Evening star., 1953-07-04
Poles Fighting Soviet Troops,
Hating Trains> Berlin Reports;
Hungarians Shake Up Regime
Reds Believed
Speeding Tanks
Into Areas
BY the Asseeiated Press

bG6CA1C, July 4.-H6DSIIIOuS
Poles repeatedly have clashed
with Russian troops and cut a
Soviet supply line to East Ger
many in an apparent spread of
the bloody revolt that swept
East Germany June II. Russian
tanks were said to be en- route
from East Berlin to the Polish
border.
These reports of disorders in
Russia's neighboring satellite
were published in West Berlin
last night, but could not be con-
f1rmed officially. Ever since East
Germany erupted in strikes and
riots II days ago, rumors have
trickled through the Iron Cur
tain of similar uprising in both
Poland and Czechoslovakia.
The West Berlin newspaper
Telegraf said demonstrations
have broken out in Poland and
that several persons have been
killed in clashes with Soviet
troops.
The Northwest German radio,
quoting from the East zone, said
IL Soviet trains carrying war
reparations from East Germany
to Russia had been halted at
the Polish border and told that
Polish partisans had cut the rail
line to Brest-Litovsk.
Other Riots Reported.
The broadcast also said refu-
gees reported riots f1ared in the
Polish section of Frankfurt-on-
Oder and in Kuestrin and several
other Polish border towns last
week end. There was no late
word to indicate whether the
riots were still on.
The report that Russian tanks
we're en- route from East Berlin
to the Polish border was pub
lished by the United States State
Departments German-language
newspaper Neue Zeitung. 1t said
the tanks were the same ones
which put down the June II up
rising in East Berlin.
Last Tuesday, the West Berlin
newspaper Nacht-Depesche re-
ported, without confirmation,
that bloody clashes occurred
in at least seven cities that were
once German. but which are now
behind the Polish frontier.
Nacht-Depesche said unrest was
still prevalent.
Polish Troops Refuse to Shoot.
Refugees said last week that
Polish tank troops called in to
put down the disorders refused
to fire on the rioters. This would
give the Russians grounds for
bringing in their own troops in
case of trouble in Poland.
Neue Zeitung said Polish un-
derground circles reported the
Russians have cleared a death
zone" 900 yards wide along the
entire Polish-Soviet border and
are patrolling it day and night
with troops and bloodhounds.
Such reports are almost i'm
possible to check. The Soviet
zone of Germany with its bor-
ders sealed by martial law lies
between Berlin and the Polish
frontier.
Passive Resistance.
But refugees escaping into
West Berlin reported that a sui
len campaign of passive resist
ance still continues in East Ger
many right up to the Polish bor-
der. The Russians still found it
necessary to maintain martial
law in East Germany's major
cities although it had been lifted
in most rural areas.
The Communist press claimed
yesterday that many" East Ger
mans arrested in the June II
riots were being released because
Investigations showed them to
have been "misled" by Fascist
elements"
Stern punishment for those
convicted of active leadership in
assault and arson during the riots
continued to be reported, how
ever nv the Reds news media.