Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27

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ALLIED LAND AND AIR ASA
American and Raj bombers O
municationS center of Dortmu
fronts, with Americans advance
pressure against the Germans
Prime Minister declared. finds the
Allies more closely united than ever
before, both in the military and po-
llitical spheres"
Once more warning the German
people that they had better surren-
der now. Mr.. Churchill asserted:
Let Germany recognize that it is
futile to hope for division among
the Allies and that nothing can
avert her utter defeat.
Further resistance will only be
the cause of endless suffering The
Allies are resolved Germany shall be
totally disarmed, Naziism and mill
tarism in Germany destroyed and
war criminals justly and swiftly
punished"
Then he gave a more detailed &C
count of what was in store for Ger
many, saying:
1T is not the purpose of the AL
lies to destroy the people of Ger
many or leave them without the
necessary means of subsistence. Our
policy is not revenge but to take
such measures as may be necessary
to secure the future peace and safety
of the world.
Place for Germany.
There will be a place one day for
Germany in the comfy of nations,
but only when all traces of Naziism
and militarism have been effectively
and finally extirpated"
He warned, however, that Ger
man industry capable of military
production shall be eliminated or
controlled and Germany shall make
compensation in kind to the utmost
of her ability for damage done to
the Allied nations"
He did not specifically mention
the demand of Russia-and some
lother European nations-that Ger
man labor be forced into repair work.
This demand has been denounced by
1.-THE American Federation of Labor
on the ground that it could lead to
a system of slave labor
Both the United States and
J Britain have clearly stated they
would make no claim for such labor.
Mr.. Churchill carried the fight
directly to critics of his govern
ment's Polish policy and asserted
he believed the Russian claim to
land east of the Curzon Line was
just and right.
IF 1 demand this frontier for
Russia" he declared, 1T is not be-
cause I bow to force. 1t is the
fairest division which can be made
between the two countries.
Il cannot conceive that we should
not regard it as a well informed and
fair proposal" !
Two Main Issues.
Russia" he explained, lis &C
cepting frontier which over i'm
mense distances is 200 or 300 miles
further to the east than what was
Russia territory for many genera
lions under the czarist regime"
He said the Polish problem was
divided into two main issues-the
frontier problem and the freedom
of Poland-and asserted:
THE freedom, independence. in
tegrity and sovereignty of Poland
have always seemed to the British
government more important than
the actual frontier"
But for the "prodigious efforts
and sacrifices of Russia" he MAIN
tanned, ''the Poles as nation and
as race were doomed by Hitler to
be destroyed or reduced to a servile
state.
Il repudiate and repulse any sug-
gestion that we are making a ques-
tionable compromise or yielding to
force and fear I assert with the
utmost conviction the broad Justice
of the policy upon which, for the
first time, all the three great Allies
have now taken their stand"
This new Polish frontier" he
said, will not SOW the seeds of
future wars
The Poles, he said, would have
their future in their own hands
with the single limitation that they
must honestly follow in harmony
with their Allies a policy friendly
to Russia"
Recognition Not Altered.
Mr.. Churchill said the Yalta
agreement did not so far" alter
Britain's continued recognition of
the Polish exiled government In
London and explained this recogni-
ton would be maintained until
such time as the British govern
ment considers that a new provi-
sional government has been prop
erly formed in Poland"
The Yalta agreement, he added.
did not Involve the previous or
immediate" recognition by Britain
of the present Soviet-sponsored
provisional government now oper-
ating in Warsaw.
There would have been no Lub-
lin committee if the Polish govern
ment had accepted our faithful
counsel" he commended. They
would have entered Poland as the
hberating government and (Stan-
islaw) Mikolajczyk CORNER premier
of the London government could
have gone from Moscow as the
i friend of Marshal Stain to become
prime minister of wider govern
ment in Poland"
Attempting to take the sting from
criticism about Allied failure to feed
France and other liberated countries
Mr.. Churchill said, 1--WE are :
more hard-pressed by shipping
shortages than ever before in the
war"