Evening star., 1953-09-06
Europe Press Reacts
To Dulles Comment
On Germany, Trieste
sy the Assoe,oted Pres,

with criticisms of United States
Secretary of State Dulles COM
mentS on European affairs.
Some. however, defended his
comments.
AS a result OF Mr.. Dulles ad-
dress to the American Legion
in St. Louis Wednesday followed
by a news conference in Wash
ington Thursday. the Secretary
of State is especially under fire
in West Germany and Italy.
In answer to a news confer
ence question, Mr.. Dulles called
for reelection of West Ger
man Chancellor Konrad Ade-
nauer's government tomorrow.
This reused the ire of the oppo-
sition Socialist Party in West
Germany.
At the same news conference,
Mr.. Dulles said the United States
has an open mind on the
Trieste problem. Since a joint
United States British French
statement in 1948 favored turn
ing over to Italy the disputed
Adriatic port city which both
Italy and Yugoslavia want, many
Italians decided American sup
port for their claim was waning.
Hot Issue in Germany.
During the last two days
since Mr.. Dulles made his COM
ment, the charge of American
intervention" has become one of
the biggest and hottest issues in
the West German parliamentary
election campaign. While most
German newspapers refrained
from commenting further today,
the independent Frankfurter
Rundschau described Mr.. Dulles
remarks as certainly an un-
usual intervention" It added:
"The violent reaction of
numerous British and French
newspapers proves that these re-
gard the statements as an attack
not only on German but also
on European dignity"
West Berlin's Der Tag. which
Is closely associated with Mr..
Adenauer's Christian Democratic
Party, tried to Smoothe over
rufhed German feelings, saying
"Mr. Dulles in no way had the
intention to interfere in the Ger
man election campaign" Der Tag
added that Mr.. Dulles was
forced by questions of COR
respondents to express his opin-
ions on the German elections"
The paper expressed regret that
Dulles extremely excellent re-
marks resulted in such an un-
pleasant aftermath"
Editorial opinion in several
other West German papers was
divided on whether the Dulles
remarks constituted intervention.
Unintended Hearings Hinted.
In London, the influential
Times suggested today that per-
haps Mr.. Dulles "generaliza-
tions" had been scrutinized for
meanings they were never in
tended to convey.
What was presumably only an
essay in political analysis has
been seized as inferring a con-
demnation of Adenauer's political
opponents and might thus be
capable of making more possible
the very result which Dulles does
not want" the Times said
Two pro-Labor British pa
, pers, which might be expected
to be sympathetic to the social
ist cause on the continent. cri-
ticized Mr.. Dulles.
What would the Americans
say if Anthony Eden British
Foreign Secretary got up and
told them to vote against Eisen-
hower?" asked the Daily Mirror.
The pro-Labor Daily Herald
Joined in:
What would Dulles have said
II any European foreign minis
ter had said last November that
defeat of Adlai Stevenson would
be a diSaster?"
Danish Paper DiSagrees.
In Copenhagen, Denmark, the
independent newspaper infor-
nation said it disagreed with
Mr.. Dulles opinion that defeat
of Mr.. Adenauer tomorrow
might postpone German unity
indefinitely, since "it is a big
question whether the foreign
policy of the German Social
Democrats (SocialistS) would be
the same Gas Adenauer's) if the
party were in power"
Paris papers played news dis
patches on Mr.. Dulles COM
ments on their front pages but
have refrained so far from an
editorial comment.
On the Italian front, where
Mr.. Dulles has been equally un-
der fire because of the current
tension between Italy and Yu-
goSlaVia over Trieste. the press
reacted bitterly to, his remarks.
In Milan. Patria said Mr..
Dulles had indicated clearly
that his department "aims at
compromise whose costs Italy
must pay to satisfy (Yugoslav
President) Titos ambitions"
Clear Statement Asked.
Rome's Socialist newspaper
Giustizia asked that the United
States emerge from their equiv
ocal position and clearly state
their thought on the subject of
Trieste"
Another Rome newspaper, the
independent Giornale d'Italia,
commented editorially that "it
is clear that the United States,
which (becausa Of their own
political youth are easily impress
sionable, are losing or already
have lost faith in the Latin