Evening star., 1949-06-05

had been O lucrative outlet To-
American. British and French
goods. 1t succeeded to a certain
extent In entering those market
before World War I.
China has been placed behins
the iron curtain as O result of tn,
victory of Moscow's Communis
puppets over the Nationals
forces. That Is to say her eco
nomic policies, as well as he
political activities. will be dictates
by Moscow. And 1t Is fearet
that the rest Of Asia may suffel
the same fate.
There Is no doubt in the mindl
of any political leaders in ths
West that the Kremlin will ordel
| its stooges to close the Chimes.
market to the Western world, ex.
cept for certain products needed
in the immediate future.
When in 1947 Jan Masaryk
the late Foreign Minister oi
Czechoslovakia. was called to the
Kremlin for a dressing down from
Stain for having accepted the
Marshall Plan offer. he was told
according to notes which Mr.
Masaryk left:
you must be out of your mind
to accept the Marshall Plan. Tha,
is a device Of the Americans tt
delay their economic and indus.
trial crisis and we all must see
that it comes as soon as possible
Because 1t Is only when Americs
Is on the down grade economically
that we can hope to establish oul
full domination over the world
Markets Limited
Mr.. Masaryk was compelled tc
withdraw his acceptance and
committed suicide soon after
ward. The Kremlin is more
hopeful than ever that this crisi.
in the United States will occur
in the near future. and in keep.
ing with its policies Moscow IL
expected to let down the iror
shutters on all the areas which
the Communists now have or are
taking over.
Thus the great Western indus
trial countries have at their dis.
posal only very much shrunker
markets. They are already de.
prived of the Balkans and East.
ern Europe, as well as China and
probably the rest Of the Indiar
Ocean countries. Under these
circumstances. say the German
"Bismarckians." lie. those who be.
lieve In close German-Russiar
cooperation. what chance doe.
Germany have of competing II
this very restricted Western
market with the industrial powers
which were their enemy until re-
Gently and which are still i'm
bued with the fear Of Germany
or a renaissance of Naziism. .
The only chance the German
people have Of recovering the
good times Of the past is to be-
come o partner--in q subordi-
nate, but not a satellite position
of the U. s. s. r., this group con-
tends. Moscow Is said to have
made realistic" promises that a
Germany honestly cooperating
with the Kremlin will be given
every opportunity to deal in the
Balkans-once an important Gus
toner of the German indus
trialists and particularly In
China and the Far East. where II
will replace American and British
trade.
The German. 'uow albion Hitler
and his cohorts, not because they
curtailed their freedom and estab-
lished q totalitarian state, but
because they lost the war ant
the golden opportunity to estab.
lish the Reich as o dominant
power In the world. They are moi
afraid Of collaboration with the
U. 8. q. r. for the purpose Of
prosecuting what most German
still consider inferior nations: TIL.
peasants Of the Balkans and East.
ern Europe.
Main Attractions
In our policy-making depart.
ments in Washington 1t is ADMITTED
that the fate of Europe and even.
tually the rest Of the world, de.
pends greatly on which way Ger.
many will turn. A cold analyst!
Of the situation leads to the con.
clusion that the Germans are will.
ing to live under O democratic
form Of government. However, /,
well-grounded Soviet propagands
| is able to show the strongly ma.
tionalistic German people that by
siding with the West they have
but little hope for real economic
recovery and ample markets fol
the industries, while BY JOINING
with Russia their industrial pros.
perity will be reborn. they will pre-.
fer the police state TO q free gov.
ernment.
Regardless of what may be de.
cided at Paris and how much ths
new Bonn constitution may b,
promoted as Q blessing for tn.
Western Germans, eventually th.
Reich viii join the power which
offers 1t the best outlet for it
industries, the power which canno'
compete with 1t In industrial pro.
duction and the power which ma,
be willing to make It an associat,
| In world domination: The J. 8
o. r.
Since 1sl5 O substantial number
/ of German scientists and skillet
workers have gone 10 Russia, wher,
they are known to have been activ,
in improving the Red Army's wal
production and In devising new
weapons for the Red forces. Nov
some Ysnlitical thinlKerS In Ger.