The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-24
HULL INSISTS WAR
is MAN-MADE CRIME
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which the stability of the inter-
national order is dependent" he
said. ave believe this public opin-
ion to be more than Il passive ele-
ment i'm the life Of our peoples;
we believe il to be powerful
force which must be brought to
bear upon our common problems
and which can give vitality and
effectiveness to the efforts we
are making for their solution.
"Thc u American republics
have. by the conventions adopted
at this conference. coordlnated
and made effective the existing
machinery for the maintenance OF
peace. Such agreements as the
kellogg BRAND pact have been
handicapped by lack of implement
tation: other agreements nave
created the initial machinery of
peace, but have failed Ia provide
WAYS and means to assure its sue
cesSful operation. BY the agree
mcnts adopted ut this conference,
|, we now have method Of consul
tation which is capable OF cnhanc-
ing the efficiency of the peace
pactS already in existence ana oil
assisting the parties To them IN
carrying out the obligations they
entail" ~,
Hull warned, however, that
such consultations would be "a
poor, a sterile plan" without 4
continuation of hemisphere good
will which now exists.
Not only have the American re-
publicS agreed to consult one ap-
other should any one OF them re
threatened or attacked at home
and seek to give effect Ia a com
mon and SOLITARY policy of neu-
trality; but nations of tins hem
isphcre have undertaken TO as
sumo common and SOLITARY at
titude toward an attack from
abroad, he said.
Hull said they had done this "aS
EQUALS before the law" and with
DISSEMINATION Of any purpose OF
intervening in one anothcr'S do
nestle affairs.
"The 81 republics could have
taken no more significant step in
promoting conditions of both re-
gional and world peace than by
making their unanimous and UNI
equivocal declaration for equal
ity of commercial treatment and
for the lowering of the barriers
obstructing trade" Hull said.
"They have emphasized their VIII
for peace by manifesting their
intention to pursue the economic
policies which alone afford the
firm foundation for peace
In discussing war, Secretary
Hull said in part:
"War is not an act Of God but
a crime of man. War is something
that is provoked by evil passions.
Hate, fear, greed, vain glory, the
lust for power; these are the pro-
genitorS of war.
"If peoples tolerated war in
the past. it has become impossible
for them TO do so any longer. For
the instruments of destruction
which have been invented are now
so devastating in their effects
that compromise with them is no
longer possible.
"To attempt to humanize war
is to attempt the impossible. We
must destroy war or war Will de-
stroy us. | do not believe that
peoples will passively accept the
conclusion that because men since
time immemorial have died on
battlefelds, they have no choice
but to continue to die on battle
fields in the future.
"Ehc free peoples of the world
have come TO reject the theory
that war is natural and inevitable.
They are no longer thrilled by
the panoply of the militarists, nor
are they carried away by the hyS-
terra of propaganda for wra. They
know that the love of power Is
thing Of evil They would cry
halt to any who, through love of
power, would break the peace.
Glory is not to be achieved by the
march of armies and the death of
men,"
Hull said that the inter-Ameri-
can peace conference had not
moved toward "a policy of CONT
mental isolation"
Hull asked the delegates rs they
returned to their homelands TO
"reject the consels of force" and
show the world "the beacon of a
just and permanent peace" on the
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