Evening star., 1954-10-30
Adenauer Considers
Disarmament Key 10
World Cooperation
By james {. Roper

West German Chancellor Kon-
rad Adenauer leaves Washington
today convinced that eventual
disarmament is the key to cas-
ing world tensions.
For the present. DR.. Adenauer
wants the West to build its own
military and economic power.
Then it could try to negotiate a
series Of agreements with the
Soviet bloc-starting with a dis
armament program.
Other agreements could be
written later to guarantee bor-
ders and promise assistant to any
country which is attacked. DR..
Adenauer believes. however. that
the key to the whole structure
Of world cooperation is disarm-
ament.
This thought, ironically, comes
from the man who apparently is
destined to lead West Germany
in rearmament. His views were
expressed before his scheduled
departure for New York.
Will Receive Degree.
He will pause in New York to
receive an honorary degree from
Columbia University tomorrow
afternoon. Then. cutting his
| American visit short, he will
fly home to attend the Wednes-
day funeral Of his personal and
political friend, DR.. Hermann
Ehlers, president of the Bunde-
stag.
DR.. Adenauer Cancelled plans
to deliver two addresses in New
York.
In speech here yesterday the
German Chancellor outlined a
four-point security program.
Spokesman for DR.. Adenauer
later expanded on it to empha-
size that the Chancellor really
had his eye on disarmament at
an appropriate time.
Mr.. Adenauer sharply criti-
cized Communist conduct in
East Germany, but said, There
exists a well-founded hope for
the unification of Europe" He
presented a program which was
officially translated this way:
I. "The peoples of the West
must first secure their freedom
and their peace by combining
for their common defense"
2. "They must create sound
and stable economic conditions
within the free world, and guar
antee human freedom and social
security for every one"
8. "They should prepare for
the future by giving their forms
of association a purely defensive
character, endowing them with
all the elements requisite for a
system of collective security"
4. Finally, they should jointly
as regional group-as provided
| for in the United Nations Char
| ter-enter into a relationship, to
be settled by treaty. with the
Soviet bloc, relationship which
would offer all those participat-
ing security against aggression,
In this connection We must
make it quite clear that any con-
tinuation of the Soviets' attempt
| to bolshevize by force whole ma
tions and parts of nations
against their expressed will are
not designed to bring about re-
| Taxation of tension which the
Soviet leaders describe as their
foremost aim."
Mistranslated Word.
Spokesmen for DR.. Adenauer
said one word was mistranslated
| They said the Chancellor in his
fourth point really meant to
refer to an East-West agree
ment" instead of a treaty
but the difference was important
mostly to the diplomats.
In his speech DR.. Adenauer
said leading statesmen of the
free world" agree to his program
He conceded. however, that he
had not discussed it during his
Washington visits with President
Eisenhower and Secretary of
State Dulles The State Depart
ment declined to comment.
Meanwhile, the Associated
Press reported that, while keep
ing silent officially, United States
diplomats privately turned
thumbs down on the Adenauer
proposal for an eventual nom
aggression pact between the
West and the Soviet bloc. They
confided the plan goes far be-
yond any position this country