Evening star., 1947-10-27
Poles Probing
Flight Of Chief
Foe Of Reds
Government Sees
Foreign Power Aid
To MikoIojezyk
By the n .ioted Press

WAIGCAW w, wv. zt.-h 1 1OIloiI
government spokesman said to-
day that an investigation was
under way to determine how
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, leader of
the opposition Polish Peasant
Party, had fed the country.
The informant confirmed pub
lished reports that Mr.. Mikolajczyk
had escaped. His whereabouts re-
manned mystery.
The inquiry, the informant con-
tinued, is being directed to learn
whether there was negligence on the
part of Polish frontier guards or
security agencies which enabled Mr..
Mikola jczyk, his secretary and three
aides and their wives to slip out of
the country.
Foreign Aid Hinted.
"By land, sea or air, Mr.. Mikola-'
jczyk certainly escaped" the spokes-
man said. by which way I cannot
say, but we are investigating how
such group could illegally leave
this country"
Asked whether Mr.. Mikolajczyk
was aided in his flight by any for
eign power, the spokesman said
their was "circumstantial evidence.
to that effect. He declined to elab-
crate.
Meanwhile, the British govern -
ment promised in the House of
Commons to give sanctuary to
Mr.. Mikolajczyk. His close asso-
ciates in London said they had r.
received assurance that he was
safely out of Poland0
The spokesman predicted at a
news conference that the head of
the Polish Peasant Party soon would
see his SON, Marian, who is student
at Cambridge University in England.
Expected to Go to Britain. .
Terming Mr.. Mikolacjczy i'm
portance in Poland only "a nuisance
value" the informant said the op-
position leader had net asked for
passport to leave. He declined to
answer question whether he would
have been given one.
The spokesman said he did not
know what disposition would be
made of Mr.. Mikola jczyk's property
in Poland, including a farm near
Poznan. He said, however, that H.
legal crossing of frontiers was
criminal offense. ,.. Z.
While Poles generally accepted the
theory that MIR: Mikola jczyk was on
his way to Britain and possibly
eventually to the United States to
carry on his fight against the War
saw government, a government
sponsored left-wing faction within
his own party assumed complete
control Of his newspaper. the GazetaI
Ludowa. 81
The left-wing peasants, headed by
former Minister CZeslaw Wycech,
also took over Offices In Mr.. Miko-
lajczyk's S headquarters and assumed
temporary direction of the party'sf
affairs. A general council Of left
wing peasant members is expected
to, be held within the next two weeks
to remodel the Polish Peasant Party
along lines acceptable to the Com
munist- Polish govern
ment. :.
May Get Ultimatum.
About Is members of Mr.. Mix
olajczyk's party who have seats in
Parliament are expected to- receive
an ultimatum after the opening OF
Parliament on Wednesday to sup
port the Communist or resign.
Gaps in the peasant representa-
ton caused by the departure of Mr..
Mikolaiczyk and his friends will be
filled in parliamentary elections. Mr..
Mikolajczyk was a member of Par.
lament as was Vincenty Bryja and
Stefan Korbouski, who were among
those who accompanied him in his
flight from Poland.
Government officials were openly
delighted that Mr.. Mikolaj jczyk had
dropped out of Polands political
picture. They said his disappear
ance had relieved the Government
of having to take action on its.
charges that he was connected with
underground activity. -.
Premier Josef Cyrankiewicz-
scheduled to deliver an expose"
of the Observation-Disclosures situa-
ton before Parliament Wednesday
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