OUTSIDE LEAGUE

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 115, 12 November 1930, Page 11

OUTSIDE LEAGUE

' HOOVER REITERATES

UNITED STATES DECISION

WOULD' COURT INSTEAD

United Tross Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. WASHINGTON, 11th November. Although endorsing American adherence to tho World Court, President Hoover in his Armistice Day address, before the World Alliance of Churches here, reiterated by implication the United States' decision to remain outside the League of Nations. "The nations of Europe believe that they may subscribe to methods which in the last resort xiso force to compel nations to abide by their agreements to settle controversies by pacific means," the President said. "We in our great safety should make no criticism of their conclusions, which arise from their necessities. But we believe our contribution can best be made hi these emergencies when the nations fail to keep their undertakings of pacific settlement of disputes by our good offices and helpfulness, free from any advance commitment or entanglement concerning the character of our action. "Our duty is to seek ever-widening opportunities to ensure the world, against the horror and irretrievable wastage of war. The London Naval Treat}' has dispensed with one of the major frictions among the great naval Powers. Yet we cannot overlook the fact that the nations in many ways are always potentially in conflict. Tho Kel-logg-Briand Pact has already become a powerful influence in international affairs.'' The President commented upon the extension of the Pact for "the mobilisation of world opinion against those who fail when the strain comes." He reiterated his suggestion that food supplies should be immune from interference on the sea in time of war and guaranteed by neutral transport and management.'