Evening star., 1933-03-19
PRESIDENT MAY
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Matsuoka Expected Here for
Chat on Way Home After.
Geneva Split.
Dy the Associated Press.

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By the Associated Press.
Two weeks in his new office, Presi.
dent Roosevelt already has taken hi
place as a brisk and novel force II
world affairs.
He took old-fashioned diplomacy by
surprise in dealing directly with thl
British, French and German Ambassa-
dors when disarmament reached q
crisis at Geneva and success Of ths
conference was threatened.
Now State Department ofhcials ex'
pect the President will have q chat witt
one Of the leading Japanese diplomat.
-Yosuke Matsuoka-who Is coming K
this country on his way back home
from Geneva.
country At the League Of Nations ane
In protest against that body's condem.
In Manchuria, . condemnation with
which the United States has announce
itself In general accord.
Sugyestion - T. Fleet.
Matsuoka In London Friday expressed
the view that withdrawal of the Ameri.
can Scouting Fleet from the Pacific Il
the Atlantic would lead to Q NOR,
friendly feeling between his countr,
and the United States.
No DEFINITE engagements for MAtsuoks
have yet been made here, but 1t wa.
said at the State Department that HI
probably would see the President q.
well as Secretary Hull.
The brisk way In which President
Roosevelt attacked the problems OF hi.
administration set diplomatic circle.
bu1zing with conjectures as to how
effectively his direct technique could
be applied in complex international re.
lations.
From Washington's numerous embas.
sizes and legations, the listening post,
Tor distant governments Of the world
awed and somewhat startled reports
have been cabled to the ends bof the
earth about the way of this new Roose-
velt in handling the banking crisis
showing other aspects Of his program
through Congress and taking an I'M
mediate hand In the pressing problems
Of the world.
Americas war debtors in the frst two
weeks Of the Roosevelt administration
have refrained from bringing forward
the matter closest to their hearts
meanwhile sizing up Mr.. Roosevelt and
preparing for the negotiations expected
between now and June IS, when the
next installments come due.
Lower Tariff Question.
Although the President and his Sec.
retary of State. Cordial Hull. have given
the debtors little to 60 ON, 1t has Be.
come clear that the United States
probably will take the position that
the debtor nations should agree IN gen.
eral on q lowering Of tari6 barriers be-
fore their request for debt revision car
even be considered.
The administration has its heart set
on the success Of the coming worlc
economic conference tn London and BE-
lieves that . general agreement BY thu
leading powers to cut their tarins woulc
greatly increase prospects Of accom-
plishments there which would lead x
revival Of world trade.
In using all possible influence Ike.
wise to save the present disarmament
conference from failure, Presiden
Roosevelt and his fellow American
statesmen are working also with tn
economic conference In mind.
An OFFICIAL pOnteQ OUT ye1CeIUAy t0A
should the disarmament conference fai
and relations between France and It!
allies and Germany grow tncreAsingl,
tense 1t probably would doom any prog
reSS at the economic conference - tn
atmosphere there would be far from
one Of mutual confidence and cooper
alton.
It Is with all this in mind that MI
Roosevelt Is sending abroad on Wednes
day Norman H. Davis As . special Am
bassador at large on disarmament IN,
economic matters to attempt to accom-
plish in Europe any negotiations which
Mr.. Roosevelt and Secretary Hull ma.
not be able to achieve through diplo
matte channels here.
The brunt Of the war debt question
Is expected to be borne by Mr.. Rooee
welt himself and there VIII be pressur
for another moratorium unless som
agreement Is reached before june Is.
With the prospect now indicate,
that Congress viii be kept in sessiol
until May and then will adjourn unit
January. the way has been opened 70
conjecture as to how this bears on tn
possibility Of . debt revision or mora
torium, since any such action would re
quire congressional approval.