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Show AGREEMENT WITH MOSCOW There has been nothing but praise of Secretary Cordell Hull in Washington since the news came through of the signing of the Moscow Pact. Less than two years have passed since the United States discovered dis-covered that the Soviet Communist Government was not so bad as we had supposed. Links of friendship have been strengthened in a remarkably short space of time, and whereas less than 60 days ago every discussion discus-sion of Russia in Washington reeked with suspicion and distrust a new respect and admiration for the Stalin government has developed in recent weeks. : Maybe some other statesman might have met the same reception and gotten the same sort of a pact that was signed up by the Russians, Britains and Americans Ameri-cans but most of us don't think so. It "would have been pretty hard' to pick any other individual in . the present national government not even President Roosevelt who had the qualities required re-quired to clinch this pact by the Allied governments. Hull never quibbles, and when this correspondent said that he would get "yes" or "no" answers from the Stalin government we guessed and prophesied correctly. All newspaper readers must feel relieved now that most of the suspicions have been removed and understandings under-standings set down in black and white by the governments govern-ments of the United States, Great Britain, China and Russia. Thus we have in the triumph at Moscow a great victory for the United Nations. Perhaps in the long run it may be regarded as more of a victory than any yet achieved on the battlef ront. |