Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-11-29 | Page 4 | Roman Peace

THE HE ROMAN IAN PEACE EVEN IE v the he most patient American must feel at times s that the Coue formula everyday everyday every everyday day in every way you remember for InsurIng Insuring I ing world peace is not just what its proponents proponents proponents recommend it to be President Hoover Quaker though he Is displays a touch of that feeling when he suggests a a. program of at naval construction here that would outclass the programs of nations which think they must have inflated sea power power power-as as an answer to th the ironical re reception reception reception re- re abroad of Americas America's war anti-war ganda It is by no means certain that in the present present present pres pres- ent international status that military un- un preparedness makes for peace The most ef effe effective effective ef- ef fe tive peace which history records is the theRoman theRoman Roman peace under the rule rul of Octavius Itoman Roman Roman Ro Ro- Ito Ito- man law backed by Roman legions had a a. quieting influence ce on the quarrelsome quarrelsome quarrel quarrel- some peoples of at antiquity The worlds world's greatest greatest greatest great great- est advances in trade wealth and culture were were made while Rome Ronie stood ready like a giant policeman t to suppress the first manifestation manifestation mani mani- of disorderly conduct Is there a reason why a nation with overwhelming over over- whelming physical Industrial and financial power should refrain from exercising that power Justly for Its own welfare and the good goodof of the world The catch is 15 in the word justly What President Hoover hints at Theodore pursued sued as a a. fixed policy pOlley Strength carries responsibilities A strong nation never is loved but it commands re respect re- re ir If if it deserves it President Hoover ap apparently apparently ap has come to see virtue in the doctrine doctrine doc doc- doc trine of the big stick Is it because the Ide idealism which prates grates of at internationalism has bas ma made e a a. failure of erecting a stable peace structure