16 MAY 1952, Page 18

German Rearmament

have read your article The Germans and Rearmament with the greatest interest. I have had discussions—and still have—with hundreds and hundreds of Germans from about eighteen to forty years of age on the German rearmament question. I think it is no exaggera- tion to say that I could not find a single one among them who did not represent the so called "ohne 'nick" theory, no matter whether they have endured the hardships of the last war or not. There is the greatest unwillingness to rearm or even to fight again, no matter for what purpose. One may regret or welcome this attitude, but one never can deny it as a fact.—I remain most faithfully yours,