Evening star., 1939-02-01
Britain Intimates
Trade Peace May Be
Reached With Reich
Optimism Is Based Upon
Hitler Attention to
Export Need
b the Associated Press.

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LONDON, Feb. IA hint that
Adolf Hitler's Reichstag speech
might lead to German British
peace in world trade was advanced
today as the cabinet studied reaction
to Premier Chamberlain's cautious
proposal for a limitation of world
ornaments.
The suggestion of an end to trade
warfare came from Robert Spear
Hudson, secretary of the overseas
trade department, who two weeks
ago assailed the barter system Ger
many uses to get business as re
versal to the practice of the middle
ages"
Both Germany and England are
now in bitter contest for the markets
of Southeastern Europe.
"Must Export or Die"
Hitler in his exposition of the
German need of trade to feed his
people declared I'VE must export or
die" and Mr.. Hudson in an address
last night declared that his phrase
was ''one of the most encouraging
things we have had for a very long
time"
Il believe that-if we can re-
establish confidence and remove ten
sion-there is plenty of export trade
to go around for both our countries.
Il think it may lead to sensible
arrangement being reached to de-
velop markets at reasonable prices
and a stop being put to cut-throat
competition"
Hitler said on Monday night he
was ready to 90 on with trade war,
particularly until the Nazi demand
for return of her war-lost colonies
is settled.
Mr.. Hudson in previous speeches
declared Britain could win such a
fight, but in an address before the
German Chamber of Commerce in
London January % he indicated his
government was ready to help Ger
many upward economically in ex-
change for political appeasement.
That political appeasement was
the theme of Mr.. Chamberlain ad-
dress to Parliament yesterday, in
which he advanced his proposal that
armament reduction, or at least linn
itation, would be proof of peaceful
intentions of the dictators.
The German press gave cordial
reception to the speech, but pointed
much of its comment toward Hit
ler's demands for colonies which
as one Berlin paper put it-"raised
the question of compensation for
lost profits" since the war
Threat to Peace Denied.
r. A. Butler, undersecretary for
foreign affairs, told the House of
Commons that agitation for Uk-
rainian independence did not, in
the British view, threaten European
peace.
His statement was in reply to
question by Godfrey Mander
Liberal opposition member, who
asked what action the government
proposed to take to preserve the
peace of Europe" in view of this
agitation.
Mr.. Butler replied that Foreign
Minister Viscount Halifax was mot
aware of any abnormal develop
ments in either the Polish or Soviet
Ukraines which might indicate the
peace of Europe was threatened in
these quarters"
The Is Ukrainian deputies in the
Polish diet started move for
autonomy for large section of
Southern Poland December g. Since
then indications were reported in
Berlin of increased Nazi interest
in the Ukraine.
Nevertheless there was some skep-
ticism in France The conservative
newspaper LIE Temps, usually con-
sidered authoritative on French for
eign policy, did not comment edi-
torially. 1t merely published the
American dispatches.
LIntransigeant cautioned, Let us
not be in too much of a hurry to
believe in the absolute authenticity
of these words, for they we're pro-
nounced behind closed DOORS"