Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-08

cipal departments of the Government
nor its elected representatives IN
Congress had any definite idea that
at Teheran Mr.. Stain had been
given a completely free hand in
regard to Poland.
Mr.. Lanes story contains wealth
of documentary evidence showing
that the present government of Po-
land is nothing but group Of Soviet
officials who are as obedient to their
bosses in the Kremlin as are any
members of the Soviet secret police.
On November 20, 1914, MIR. Lane
was received by President Roose-
welt for final instructions before
taking his post of Ambassador to
the Polish government in exile in
London. The newly appointed Am
bassador naively told the Chief
Executive that. in his opinion, it was
very important that I'VE insist with
the Soviet government that the in
dependence Of Poland be main
tanned" He added that If we were
not going to be strong at time
when he had the strongest Army,
Navy and Air Force in the world
and at a time when the President
had Just received another mandate
from the American people, did not
see when we ever would be strong.
Witnessed a Tragedy
Mr.. Roosevelt reported sharply.
mo-" and, with a note Of sarcasm,
do you want me to go to war with
Russia?" Later he stated that he
had entire confidence in Stains
word and was sure he would not go
back on it."
Mr.. Lane did not know at that
time what he learned later. Charles
Rozmarek, president Of the Polish
Congress in America, told him that
at meeting with President Roose-
welt at the White House on October
IL, 1914 "a few weeks before the
election, in which the Polish vote
was importantly the President. had
cautioned a Polish American group
that stain had fooled me twice
and might possibly fool me again"
The key men in the Polish gov
eminent with whom the Ambassador
had to deal were either powerless
stooges of the Kremlin or were
afraid that a mistaken gesture or
word on their part might send them
into a concentration camp.
Mr.. Lane had been American AM
bassador in Yugoslavia when the
Nazis overran that country. "As I
weighed in my mind" he writes,
'the situation we were facing Gin
Poland) thought of my experiences
lin Yugoslayia, whence saw Hitler
conquer country after country
could not see the difference between
Hitler's and Stains aims. Both
were after world domination.
His Advice Went Unheeded
"I felt in" 1910 and 1941 that the
United States was in danger Of
being brought into war because
of imperialistic ambitions OF coun-
try seeking to dominate the world.
I felt this now; only the name OF
the country was changed"
While he was thus rejecting IN
his two-room apartment In a hotel
in Warsaw-where the American
Embassy had quarters in the absence
of a mansion of its own-he decided
to resign and bring before the Amer
lean public the case not only OF
Poland but of the entire secret diplo-
macy which Is the fundamental rea-
son for our dangerous situation
today.
The former British Ambassador In
Washington, Sir Ronald Lindsay.
told this reporter jokingly one day
that Ambassadors at the present
time are nothing but post office boxes
and not very good ones at that"
I don't know whether the former
British diplomat believed what he
said. Mr.. Lane, however, has
proved his colleagues contention
Our mysterious policy-framers IN
the State Department paid no at
tention to any of the advice OF the
representative of the American gov
eminent in Poland.
with the greatest earnestness Of
which I am capable" Mr.. Lane
writes, II begged the State Depart
ment not to approve the extension
of credits to Poland"
| Urges u. S. to Be Firm
His pleadings and protests, based
on the factual argument that Po-
land was a terroristic country under
the control of the secret police, were
disregarded by the political theor-
lists who had invaded that depart
ment from the various theological
minded wartime agencies.
Even today, when it Is obvious
that Poland has no more freedom OF
action as sovereign state than
Armenia, the political biologists in
the State Department have given
their blessing to a 100000, 900 loan
from the World Bank to that pup
pet government.
Mr.. Lanes conclusions are worthy
of repeating and should give food
for thought to all Americans:
I'VE have seen that a policy OF
'appeasement toward the U. S. S. r.
has failed disnally, just as 1t failed
toward Hitler at Munich. The al
tentative is obviously a policy OF
firmness. It must be backed by the
only element which dictators such
as Hitler and Stain understand:
Military strength.
This is not talk Of war, but for
peace. Unless we show clearly and
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