Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-08
RUSS|AN-GERMAN
BREACH BACK AGAIN
Present Crisis Held More I'm
portant Than Others
Before 1t.
BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER.
By Radio to The Star and the Chicago Dali,
News. Copyright, 1880.


BERLIN. Germany, May 8.-German.
Russian political understanding has
again reached one of its periodic crises
Both parties claim to be dissatisfied
This crisis is more important than
its predecessors owing to world develop
ments. 1t is therefore important to try
to view the situation in its entirety.
since this entirety concerns several
other important nations.
Germany is the only capitalist power
which maintains with Soviet Russia re-
lations of political friendship. Great
Britain and France may maintain COM
mercial and diplomatic relations, and
the United States Is obviously coming
to occupy privileged place in Russian
commercial development. Only Ger
many has a definite political under
standing with the bolsheviks.
Rapallo Treaty Is Base.
The base of this understanding is
the treaty of Rapallo, made in 1922.
The German-Rus economic treaty
followed in 1925 and the Rapallo treaty
was completed by the Berlin govern
ment.
Just what this friendship has meant
to both countries in the way of positive
advantages is not clear. Both countries
have continually denied the existence
of any secret agreements OF military
type.
The fact is that Germany has con-
stantly furnished the Russians with So
called technical aid, with German OFF,
GERS and technicians assisting the Rus
SLAMS in building up powerful army.
Moreover, the German understanding
gave the Russians almost complete GER
tainty that they could not be attacked
from the west. The spearhead Of such
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But with Germany behind Poland 1t
was certain that the Poles would hest
tate before engaging in second haz-
ardous bout with the Soviets.
The benefits of the understanding to
Germany are less apparent. Germany
also had assurance against attack by
Poland, but the Poles have never been
crazy enough to contemplate attacking
Germany.
Demands on Treaty.
When voices of protest aaginst the
bolsheviks were loudest, Great Britain
renewed commercial relations with Rus
STA The German foreign Office, which
had been demanding negotiations with
the bolsheviks for the purpose of Thar
monizing the Rapallo treaty with new
conditions" met fiat refusal from the
bolsheviks. Rather, the bolsheviks said,
we are WllllI1S 10 uloCuSS COulIuCICldI
relations of all kinds. But you must
first make public utterance that you
hold to the Rapallo treaty and will not
enter the united front against u.s."
The Russians and the Germans both
know that the volume of trade to Rus
STA Is strictly limited to the amount of
credit resulting from the Russian ex-
port trade. Despite hunger conditions
in certain parts of Russia resulting
from the forced expectation of every
thing indispensable, Russian credit is
not large. The Germans can only in
crease cash exports to Russia at the
expense of other countries. The Rus
SLAMS want loan. Unless the German
government is willing to guarantee Ger
man private exporters, they win not go
further in sending merchandise to
Russia.
Therefore the Germans, not the Rus
slams, have about submitted. ] am In
formed that the, German government
has no intention of renounctng the Ra-
pallo treaty.
The Russo German marriage Is not