Evening star., 1939-11-01

. ulaf3oubtedly form Il epae0d1d
basts tor rapld deyeIopnaent q
econOnlic re1sttoEls bDtWeen the
two countries.
Thus Ne are ready 10 n,eet I1n-
l land h matters Ia which sane =
I particularly interested. ID view
Of III this. we do not think Tin-
land win rex for : pretext @
frustrate the proposed agreement.
United States Rresidsnt
1nteTvenes N Natter.
I must, however, inform you
that even the President of tho
United States cf America constd-
cred Il roper 70 intervene In
these mAN Ners, which one dnds II
hard 70 reconcile with the Ameri-
can police of neutrality.
In hts message to Comrade
Kalinin. chairman Of the Pre-
sidium q thu Supreme Soviet,
datsd October II, Mr.. Roosevelt
expresao1 the hope that friendly
ana peGteful relations between
the q. A1S h. and Finland would
b. preeefved and developed.
Ono might think that matters
are in q better shape between
the Unttod States and, let us
say. the Philippines or Cuba,
who hANe long been demanding
freedoms and Independence from
the United States and cannot
get them. than between the
Soviet union and Finland. Who
long 40 obtained both freedom
and pcnttcel Independence from
the S0yiat Union.
It sll6Qld be~quite clear that
granted Bood viii. the Finnish
governal6nt viii meet our mo-
posals, which are minimal ones
and which-far from initiating
against The national and state
Interests Of Finland will en-
nance her security and form I
broad basis for further exteusiye
development Of the political and
econonaic relations between our
countries.
A few words about our negoti-
ations with Turkey. All kinds OF
tales are being spread abroad
regarding the substance Of these
negotiations. -
AZ . matter Of fact, the sub.
ject 1T issue was the conclusion
Of . bilateral pact Of mutual
assistance limited to the regions
Of the Black Sea and the straits
OardanelleO.
Sought to BAN Black Sea
To Outside Pewers.
The U. 8. 8. r. considered.
firstly. that conclusion Of such .
pact could not induce 1t to &C.
tons which might draw 1t into
armed conflict with Germany:
secondly. that the q. 8. 8. r.
should have . guarantee that In
view OF the war dangers, Turkey
would not allow warships Of nom
Black Sea powers through the
Bosphorus to the Black Sea.
Turkey rejected both these
stipulations and thereby made
conclusion Of 8 pact impossible.
-
It Turkey has concluded q
pact Of mutual assistance With
Great Britain and France, who
for tbs past two months have
been waSing war on Germany.
Turkey has thereby dednjtsly
discarded cautious policy OF
neutrality and has entered the
orbit Of developing European
war. This Is highly pleasing to
both Great Britain and France.
who are bent on drawing Is
many neutral countries as pos.
sible into their sphere Of war.
Whether Turkey win come to
regret It, We shall not try to
guess. It Is only incumbent upon
US to take note Of these new fac
tors In the foreign policy Of our
neighbor and to keep q watchful
eye on the development Of events.
We are confident that policy Of
peace which the U. 8. 8. r. has
been consistently pursuing holds
out the best prospects for the I
future - well. And this policy
We viii pursue in the region Of
the Black Sea, too. -
Soviet-Japanese
Relations Improved.
There has been recent Inn
provement In Soviet japanese re.
lations. Symptoms Of this imY
provement have been oboervabH
since the recent conclusion Ct
the Moscow agreement, as q re-
suit Of which the weu-kY1Uwn
conflict on the Aongolia-Mau-
Hn<DurA