Evening star., 1950-10-20
By Blair Moody
North American Newspaper AIlione.

F$ortn American newspaper AIilonee
BONN, Germany, Oct. 90
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer to-
day gave his pledge that Ger
many will never make common
pact with Soviet Russia" and as
sured France that the new Ger
man republic has one primary
objective: peace through integra-
tion with the Western world.
In an exclusive interview, which
came as the Big Three allies were
trying to iron out a formula to
rearm the Germans, with safe
guards which would protect the
French government from topping,
the chief of the West German
state warned that time may be
running out for strengthening the
West against Soviet aggression.
"If you have the certain assur-
ance that Russia does not intend
to move in two years or one year,
then your program is moving
along all right said DR.. Ade-
nauer. IF you don't have that
certainty, then you must hurry"
The German chancellor was re-
ferring to the three-year time
table for arming the Western Eu-
ropean Allies, including the pro-
posal for German forces delayed
by French opposition.
Agrees With Heuss.
DR.. Adenauer agreed with Theo-
dor HeusS, the German president,
whose exclusive interview I wrote
yesterday, that the Schuman plan,
proposed by the foreign minister
of France for international merg-
er of coal and steel, is a fair con-
dition to be imposed by France
before German rearmament. The
French are insisting that this
plan be in operatjon-to take away
Germany's power to make war
unilaterally-before equipping any
German forces.
Regarding the fear of many
French that the Germans are not
to be trusted and might turn
around" and fight on the Russian
side, DR.. Adenauer was most en-
phatic:
Every fear that Germany will
make a common pact with Russia
is completely unfounded." he said.
Cites Two Reasons.
II want to explain why. There
are two reasons:
First, we learned under Hitler
what a totalitarian system means.
We want no more of it-German,
Russian or any other kind.
Second, the terrible cruelties of
the Russian troops in East Ger
many have had catastrophe ef-
feet on the reputation of Russia
throughout Germany.
MANY displaced persons, women
and children, have come out of
the zones occupied by the Rus
SLAMS and told what life under the
Soviets is.
"Out of IL million inhabitants
driven out Of the territories now
occupied by Russia and Red
Poland, only million have arrived
here. No less than S million are
either dead or have been removed
to Russia. There are million
war prisoners who have not been
returned.
Want Nothing to Do With Reds.
Most Germans want nothing to
do with the Russians. The people
in the East zone can't help them
selves" ~ Il
DR.. Adenauer politely suggested
that the time has come for the
United States to use its economic
power to force Western nations
to integrate their strength against
the Communist danger.
Europe is in bad state" the
chancellor declared. "It has too
much intellectualism. I'd like to
define that: Some one recently
wrote that an intellectual is
man who is able to see the things
to be done properly. but has not
the strength to shape things &C
cordingly.'
What thet old Roman poet,
Ovid, said applies in this connec.
ton: Force is not unwelcome.
America ought to push the Euro
peans a little harder to get to-
gether.
The German chancellor indi-
Gated only the most rapid pace of
rearming possible could insure
free Europe's safety from invasion.
"Totalitarian state can be kept
from attacking only if its leaders