Evening star., 1953-09-08
Victorious Adenauer
Pushes liberation
Of East Germany
sy the Associated Press

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Germany's victorious Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer today began
Welding a new German govern
ment dedicated to the "libera-
ton" of East Germany and close
armed alliance with the West.
The 77-year-old Christian
Democrat chief opened talks
with political leaders on the
shape of his new administration
after thanking West Germans
last night for the votes that put
him firmly in the saddle for
another four years.
Speaking to huge rally
gathered in the Bonn town
square, Mr.. Adenauer called on
his people for mighty united
effort to release the 18 million
East Germans from the yoke Of
Soviet oppression and slavery"
Coalition Seems Inevitable.
The chancellor's consultations
on his new government were ex-
pected to be short. He is sched-
uled to present plans for the
new lineup Thursday to COM
mittee of his party.
The new government must be
approved by the incoming Bun
destag dover house of Parlia-
ment), which is expected to meet
here for the first time October 2.
Some sort of coalition seemed
inevitable. The big question to-
day was how many parties would
be represented.
The voting Sunday gave 48
Bundestag seats to the Free
Democrats and Is to the German
Party, both members Of Mr..
Adenauer's government bloc
since 1949; three to the CentriSt
Party, which henceforth said it
would vote along with the Chan
cellor, and q to the new Refugee
Party formed by the millions of
fugitives from Communist
occupied Germany.
The opposition Socialists gar
nered the other $50 seats.
Faith in Old Alignment.
Mr.. Adenauer certainly again
will include the Free Democrats
in the government. giving him a
safe majority of 81 votes.
He limited to reporters last
night that he might also con-
tinue his previous alliance with
the German Party, telling the
r1ewsmen the election has shown
the peoples faith in the old
grouping and that would be
borne in mind in the building of
the new government.
There was also speculation
Mr.. Adenauer might try to bring
in the refugee faction. It's q
deputies would give the chancel-
lor the two-thirds majority
necessary to change the consti-
tuition and authorize German re-
armament if the West German
supreme court decides the pro-
jected German participation in
the European army is unconsti-
tutional.
The refugees are interested
chiefly in one thing getting
back their homes in Soviet
occupied East Germany and in
the German territories Poland
and Russia have held since the
Potsdam conference. Mr.. Ade-
nauer urged his hearers last
night to "close ranks and work
together for the liberation of the
eastern territories" a possibly
telling argument to gain the sup
port of the refugees deputies.
Election Completely Calm.
The elections, which went off
in complete calm, left the ex-
treme right (the neo-Nazi Ger
man Reich Party) and the ex-
treme left (the CommuniSts)
without a seat in the Bundestag.
More than 86 per cent of the
80 million eligible voters went
to the polls.
The West hailed the triumph
Of the Adenauer forces with
obvious relief and pleasure. Of
ficial statements from Wash
ington, London and Paris ex-
pressed great satisfaction"
The Russians, who had as
serted that Mr.. Adenauer's re-
election would endanger peace.
had little initial comment eX-
cept to claim via Moscow radio
that the voting was held in an
atmosphere of constant terror
by the Adenauer police"
The ChanceIlor's victory was
an obvious setback to Soviet
aims in Germany. It indicated
that the German voters were
neither confused nor frightened
by Communist charges that Mr.,
Adenauer's policy meant war
and his reelection would end
"all possibility of the unif1ca-
ton of Germany"
Mr.. Adenauer made it clear
that he would press for quick
enactment of such pro- Western
projects as the Six-nation Eu-
ropean army and the European
political union, which he had
made prime political issues.
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