Evening star., 1939-11-01
Excerpts From Premier NoIotoff 5 Speech
Continuation Of War Under Flag 81 Restoration 81 Roond
Absurd, Soviet chieftuin DecIure,
By the Associated Prsss.


~ the Associated Prsss.
MOSCOW, Nov. 1.-The tos-
loiCtn0 are tertuol ercerpts OF
the principal points OF Pre-
mier-Foretgn Conamtssar W.
achesld0 MolotoTs speech
yesterday:
$50 Since conclusion Of the
Soviet German non-asgression
pact on August -, IN end has
been put to abnormal relations
that have existed between the
Soviet Union and Germany for
a number Of years.
Instead Of enmity which was
fostered In every way BY certain
European powers, We now have
rapprochement and tn, establish.
ment Of friendly relations between
the U. s. 8. r. and 0efnany.
Further improvement Of, these
new relations, good relations,
found its reflection In the Ger
man-Soviet treaty on amity And
frontiers. signed In Moscow Sep
tember 20.
Estimation Of Political
Significance Confirmed.
This radical change in the 70.
lations between the Soviet Union
and Germany, two Of the biggest
states in Europe, was bound to
have its effect on the entire In.
ternational situation. Further.
more, events have entirely con.
flrmed the estimation Of the DO.
Atical significance Of the Soviet.
German rapprochement.
Secondly: Mention must be
made of such facts as the defeat
Of Poland in war and the collapse
of the Polish state.
Ruling circles Of Poland boast
ed quite a lot about the STABLE
tty" Of their state and the might"
Of their army. However, one swift
blow to Poland. nrst by the Ger
man Army and then the Red
Army, and nothing was left Of
this ugly offspring Of the YER
sailles treaty which had existed
by expressing non-Polish ma
tionalities.
The Polish) traditional pol
Icy" of unprincipled maneuvering
between Germany and the U. 8.
s. r., and playing OF one against
the other has proved unsound
and has suffered complete bank
ruptcy.
international Situation
Changed Radically by War.
Thirdly: It must be admitted
that the big war that has fiared
up in Europe has caused radical
changes in the entire interna-
tional situation.
This war began asa war be-
tween Germany and PoSnnd and
turned into . war between Ger
many on the one hand and Brit
ain and France on the other.
The war between Poland and
Germany ended quickly owing
to the utter bankruptcy Of the
Polish leaders. As We know,
neither the British nor the
French guarantees were Of help
to Poland. To this day, In fact.
nobody knows what these guar
antees" were.
The war between Germany
and the Anglo-French bloc Is
only In its 11rst stage and has
not yet really developed. Il Is,
nevertheless, clear that Q war /,
like this was bound to cause
radical changes In the situation
In Europe, and not only In Eu.
rope. =
Today, as far % the European
great powers are concerned, Ger
many is In the position Of . state
which is striving for the earliest
termination Of the war and for
peace, while Britain and France,
which but yesterday were de-
claiming against aggression, are
IN favor Of continuing the war
and are opposed to the conclu-
sion Of peace. The roles, q you
see, are changing.
No Question Now Of
Restoring Old Poland.
The efforts of the British and
French governments to justify
this new position Of theirs on
grounds Of their UNDERTAKINGS to
Poland are, Of course, obviously
unsound. Everybody realizes
that there can be no question Of
restoring old Poland.
It Is therefore absurd to con.
tinue the present war under the
flag Of the restoration of the for
mer Polish state. Although the
governments Of Britain and
France understand this, they do
not want the war stopped and
peace restored but &re seeking
new excuses for continuing the
war with Germany.
The ruling circles Of Britain
and France have been lately at
tempting to depict themselves ~
champions Of the democratic
rights Of nations against Hitler
ism and the British government
has announced that Its aim In
the war with Germany Is moth.
ing more nor less than "the de-
struction Of Hitlerism." 80
- It amounts to this: That the
British, and with them their /
French supporters Of the war,
have declared something In the
nature of an theological" war on