Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20
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Atlantic Charter Can Save Poland
By e. f. TOMPKINs

And wherever the Red army has ad-
FORCES ARE BEING "LIQUIDATED."
A statement issued on Jan. 2 by the
government-in-exiles said:
"In the parts of Poland cleared OF
German occupation THERE EXISTS
NEITHER FREEDOM OF SPEECH,
ASSOCIATION OR ASSEMBLY -.
ION the other hand, civil authorities OF
the underground Polish republic and Po-
lish underground army, WHICH FOR
MORE THAN FIVE YEARS CARRIED
ON THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE
GERMAN INVADER, have been dissolved
in the area of the activities of the COM
mittee, while members of administration,
officers and other ranks ARE BEING
IMPRISONED, DISARMED AND DE-
PORTED, OFTEN TOGETHER WITH
MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES.
Under the existing conditions the Po-
lish nation has NO MEANS to express its
will and to manifest its disapproval of the
new act of lawlessness on the part Of the
Lublin committee, which has not declared
itself to be the provisional government -.
THE Polish government protest en-
phatically against this attempt against the
sovereign rights of the Polish nation,
made by the Lublin committee, which has
illegally assumed the title of provisional
government"
T LIKEWISE available are two reviews of
IL the prevalent situation.
London Daily Herald, organ Of the
British Labor party, said editorially on
Jan 2:
"The announcement from Lublin that
the Polish National Committee has de-
clared itself to be the first provisional
government of liberated, democratic PO-
land does not come as surprise.
but our somber expectations do not
make this fact any more agreeable.
THE British and American govern
ments still recognize THE POLISH Gov
ERNMENT IN LONDON and ii will
hardly be possible for them decently to
withdraw recognition.
THE Russian government meanwhile
has sponsored the Lublin committee and it
is likely to give it full diplomatic and mill
tary support.
IN LONDON has commanded the al
legiance of THE MAJORITY OF POLES.
1T is a contemplate lie to denounce
them as Fascists.
ION the contrary, they have better
title to speak in the name of Poland than
the committee of Lublin :.
THE Polish government In London has
the right to protest against the action
taken in Lublin -.
I'VE have vital interest In securing a
just settlement for them and the brave
people they lead.
I'VE cannot with honor abdicate from
these responsibilities.
Therefore, we plead once more with
all parties concerned for a renewed at
tempt to reach solution which will
not LEAVE POLAND AGAIN A BREED
ING GROUND FOR TURMOIL IN
EUROPE and tribulation among her un-
happy people"
TN NEW YORK, the Daily Worker
i summarily disposes of the legitimate
Polish government by brutally character
izing its leaders as "Men Who know they
are doomed to permanent exile"
Doomed by whom? BY Soviet Russia,
of course.
And if the American and British gov
ernments asquiesce in Russia's disposal of
Poland, they will condone the permanent
exile" of many more than the fugitive
Polish officials
Also doomed will be a loyal army of
Poles who followed their government in
exile-including THOUSANDS of Polish
aviators who risked their lives in battle to
help protect Great Britain from invasion
after the disaster at Dunkirk, and thou
sands Of Polish soldiers who have fought
beside our own troops in Africa, in Italy
and now in France
Will it be the verdict of history that
these warriors fought for British and
American liberty, but that British and
American politicians would not help them
save their own?
The premier of the Polish govern
ment-in-exile has appealed to the Atlantic
Charter
In that appeal lies the answer to the
Polish problem"
For if THE ATLANTIC CHARTER
lives at the forthcoming conference of the
big Three" POLAND MAY ALSO LIVE
AGAIN