Evening star., 1952-05-16
|Adenauer Wins
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To Sign Pacts
Allied and Germun
Negotiotors Nearly
Complete Contract
BY the Associated Press


Chancellor Konrad Adeiauer tri-
umphed over his Socialist opposi-
ton in the court today and won
approval to go ahead next week
with the signing of treaties to
rearm West Germany and ally it
with the West.
Earlier today Allied and Ger
man negotiators, after an all-night
session, announced they would
complete on Monday all but few
clauses of the proposed peace con-
tract and that the Big Three For
eign Ministers would come here
late next week to settle those
points and sign the treaty with
DR.. Adenauer.
DR.. Adenauer's legal victory
came in the Federal constitutional
court at karlsruhe, which rejected
a Socialist petition that the Chan
cellor be forbidden to sign the
peace contract and it's companion
European army treaty to raise
100000 German troops for West
ern defense.
Another Suit Pending.
The Socialists also demanded
that, if permitted to sign, DR.. Ade-
nauer's signature be considered
provisional until the outcome of
another suit the Socialists have
pending. This action demands
that the federal constitution be
amended to permit rearmament, a
process requiring a tWo-thirds
parliamentary majority which DR..
Adenauer could not obtain.
DR.. Adenauer contends a bare
parliamentary majority is required
to ratify the treaties.
The court ruled his signing of
the pacts would be legal, since
they must be ratified by the fed
eral parliament. That left it up
to the Socialists to try defeating
ratification.
Spokesman for the Allies and
Germans, meanwhile, announced
after their 18-hour, all-night ses-
sion they had reached agreement
on Is points in the contract, leav-
ing only five to finish in their final
meeting Monday.
Two or three further questions
will be referred to the American,
British and French Foreign Min
listers when they meet with DR..
Adenauer before the signing cere-
mony.
War Production Discussed.
German. Secretary of State
Hallstein said one major
question discussed in the mara
thon session concerned war
production in strategically ex-
posed areas"
He did not elaborate, but ap-I
parently the negotiators were
trying to decide what types of
arms West Germany will produce
for the European army to which
she will contribute some 400,000I
troops.
United States Assistant Com
Samuel Reber said the
will try Monday to
crack the knotty financial ques-
ton which has been the main
snag blocking completion of the
contract.
Both the Allied forces stationed
in Germany and the Bonn gov
are claiming a lions
share of the $2.5 billion new Ger
man defense budget. The Ger
mans, who estimate rearming will
cost them between $3.5 billion
and $4,750,000,000 in the first
year, want to cut their money con-
to the western forces to
the bone.
Mr.. Hallstein said this question
also probably would have to be
turned over to the foreign min
listers.
Objections Declared Met.
They also will be asked to de-
eide on the new German proposal
to put the peace contract into
effect before the parallel Euro
pean army treaty is ratified by
the six member nations. The
Germans want the contract to be-
come effective as soon as it is
by the Big Three and
Bonn governments. The Western
powers previously said the con-
tract and the army treaty would
go into effect at the same time.
The Germans say the army
treaty's final approval probably
won't come for several months
after the contract is ratified.
Mr.. Hallstein said the nego-
tiators have disposed of all OBJ
jectionS to the contract raised by
the three government parties in
West Germany.
These parties had threatened
to oppose the contract when it
comes before the Bonn Parlia-
ment unless the Western powers
granted greater sovereignty to
West Germany.
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