Evening star., 1944-12-15
Text Of ChurchiFs Speech on Poland
Commons Told Of Agreement Reached With
Russia on Future of Polish Nation

where they are growing In strength
as the great waves Of American
manhood cross the Atlantic and
take their place in the crusade and
| in the line of battle. Nor had the
Russians advanced to the Wis
tula ..
In those days the Poles might well
have had some show of reason in
asking whether the great Allies
would have the power, even ii they
were SO minded, to deliver the new
territory to Poland which was to
compensate her for what she was
giving up in the east. But the
situation has changed vastly in
favor of the Allies, and it seems
also extremely unlikely that after
the spring and summer campaigns
have been fought-if 1t be necessary
to go SO far in to business, and we
shall 60 whatever distance is neces-
sary to complete our object-it
seems unlikely that the evil and
hateful forces in Germany who con-
ceived, planned and began this war,
will have the power to restrict the
decisions OF peace conference or
an armistice peace conference at
which the principal victorious
powers will be assembled.
Victory Prospects Solid.
The prospects of final victory
have in the time that has passed
since these matters were first dis
cussed at Teheran become for the
Allies solid and spacious. Therefore
I say what has always been said by
the Poles when / have been dis
cussing with them: Here we know
what we have to give up: What
certainty have We of receiving COM
pensation in other quarters?"
They have much more certainty
Of it now than they had at this time
last year. / cannot see any doubt
whatever that the great powers, if
they agree, can effect this trans
ference of population.
l find great difficulty in discussing
these matters because the attitude
Of the United States has not been
defined with the precision which the
British government have thought it
wise to use. The friendship of the
United States Government for Po-
land, no less than our own; the large
mass of Poles who have made their
homes in the United States and who
are or are becoming American cit
izens, the constitutional difnculties
of the United States in making
treaties or making foreign agree
ments of every kind-all these have
not enabled the Government Of that
great Nation to speak in the terms
which 1 have thought it my duty,
with the assent of my colleagues, to
use in this House.
We know, however, that the Gov
ernment and people of the United
States have set their hearts upon q
world organization to prevent the
outbreak of future wars, and this
world organization will be fatally
ruptured by quarrel between any
Of the three most powerful empires
which compose the grand alliance
Of the United Nations.
Roosevelt Kept Informed.
The President Is aware OF every
thing that has passed and of what
is in the minds of the Russians and
of the British. He had at Moscow
in Mr.. Averen Hartman, the AM
bassador, a most accomplished rep
resentatiye in the capacity of OBJ
server, and he was present at all,
or nearly all, of our Polish talks on
the occasion Of our last visit. The
President, therefore, has been kept
fully informed. not only by the
British government but also by his
own highly competent and distin-
guished representative and by all
the many sources and channels that
are open to the unceasing vigilance
of the State Department.
I am particularly careful not ever
to pretend to speak in the name of
any other power unless so directed
beforehand, and hope the House
will make allowance for the care
with which I pick my words upon
this point. All can say is that I
have received no formal disagree
ment during all these long months
upon the way in which the future of
Poland seems to be shaping itself
or is being shaped.
There is no doubt that when the
time comes the United States will
make their own pronouncement
upon these matters, bearing in mind,
as they will, the practical aspects
which these matters assume and
also how much failure on the part
of the three greatest powers to work
together would damage all our
hopes for the future structure Of
world government, which, whatever
else 1t might fail to do. will at any
rate be equipped with all the powers