Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-05-18 | Page 2 | Sweden's Russion Trade Quickly Follows Treaty

Sweden' $ Ruuian Trad Quickly FoIIowm Treaty TrCKHOI,M. May IT fy A P A reduction by I wr aent of the harbor har-bor duee of tfwedlab ablpa eaieting the port af l,ent(,grad, a ret ura to Mwedlsh ownership of the eOibaeay heua in that city, and the appointment appoint-ment by each nation ef official envoys en-voys to the otber, are among the first result a of the alanlng of the pact between be-tween ftweuen- and Russia, In whw-h ttie eoviat la recogntaed aa tba government gov-ernment de Jure. Whiia the treaty mut be ratified by the gwedtsk Riksdag, the government, haaded br Prima Minister Trigger, baa already promised recognition. Th trenty contains a clause grafting graft-ing each aaoa the most favorrd nation na-tion trtatmT,t, whiS doea not depend upon ratification by tha Rtkadag. Thla haa an Important tearing on shipping prlvilegaa, aa hitherto Hwediah ahlp-, ow.era have btn obliged to pay five ttmea as h'gh harbor riuea aa thneo from countrtaae with which the aovlet bad treaty rotation. Th gwedi-n commercial and In-du In-du trial world now looks forward to labtlisatlon af the trade with ftus-U, ftus-U, which ta g gond mart for P-wed. leh product-. Mwadn ao will be I enabll ( play aa ever atronger rnie aa middle' man between trana-Atlan-tic a porter a and Russian onnaumer.