The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-31
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EzX NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AeN4tg
Although Congress has given less
time ia foreign affairs ia the PRES
ent session than III any term since
the var, the diplomats have been.
more active than usual. a survey
81 the American position n world
affairs reveals ! vast Improvement
over the picture current when the
now expiring session began last De
ce1nher.
the initial session Of the seventeen
Congress- the Mexican OIL settle.
mont. the $3.50 .000, 900 German prop.
erty adjustment and the reiiista te.
nnent 81 the Monroe Doctrine
through the Havana PAM American
Conferences.
Almost equally significant 70 the
at,ident Of international affairs. but
more remote from the current g
vital, pressing issues are the refusal
81 the Senate To reopen the ques.
tion 81 American adherence to tne
World Court of Internat iOnaI Jus.
tee. and the peraistence uk aignsl
III various quarters that the W0rid
powers are gradually approaching =
final adjustment cs the repaT tons
problems.
settle on War
settlement 81 the 1O.year oil con-
froyersy with Mexico sl1arks turn
lrlx point iii PAM American affairs.
The Alien Property Act to pro.
vida machinery for the settlement
III German claims arising out Ok
wartime seizures BY the Govern
lnert SIieposes Of the last major IN.
teruational problem uf the World
war. 81 far n the United States
Is concerned.
True the $4,000 ,Oe0, 900 French
debt remains unpaid. But with the
continued economic recovery Of EiI-
sfope. diplomatic observers see this
IS only ! phase 81 the larger prob.
tenn sc general fiscal readjuEtment
within the next two years.
bond Issns Seen
Already. preliminary work toward
such readiustnent il under way.
Diplomats and economists generally.
look Tor drastic revision ok the
aves plan. with perhaps Il sigar-
tic bond issue for public flofation
IN all solvent countries III behalf Of
Germany. This plan would consum.
F.atc final liuuidati0 of the war.
from the standpoint De world fiscal
adjustment.
Meanwhile the French debt set
Element tncorpO ted In the Mellon.
BerenEer agreement lies dormant III
the Senate Foreign Relations Com.
mites. AWAITING "a ificaffofn move
la the French Parliament.
L.atin.A american Relations
Through the Havana conference.
our relations with the Latin.Amer-
lean governments have been gener-
ally improved. There ara still many
troublesome problems to Be settled;
AZ TO detail. but In the larger aspect
df world politics. Pan-American
promising dc Improvement than az.
any time during the past decade.
Nicaragua where SANDING still,
filings aIoft the banners 81 extreme
natiouallnrl, Is the one eruptive spot
on the Latiu.An erican horizon and
even this, according 10 the state
Department view. bids fair to set.
Element. ct least for four years, In
the Marine.superyised election sclled-
lIled Tor next November.
CIiina Improving
Elements Of trouble are seen In
the present situation IN Venezuela.
where British and American OIL in.
terests are jOckeying for advantage
In the face Of the approaching re-
tirement Of President Gomez.
Settling China, always marked
by the "sloW sign on the diplomatic
maps. Ii IN better condition today
from the United States viewpoint
than any time since the war. The
settlement for the Marking out.
RACES Of March. 1927. and the adj
mission Of natives to the municipal
government in Shanghai 1.-The latter
impossible but for United States
advocacy have gone far to estab-
fish . basis for harmonious rela.
tons between this government and
the budding nationalist regime.