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Show MUST RATIFY TREATY HOOVER SAYS I ARTICLE 1 0 OF ' I Hoover Says lalk of Negotiat-j ing New Treaty of Peace ! Is "Bunk" i HE'D REMOVE THREAT ! i OF MILITARY ACTION: j Substitution of "Moral and ; Economic Power" for Soldiery Sol-diery Favored by Herbert NEW YORK. Juno . 25. Speedy elimination of the treaty of Versailles. after the elimination of Article X of . the league of nations covenant, was luigcd by Herbert C- Hoover In a stalo-inent stalo-inent published today in the New York Evening Post iis the platform on 'which the Republican paiiy should Island in the coming presidential elec- lion. , .Mr. Hoover look the stand that the implied threat of employment of military mili-tary torce to guarantee the Integrity of foreign states was out of place hi a lea"u.c which he declared was "the ; product of the liberal ideals of the world." Tllo league's power, he de-lelarcd, de-lelarcd, would be more potent If the j threat of military force wene reinov-c reinov-c mid thorleague relied. wholly"upoil Its "moral and economic power." " Time to Kalse (Jucstlon "11 appears to mc to be time to laise tho question,'" said lr. Hoover, , "as to whether this same cause I rotor ro-tor to the guarantees and the use of 'military force that has brought 'about the dissension in the United j Slates is not also undermining tho I league. . . . Has not experience jand discussion shown that tile time has arrived lo reconsider this part of the league foundation V" The basic need for such a "military 'alliance," Jlr. Hoover pointed out, was "to control states which persist in armament which renders them capable capa-ble of aggressive action." I lie deflated "the first and foremost I duty of tlie league" was reduction of jull armaments and he suggested that America's contlnunnce as a league member be conditional on tho achievement achieve-ment of a reduction within a specified lime. .Must KnUfy Treaty. Mr. Hoover declared thai sooner or later the United States must ratify the I treaty of Versailles In some form and I lhat lalk of negotiating a new treaty jwas "bunk." I "The treaty of Versailles," lie said. i "Is tho charter of Independence of Poland, Po-land, Czecho-Slovakia and Finland and the warrant of increased national territory of several great nations. . . . . It is tho agreement of the disarmament of four great autocracies and no European nation is going to risk their revival. It is a loortgage upon the -enemy states, and they ore not going u offer the opportunity lo Germany, Austria, Hungary. Turkey and Bulgaria to escape their debts by Intrigue at a new peace conference, l.cauuc Part of Treaty. "Tho league of nations covenant is an essential part of the treaty. 11 does possess two functions: First, it gives Hie title to mandates; it today governs gov-erns certain neutralized areas; it ramifies rami-fies tho score of details of settlement with enemy states. Its second function func-tion Is Its provisions for prevention of futuie war. Tho first phase can no moro be re-openod than the treaty itself. it-self. Tho second function relates to Iho future and Is Bubject to amendment; amend-ment; it can be amended by tho league organization itself. Will Protect Independence. "In tho faco of theso conditions," he concluded, "cannot the Republican party strengthen its own position by adopting tho definite constructive policy pol-icy of ratification subject to tho minor reservations and a wider vision of strengthening tlio league by excluding the guarantees and thoir military enforcement en-forcement and making membership in tho league conditional upon disarmament disar-mament within a given period? Such policies will protect American independence, inde-pendence, free us from every entanglement entan-glement except the uso of our moral and economic strength to enforce peace. It will leave our Democratic friends fencing upon the ground of advocacy of a practical military alliance alli-ance upon which their safety devices only furthor endanger tho real value of the league." nrt |