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4 "- page eleven = 4 solution for France to ph&ce its confidence in a future Wehrmacht, in Mrylisenhower and in the nervous balance of Mr,Truman ? in a word to surrender once and for all and to accept, for the country xisbifz itself and for aur Atlantic role, the point of view of Washington ? e+. "The greatest risk" is the title of an article written by Paul Fraisse, one of the mesbers of the “Esprit's" old guard and basic staff (#175, January 1951, ppell8-121), in which he deals with German re-armament;: eee Today the project of German re-armament raises once more every question, including that of the fundamental meaning and reason of the last War ee. Planned by Washington, German rearmament is not a local countermeasure, but a means of imposing the atlantic bloc supremacy against Soviet Russia itself. Seen in=this light, the German re~armament is a grave defiance raised _ageinst Russia sos the gravest risk of an armed confliet in turope ever Since the adg start of the cold war eee Kearming Western Germany, in particular, means restauring a military class . that has dominated that country's history ... means rendering supremacy in the State to the magnats of heavy industry .e. The ¥leven Plan was, in pure theory, a just idea; in practice however it was ineffective, as it lacked the basis of a huropean faith that has not as yet found itself ... The United States have chosen their policy; from now on they disregard our : initiatives and our hesitations esse Discussing the famous case of henri Martin, the French petty officer who was convict d and sentenced for undermining Army morale, while in active duty, the uditor-in-Chief Domenach writes ( *tonscientious objection and sabotage"; "Esprit" #186, January 1952, pp.63-65)3 eee there is no reason for nonsiterimg concentrating on Henri ‘Martin alones The men of Esprit, of Temps Modernes, of Combat and of the Monde, the few courageous deputies who have manifested their opposition = be it of conscience or of reason - are just as responsible as Henri Martin and even more so, because they are higher placed se. Needless to explain at mich length whom the other responsible groups, mentioned by Domenach for their solidary responsibility, represent. "Temps Modernes" is Jean-Paul Sartre's review. Edited in Paris (30 rue de l'Université) it is the means for a group of dissatisfied and mostly atheistic intellectuals to express their philosophical, political and social thoughts. Having been greatly in favor and most influencial among certain groups in past years, existentialism is fortunately and rapidly declining at the present times, It has mostly become an odd curiosity, which foreigners ask for, if they visit Parise "Combat" is openly leftist; while the "Monde, although often Russianinspired, still pretends to speak to liberal circles. = These are then the schools 6f thought with which a supposedly Christian "Esprit? claims officially its solidarity and a common front. oF.
