Evening star., 1933-08-18
WELlES TO RETIRE
FROM CUBAN POST;
WORK ON TARIFFS
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that she is willing to- cancel the other
agreements to give the American
products a better chance. The Amert-
can Government is leaving this matter
| to Colombia's discretion. The CONVEX
sations which have started today at the
State Department will be continued next
| week, when. 1t is expected, some definite
agreement will be reached.
Portugal Coming Into Line.
The next country to come into line
for the discussion Of a reciprocal tariff
agreement is Portugal. The importance
of the negotiations with Portugal is that
| they will form a test case for our dis
CusSions with Brazil. Portugal can eX-
port into the United States olives, sar-
dimes and. when the eighteenth amend
| ment is repealed. port wine. This lat
ter product probably will form the most
| remunerative trade between the two
countries. Portugal has intimated its
| willingness to give a preferential tariff
| to American automobiles, farm and
electrical appliances The negotiations
with that country will being either to-
morrow or early next week. The new
| Portuguese Minister has not arrived in
tions will begin as soon as he arrives
here.
Besides these two countries. with
whom an agreement is expected to be
reached soon, early negotiations are eX-
pected to be started with Argentina.
The case of that republic is more
complicated because its exports are
competing with the American farm
products.
Ambassador Felipe Espil has init
mated the desire of his country to
reach an agreement with the United
States some time ago. He saw Presi-
dent Roosevelt and discussed the mat
ter with him twice in the last two
months. President Roosevelt showed
himself in favor of reciprocal tarin
perts saw serious difficulties In reach
ing such an agreement.
There are a number Of commodities,
such as tanin bark and mate, spe-
cial kind of tea. which could be i'm
ported into the United States without
| trouble, but Argentina wants the ban
| lifted on the import Of grapes and
| Patagonian mutton. They point out
that as far as the mutton is con-
| cerned, the decision to bar its entrance
| into the United States is unfair. The
| technical reason which forbids the i'm
| portation of Argentine mutton is that
sheep in Argentina are contaminated
with hoof and mouth disease. The Ar
| gentine government points out this dis
/ ease is unknown in Patagonia and to
| penalize the Patagonian ranchers for
disease which exists in Argentina
| is like penalizing Alaskan fishermen for
some disease of the fish on the East
| Coast of the United States
Hopes to Satisfy Claims.
President Roosevelt is said to be in
favor of finding some way out to sat
| isfy the Argentine claims and it is
expected the conversations between
Espil and Caffery may result in an
agreement acceptable to both nations
! These are, of course, preliminary
agreements. 1t is hoped their early
conclusion will have a beneficial in
f1uence on the other Latin American
countries, when the Montevideo confer
ence opens in December.
| The suspicious of Latin America
against the political aims of the United
| States have been considerably toned
down during the last few weeks. The
way the American Government has
| acted in the Cuban situation, the i'm
minent withdrawal of the Marines from
Haiti and clear indications that the
| United States has not the remotest idea
of using the Monroe doctrine as a po-
litical weapon all have tended to re-
move the suspicious and fears which
foreign propaganda has endeavored to
| instill in the minds of the Latin Amer
ican people.