Washington, Feb. 6.
A fair trade programme with other nations and the readiness to limit arms are the United States' contriations to world peace, the Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, declared in an address which was broadcast by radio this evening.
The Secretary declared that the resort to armed force again was emerging both as a means of settling international disputes and as an instrument of predatory policy.
"The world," he said, "desperately needs to-day international law and renewed respect for the pledged word re-dedicating mankind to the utilization of its boundless resources... for the advancement of human welfare instead of the wanton destruction of life and property."
Mr. Hull said no government in any part of the world could refuse participation in this vital task without betraying the best interests of its people.
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