The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-09
RUSSIA AWAITS POLICY OF OUR
 PRESENT GOVT
On What Washington Does Depends the Amount of Business the SOviets Will Send to United States
BY EUGENE LYONS


 Moscow, Sept 9.-America's share in the billions of rubles of Russian orders which are planned to be placed abroad under the second five-year plan will depend in a large measure, according to political cir cles here, upon Washington's policy towards the Soviet Union.
 Although it has announced "ec- side world" as one of the objec- tives of the second plan, the Krem- lin does not forsee @ cessation of foreign trade. On the contrary, 1t counts on wider foreign trade con tracts as its industrial structure is enlarged and fortified.
 A recent bulletin of the Soviet chamber of commerce seeks to dis pei the assumption in some foreign circles that Russia plans to cut it. self off from the outside world and become an isolated autrachic state" The purport of the decis- ion to become self-dependent, 1t declares, is that the Soviet Union plans to be in a posotion to repy on itself only if necessary-that Is, in the event of war or an economic blockade.
 Moreover, there is a wide gulf here as everywhere between plans and achievements. Independence Is as yet a distant goal. Until 1t is achieved the Soviet Union will un- doubtedly be obliged to import im- mense quantities of machinery, equipment and raw materials. Its obvious anxiety to raise the living standards of it's 160,000,000 inhabi- tants will also encourage the Krem- lin to buy more goods of broad consumption if loans Or long-term credits for the purpose will be available.
 Soviet imports will have to be |spaid for through exports. The world obviously cannot shut down on one without shutting down on the other However, Soviet actual and po- tential exports do not compete with American exports, except in such natural products as wheat and oil It Is claimed here that Soviet American goods exchanger are es. sentially mplimentary. Russia takes of Americas manufactured wealth-equipment and machines in the first place; it gives in re. turn of its rich natural resources Soviet-Am erican rapprochment it is the deeply grounded belie1 of most Russian observers, would moreover at this time serve as g ; powerful factor in maintaining
 The absence of diplomatic con. tracts between the two powers bith signatories of the Kellogg pact and both in various degree propo' nents of disarmament, is a disturb. ing element in internatioal poli' tics.
 The situation created by Japanese activities in China, it is further emphasized, brings the necessity for contracts between the United States and the Soviet Union into especially clear focus. Aims whicr both Moscow and Washington seem to be pushing independently with 6 view to preventing war in the fal east might have been effectively | co-ordinated, the theory goes, if ( formal barrier did not exist. Russians in positions of influence have openly told the writer tha any American gesture of friendship towards the Soviet regime at thi! time would act as a brake upon thu
 extreme militarist wing in Japar and would thus help prevent war 1T that dangerous sector.
 With the recent conclusion of ( Soviet-Polish non-agreement pac Moscow effected chain of sucf pacts on its western frontier 1T which Rumania is the only missing link.