Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04

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the voice of their people, and
the peoples say We want peace
peace, peace"
Hits "LunStics"
Mr.. Khrushchev declared
only lunatics can seek Solu-
tons by war"
Here he reiterated. that Rus.
STA will defy Western protests
and transfer to East Germany
its controls over Western allied
lifelines to West Berlin.
He did not say when. The
Russians, advocates Of q sum-
NIT conference on all major
cold war issues. have agreed to
a foreign ministers conference
on Berlin and a German peace
treaty and suggested that 1t
start next month with a June
or July desdlne to wind up
It's worE. Mr.. Khrushchevs said
an immediate international
conference was needed on these
two problems.
He called again for the Big
Three Western powers to pun
their troops out of West Berlin.
Two Main Questions
1.-THE two main questions
that must now be peacefully
solved are a treaty of peace
with Germany and the Berlin
question" Mr.. Khrushchev said.
I'VE have already made con-
crete proposals. Now 1t Is up
to the West to take them up.
Our proposal for a peace con-
ference with the participation
of the two German states would
create the conditions for those
two states to get together.
There is only one way to a
peaceful solution OF this ques-
tion-for the two German states
to negotiate with one another.
But the West refuses our pro-
posals, without proposing any
thing that a normal human
intelligence can agree to.
In case the Bonn West
German) government refuses
to join in q peace treaty with
the two German states, then
the Soviet Union will be ready
to conclude a peace treaty with
the German democratic repub-
lie alone"
Mr.. Khrushchev charged that
Western statesmen are attempt
ing with threats of force to
block Russia from handing oyer
West Berlin lifelineS to the East
Germans.
Il believe that these persons.
who do not want peace, can
rage as much as they want, -"
the Russian said. 1T will come
to nothing"
A flight of doves and a fight
of balloons were released on
Mr.. Khrushchev's arrival in a
motor procession from the air.
port. School children waving
flags and other citizens, two
or three deep, lined suburban
streets.
Mr.. Khrushchev waved a bou-
quet of flowers as he climbed
the steps to the speakers stand.
The spectators. which Commu-
mist TV commentators esti-
mated at 100000, replied with
cheers and called out "Khru-
shchev, friendship"
Bareheaded and wearing a
black overcoat, Mr.. Khrushchev
spoke in Russian. He paused at
every paragraph for a transla-
ton into German while the
rain battered down upon the
umbrella dotted crowd.
Drifting Away
AS often happens in Commu-
mist countries, the crowd began
drifting away before the speech
was well started.
Thousands upon thousands
of factory and Office workers
were marched into the square
several hours before Mr.. Khru-
shchev bounced onto the plat
form. But hundreds headed of
even before Mr.. Khrushchev
opened his mouth.
At a corner near the speakers
stand some spectators were SC
eager to get out of the ram
that a mildly hysterical scene
developed. They showed and
pushed so much that women
and children began shouting
and screaming. completely
drowning out the loudspeakerS
in the area for about 10 min
uteS.
Police and uniformed fac
tory workers helped restore
order.
Mr.. KhruShchev few to East
Germany in a TU-104 jet air.
liner from Moscow where hi