Evening star., 1938-11-17
u. 5. Trade Accord
Achievement for
British Diplomacy
Warm Reception Is Seen
For Pact on Both
Sides of Atlantic
BY WILLIAM H. STONEMAN,

Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
LONDON, Nov. 17-With today's
signature of the Anglo American
trade agreement, British diplomacy
was provided with one very positive
and glittering achievement in
period otherwise notable for its re-
verses.
Those who have read the agree
ment describe it as far more salts
factory than people expected" and
anticipate that it will have a warm
reception on both sides of the At
lantic. Possible exceptions are the
Federation Of British Industries and
a few American manufacturers who
may be disappointed at concessions
grained to British-rnanufactured
goods In return for concessions
which the British are granting
American agricultural products.
The most important concessions
being granted to the United States
are understood to apply to lard, ham,
apples, wheat, lumber and automo-
biles. In return, the United States
is granting concessions to host of
British manufactured products, in
cluding high-grade textiles, hard
ware and leather.
The terms of the agreement will
be announced In London at II
o'clock tonight.
January l Effective Date.
Lord Stanley, president of the
British Board of Trade. announced
in the House Of Commons last night
that most Of the agreement would
take effect on January /, indicating
that certain provisions could not be
put into force until further discus
sions between Great Britain and
the Dominions
While transatlantic relations are
improving under the impetus of this
very real achievement, there is little
sign Of any similar amelioration in
the European situation. The chances
Of an Anglo-German agreement
and, consequently, of any general
European settlement. appear to grow
remoter from day to day.
Yesterdays announcement that
the British government ARE not
contemplating the transfer of any
territory under British administra-
ton does not mean that Great
Britain will not ever offer GERMANY
a colonial settlement. but it does
mean that such settlement will not
be suggested in anything like the
immediate future. This is partly
due TO current revulsion of public
opinion against Germany-which
will gradually be dissipated-and
partly to the practical objection
that Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler is
not prepared to accept any plan
which could possibly be offered.
Settlement a Possibility.
A colonial settlement with Ger
many remains a very real possibil-
lty and will became a probability
whenever Germany shows its will
ingness to accept an equitable colo
NAL arrangement as part Of a gen.
eral European settlement. All par
ties in Great Britain are agreed that
there must be New Deal in Africa
and that Germany should properly
participate in it. Such a settle
ment, in the British view. should
not, however. consist of handing
over all of her former colonies to
Germany.
The London Times. which often
ref1ectSL Prime Minister Neville
Chambe6 6ein's personal attitude, ia
vors th& establishing of an OPEN
door policy in the more backward
areas of Africa" which would elimi-
nate all hindrances to European
trade in those areas. For this plan
it strictly excludes South Africa
and countries around the Mediter-
ranean which are ION their way to
government" 1t also is careful
to suggest that native armies should
no longer be recruited from back
ward areas and that no naval bases
should be established on their coasts.
The British ideas on the subject
admittedly are still in the formula
tive stage and certainly will not be
very valuable as long as Germany
simply insists upon outright resto-
ration of her former territories.
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