ROAD TO PEACE

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 177, 14 April 1923, Page 7

ROAD TO PEACE

UNITED STATES’ EFFORTS ELIMINATING CAUSES OF WAR MR. HOOVER ON THE VALUE OF THE WORLD COURT Mr. Hoover says the proposal that the United States should join the World Court is a step in tho task of advancing organisation in the world for the elimination of tho causes of war. He considers the Court is a sure and sound step and does not lead tho United states into foreign entanglements. by Telegbaph— press association. —Copyright. Des Moines (Iowa), April 12. Mr. Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, addressing a convention of women, said: “During the past two years the United States Government has placed itself vigorously to the task of advancing organisation in the world for the elimination of the causes of war. The Washington Conference was one step. The proposal that the United States should join the World Court of the League of Nations is another step.” The speaker intimated that the United States’ rejection of the League does not mean that the United States has lost interest in the search for a solution to end war and that the Court has none of the faults which the League has. He pointed out that direct negotiations between nations over grave differences often led to, war, but the Court offered a form of judication eradicating this danger. "The Hague Arbitration Court?’ he said, ‘has the demerit that it has settled disputes by compromise rather than by building up a body of principles for the permanent establishment of international relations. The reference of a. grave question by a statesman to such 'a Court would be of great relief to him, saving him from the heated, political opinions in his own nation during direct negotiations. The Court is a sound and sure step, the minimum possible sten in eliminating the causes of war. The Court does not lead the United States into foreign entanglements. and we do not subscribe to any compulsion, since no nation can summon us into that Court without our consent. The connection of the Court with the League is remote.”. The speaker expressed admiration for Senator Borah’s request that teeth should bo put int© tho Court, but he said that, for reasons familiar to all, America was not yet readv to go thus far “War is too terrible, ho con chided ' "to warrant any of use to be condemned as idealists, if we can but build even a little to the road to peace.” —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

REPUBLICAN DISSENSION PARTY DIVIDED INTO FIVE CLASSES (Rec. April 13, 8.35 p.m.) Washington, April 12. Mr. Hoover’s speech caused an avalanche of dissension between the various factions of the Republican Party, while th© Democrats stand aloof, feeling they fought the League of Nations issue in 1920, and their support for the League and tho Court is still strong. The Republicans are divided into five classes—those for the Court; those utterly against it, such as Senator Johnson: those undecided, such , as Senator Watson; those who think the Court insufficiently powerful, such as Senators Pepper and Borah: those who think the Court and the l^a.S 11 ® should both be entered by the United States, with reservations, such as Senator Lodge. There was much talk in Washington to-day among these groups, various Senators issuing statements and a’.ring their views.—Aus.-N.Z. Gable Assn.