PROPOSALS FOR ALLIANCE

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 24092, 30 October 1943, Page 5

PROPOSALS FOR ALLIANCE

BRITAIN AND UNITED . STATES MR HERBERT HOOVER’S OPPOSITION (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 11.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 28. The proposed British and American common citizenship, common currency, free trade, and military alliance were condemned by the former Republican President (Mr Herbert Hoover) in a speech at Kansas City. He said that it would raise the fears of all other nations that it was' a step to world mastejy by the English-speaking peoples, and thus generate organised opposition among the other 90 per cent of the human race. '‘Moreover,” said Mr Hoover, “might not marriage involve us in all British Empire problems, and conversely plague them with ours? Wouldn’t the inevitable discussion by these marriage relatives lead to many frictions and ultimately to bitter divorce? “Collaboration and co-operation between Britain and America is the first necessity for peace, but collaboration does not require amalgamation.” Mr Hoover said that America should discard all proposals of a military alliance, which never had produced peace. Peace was not obtainable by Signing impressive documents, because the unknown forces of change would put them into the waste basket. Mr Hoover said he saw as the greatest danger to peace the intense nationalism generated by the war. He pointed out that Mr Stalin had unhesitatingly spoken of territorial expansion. Mr Churchill had stated that the British Empire would not be liquidated, and General Chiang Kai-shek had said that China would restore her ancient boundaries. Holland said that she would recover her colonies, Mr Hoover proposed a transition period—one of considerable time—in which the victorious nations would collaborate in control when firing ceased, imposing without argument certain urgent necessities such as disarming the enamy and restarting the world’s political and economic life.