Evening star., 1944-07-31
Letters to The Star
Patriot Pole Differs With
Commentators V;eve
70 the Editor Of The s:ar:

To the Editor Of The Bar:
With deep appreciation for the two
excellent editorials in The Star Of July
IS and 20, New Crisis in Poland" and
Polish Puppets" which show great
understanding and complete fairness in
evaluating Poland's dilemma a well as
the whole political situation In its pres-
ent and future aspects. one is unpleas-
antly struck by an entirely different
presentation Of the same picture BY
Dorothy Thompson.
With her usual aplomb of self f-as-
serted infallibility, she twists the facts
to f1t them into the pattern OF her
predictions" of political developments.
disregarding the memory. and intelli-
gence OF her readers and their knowl-
edge OF events. While assuring the
Poles-with . naivete astonishing In .
person OF her experience-of the best
intentions Of USSR toward the for
mer most tragically trampled country
poland being battlefield for the third
time. in less than fve years.. Miss
Thompson does not seem to be con-
scious Of contradictions between her
previous forecasts and actuanty
In the very same article of July 26,
in which-most surprisingly-she re-
tterates her assurances of the former
two articles tJuly laid, that the "Un-
ion Of Polish Patriots" organized In
Moscow will have no hand In the for
nation Of the new Polish government,
she also states that the vice chairman
OF the latter Is Wanda Wasilewska, the
president Of the Union of Polish Pa
triots," who is an avowed Communist
Of long standing and the wife of Alex
ander Kornejczuk. one of the USSR
commissars.
AS to the other members Of this Mos
cow-sponsored government" they are
neither purely Polish" nor widely rep
resentative of all political parties" as
Miss Thompson mistakenly affirms.
Most OF them are known to be Com
munists. Had she spelled correctly all
those names she mentions, one might
think they are her personal friends,
Judging by the warm welcome she gives
them and the complete confidence she
seems to have In their integrity and
ability. With emotional optimism, she
jumps to far-reaching conclusions, prac-
tically advocating for Poland "uncondi-
tional surrender"
In contradistinction to Miss Thomp-
son, the upper column Of the same date
by Constantine Brown draws courage
ously true picture Of today's Poland.
There is only one sentence-in sharp
and incomprehensible contrast to the
rest Of his article-which Is greatly dis
turbing to those who are keenly con-
scious Of human values: The break
IN diplomatic relations between the
Polish government in exile and Moscow
over what appears TO be q trivial Incl
dent. in the light Of the great princi-
pies for which We are fighting, has
thrown a monkey wrench in the rela-
tions among the United Nations"
In the first place, 1t was Moscow that
broke relations with the Polish gov.
ernment In London and not vice versa.
AS to the trivial incident" may 1 re-
mind Mr. Brown that human rights,
truth and justice are the great prin-
ciples" for which Poland was the first
to fiRht in this war and still is fighting.
No human being who is not inhuman
considered as "a trivial incident" the
execution Of soma American airmen by
the Japanese. We. alt remember the
indignation that swept the whole coun-
try when this tragic news was revealed
in the spring of 1943. Why then should
the murder of 10000 Polish officers we
learned about at the same time. be
considered in different Asht9
4 A pOI 4.