Evening star., 1951-09-16
German Reds Launch
Last-Ditch Effort 10
Bar West Zone Army
BY the Associated Press

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BY the Associated Press
BERLIN, Sept. l5.-EaSt Ger
many's Communist government,
which already has an army, today
Launched what appeared to be a
last-ditch propaganda campaign
to prevent the 'rearming of West
ern Germany in the Western de-
tense Setup.
The drive was launched from
the Communists rubberStampI
parliament which was summoned
in extraordinary session in East
Berlin to:
J.. Hear Premier Otto Grotewohl
violently denounce the Big Three
Washington decision to integrate
West Germany as a partner in
the Atlantic community and con-
Itributor to a European army. He
called it preparation for a third
world war" and civil war in
Germany"
g Adopt a message to be sent
to the West German Parliament
in Bonn proposing again that the
East and West zones get together
to conduct free" German-wide
elections and press for conclusion
of a peace treaty for all Germany.
(In Bonn, West German
government spokesman rejected
the East German proposal for
GERMANY wide elections and
called GroteWohl's offer "a pure
propaganda trick" The spokes-
man said the unity of Germany
is not possible for the time be-
ing because of Russia's atti-
tude." He added the unity Of
Germany does not depend on
an election but on an under
standing by the four big pow
ers. Britain. America, France
and RuSSia.)
Soviet Envoy Present.
Grotewohl fired his blast, which
harped throughout on war scares
in an attempt to frighten the
West Germans out of alliance
with the West, in the presence
of Russian Ambassador Gregory
Pushkin, and the Soviet control
commissions political adviser,
Vladimir Semionov.
The puppet Parliament-which
has yet to cast single may" on a
government motion-loudly ap-
plauded Grotewohl's invective
against the Washington decisions.
the American 'imperialists" and
West German Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer.
The Red premier charged that
the Washington program would
reduce the Germans to the status
of a colonial people" and that it
meant a new world war which
would devastate Germay in fra
tricidal strife"
Then he reiterated-and the par
lament unanimously indorsed-
two proposals to the Bonn parlia-
ment which had previously been
rejected by the West Germans be-
cause they were unacceptable on
Red terms. These were for free"
Germany-wide elections and Joint
efforts to promote a peace treaty
for all Germany.
War Danger Stressed.
/ In the opinion of Allied OBJ
servers here these proposals had
no more chance now than. when
Bonn rejected them as Com
munist propaganda" last Deem
ber. Even Grotewohl expressed
fear as he was making them that
the Westerners' answer would
again be the same. So he and the
Parliament laid heavily on the
war danger" theme as a per-
suader.
In the first place, the West
Germans diStrust Communist ideas
of what is free" election as long
as political opposition remains
suppressed or coerced in Soviet
East Germany.
/ Secondly. the Communist pro-
posals again stipulated that all
their So-called Democratic mass
organizations" be allowed to put
up candidate lists for a proposed
all-German National Assembly
Furthermore, the Communists de-
manded that these affiliated or
ganizations-most of which are
banned in West Germany as sub
versive-have the same right in
the west zones.
If anything more were needed
to knock these proposals on the
head, the West Germans always
had the word of East Germany's
real boss, Communist party chief
tain Walter Ulbricht, that there
could be no dealings with Western
Chancellor Adenauer because he
was a war monger," Ulbricht said
the East would deal only with
patriots and peace lovers" which,
in Communist lingo, means Com
munistS.