Evening star., 1960-04-25

to deal with them in detail
here. But I want to say that
any attempt to aggravate the
wounds suffered by the Ger
man people must be avoided.
l will even add that federal
Germany is rendering the
greatest possible service to CO.
existence by Incorporating it
self as it does into Western Eu-
rope. Through the organiza-
ton of a Western Europe en-
semble, facing the bloc built
by the Soviets, it will be pos
sible to establish, from the
Atlantic to the Urals, some
equilibrium between those two
zones which are comparable,
both in populations and in re-
sources. Alone such a balance
may perhaps, one day, enable
the old continent to bring a
reconciliation between its two
parts, to find peace within it.
self, to give a fresh start to its
civilization and lastly to have
the possibility, together with
America, to help. in an atmos-
phere Of serenity, the develop
ment of the unfavored masses
of Asia and of the awakening
populations of Africa.
Indeed, such aid, offered to
the countries that lack every
thing, is, for those who do not
lack anything, both the great
est human duty and the most
fruitful policy. How much less
the chances of war if the great
modern States should choose
as common aim such an un-
dertaking! What a sigh of re-
lief would pass across the globe
if, in this field, above their
rivalries, these great States es-
tablished practical co-opera-
ton were it only. to begin with,
limited to a few matters!
Urges Disarmament
But, whatever the men who
bear the paramount RESPONSE
bility in the United States, the
Soviet Union, Great Britain
and France may attempt in a
near future towards improving
relations between their coun-
tries, increasing human, eco
nomic. cultural exchanges as
well as their cooperation for
the development of certain
ASiatic or African areas, peace
and life will nevertheless be in
jeopardy if the temptation and
the threat of war remain hang
ing over the world due to nu-
clear weapons. To destroy
these weapons by common con-
sent, to enter the commitment
not to manufacture any others,
to open up all territories to re-
ciprocal supervision, there is
no other hope for the future of
our species. One can indeed
apply contractual measures first
to the vehicles of death, mis-
siles, planes, ships, which, even
today, it is possible to prevent
from carrying bombs and to
supervise in common. 1t is pre-
cisely thus that France rec
ommendS that disarmament be
started. But we have reached
the last moment when an
agreement appears possible.
Failing the remuneration of
atomic ornaments by those
States who are provided with
them, the French Republic OBJ
viously will be obliged to equip
itself with such ornaments. In
consequence, how many others
will attempt to do the same?
In the state of increasing un-
certainty in which fear throws
the peoples of the world, the
risk grows that one day, events
will escape from the control of
those who obey reason and that
the worst catastrophies will be
unleashed by fanatics, lunatics
or men of ambition.
Three weeks from now,
MeSSrs. Eisenhower. Macmillan,
Khrushchev and myself will
compare our views after having
done so two by two. I do not
think that anyone believes that
it will be enough that the four
of us sit together for problems
of such magnitude to be effec-
lively solved. Perhaps we shall,
at last, decide on the road
to follow, however long and
arduous the stages may be. In
any event, by country has de-
termined its purposes and its
hopes.
Americans. let me saw To