London, Sept. 30.
T practical assistance the Soviet-German Agreement will give to Germany continues to be closely studied here. Soviet trade returns show that Russian exports fo Germany between 1931 and last year dropped from approximately the equivalent of £30,- 000,000 to £4,000,000, while German exports to Russia dropped from roughly £47,000,000 to £2,000,000. Russia's production last year of pig-iron, copper, lead, aluminium, zinc, tin and nickel was insufficient to meet the increased home demand. Russia's vast resources, observers here add, doubtless could be developed under the direction of German experts, but this cannot be done in a few months.
Military observers do not expect the appearance of Russian troops on the Western Front, though possibly tanks and aeroplaneg may be lent. Some observers even declare, M. Stalin has obtained, everything he wanted without fighting, so "why should he fight now?" Naval critics state that the Soviet-Esthonian agreement, granting to Russia naval and aerial bases on Esthonian islands, must be disagreeable news to Germany, as it gives. Russia control of the important Gulf of Riga, which Germany vainly tried to capture in 1915, and thus a dominating position in the Baltic:
—Reuter.
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