Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-22
NewPactSigned
By Soviet and
|Lub|in Poles s.
Action Indicates
StoIin UnyieIding
On Allies Pleas
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
LONDON, April % Sunday
Moscow early today confirmed
signature of a 20-year treaty "of
friendship. mutual assistance
and postwar collaboration" by
the Soviet Union and the Soviet
sponsored Polish provisional gov
eminent, a regime which the
United States and Britain do not
recognize and which has been
bidding vainly for a seat at the
San Francisco Conference.
The Moscow radio quoted Premier
Stain as saying the treaty was "of
great historic Importance"
1.-The treaty first of all marks q
radical turning point in the relations
between the Soviet Union and
Poland" Premier Stain said. THE
alliance and friendship forged in
the course of the present war of
liberation has now received formal
consolidation in this treaty-a treaty
of great historic Importance.
Ties Of Friendship.
Relations between our two coun.
tries in the course of past centuries
were Swallowed by elements of mis-
understanding on both sides and not
infrequently by open conflict.
Such discord weakened both our
countries and strengthened German
imperialism.
THE significance of the present
agreement lies in the fact that it
established a solid foundation for
replacing the old unfriendly rela-
tons with ties of alliance and
friendship between the Soviet Union
and Poland"
First announcement of the treaty
beginning was made late last night
by the Lublin Polish radio without
details. Later the Moscow radio dis
closed that Premier Stain himself
had signed the treaty for Russia
and Premier and Foreign Minister
Edward Osubka- Morawski for the
Polish group, whose leaders have
been in Moscow since Thursday and
who were Premier Stains guests at
dinner In the Kremlin last night.
Full Support for Regime.
Apparently Premier Stain was
throwing his full support behind the
Soviet-sponsored regime, although
the United States and Britain have
taken the position that a reorgani-
zation and broadening of the gov
eminent, as planned at Yalta, must
take place before they will drop the
Polish government-in-exile in Lon
don and admit the new government
to the United Nations fold.
The Moscow radios account gave
these as the main articles of the
treaty signed last night at the
Kremlin:
l. Russia and Poland will con-
tinue jointly with all the United
Nations the struggle against Ger
many until final victory. In this
struggle, the high contracting par
ties undertake to render each other
military and other assistance with
all means at their disposal.
2. The two parties will strengthen
friendly collaboration and will OBJ
serve the principles Of mutual re-
Spect for their independence and
sovereignty and of non-interference
in the internal affairs of each other.
3. The two parties at the end of
the war will adopt measures to re-
move any threat of a repetition Of
aggression on the part of Germany
or any other state which would ur.ite
with Germany, directly or otherwise.
For this purpose they will participate
in spirit of the most sincere coll
liberation in all international &C
tivities for the purpose of insuring
the peace and security of the nation.
The application of the present treaty
will be in harmony with the inter-
national principles in the adoption
of which they participated.
4. If either party after the war
finds herself involved in hostilities
with a Germany resuming her ag-
gressive policy, or with some state
uniting with Germany directly or
otherwise in such a war, the other
party will Immediately render to
the party involved military and
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