Schumann Claims European Unity Will Safeguard Peace

European unification is the only way to prevent future German militarism, and to convince Cominform leaders that its current aggression will not pay, declared Maurice Schumann yesterday. Schumann, the French Foreign Secretary, was speaking to over 500 students who crowded Paine Hall to hear him on the subject, "Problems of European Unity."

Schumann warned Americans that they should not be too hard on Europe in their demands for rearmament. He compared Europe's position to that of an injured mountain climber, who has just reached the stage of throwing away his crutches. Then, all of a sudden, he is told that he has to climb a further mountain. He will go out and do all he can, but that will not be as much as before the accident. "He needs a stronger rope and a friend's arm to make the necessary effort."

Schumann ended by saying he hoped that now the Western democracies had shown themselves strong in Korea, they might be able to win the Communists around to the idea of world control of armaments.

At question time, Schumann was asked whether he thought democratic principles had been compromised by recent aid to Spain. He retorted, amid much applause: "I do not think French policy can be accused of favoring any pact with Franco-Spain."