Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-28
Declaration at Volta
Held Contrudicted

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Writer Says Churchill Speech
Proves Statement Incomplete
By DSpid Laurence
The oficial communiqus Of the Yalta
conference apparently did not tell all
Of the story. The American people are
now getting by way of the House Of
Commons some details Of the secret
meeting participated in by the President
Of the United States.
The ofiicial declaration given out after
the Yalta conference, moreover, seems
to have been co.itradicted now by Mr..
Churchil's speech. The question OF
Polish boundaries was dealt with in the
following paragraph Of the original
communique:
1.-THE three heads Of government con-
slider that the eastern frontier Of Poland
should follow the Curzon Line with di-
gressions from 1t in some regions 'of 5
to 3 kilometers In favor Of Poland. They
recognize that Poland must receive SUBJ
north and west. They feel that the
opinion Of the new Polish Provisional
Government of National Unity should be
sought in due course on the extent Of
these accessions, and that the final de-
limitation of the western frontier Of
Poland should thereafter await the
peace conference"
This gave the impression that only
one boundary had been decided upon
the eastern. Now it turns out that the
boundaries other than the eastern line
have already been delimited and that
the so-called peace conference decision
may be superfluous. The President of
the United States, according to Mr.
Churchill, has already agreed to carve
up German territory and hand over GER
tain sections to the future Poland and
take away other sections from Poland
and give them to Russia.
Atlantic Charter Cited.
This is the kind of thing the American
people were told would not happen again
that there would be . reign of law
and international order and that the
wishes of the peoples in Allied countries
would be consulted. The Atlantic Char
ter pledged Russia and Britain and the
United States not to make territorial
changes without consulting "the freely
expressed wishes of the peoples con-
cerned." No people were consulted be-
fore Yalta.
Mr.. Churchill says that he and Mr..
Roosevelt and Mr.. Stain had agreed at
Yalta not only to the Curzon Line
boundary on the east Of Poland but
also to give Poland the city OF Dsnzig
and the greater part of East Prussia, a.
well as the industrial province of Upper
Silesia and such other territory east OF
the Oder River as the peace conference
might care to take away from Germany.
1t would be interesting to know under
what authority the President made the
agreement and whether he intends ia
submit these new territorial rearrange-
ments to the United States Senate for
ratification. ..4-
Mr.. Churchill has submitted the de-
tails to the British Parliament and has
asked for 4 vote Of ratification. Will
the President do likewise for the bene.
ut Of the Senate 50 that, II ratified, the
signature OF the United States may
actually mean what 1t says, namely
signature IS authorized, by the Consti-
tuition? a.,
While President may sign an agree
ment, 1t does not bear, the. fun authority
Of the United States unless . two,t thirds
vote Of the Senate concurs in that agree
ment by formal act Of ratification.
Senate Entitled t. Know.
The Senate has a right to know what
commitments were made ut the Yalta
conference and If there were any signed
agreements. 1t is entitled to knew also
whether the Polish boundaries Is agreed
on by the Big Three now are to be
guaranteed by force and the extent to
which America will be called on to guar
antee the alleged peace that is expected
to flow from the partitions of territory
against the wishes of the people who
inhabit that territory.
The Poles have not asked to be given
large slices OF German territory, but tc
keep their own territory. The Big Thre.
apparently are not concerned by tn,
possibility Of long feuds that may arts,
out OF grievances between Poland ant
, future Germany over the permanen
occupation Of territory inhabited b,
many millions Of Germans.
The sources of friction will be numer
GUS and the new Polish government vii
have to look toward . Russian army O
an international army to keep peace b,
the sword. Boundary disputes are i'm.
portant only Is they may SOW the seed,
Of future wars. -
The story told by the Prime Minister
to the House of Commons Is the sans
old story of power politics and interna.
tional log-rolling, and the victim is an
aly-helpless Poland.
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