Evening star., 1933-05-02
Our Foreign Visitors.

Even the elamorcus days of wartime.
when the White House doors so often
swung open to admit missions from
allied countries. did not witness such a
succession Of pilgrimages as now are
coming and going. from week to week,
Potomac resembles more and more the
hub of the universe.
Last week the representatives of
Great Britain, France and Canada were
President Roosevelts guests Yesterday
Argentlna's representative. Senor Tomas
A. le Breton, arrived. The first envoy
from the Latin American States invited
to confer here on monetary and eco
nomic problems is the Argentine Ambas-
ssdor to France and one of his country S
outstanding diplomats. Today The Presi-
dent will welcome Signor Guido Jung.
Italy's Minister of Finance, an authori-
tative emissary of Premier Mussolini
Later in the week Germany's principal
financial authority. already well known
in the United States, DR.. Hjalmar
Schacht. president of the Reichsbank
reaches Washington, to Join Amba ssador
Luther in the White House and State
Department conversations
The American Government and people
extend hearty greetings to these spokes-
men of Argentina, Italy and Germany.
With each of these countries the United
States has a special set of problems
and interests to discuss Argentina. like
Canada, is keen for more advan-
tageous trade arrangement with this
country and especially for removal of
such tariff barriers as the Hawley-
Smoot tariff raised against their respec-
tive exports to u.s. A couple of years
ago Argentina entered into en- impor-
tant financial commercial alliance with
Great Britain. To put the business OF
the United States in the great La Plata
country on a basis more advantageous
to our industries is bound to be q
goal which will not be out of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's thoughts in dealing
with Senor le Breton and his confreres
Italy. the third war debtor country
to emoark upon conversations with
President Roosevelt, has, in addition to
the debt, the questions OF disarmament
and trade to discuss here. She, like
Great Britain, has kept her American n
credit intact by prompt payment to
Aata of fp- fol 4o, ~
suggestion of postponements Nor
have the Italians gone in for any tariff
or trade restrictions inimical to the
marketing of American goods in their
country. The United States is anxious
to have Italy and France bury their
naval parity differences in order that
along with the other principal sea
powers, Britain. Japan and ourselves
limitation may proceed.
Much depends on the results of the
impending German-American conver-
sstions. Americas private debts in the
Reich aggregate some $4,000, ,000, 900.
! The Germans demand for arms
equality. once again the stumbling
block preventing an approach to agree
ment at Geneva. has no military signin-
canoe, as far as the United States is
concerned, but as it is agreed on all
hands that accord on disarmament is
condition precedent to world none
tary and economic arrangements, Ger
many occupies a certain key position
at the moment.
1t Is a value BILE coincidence that just
before the arrival Of Germanys spokes-
men at the White House conference
table France had opportunity to pre-
sent her thesis as to the wisdom and
justif1ability of granting Germany's
military demands. Decisions of mo-
ment alike to Europe and America may
emerge from the Washington conver-
sations now to begin. The United
States is in a strategic situation. Per-
haps it will enact the role which
Prince Bismarck set himself ct the
Congress of Berlin-that Of the honest
broker.