The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-04
TRADE RELATIONS TO GET FIRST
CONSIDERATION IN ISSUE With
RUSSIA SEEKING RECOGNITION
BY BYRON PRICE
(Chief Of Bureau, The Associated
Press, Washington)

AAOAA vAAS hN01AS SAAN
data on Russia now reposins
on President ROOSEVELT
desk, it seems safe to assume
that trade relations will have
first consideration in the
forthcoming recognition ne,
gotiations.
Russian war debt reputation
private GLAZING and communist pro.
paganda wild be mentioned, but,
after all, development of recipro.
cal trade agreements is SO much
a cardinal policy of the admin
stration that it easily may almost
monopolize the discussions.
Russia has a special reason for
making some concessions to gain
recognition. That reason is worry
at Moscow about the operations of
Japan along the Manchurian
frontier.
Once before, when somewhat
similar situation existed, Russia
found way of making known Sc
cretly and indirectly to Washing
ton government that her feeling
was this:
Four great nations--Russia,
China, Japan and the United
States--were especially inter-
ested in the Far East. Japan
had recognized Russia. China
and the United States had not.
So Russia could talk only to
Japan, whose activities wor-
ried her most.
The overture got nowhere at all,
but now sentiment at Washington
Is somewhat different.
A. Germans Reason
Speaking of foreign viewpoints,
an authoritative German version
Of the Iong-term considerations
Of the present European situation
has juse become available in Wash
ington. It goes like this:
Over a long period German
statesmen found that whenever
the subject Of disarmament came
up along with it came the French
demand for security
Germany wanted to get that out
Of the way. At Locarno she pro-
NOTED the agreement which she
still regards as guaranteeing
Frances eastern frontier. But
disarmament did not follow.
Now German statesmen feel
they are left no solution except
to withdraw from the whole COM
plicated problem and do whatever
they can within their own borders
to rebuild national spirit and self
efficiency.
That is a frankly German view
point, which many refuse to ac-
cept. 1t is reproduced here be-
cause 1t throws new light on one
side of very interesting contro-
Nersy.
London Was Listening
The British delegation in WASH
ington to discuss war debts prob
ally was more interested than
anyone else when President Roose-
welt, in his Sunday night address
TO the nation closed the door to
immediate international currency
sterilization. Such stabilization
Is much desired by London, which
sees no way to a debt agreement
unless IL knows In what kind of
dollars payments are to be made.
incidentally, the Presidents
decision TO establish gold
market started some western-
ers TO thinking about doing
the same thing for silver. A
Eovernment-regulased market
for silver was discussed in
some administration quarters
even before the President
made his speech. and action
in due course is among che
possibilities.
There was no indication Mr..
Roosevelt thought his gold plan
would stop the western farm
strike, which administration re-
ports forecast would not be really
serious on national scale. What
was hoped for was that the in.
ference Of dollar reyaluatiou
would keep conservative and