Washington, Apr. 7.
"Ominous clouds" overhang the world, "darkening the horizon," Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, declared in an address to commemorate Pan-American Day in a nationwide broadcast to-night. Mr. Hull was suffering from a severe cold at the time of the radio broadcast and was unable to deliver his address personally, so that Mr. Sumner Welles, Under-Secretary of State, read the text of the Secretary's message, "The future of fundamental principles....law, justice, and morality...hang in the balance," Mr. Hull warned.
Describing the vital principles on hich peace can be maintained and civilization endure, the Secretary of State enumerated the following:
(1) The right of each nation to conduct its own affairs, free from outside interference.
(2) The principle of sovereignty end equality among nations, irrespective of size or strength.
(3) A sincere respect for law and the pledged word, with scrupulous observance of treaty obligations.
(4) Friendly ce-operation in an effort to promote peace.
(5) Mutually beneficial economic intercourse, Mr. Hull urged the American Republics to "reaffirm before the world their profound belief in these basic principles among nations... to renew their determination to meet each ether hal: ay... toward a common purpose in a truly reciprocal spirit of neighbourhood."—United Press.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.