CONTINENTAL COMMENT

Chronicle (Levin), 19 March 1948, Page 5

CONTINENTAL COMMENT

Received Thursdav, 7 p.m. LONDON,' Mareh 18. . The Aloseow . radio broadcasi with out eoijnnenl fui S'O-wonl summary of 'President TSniiiitin's speech for Russian Jisteners. - Tlie 1'rague raclib deelared that wliilc President Tl'uman 'proposed conscript'ioii Rus.-da was demobiiising iier soldiei's. in Paris niust of the newspaper. greeted the s[)eech and the Brussels Irealy as steps touards peace. The Right Wing le Roque, said: " If there Inul been siniilar solenin warning-; in 1914, 1938 and 1939 history would have been dilTerent. The Oonununist newspaper 1 'Ilumar,ite coiuplained of "war blackmail ami Ameriean iniperialist intervention " and declared: "The searcely fonned west- : ern bloc novv beeomtvs the -Atlanti.bloc. ' ' A Dutch Foreign Qffice spdlcesman said President Truman \s speech was the best blessing for the Western Pact. The Netherland* was relieved that th..Fnited States would continue to oceupy her zone in Oermany. In Rome a spokesman for the Premier (Signor de Gasperi) said President Truman 's prediction of Ameriean support to keep the tree nations out oi Russian hands uas "verv intercstinir 'o Italy". The Berlin Soeialist newspaper Telo graf, said i'resideut Truman 's speech was e\ idence that Ameriea realised that the .Uarsiiull Plan was not enough to secure peace. „ The British-hcensed jlamburg newspaper Die Welt said eonseription would enable ihe Unitel States to follow her stern warnings with stern action. Tn Oslo the Conse>'vative Alorgan bladet said the strengthening of th-.-Ameriean forees aua Alurshal] aid would lielp internatioTal peace in a world frighteued by tle lijitest aggression from the east. The Labour l'arty's Arbeiderblade"; said President Truiuan was cautious about inimediate direet Ameriean help to West flurope. Ffom Istanbul it is reported th«.t the Turks say President 'j'ruman's speecii will oither ehe.ek Russia or bring a showdown.