Evening star., 1954-10-23
German Pacts Signed in Paris
After Hasty Saar Compromise;
Russia Urges Unification Talks
Mendes-Frunce,
Adenuuer Accept
European Status
BY the Assoeioied Pres.

&, BY the Assoeioied Pres.
PARIS, Oct. 23.-The Western
allies took defeated West Ger
many into the defense fold today
moments after France and her
traditional enemy wrote a hectic
18th hour compromise settle
ment of the long-festering dis
pute over the Saar.
French Premier Pierre Mem
deS-France and West German
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
initiated an agreement to give
the rich Saar border area, Ger
man by language and custom but
closely tied to the French econ
omy, European" status-at
least until the long-awaited
peace conference for a reunited
Germany.
This accord, which remained
in doubt almost to the last min
ute, removed the final obstacle
to the signing of other allied
treaties hammered out here this
week and in London last month.
Under glaring floodlights in
the French Foreign Ministry's
gold and white state dining room,
the foreign ministers Of the
Western Big Three then joined
the chancellor in signing an
agreement to end the allied oc-
cupation of West Germany and
to restore all but full sovereignty
to the West Germans.
Assurances on Troops.
A principal factor in winning
the new agreements was a prom
Use by the United States and
Britain to keep troops on the
European continent indefinitely.
These guarantees were given
to soothe apprehensive French
men-at the London conference
late in September. at which the
basic outlines of today's agree
ments were drawn.
European foreign ministers
followed up the sovereignty agree
ment with the signing Of amend
ments to the 1948 Brussels al-.J
lance which establish Web
ern, European Union linking
Britain. France, Belgium. Hol-
land. Luxembourg, West Ger
many and Italy.
Their action, adding two for
mer enemy states to the original
flve-power treaty, replaced the
ill-fated European army plan
(EDC) as a framework for West
German rearmament, less than
two months after the death of
EDO in the French National
Assembly. In today's treaty and
with their new sovereignty, the
Germans received the right to
rearm.
Germans Renounce War.
The West Germans simultane-
ously renounced war as an in
strument of national policy, |
particularly in connection with
claims to lost areas in the East,
and stepped willingly into an
inter-allied system setting strict
controls on the production of
arms and the movement of
troops in Germany for the rest
of this century.
Another agreement fixed q
ceiling of II divisions on the
new German army and placed it
tightly under the orders of the
supreme allied commander, Gen. !
Alfred M. Gruenther. The Ger
mans also pledged themselves
not to use force to achieve the
deeply desired reunif1cation of |
their country.
With completion of the sig
nature ceremony in the French |
Foreign Ministry, the ministers,
except Mr.. Adenauer, then moved
to NATO headquarters in the
Palais de Chaillot annex, where
the IA member nations signed
an agreement inviting West
Germany to become their 18th
Moscow Move Studied.
These achievements, which |
added German manpower to |
allied strength in defense of |
the West, evoked a quick and |
more than coincidental response |
from Moscow.
While the treaties were being |
completed here, the Kremlin |
sent a new note to the Western /
Big Three embassies in Moscow
on the German unity issue.
United States Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles. British |
Foreign Secretary Sir Anthony
Eden and Mr.. Mendes-Fran
scheduled a meeting here later
in the day. apparently to study
this latest Russian move.
A French cabinet spokesman
g q. 4