Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-06
SOVIET PROBLEM
TO FACE HOOVER
Russian Diplomacy, Toward
Recognition, lust Now
Unusually Active.
BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.
BY Cable to The Star and the Chicag
Daily News. Copyright, 1929.

BY Cable to The Star and the Chicago
Daily News. Copyright, 1929.
PARIS, January 5-One of the frs
problems of foreign policy that Presi.
dent-elect Hoover, on taking Office, may
be obliged to consider is that of the
possible recognition of the Soviet gov
eminent by the United States.
Eleven years have now passed since
the relations between the two countries
were broken, and the United States to-
day is the only great power which has
not yet recognized new Russia, although,
it is true that Great Britain, after
recognition, felt obliged to sever official
intercourse.
Just now Russian diplomacy is un-
usually active. A new commercial treaty
with Germany. highly advantageous for
the latter, has been concluded. Trial
balloons looking toward new treaty
with Great Britain have been launched.
Proposals for complete universal dis
armament have been renewed. Diplo-
matte Europe has been somewhat non-
plussed by the Russian proposals to
Poland, Rumania and Lithuania to put
the Kellogg pact into effect Immediately
by a separate protocol without awaiting
general ratification.
Foreign CommiSSar Litvinoff, in a
sensational speech, has once more deli
rately suggested that the time is ap-
preaching for American recognition, ad-
ding that the circumstances are ia
Torable for settlement by negoti-
alton of outstanding differences. I'm
doubtedly RusSia's ally, Germany, feel
dng once more isolated by the renewal
pf the Franco British entente, is dis
creetly using influence to effect rap
prochement between Russia and the
United States, but the Russians them
selves seem equally well persuaded of
the advantages of such rapproche-
anent. On our side Senator Borah has
served notice that he intends soon to
present a new motion in the Senate
for recognition of the Soviet.
Economic Vacuum"
President-elect Hoover once said that
Communist Russia would be IAN eco
nomic vacuum" His experiences in
Russia with the American relief fund
were not altogether reaSsuring, but what
he thinks now is apparently an enigma.
It is known that several important
American corporations favor recogn1-
fion, One of these is said to be Stand
ard OH. Last october the General Elec-
trio. in which Owen Young is one OF
the leading figures, aroused worldwide
attention by granting Amtorg, the
Soviet trading company, $26, 100000
credits for electrical supplies. The
French experts Immediately jumped to
the conclusion that the United States
was manifestly tending toward agree
ment with the Soviet"
Litvinoff remarked that number OF
American financierS, business men and
intellectuals, who recently visited Rus
sia. were much impressed.
Indeed the Russians seem eager to
attract American tourists. Passport re-
Strictions are less onerous than or yore
and greater facilities are accorded
American newspaper men.
One of the most notable of recent
visitors to Moscow, Charles Dewey,
American financial adviser to Poland,
held conferences there with Sche1n-
mann, president of the Soviet State
Bank, which led to rumors that Wall
Street was DESTROYS of seeing the pres
ent embargo on American loans to Rus
eia lifted.
Among other favorable indications
Che Soviets have noted the refusal OF
the American group to join the inter-
national association of holders Of old
Russian bonds, recently formed in Lon
don.
Contra Factors.
Against these factors, however, must
be placed the breakdown of the $40,-
100000 steel mills concession negotia-
lions with the American Farquhar group
and the abandonment of the Manganese