RUPTURE UNLIKELY

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 136, 6 December 1939, Page 11

RUPTURE UNLIKELY

U.S.A. AND RUSSIA

PARTISAN PRESSURE

REPUBLICAN PARTY

(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) WASHINGTON, December 4. A rupture in relations between Russia and the United -States or the recall of the Ambassador in Moscow appears unlikely at present, in the view of authoritative quarters. The Administration feels that it would bring advantage neither to the United 'States nor to world peace. The pressure in favour of a break is increasingly partisan. The State Secretary, Mr. Cordell Hull, at a Press conference said that the question of extending the Neutrality Act combat area to include Russia has not been considered.^ The only further step likely is simultaneous Pan-American condemnation of the invasion. There is a concerted drive by the Republicans, who are malting Rus-sian-American relations a political issue, inferring that President Roosevelt's recognition of Russia is partly responsible for the invasion. Senator Vandenberg, who is a candidate for .the Republican Presidential nomination, urges the withdrawal of the Ambassador from Moscow and describes the 1933 recognition of Russia as a blunder which is growing worse each year. He urges an official in--quiry to determine whether the Russian pledges to the United States have not been travestied and whether United States recognition should not be permanently withdrawn. Meanwhile, the Secretary to the Treasury, Mr. Henry Morgenth.au, admits he is studying the Finnish debt question, but he declines to comment on reports that there is a likelihood i of a moratorium offer by the United States..