Evening star., 1937-10-10
ROOSEVELT SPEECH
INFLUENCES REICH
UntavorabIe Reaction Likely
From Condemnation of
Line of Policy.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BERLIN, October s.-The speech
made by President Roosevelt ir
Chicago, sponsoring the defense Of
peace and civilization, produced q
deep impression in Berlin and is likely
to have considerable effect on Ger.
manys foreign policy.
This effect could hardly be ex.
pected to be favorable. More likely
1t will be adverse, for the German
government has taken the President.
message as a direct condemnation oi
their own line Of policy. This ha.
aroused much bitterness here anc
sti1ening OF German pride. 1t woulo
not be wrong to say that Reichs-
fuehrer Adolf Hitler has been offended
by the failure on the part of Presi.
cent Roosevelt to welcome his oWr
of1ers Tor peace. He and his assist
ants feel that the American President
wants to impose peace on the ma
tionalist relationships by force and
this can easily bring here as we'll as
IN Rome gesture of reaction against
those satisfied nations which are rep
resented among the "have nots" as
desirous Of their own possessions.
Far East May Feel Reaction,
The first manifestations of such
reactions could very we'll appear in
Germany's policy with regard to the
Far East and could bring the German
government closer to Japan. Until
now, Germany has seen with dis
pleasure Japan's action against China.
This might seem strange when it is
remembered that Germany is tied to
Japan by an anti-Communist pact.
But Germany considers Soviet Russia
as her primary enemy and needs
Japan against this enemy. It is OBJ
vious that whatever the outcome of
Japan's fight in China, the Japanese
military force will emerge out of it
weakened. For some time to come.
at least the German government can
no longer count on Japans support
in case of conflict with Russia.
On the other hand, Germany has
considerable trade with China and
has been able in the last IL years to
compete successfully on the Chinese
market with Japan. During the years
Of depression in the decade between
1925 and 1885 the value of German
exports to China lost only l8 per cent.
while Japan's sales to China were re-
duced 66 per cent.
German Trade Menaced.
Japan's invasion Of China threatens
to put an end to German trade with
this country, which is extremely
valuable to the Reich since it is about
the only country with which it has
no clearing agreement. German ex-
ports to China can thus be used as
means OF foreign payments which
Germany needs so badly. This ex-
plains why Germany has been eau
tious so far in the Far Eastern con-
nlct and even once joined the other
powers to protest against the bonn
bardment Of the European population
But after President Rooeevelt's
speech the diplomats Of Wihelmstrasse
have shown n distinctly more definite
attitude, maintaining that Germany
would not take part in the nine-power
conference for the Far East If she
were invited to it and stating that
Germany has much more to fear from
the Communist menace than from
the yellow menace. which Kaiser Will
helm was the first to point out some
Is years ago. The blame thrown by
President Roosevelt on nations dis
turbing the peace and attacking other
nations or interfering with their
affairs seems to have had, as the first
effect, the bringing closer together of
these nations with whom Germany is
in sympathy.
Wilhelmstrasse Frank.
The reaction of Wilhelmstrasse to
President Roosevelt's speech has been