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Show Hull Says U. S. Believes Russia Failed to Live Up to Obligations Involved in Her Recognition WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UP) Secretary of State Cordell Hull today to-day said this government on several sev-eral occasions believed that the soviet union was "not fully living up to the obligations" undertaken when the U. S. established diplomatic diplo-matic relations with 1L Hull's views were conveyed to Chairman Key Plttmaa of the sen-ate sen-ate foreign relations committee in a letter reviewing relations be-1 tween the United States and the U. S. S. R. He said diplomatic relations between be-tween the United States and the U. S. S. R. are not "wholly contingent" contin-gent" on the agreements entered Into by Maxim Utvinov, the then soviet foreign commissar, at the time of recognition in 1933. One of these agreements was that Rus sia would abstain from propaganda In this country. Congress Is considering several phases of the U. S.-Russian relations rela-tions and the matter of an additional addi-tional nonmtlitary loan to Finland, swhich Is resisting soviet invasion. - In the house another test of sentiment sen-timent on discontinuing relations with Russia may be made on a mo--tConllnu on Pan Two) (Coluau sis) Hull Says U.S. Believes Russia Not Living Up to 'Obligations' (CeataneS Fnm Fee Oae tlon to cut off funds for maintaining maintain-ing a United States embsssy in Moscow. The senate is scheduled to take up a proposal to Increase the export-import bank's revolving fund so that further loans could be made to Finland. Hull said that on occasions when the U. S. believed Russia was not living up to Its agreements "this government has roads appropriate representations to the soviet government" gov-ernment" . "In certain instances these representations rep-resentations hsvs yielded constructive construc-tive results," he said. "In others they hsvs disclosed divergences In In the Interpretation of the agreements agree-ments In question." Hull's letter was In response to s resolution by Senator Arthur M. Vandenberg (R., Mich.) asking for a report on whether the Lltvinov agreements had been violated. He cited two cases he said had caused this government to protest to Moscow. Ons Involved the holding hold-ing of the seventh all-world congress con-gress of the communist Internationals Interna-tionals In Moscow in 1935. This, he said, affected a Lltvinov agreement agree-ment not to Interfere In the Interior Inter-ior affairs of the Unite States. Hull said that soviet authorities had denied that their government had taken upon Itself obligations of any kind with regard to the communist Internationale. The other ease Involved the arrest ar-rest and detention of a number of American citizens by soviet authorities. au-thorities. Hull Informed the committee com-mittee concerning that case: "In the opinion of this government, govern-ment, the soviet government in the handling of some of these cases was not living up strictly to its undertaking un-dertaking relative to the rights of citizens of the United States to legal protection. "Following representations made by this government, the American citizens under arrest were eventually even-tually released, and at the present time, so far as this government is aware, no American cltlzenr are under detention In the soviet union except a number whom the soviet government considers to be citizens citi-zens of the soviet union rsther than the United States." In addition to the Lltvinov agreements, agree-ments, Hull wrote, the United States and Russia exchanged views with regard to methods of settling all questions of indebtedness and claims outstanding between them. Ho said It had been hoped that the exchange would bring about a speedy and satisfactory solution of those questions but that the 'd partmsnt wss forced to announce on January 31. 1935, that the negotiations nego-tiations "must now be regarded as having come to an end." |
