The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-25

Germany today, moving quickly to
follow up the Paris agreements
for adding German strength to
Wstern defense.
In fireside radio chat last night.
tn Premier told his countrymen:
France and Germany are two
countries whose nearness TO one
another and whose resources and
production require their close as
ISOLATION together"
His talk came a day after the
forign ministers of Is Wetern ma
tons signed protocols to three trea-
ties designed to make West Ger
many free and equal partner in
the Western alliance against the
threat of Red aggression. The Par
is agreements must be ratified by
the national parliaments of the
countries concerned. Western dip
lomats hoped this could be accom-
plished by mid-1955, but they
looked for some rough going with
the Soviet Union in the months
ahead.
Russia moved within a few
hours after the agreemnts wer
reached Saturday, calling for a Big
Four conference in November on a
German peace settlement.
Mendes-France told his radio
audience the signing of an agree
ment Saturday with West German
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer on
the future of the rich Saar Valley
removed that obstacle to French.
German cooperation.
Reminding the French that West
Germany is their best customer
and Second most important pro-
wider of goods" the Premier said
the two countries need each other.
Because of this" he said, 1--WE
are determined to conclude &C.
cords of long duration such as will
assure permanent markets for
French wheats, sugar, milk prod.
ucts, etc.
at is ato useful to encourage
associations between French and
German business and financial in
terests with the aim of making the
best Of our respective resources,
increasing production, and making
research to find markets elsewhere
in the world"
The Premier said the agreement
to Europeanize the Saar within the
French economy satisfied rights
and interests of France in a way
we had called for in vain for q
very long tile"
He said the Saar agreement was
"not achieved without pain" but
discounted fears held in some
French quarters that close eco
nomic cooperation would give Ger
man efficiency supremacy. It was
not just case of dividing present
limited markets, he said. but to
enlarge our fields of activity and
our markets"
In addition to Soviet roadbl0cks
in the way of Allied plans for West
Germany, Western diplomats also
expect Mendes-Franee to run into
stiff opposition in getting some
features of the agreements through
the French National Assembly.
Large segments of the French
people in the past have opposed
three things contained in the ac-
cords - the West Germans will
be able to create a general staff
Of the army level, form military
units at the army group level for
Indignation with the other Allied
forces and enter directly into the
North Atlantic Treaty organiza-
ton.
These factors may sway some
votes, but associates of Mendes-
France say he is expected to pre-
sent the entire plan to the Assem-.
bly,.
The various agreements reached
Saturday would end the Allied oc-
cupation and rearm West Germany
under safeguards within a seven
nation Western European Union
and NATCO. Twelve German divi-
sions would take their place in the
Allied defense line.
The Soviet Unions call for a
four-power forign ministers con-
ference said the talks hould in
clude Wstern as well as Russian
proposals for free alderman
elections.
The United States, Britain and
France wre rported standing by
two conditions for any such con-
ference as outlined in notes to
Moscow last month:
l. Russia must agree IN advance
to holding free, supervised, Ger
man-wide elections for an all
German government.
2. Russia must act in advance
to conclude a treaty of independ-
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