13 MAY 1949, Page 20

GERMANY AND THE WEST Sist,—One should thank Mr. Birch for

all that he has written in his article Germany and the West and the service he has thus rendered to Britain, for his.conception of the German question if both fair and just, and should fintLan echo in all circles interested in the I:I/Ware-of Europe. For such should be the question nowadays ; that. we should.not grieve over each other's faults of the past but try our best to unite, to defend what liberties we still possess before it is to late. Germany is willing and also prepared, but old policies must finally be revised and " pin- pricking " must be stopped for good.—Yours faithfully; F. NOELKE:

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