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we are at war to another nation
without the consent of the Senate.
It is difficult to say how many
more secret agreements, which
were SO called in order to bypass
the Constitution, were made. There
are very few men, If any, in Amer
lea who were even taken fully into
the confidence of President Roose-
velt about such matters. And no
body knows even where the memo
randa or the drafts of such agree
ments, which were concluded in the
most informal manner, could be
found today. Some believe they may
exist in the Hyde Park library;
others think that they may be
among Mr.. Roosevelt's personal
secret papers. They certainly are
not at the State Department or 10
the White House files.
One of the most difficult practical
matters which eventually will con-
front Secretary of State Byrnes VIII
be his lack of knowledge OF what
past commitments have been made
In regard to Germany. So far II is
believed at Teheran, Roosevelt ano
Churchill insisted, and Stain agreed
that the boundaries of Germany IN
the east should be those which
existed before the Nazi attack on
poland in September, 1889. The
future fate of Austria had been de-
cided at the Foreign Ministers con-
ference at Moscow two montns
earlier and Czechoslovakia was to be
reinstated to her 1888 boundaries.
poles Given German Land.
At the Potsdam Conference the
matter of the German borders was
brought up again and Stain became
somewhat evasive, saying that tine
occupation of German areas by Rus
sian and Polish forces was wal
necessity. He did not elaborate.
But in the following months Easi
prussia was officially annexed to
the U. S. S. R. and its capital
Koenigsberg, was renamed Kahn
grad. Moreover. Russia gave Po-
land, in compensation for the los,
territories in the east, Silesia and
Pomerania, two 100 per cent Ger
man territories.
The Poles, with the assistance ol
their Russian sponsors, have pro-
ceeded to carry out a thorough de-
Germanization of these rich lands
A spokesman of the Polish govern.
Iment, DR.. Stanislaw SrokoWski
writes in the November issue o!
Poland of Today as follows:
"+s Most important. however, Il
the fact that we have rid ourselves
of the German element in this vas
area which is so near to the centel
of our state" Then, denouncing the
Germans effort to regain their owr
land, he states: "We should seek
therefore, a speedy and thorough
colonization of the East Prussiar
territories by Polish settlers
The process of 'purification" ha!
been in progress for some time. Tit
young, able-bodied German men ane
women have been deported to tht
remote parts os the U. S. S. R. a:
slave laborers while the very young
and the very old have been driver
westward and not even 10 per ceni
lever reached their destinations
They died in the long trek to th'
American and British lines.
Secretary Byrnes unqueStionabl,
will place himself in the position o.
demanding the political and eco
nomic unif1cation of the Reich undel
strict Allied control to prevent a re-
kindling of the Nazi of nationalistit
spirit. This should compromise the
territories which were a part ane
parcel of the Reich in September
1889.
His position on the surface i
interchangeable. But he himsel.
does not know what he will say Il
Foreign Minister Molotov present:
to him some scribbled memoranda
showing that at Yalta something
different had been decided on BY
private agreement between Stalir
and Roosevelt So far as he knows
there is no such agreement. But
lhe was caught unawares in the mat
ter Of the Kuriles, and it is moi
impossible that he will be surprised
once more.
Judging by the speed of the par.
leys of the Big -Four Foreign Min
listers, the Senate will have beer
| in session for some time before the
discussions for German treaty arr
started. In order to free the hands
Of the Secretary of Stcse, there il
a move among the majority OF thu
Republicans to pass resolution
providing that those agreements
reached In secret in order to bypass
the Senate must be considered al
treaties and have no value unless
they are indorsed by two-thirds
majority, as required by the Con.
stitution.