In the final paragraph of his statement Secretary Hull says, "We avoid entering into alliances or entangling commitments, but we believe in co-Operative efforts by peaceful and practicable means in support of the principles hereinbefore stated." The phraseology is bold and forthright but when other factors are considered as well as the good intentions of the State Department it means no more than, "When all nations are in agreement on these points we will have no hesitation in joining them to see how they can be made most effective."
The United States would do nothing to make the path easier for their general acceptance by committing herself to eny kind of international police róle, or agreeing to apply any kind of pressure on those who fail to live up to them, The former Secretary of State, Mr. Stimson, believed that the moral disapproval of the world should be brought to bear on violeters of the Kellogg Pact. Congress has stopped any such nonsense as this in its neutrality, legislation, the debates on which clearly showed the intent to be the avoidance of all morel judgments.
In accordance with the spirit of these acts both Ethiopia and Italy were warned by the Secretary of the dangers to which their actions might lead, both Germany and Spain, China and apan, sere put on the State Department carpet with magnificent impartiality when incidents in which those countries were involved seemed to threaten the peace of the world.
The importance which the State Department attached to the statement of the Secretary ray. be gauged by the fact that a digest of "reactions" in the various countries of the world was assembled. Germany, Italy, Spain, China and Japan were noticeable omissions but for the rest there could not have been more international harmony had the nations been asked their opinion of the ten commandments. Albania "extended its whole sympathy to the aims set forth in Secretary Hull's statement" and the rest of the national alphabet followed down to Venezuela which was "in accord with the points of view expressed by Secretary of State Hull." Even little Luxembourg. approved the "generous ideas" expressed by the Secretary of State. The Soviet Government was enthusiastic underscoring among other items "abstinence from interference in the internal affairs of other nations."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.