Again, DeGaulle

Eisenhower's words last week were echoed by Charles de Gaulle. As it had ten years ago, when France was at her lowest moment of defeat and shame, De Gaulle's voice carried hope and courage. Said he: "Europe is here, full of men and means, linked to you, Americans, by a thousand essential ties . . . Believe me . . . her safety is the condition on which your safety depends." But he warned:

"If the American support is to aid the Europeans, it is not made to exempt them from their responsibilities . . . Whatever opinion one might have, for example, of the regime that governs Spain, this proud and valiant people . . . must be incorporated into the whole without waiting longer. Whatever may have been from century to century . . . it is a fact that Germany is at the heart of Europe and that the position on the Elbe demands the participation of the Germans."

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