THE NATIONS: Revival of Germany?

Secretary of State Byrnes saw and stated the importance to world peace of a revived, united Germany. He failed to emphasize the fact that a revived, united Germany would only be endurable within the matrix of a revived, united Europe. Anything short of that sends a cold chill through the veins of Europeans sick to death of the monotonous regularity with which German revival and unity end up in German militarism and aggression.

Last fortnight Washington Post Editor Herbert Elliston returned to the U.S. and reported on what he had seen of the...

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