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Show "! President Attacks Wartime Blockade Of Non-Comhatants Chief Executive Makes Ringing Appeal For Outlawing War In Great Armistice Day Address In Capital. By LAWRENCE SULLIVAN' (United Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UP) America's traditional demand for freedom of the seas found new emnhasis today in the canital's reverberations to President Hoover's bold proposal pro-posal that food ships be free from all interference by blocade in time of war. Linked with this far-reaching proposal in his Armistice day address to the American Legion last night in Washington Washing-ton auditorium, the chief executive outlined the administva- debate. This is noi a proposition ! for the forthcoming naval confer-! confer-! ence. as that session is for a defin-! defin-! ite purpose,, and this proposal will I not be injected into it." Reviewing the events which led up to the calling of the London conference, the chief executive declared de-clared the United States was ready to reduce her navy in proportion to nny other power. "We desire to sec all humanity relieved of the hideous blight of war and of the cruelties and injustices injus-tices that lead, to war," he said, adding the outlook for peace is brighter today than for half a century, cen-tury, but the world still lives in a state of "armed peace." "The men under arms, including active reserves. In the world are almost 30.000.000 in number, or nearly 10,000,000 more than before the war." Excerpts from his address follow: fol-low: "We have need to define the rules of conduct of nations and to formulate an authoritative system of international law." "We have need, under pYoper reservations, to support the world court." 'We are interested in all methods that can be devised to assure the settlement of all controversies between be-tween nations." "Jt has been my cherished hope to organize positively the foreign relations of the United States on this high foundation and to do it in reality, not simply In diplomatic phrases." Mr. Hoover said that important as are the Kellogg pact and other recent treaties as steps toward world organization for peace, the persistent development of good will and confidence between peoples still must be the transcendant aim of diplomacy. tion's positive policy of "preparedness "prepared-ness for peace." Such a policy, he declared, is as important to every nation as preparedness for defense, policy, he declared, is as important import-ant to every nation as preparedness for defense. Daring Proposal As to naval reduction. President Hoover declared it cannot go too low to please the United States. The address, delivered under the auspices of the American Legion, was broadcast over a nationwide radio chain. "I would place all vessels laden soley with food supplies on the same footing as hospital ships," President Hoover declared. "The time has come when we should remove re-move starvation of women and children chil-dren from the weapons of warfare." The suggestion strikes to the core of the age-old problem of the freedom of the seas, for it would abrogate the right of any power to enforce a sea blocade against the civilian population of an enemy nation. na-tion. The blocade has been traditionally traditional-ly sustained by British foreign and naval policy since Drake carried the Union Jack to domination of the seas by his victory over the Spanish Armade in 1588. The President specifically disavowed dis-avowed any intention of injecting the question into the forthcoming London naval conference. This followed fol-lowed a like statement by Premier Ramsay MacDonald in London Saturday. However, diplomatic observers ob-servers inclined to the view today that the president's proposal must lead soon to at least informal exchanges ex-changes between the principal powers on the whole subject of the wartime law of the sea. "I know that any wide departure from accepted ideas requires long and searching examination," President Presi-dent Hoover said. "No idea can be perfected except on the anvil of |