Evening star., 1951-04-02

the courage of our people. sup
ported by your brotherly assist
ance.
Rearmament Contribution.
Our next contribution to the
cause of freedom and peace is our
rearmament effort which our
Parliament has voted by a huge
majority without hesitation or
reservations. This has been done
in spite of the already enormous
burden of our reconstruction and
re-equipment and of our military
expenditures. It is certainly not
the fault of our two nations if
world collective security has not
been organized. though we con-
slider this failure as merely tenn
porary. The spirit of aggression
is foreign to both Americans and
But in the face of
threats of totalitarian expansion
and the formation of certain
groups of powers whose
policies and armaments are not
subject to the free control of the
people, we have turned thought
fully and inflexibly to regional
pacts and especially to the re-
gional pact of the North Atlantic
which, conforming to the statutes
of the United Nations, has but one
aim-to deter aggression and to
strengthen the peace. Thus, by
our reciprocal undertakings that
we shall from now on pool to-
gether our resources of arms and
troops at all threatened and stra-
tegic points. we have made the
Atlantic community a solid foun-
dation. of our common security
and of peace.
Efforts Not Contradictory.
For us, indeed, the effort for
peace and the effort for defense
are not contradictory; they COM
plement each other. With the
prudence and f1rmness dictated by
our sad experience, we shall never
cease to answer negation, pro.
cedural obstructionism and propa-
ganda in the language of right, of
truth and of sincerity.
Let us not fail to speak clearly,
frankly and firmly. Let us put at
the service of peace and freedom,
side by side with our material
forces as long as those are needed,
the invincible moral forces which
always animate free people aware
of the Righteousness of their
cause.
We shall not tire, on our part,
OF repeating the conditions that
are necessary for the re-establish-
ment of trust and cooperation
among all peoples. Does every one
sincerely want peace? In that
case, every one must respect the
commitments subscribed to in the
charter of the United Nations by
all the allies of yesterday; in that
case, certain countries must stop
interfering in the internal affairs
of others in an effort to weaken
their freely chosen regimes. to
provoke troubles, to paralyze pro-
ductlon and to pour daily insults
upon their governments.
Armament Control Needed.
In that case, international ano
permanent control by the United
Nations organization of arma-
ments, of all ornaments, in al.
countries, must be accepted, ir
order to limit fairly and later te
destroy all classic or atomic
weapons.
In that case, the national armies
must be progressively replaced by
a United Nations army as provided
by the common charter.
In that case, every country must
agree to the free movement Of
wealth, ideas and persons as well
as the free and sincere expression
of view, under international con-
troll of peoples on whom regimes
have been imposed by force.
Here are, among so many 9TH
ers, the questions to which an
Swers must be found. And so that
they may be answered clearly, ]
am asking them here, clearly ano
publicly, before the Legislature oi
a great nation which is ridiculous.
ly accused every day, as is ours, oi
warmongering, and I am certain
that I speak in the name of all the
men who want peace with liberty
the only peace worth living for.
Finally, our effort to unite anc
organize Europe must be con-
Sidered a contribution to the de.
fense of peace and liberty by al
who believe that it is not suffi-
cient to guarantee the security o1
nations and of individuals but