Evening star., 1960-05-17

a reflection of pressure from
the military at home. Foreign
Editor Roger Massip Of Figaro
said the military chiefs in Mos
COW had been profoundly dis
turbed to learn that "for four
years the territory of the USSR
had been flown over and pho
tographed." He suggested that
Marshal Rodion Malinovsky
might be lowering at Khru-
shchev's side at the conference
as a watchdog.
The mass circulation Pa
risien said Mr.. Eisenhower had
shown himself to be most con-
ciliatory. but that Mr.. Khru-
Shchev brushed aside French
and British attempts at media
ton.
The Communist L'Humanite
supported Mr.. Khrushchev.
Eisenhower, duly warned,
holds in his hands the fate
Of the conference" it said.
Views in Frankfurt
Two independent papers in
Frankfurt, Germany, carried
identical headlines: "Khru-
shchev Torpedoes Summit Con-
ference"
Suddenly there is a somber
outlook for the world situa-
tion," said the Frankfurt Rund-
schau. "The great danger is
that the Soviet Union believes
it has military supremacy with
which it can press its political
aims"
West Germany Foreign Min
1ster Heinrich Won Brentanc
hurried back to Paris. Mayor
willy Brandt's West Berlin
government said it would be
deeply disappointing and up
setting" if the Soviets broke
of the summit conference be-
fore it really began.
Britain's conservative Daily
Mail warned that a summit
breakdown could be ''the wors
blow to peaceful coexistenct
for years"
"It could be followed b!
heightened tension and q worst
atmosphere" it said.
Sabotage Charged
Headlines in Amsterdam ant
Rome blared, "Khrushche,
: Sabotages Summit"
Britain's liberal News Chron
icle said the reasons for MI
Khrushchev's action must b
j sought behind the Iron Curtain
"A combination Of Communis
bigots who believe coexistenc
with democracy is impossible
Of personal enemies and dis
9 appointed generals who dislik
i the Kremlin's reduction G
. armies and reliance on rocket
Z have the aid Of the Chimes
. who dismiss coexistence as
y weakness" it surmised.
q Moscow Radio kept up
i steady chorus Of support fc
3 Mr.. Khrushchev's sum m
2 stand. Normal programs wei
s pushed aside for flow Of cen
2 ment from Soviet workers giI
) ing solid support to the
9 Premier.
I The broadcasts carried til
81 text of Mr.. Khrushchev
Il speech to the Western leader
9 But as of this morning, thel
3 was no mention Of Mr.. Eiser
s hower's declaration that 81
q flights over Russia had bee
8 stopped and would not be n
81 Sumed.
III A headline in the Sovil
!. government newspaper Izvest
read: American aggresso
torpedoed talks"
q. N. Mediation Urged
In Canada's Parliamer
Prime Minister John defer
baker, said that Mr.. Khrl
shcher had taken very bell
cose and threatening attitude
Opposition Leader Lester
Pearson raped Mr.. Khrl
shchev's apparently brut
ultimatum" and suggeste
mediation by United Natiol
Secretary General Dag Han
marskjold to keep the Big Fo1
talks going.
Diplomats at U. N. heau
quarters in New York express,
belief the summit breakdov
presages more bitter East-We
debate in the next General A
sembly, opening in Septembt
= U. N. diplomats reacted favo
j ably to Mr.. Eisenhower's a
81 nouncement that if the SUNNI
81 failed, he would submit a pr
B posal that the U. N. set up
= system of aerial surveillance
s guard against surprise attac
q Mr.. Khrushchev's assault
& the United States was also t,