Evening star., 1938-09-11
HULL SEES WORLD
ANARCHY ISSUE
Says No Nation Can Avoid
Part in Responsibility
of Issue,
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary Of State Hull declared in
. letter made public last night that the
issue Of lawlessness versus fair play
confronted the whole world, and that
no nation could avoid . part in the
responsibility of determining which
should prevail.
Although not mentioning the crisi,
between Germany and Czechoslovakia
he said:
Events in other parts Of the world
have emphasized recently the exten,
to which some nations have wavered
from the orderly and friendly relations
which should prevail between neigh
bors."
Publication Of the Secretary OF
States remarks, in q letter Of &C
ceptance to Peru's invitation to at.
tend the eighth Pan-American Con-
ference at Lima on December 9. pre-
ceded by only two days Adolf Hitler's
long-awaited foreign affairs speech al
Nurnberg, Germany.
After Kennedy's Cable.
The letter Of acceptance was handed
to the press shortly after American
Ambassador Kennedy had cabled Mr.
Hull the report OF his conversation.
with Lord Fairfax in London yester.
day morning. The letter was written
September 2 in response to Peru.
invitation, extended August 2.
THE nations of the world are faced, ,
Mr.. Hull wrote. with the issue of de-
termining whether relations shall be
characterized by international anarchy
and lawlessness or by principles of fai,
play, justice and order under law. Nc
nation and no government can avoiC
the issue: neither can any natior
avoid participation, willing or not, III
the responsibility Of determinins
which course of action shall prevail.
The grave problems con.
fronting the world today afford tn,
American republics, united by a com.
mon ideal, an opportunity to set ar
example to the world through thu
creation Of new bonds of solidarit,
and friendship"
Continuing. he said:
The American nations have made
an important contribution to thu
cause of world peace by the elabora
tion OF an inter-American society
based upon respect for the independ.
ence. sovereignty and political equal.
ity Of nations.
Means Of Peace.
"The program for the forthcomine
conference offers abundant opportu.
nifty for the American nations to con.
slider further means Of guaranteeing
peaceful continental neighborly life
and Of solving the many existing i'm.
portant questions of 4 political, juridi.
cal and economic character"
Secretary Hull indicated he woulc
appoint the American delegates later
He personally attended the last Pan.
American Conference at Montevideo
Uruguay. in 1893.
Prior to publication of his letter OF
acceptance. Mr.. Hull had refused to
add anything to President Roosevelt s
remarks 1t Hyde Park Friday. The
President had told reporters that in
terpretations that the United States
was morally linked with European ma
tions in q stop Hitler" movement
were about 100 per cent wrong.
Another Mexican Note.
Following q long conference yes
terday between Mr.. Hull and Mexican
Ambassador Castillo Najera, it wal
indicated the United States would de
liver another stiff note to Mexico on
agrarian matters early this week
While there was no indication OF
the content of the new note, it was
believed the State Department would
not recede from its previous position
that Mexico either must cease the
seizure of American owned property or
set up fund for the payment Of such
property appropriated since 1927.