13 MAY 1949, Page 5

Mr. Churchill's reputation outside this country is something remarkable. German

youth, a prominent German told me the other day, is really fired by the idea of a United Europe. "But," I said, "isn't that odd, seeing that the great apostle of the European move- ment is Churchill, Germany's chief opponent ? " On the contrary, I was assured emphatically, Churchill was highly popular in Germany, as the leader of the movemenr which smashed the Nazi regime; if Mr. Churchill were to come to Germany he would find an audience of is,000 in the speaker's own city at any moment. Why not ?