Evening star., 1938-12-11
Powerful Forces Challenging New World Hull Tells Lima Par|ey
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The State Department made
public the tolloDing prepared
tert OF Secretary HulpS speech
yesterday at the Pan American
Conference at Lima, Peru:
It is a matter of unusual salts
faction to me and my associates to
meet and greet the members of
the other American delegations,
with many of whom have had the
good fortune of being associated at
previous inter American confer
ences.
This being one of our regular
inter-American conferences, it is
well to survey briefly the course of
events since we last assembled in
this capacity. These events are to-
day of profound significance to our
nations and to the whole world.
Five years have elapsed since the
Seventh International Conference
of the American States met at
Montevideo. That conference faced
q somber prospect of continuing
deterioration in the field of inter-
national relations in several parts
of the world.
The years of profound and world
vide economic dislocation had taken
heavy toll of material losses and
human suffering everywhere. In
ternational commercial, financial
and monetary relations were in
state Of disorder and confusion. Un-
precedented trade barriers of every
description had arisen and con-
tinued to rise in all countries. Ex-
change of goods among nations had
fallen precipitately, both In value
and in physical volume. These de-
velopments were serving to in
tensify economic depression in all
countries, to disrupt and reduce
prices, especially of primary prod
ucts, to destroy values, to discourage
enterprise, to create widespread un-
employment and general distress
and to undermine the foundations
Of social and political stability.
Ominous Signs Appeared
OF Lower Standards.
Side by side with these mounting
dlfhcultleS-and, in large measures.
as their result-there appeared ON
1nous signs of a disastrous lowering
OF standards in international po-
htlcal relations. Respect for the
pledged word and willingness to
fulfill treaty obligations were rap
Idly weakening. An effort to reach
agreement on a broad program of
limitation and progressive reduc-
tion of ornaments was swiftly NOV
ing to the point of tragic failure.
On our Continent, too, the rela-
tionships among the American ma
tions were not altogether happy
misunderstanding, prejudice and
aloofness characterized many phases
OF relations between some of the
American nations.
The seventh international con-
ference of American States per-
formed task of historic Importance.
The representatives of the sister
republics brought to the work of
the conference deep sense of re-
sponsibility, a firm determination
to find better way of international
life than that toward which man.
kind seemed to be drifting The
conference laid solid foundation
for future accomplishments on the
broadest scale and outlined definite
and concrete programs to promote
peace, progress and prosperity in
the Western Hemisphere.
The 81 American republics, rep
resented at Montevideo, affirmed
their devotion to peace and their
condemnation of resort to armed
force as an instrument of accom-
plishing national aims. They pro-
claimed their belief in fair play.
fair dealing and mutual respect for
the independence, the sovereignty
and the rights of nations as the in
dispensable bases of civilized world
order under law. They took i'm
portant steps toward making ef-
fective concrete machinery for
the maintenance of peace on the
American Continent.
The Montevideo conference laid
greater emphasis than had ever
been done before in er-American
relations on the imperative need
of expanding economic relation
ships, among the American nations
and among all nations, upon a sound
and healthy basis of fair dealing
and equal treatment. In the dis
cussions and formal pronounce
ments Of the conference there was
fuller recognition than ever before
of the indispensability of such
economic relationships for the pros
perity and social stability within
nations, as we'll as for peaceful and
orderly relations between nations.
In It's resolutions the conference
urged vigorously comprehensive
program of rehabilitation and i'm
provement of international economic
and financial relations.
Relations Grew Better
After Montevideo.
During the years that followed
the Montevideo conference the In
fluence of the work accomplished
there bore fruit in the form of
steadily and rapidly improving re-
lations among the American ma
tons. But at the same time else
where in the world international
relationships continued to deterio-
rate. Solemn treaty obligations were
being increasingly brushed aside or
preached. A gigantic program of re-
armament was being rendered in
evitable for the entire world by the
announced determination on the
part of number of large countries
to use armed force as an instru-
ment of attaining their national
aims and by their intensive activity
In armament construction.
New world problems, affecting the
vital interests of all American no