Evening star., 1945-05-16

The above facts give only, partial picture of
conditions prevailing in Poland. Though incomplete,
Yalta Declaration Poland and other countries of
Eastern and Central Europe have not been liberated
Soviet Russia If It were not for the COMPLETE black
out under which Soviet Russia keeps the territories
fSera b na the Red Army conditions PREVAILING
Even this incomplete information, however
permits the statement that Soviet Russian forces
now occupying Poland, using methods similar to
those employed for over five years by the Germans,
tend toward the same aim as that of their prede-
cessors, which is the enslayement and eventual
comes more poignant by consideration of the fact
that ruthless treatment is being inflicted on those
same groups and individuals which for nearly six
years unrelentingly fought the Germans.
1t Is not by coincidence that the commander-in-
Chief OF the Polish Home Army, General Bor-
Komorowski, who led the heroic Warsaw uprising
and was granted full combatant rights by the United
States and British Governments, is considered by
the Soviet authorities and by their Lublin-WarsaW
agency as fascist" and criminal
It is now clear that the Battle Of Warsaw, which
lasted Ia M Tor sxty-three days played decisive role
Puana SUCCESS nssn oI me NE IN
of the Battle Of Warsaw the Red Army stood mo-
tionless few miles away from the fighting and
Polish Home Army, but also successfully preventing
any efficient help from American and British air
forces from reaching the Poles.
Since the occupation of Warsaw by the Red
Army, all leaders of the Polish Underground as we'll
as soldiers and officers OF the Home Army have been
equallng that of the Gestapo.
At the same time the Yalta commitments which
constitute death sentence for Poland, deprived
the Polish people of their sovereign right to choose
freely their government, right constitutonally
exercised through the legal president of Poland.
On the contrary the commitments invested Mr.
Molotov assisted by two ambassadors to the Soviet
Union with the mission to exercise these rights by
creating polish Government" which would be
ready to accept that death sentence.
We are strongly convinced that the Yalta deci-
slons concerning Poland fatty contradictory to the
Atlantis Charter and to the practice of interna
tiona law, responsible for the tragedy now being
enacted in Poland. We regret that the American
delegation to the San Francisco Conference does
nothing to remedy this condition, despite official
statements that the aim of the Conference is to
insure right and justice and that it is not being held
In order to justify acts of power politics and viola
1t is obvious to every American that no free and
Independent Government truly representative of
the Polish people, be constituted and be able to
function under hostile Soviet occupation. Any act
OF setting up government in Poland in disregard
of the authority of the President of the Republic
and while the Soviet occupying forces exercise
thority over any portion of Polish territory, could
not be granted recognition by the United States
Government. Such recognition would amount to
complete disregard of and other United Ma
tions' duties toward the people of Poland and it
conduct of Americans in international relations.
The Yalta agreements concerning Poland are ir-
reconcilable with our international obligations.
When informing the American people of the
Yalta decisions, President Roosevelt called them "a
compromise thus indirectly stating that he did
not regard these decisions as just and that he
compelled to accept them He even added, quite
frankly, that he was by means satisfied with
all of them. No effort to make Russia fulfill the
Yalta agreeemnts makes them any better more
just.
In consideration of all of the above, the Polish
American Congress- representing 100000 Amer-
by the principles of the Atlantic Charter and those
expressed by President Roosevelt on January II,
American Foreign Policy must uphold the
sanctity OF international treaties. This is corner
depend"
Therefore, the Polish American Congress en-
phatically restates the principles embodied in its
resolution of March g. 1915:
"ony the constitutional Polish Government in Lon
don today represents the Polish Nation and people
and only the constitutional Government of Poland
can and should take part in the Conference in San
Francisco.
Any government brought into being by a foreign
power will not be representative of the will and
rights of the Polish nation and such cannot be
recognized by the United States without violation
OF the elementary principles of law and justice.
B. Any elections held Polish soil under Soviet
patton are in the nature of things distortion and
Justification of the will of Polish Nation a
violation of a free conscience and such law
less and Illegal"
Since the day when this resolution was passed
the Soviet Government has not only continued
prosecutions in the occupied country and the sab
otage OF all negotiations regarding Poland, but
finally has been forced to admit the arrest of the
democratic Polish underground leaders who under
pledge of safe conduct had accepted an invitation
to confer with the Russians
That outrageous breach of faith, accompanied by
absurd accusations against the victims-the very
men who had directed Polands underground re-
Slstance against the Germans and thus contributed
to the present victory-is more than just another
crime intended to suppress the voice of free Poland
It is also an insult to United States whose
Government had encouraged during all these years,
PolSh-Russian negotiations and accepted the Yalta
compromise" contrary to the opinion of millions
of Americans
The Polish American Congress- therefore, re-
quests that in view of these new developments:
The Yalta decisions regarding Poland denounced
by the United States Government:
2. The only legal Polish Government-which con-
Quoted the war against Germany from the begin
ming to the end and also declared upon Japan
which is recognized by all United Nations with
the exception only Of the Soviet Union and of one
or two Of its satellites, which ceased to be
loyalty supported by the Polish armed forces and
by practically all Poles free to express their opinion
should be invited to send official delegation to
the San Francisco Conference;
The arrested Polish underground leaders should be
liberated immediately
4. The fate of the two American citizens of Polish
descent, whose execution reported in the Brit
iSh Parliament Of all Amer cit;.