The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-05

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nks > s6nlsss belween Russia AZ
Mme4sen.
- the aseraae GEmnn. how.
Wver. there was no elear-cat East
Vest ehoiee such as recent Moscoa
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eeem q Imply
ne United States. ihFough seere.
aaFy e State Dallgs. gave is bless.
Is Tnurbaay % Chnnecilor Enrad
Adenanefs prpWeafern conserve.
ZEE eoaiitlon guxernment.
Russia. through he official news
assney Tnss, called last night fnF
o. defeat a Adenauer ard hls
pEugr&m n rearmamenf n aIllanee
viii ne West
German voters Who wsli decide
8e Issue In lomnEKows parilamnn.
tnry Vuiine perhaps ne most alg.
mllieanG elecll0m IN p0stwmr Europe
-~eouid poini oat that both parties
win anv chance If wAnnlng are
anli Communist. Tho opposition
Socialists are hal a. sfsunniy %.
posed b Moscow e Adenauer 5
ChFistlsn Democrats.
But 70 the outside w0rld ne dlf.
lngnnee Was this:
TIE triumph 81 The T7-yeaf Old
Chnncellors Chrlsiian Democrats
would commit West Germany %
his program If raising German
troops Scr ne proposed Wezh "a.
rupean army. 4 pr0lect the Tilted
States supports.
A Socialist victory, however.
woald bring n = polley Of unarmed
neutrality u the cold var, which
Mosf0w demands.
For moss Germans. however. the
main question was: which policy
office She most hope % achieving
that al German dream Of Feunltina
both the Soviet occupied Eart zone
and West Germany n peace and
fruedom7
Taas said last night thar TIRE mo.
ment Adenaurr achieves his goal
II q Western military Alliance III
win become Impossible % revive
the unity Of Germany.
Dulles declared Adenaners De.
feat would BE- disastrous for the
prospects 81 German unification.
The Socialists Jumped On Dulles
statement with such fury thai i
became che hottest Issue Of al IN
ne closing days q the campaign,
They accused the American see.
Rotary II state a "lnt0lcrahle" IN
terlerenee In German domestic
affairs and charged he not onlS
was trying 10 dictate % Cermnr
voters Bot also was attempting q
torpedo next months proposed
fDnr power conference On Ger
mnmy's future.
Socialist leaders elfimed and
acme American officials privately
conceded this posalhlllly-~lhat Ger
man reaentnhent % foreign ''dieial
ton" would react against Alden
sunr rather than Cor him.
The Ghaneeil0T'a supporters
however. continued b express con.
fidenee lhai Adsnauer would tFl
umph.
In teleyislon address last night,
Adenauer declared the Socialists
would embark On dangerous en-
peFimeHls IN she economic and Cor.
elgn policy fields" Il they win the
election.
Socialist Chief Erich 0lleuhaueF
IN hts last appeal 70 the voters,
dashed aut al AdenaueFa foreign
policy IS ''unrealisllc" He De,
clared TIE German people ''wuuld
be TIE first victims Of 4 new war. .
Although observers generally de-.
elined - speculate on the outcome
og the voting. at least one thing
seemed certain: the Communist
party won't win.
The German Red organization
has grown ~ weak during che cold
war hat L may not even carry
enc a the ~ parliamentary seats
90 stake.
Apparently realizing their weak
meas. The Communists switched ar.
ing the campaigns last week d
plans Of violence and sabotage De.
signed 10 wreck the election.
Thousands % tough Red agents
were sent In from East Germany
% raid polling boolhs. steal ballet
boxes, attack election officials
and incile riots.
West German federal police ar,
rested over 1.so0 agents and mob,
Hired four million volunteer youth.
end athletes 20 help guard she
polls against attacks ~ any agent.
who might have slipped through
the police net.
The Eightwlng Fa6ieala-aeeusea
~ belng Nan minded - preseal
more q = threai At lhe polls thar
ne Reds. The radical attack l.
being spearheaded b. the Germar
Reich party. which ne government
Is attempting 10 outlaw as uneon
stlluiional.
But TIE righiwingers appear ots
badly split amoug several group,
20 rival the strength az thm t.hrte