Europe After the Elections.

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      Failure to understand a situation generates a false optimism and any attempt to subject the facts to a dispassionate analysis seems negative, destructive, even malicious. As to Europe, the recent elections in Italy and France raise political questions which Western statesmanship can scarcely ignore. Since the countries of Western Europe know that their destiny is tied to the Marshall Plan and the Atlantic Pact, they will stand with the United States in what they believe is a policy to prevent war or Communist domination. The need of enlarging the basis of the governing coalition in view of the Communist showing in the elections, will force concessions to the right and the reactionaries are not going to give their support to the leaders of the Third Force for nothing.