Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-14
Eden Obtains
Italy Backing
On New Pact
Britain Now Urging
Extending 5-Notion
Brussels Alliance
BY the Associated Press

l " tO CONGRATULATIONS
ROME, Sept. 14.-British For.
eign Secretary Anthony Eden
and italian Foreign Minister At
tilio Piccioni reached full agree
ment" on the European defense
situation in a three-hour con-
ference today. spokesman said.
They discussed the new British
plan for extending the f1ve-na-
ton Brussels alliance to include
West Germany and Italy. This
is the substitute Prime Minister
Churchill's government is pro-
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European Defense Community.
1t would allow West Germany to
rearm within the North Atlantic
alliance.
Similar agreement to Mr..
Eden's proposals had been re-
ported after his earlier. visits to
the West German capital Of
Bonn and the Belgian capital,
Brussels.
Paris Is Next Stop.
So successful were the talks
this morning that the spokesman
said there would be no further
conversations. Later today Mr..
Eden will pay a call on Premier
Mario Scelba, but this is purely
a courtesy call. he said. Mr.. Eden
will leave tomorrow morning.
Two days of conferences in Paris
are on his schedule.
Official sources in London dis
closed last night the new scheme
to rearm West Germany under
the Brussels pact to fill the de-
Tense gap left by Frances killing
of the Edo.
The 1913 brussels treaty
forerunner of NATO-binds to-
gether Britain. France, Belgium,
the Netherlands and Luxem-
bourg within the framework of
the broader 14-natfon organiza-
ton. The five Brussels members
are pledged to military. political,
economic and social cooperation
for a 50-year period
In his whirlWind tour. Mr..
Eden hopes to lay the ground
work for a conference in Lon
don to work out the new West
European defense arrangement
before the end OF the year. At
the conference, the British hope
to have the six signers Of the
rejected European Defense Com
munity pact France. West Ger
many, Italy. Belgium, the Meth
erlands and neutrality-suspicious.
with the United States, Canada
and Britain.
On Thursday Mr.. Eden will
make a report on his trip to a
special meeting of the North At
lantic Council Of Paris.
Better Chance Seen.
London officials said the new
plan has better chance of
winning French approval than
EDO because:
1. The ties would be loosen
than under the old unified army
plan. The Brussels treaty binds
each member to go automatic
cally to the aid of it's partners
in case Of an attack, but each
country is allowed Its own ma
tional army.
2. Additional safeguards pro-
posed by Britain would keep q
lid on German rearmament.
NATO would be empowered to
set a ceiling on the size Of ma
tional armies and inspect their
forces. A European or Atlantic
arms pool would be formed,
with an international board Of
commissioners limiting produce
ton and carrying out inspec-
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8. Britain would be committed
to share equally in the defense
arrangements. One of the chief
French objections to EDO was
that Britain stood apart from
actual membership. The French
feared that without Britain
alongside, they would be at the
mercy Of their old German foes.
Murphy Follows Eden.
Close on Mr.. Eden's heels was
Robert D. Murphy, United States
Deputy Undersecretary of State.
He arrived In Bonn shortly after
Mr.. Eden left. After seeing
Chancellor Adenauer and other
officials he few on to Belgrade
to see President Tito.
There was no official word on
his mission. Some British news
papers carried Washington dis
patches. however. that the State
Department troublsChooter was
following close behind Mr.. Eden
to assess the outcome Of the lat
est British proposals.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Adenauer
called OF a foreign policy speech
he was scheduled to make today
before his parliament. appar-
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