Evening star., 1945-08-03
Decisions al PotsIa.m..,
Tough Enough 10 KeeE
Peace, London Feels
Only Complaint Voiced
Concerns Omissions
From Communique
Fy the Associated Press

Fly the Associated Press
LONDON, Aug. s. Veteran
diplomatic observers agreed to-
day that the Big Three's Pots
dam communique displayed
toughness with Germany suffi-
cient to assure the world that it
would be a long time before that
nation again could threaten
universal peace.
The London press chorused ap-
proval of the Potsdam decisions.
Virtually the only complaints
either from newspapers or diplo-
matte observers-were aimed at
what President Truman, Prime Min
lister Attlee and Premier Stain did
not say, rather than at what was
announced.
1t seemed agreed here IN diplo-
matte circles that the mistakes of
Versailles had been avoided and
that closer cooperation of the big
powers was assured in the recon-
struction of Europe.
Called Constructive Plan.
The Times called the Potsdam
plan constructive program which
is ''just though severe" and said it
holds promise Of an orderly
transition for Europe" Pointing
out that there were some notable
omissions" in the plan, including
the withdrawal of Allied forces in
Iran, the feeding of Europe and
French claims in the Ruhr and the
Rhineland, the newspaper said con-
tinued collaboration and understand
ing among all three" nations would
be necessary to complete the solu-
ton of all problems.
Only the News Chronicle took a
critical view.
Preparations proposals are per-
haps inevitably both vague and
complicated, it observed, adding
! further that "in two other impor-
tant respects the report is unsatis-
factory:
First, it throws no light on how
the Allies propose to reintegrate
Central Europe. Its problems are
as much economic as political.
Lasting peace is impossible if blum
ders of 1919 are repeated;
Secondly, there is no word any
where of small nations-Dutch,
Norwegians, Belgians, Greeks-who
suffered so grievously at Hitler's
hands 8 !"
Dispatches from Madrid said
Spaniards were aStounded by the
fact that all newspapers gave a
prominent place to long London
dispatch on the Potsdam declara-
tions. No newspaper headlined the
part of the story which said Spain
was excluded from invitation into
the United nations and none COM
mented, but the mere publication of
it appeared to indicate change in
Spanish press policy, the dispatches
said.
Whether this would be merely a
surface change or would go deeper
was said to depend on United Ma
tions action in the meantime.
Franco and the Spanish were re-
ported wondering whether the
United States and Britain planned
to follow the Potsdam rebuke with
any economic or political punches.
Foreign Office officials in Madrid
said they had received the full
text of the communique, but de-
clined official comment. The dis
patches said that privately, how
ever, they expressed relief that the
communique did not mention a
break in relations. The reaction of
the officials was that Spain could
bear the exclusion provided the
United Nations maintained COM
mercial and other normal relations
with Spain.
From Berlin Associated Press Cor
(See LONDON, Page A-10)
Three additional men from
the District area hdve been re-
ported killed In this iDar. See