonging to that
small minority which still be-
lieves in the sword for invasion.
Intrigue Assailed
At the same time, the Presi-
dent declared the United States,
while willing to cooperate with
the League of Nations. does not
contemplate membership in that
body.
Although giving the League due
credit for its social work in the
international field and what little
peace work it has accomplished,
Mr.. Roosevelt assailed the politi-
cal intrigue which marked its
birth.
Declaring the blame for the
danger to world peace lies not in
the world population but in the
political leaders of that popula.
tion, President Roosevelt recalled
the gallant appeal" made by
President Wilson to the masses OF
the world to Danish war.
"Old Policies Fail"
The masses, he said, were STIR
red as never before by Wilson'S
appeal, but, he added, it meant
little to the imagination or the
hearts of large number of the So
called statesmen who gathered in
Paris to assemble a treaty of so
called peace in 1919" He declared:
81 saw that with my own eyes
and heard that with my own
ears. Political profit, personal
prestige, national aggrandiZe-
ment attended the birth of the
League of Nations and handi-
capped it from its infancy by
seeking their own profit and
their own safety first.
II believe 1 express the views
of my cOuntrymen when I state
that the old policies, alliances.
combinations and balances Of
power have proved themselves
inadequate for the preservation
of world peace"
Despite the political intrigue
which has surrounded the League,
the President said the fact that
it, serves as a common meeting
place and encourages non-aggreS-
sion pacts makes it prop in
the world peace structure"
Therefore, he said, the United
States would cooperate in every
matter which is not primarily po-
litical. but. he added:
1--WE are not members and
we do not contemplate member
ship"
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