Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-16
Whot Will Happen if Soar
Poet IS Beoten at Polls?

lrd charge Is that acceptance Of
he agreement would deliver the
Saar bound hand and foot to the
French. The Saar's freedom Of
action, It Is claimed, Is 3 fraud.
since France has negotiated the
terms Of an even more binding
economic union since the agree
ment was signed. At mass meetings
throughout the eaarland, crowds
have reared their approval Of
speakers exhorting them to 'liher-
ate their country. from the sblack-
mailing french. z On more than one
occasion the familiar verses Of
Deutschland ueber Alles' have
wound up the proceedings.
Omcialiy barred from active par
ticipation In the campaign, the
Germans themselves have responded
with synzpathetic understanding TO
these carryines-on. The Saar
Christian Democrats inflated to
DR.. Adenauer,s own party have
the attack on the sta
tute. with the not-so-tacit approval
Of many leaders IN Bonn. Tho
muted appeals Of the Chancellor
himself In favor Of the treaty hags
not increased his popularity In
Germany, and seem to have had no
noticeable effect In moderating the
tone Of his followers Ia the saar.
On the other side Of the fence.
the pro-French camp has been
hardly more l1ighminded In its ap-
preach. With no visible leg to
stand on they have cheerfully
pinned Q Maxi label on many Of the
prot German leaders, charging them
with antisemitisln and limiting
broadly that most of them were
welI-connected IN Hinmier's SIS.
The nickname StHerMer tstorm-
tro0per) Schneider has been pias-
tered on the leader Of the Demo
cratic Party to emphasize his Maxi
party membership before Io36-a
personal history shared by . good
many government supporters 90
wen. Or. taking the opposite tack.
the pro-statute organs have reck-
lessly equated their opponents with
the Communists.
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