Evening star., 1944-04-30
Hull Seen Determined
ToAvoid Wilson Error:
Has No Peace Draft
BY the Associated Press.

Those who look to Secretary OF
State Hull for a detailed blueprint
OF the future world are in for q
severe disappointment. Where de-
tailed blueprints and ready-made
programs are concerned, Mr.. Hull
is determined to avoid the mis-
takes of Woodrow Wilson.
BY contrast, he has pinned his
hopes for lasting peace-and. to the
extent that he represents them, the
hopes of the country also-on slow,
step-by-step growth leading even
tually to world league or council.
This method my produce occas-
siOnal sensational developments,
such as Mr. Hull'S trip to Moscow
last fall, but the chances are the
developments will not come off
until-to the critics and crusaders
they appear long overdue. Mr.. Hull
is not man to insist on haSty ac-
ton; when he moves decisively he
wants to be sure of the support
and cooperation necessary for sue
cess.
STltlc OF wilson Metn0uS.
He may be described as a stout
admirer of the ideals and principles
of President Wilson and a sharp
critic of the Wilsonian methods. 1t
Is because he makes this distinction
that Mr.. Hull's own methods may
prove, in world history, to be just
as important as his principles-the
II points of foreign policy he laid
before the Nation a few weeks ago
His associates feel that the game
can be lost if the United States plays
Its cards wrong. They also feel
that this country, because of it's
resources and its remoteneSs from
the devaStations of the war, can do
more than any other country to
maintain peace if it does play It's
cards right.
Mr.. Hull appears convinced that
President Wilson made two major
mistakes of method:
l. Instead of committing himself
only to the broadest principles, which
the American peoples were willing
to support, the late President COM
mitted himself to IA points without
knowing whether they would be
accepted either at home or abroad.
BY the time he went to Europe
on his peace mission, it was ALREADY
determined that he would be judged
more by the ends he sought and
failed to reach than by the positive
advances he would make in the di-
rection of his objectives.
Plan Ruined by Approach.
2. Instead of making his foreign
policy bipartisan, he conducted it
on a party level and instead of try
Ing to get the country to take what
1t was ready for and would support,
he sought to impose on it form
OF tnternationaism which many
persons opposed as both unneces-
sary and unavoidable. Whatever
chance he may have had for win
ming acceptance of policy of in
ternational collaboration was ruined
by the way he went about it.
Mr.. Hull has committed himself to
very few points He is for collabora-
ton of peaceful nations and the use
of force by them to suppress trouble
makers. He advocates the principle
Of international courts. He breaches
respect for small nations, equal eco
nomic opportunity, equal access to
the sources of raw materials and
removal of trade barriers.
In word, he favors international
security and prosperous trade among |
nations, with the United States
helping to maintain both. Those
comprise the substance of what he
wants. AS for how he gets it or
what form it takes-he is not so
concerned.
Lack of concern over exact form.
however, is not considered by Mr..
Hull to mean lack of information on
the best possible form. Thus the
State Department has prepared |
studies on two score or more SUBJ |
Jects Of postwar Importance.