| Show Obstacles Face lu 1 U U. S S. S Recognition I lOf t Of Soviet Union Roosevelt Litvinoff May Negotiate Trade Treaty During Latter's Confere Conferences Confer Confer- I. I e in Washington By JOSEPH H. H BAIRD Copyright 1933 by United Press ress j v WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Oct 21 Formidable 21 Formidable obstacles les in the 1 I path of or American recognition o of so soviet Jet Russia will confront I I President Roosevelt and Maxim lm Litvinoff Russian foreign minister r w when e th they y meet in the White House to bring the he two nations together after 16 years of diplomatic strange strange- ment mente pout Political cal experts generally expected the obstacles to o be f overcome and recognition to result from their series of ot talks T r Litvinoff is expected here within two two weeks The goal is the exchange of ambassadors ambas ambas- between Washington W s gion an and Moscow Moscow Mos Mos- os- os cow and the stimulation of or profitable trade between two of the w worlds world's m most t populous and richest nations The obstacles they must overcome are 1 Financial l claims Russia's obligations to the th United States nr are arc of f three thre kinds 1 l The defaulted loan ioan made from the U. U S. S treasury to the Kerensky regime 2 Some of miscellaneous notes notes' given American bankers by bythe bythe bythe the czarist government 3 Individual I claims of American citizens for prop property perty p- p erty confiscated by Russia totaling about P Propaganda Problems 2 Communist propaganda in the he I United States The soviet union it itis is understood is prepared to negotiate an agreement with the United States that both pow powers rs undertake not to interfere l in n the domestic affairs o of the other I 3 Trade relations relation It is quite possible pos pOSt sible that during visit the thc United States and Russia may negotiate Unto a commercial treaty Some fi financing fie Ii- by the U. U US U.S. S. S government may maySe maybe maybe be Se n to stimulate Russian trade The R R. F F. C C. is considering an advance of for the purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase here by b Russia of cotton and nonferrous metals Vastly important world repercussions repercussions are foreseen from the pr probable resumption of diplomatic rel relations One is a sobering Influence on Japa Japanese nese expansion in the far east Both Russia and the United States have ha opposed op op- posed Japan Japans 1 Asiatic policy Russia Because of or its interests in Manchuria and Mongolia the United States states' because be be- cause of the Philippine Islands and American markets in China Uses Bold Bod A Approach With the same bold approach that thai has las characterized d his tackling of domestic domestic do do- problems Roosevelt wrote a note to President Kalinin of Russia suggesting that the soviet union and the he United States explore the path toward oward recognition He did not promise promse prom prom- Ise se rc recognition But he suggested the talks would Indicate a sincere desire de sire to reach a satisfactory solution of the problems involved oled The texts of the Roosevelt Roosevelt-Kalinin correspondence were made public last night at the White House Roosevelt made mad it plain that the exchange exchange ex ex- change of letters did not in itself constitute constitute con con- recognition but was merely an approach Trade experts declare Russia of of- Continued on Pane Pan Two PROBLEMS FACE NEGOTIATIONS NEGOTIATIONS' Propaganda Debts and Trade Chief Obstacles to Recognizing Recognizing Recognizing Rec Rec- Soviet Continued from Page One On fers a tremendous market for tor Amen Amerl can goods In 1931 despite the depression depression de de- Russia purchased products of American farms and factories worth But by 1932 this trade rade had shrunken to Germany Gets Geb Orders Germany whose g government guaranteed guaranteed guaranteed guar guar- soviet credits received the bulk of ot the orders which formerly had gone to the United States It Is believed that one of the mos most important topics to be bc discussed by Roosevelt and would be the reciprocal opening of markets A recent state department study showed that the soviet union was pre prepared pro pre pared to spend here annually annually annually an an- provided the United States would offer proper credits and would buy some o of Russia's products Prominent Prominent nent among these are arc manganese pulpwood and iron ore The Japanese question was wa In the background but it threw a long shadow What some observers regarded regarded re re- re as a reference to the far eastern eastern east east- ern era situation was contained in Russia's Rus Bus sias sia's reply to Roosevelt's letter Jetter KalInin Kalinin Kali Kall- nm nin said that the lack of relations was encouraging forces tending to disturb dis dis- dis peace Roosevelt's letter to President Kalinin Kali rita nin n was dated October 10 Hence Germanys Germany's withdrawal from the the league of ot nations obviously had no connection with willi it BIg Biff Effect Expected The effect of Roosevelt's letter on Chancellor Adolf AdoU Hitler of Germany Germanys ls Is s expected to be considerable United States recognition was calculated to temper emper the nazi regimes regime's activities and greatly strengthen Russia's European European European Euro Euro- position News of the exchange of hal lal letters came in Moscow when Constantine Con Con- chief of ot the foreign for for- eign office press bureau received newspaper correspondents and atter at- at ter i-er reading them the letters commented commented com corn officially The step is taken amidst the gravest grayest grav gray est and most complicated situation he said when the progress toward peace is attacked inmany Inmany in inmany many parts of the world It is sufficient to mention Germanys Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Ger Ger- many's withdrawal from the league and the far eastern situation President Roosevelt's step at such sucha a moment can only serve the cause of peace and encourage the friends of peace throughout the world |
