Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28

the Assembly Of Coptive EuropeoR
Motions, General Committee.
a cordial welcome, leaving little
doubt, however, as to. what
brought them to thief. side. 1t
was Gomulka's fiery statement
of independence from Moscow
and Nays Titoist record.
Yet what the Poles. and Hun
garianS expect is more than in
dependence from the Soviets. It
becomes evident that. what they
really hope for is freedom from
communism as such. When they
claim freedom of press and cleo
tons, they claim political free
dom incompatible with commu-
nism; when they shout for the
release Of still imprisoned cardi-
nails land clergy. they want free
dom of religion incompatible
with active atheism; when they
claim improvement of wages and
working conditions, they want in
fact freedom of employment,
equitable wages, effective trade
unions. and all these are incom-
patihle with the omnipotence of
the one and exclusive employer,
the Communist state.
Enthusiasm Lacking
In, Warsaw the crowd listen
ing to Gomulka manifested. by
absence of cheering and APP
plauding its doubts about the
leader who, for reasons of his
own, found it necessary to i'm
plore the people to restrain
themselves in their manifesto
tons Of enthusiasm for big
changes. The crowd suspected
they were too big for Mr.. Co
mulka.
In Hungary. there seemed to
be a quick realization that Imre
Macy is not the man to bring
what the people are waiting for.
On a slight provocation from the
police, the population turned
against the government and is
confronted with a horryfying
sight of the Titoist and "patrio-
tic" Imre Macy calling in the
Russian troops to subdue his
own people, and we see what very
few people expected to sea
Titoist held in power by Soviet
troops. Within days the picture
has changed. After having arisen
Moscow, Mr.. Gomulka juStifies
the presence of Soviet troops in
Poland and Mr.. Macy uses them.
The situation in Central and
Eastern Entbpe lis still grim and
we cannot butt bow, to the heroic
men Of Hungary who rose against
the formidable monopoly of ply
sical power welded goyernment.
For some time one ofathe main
goak of the sSVietS@ha IS been 70
win over Tie, neutral world. IS
pecially the young nations of
Asia and Africa. Riding onk the
sentiment =, Of affti-colonialism
Russia has been doing its utmost
to make herself into a liberator
Of the enslaved. - sss
A few Asian statesmen have
warnedthe continent that Russia
is N fact the biggest existing
colonial power in both Asia and
Europe: But few seem to listen
to these warnings and we have
been startled by statements of
prominent men from these areas
which seemed TO show that the
Russian hropasanda was taking
root. We still remember a great
Asian saying that Poland. Czech
osloyskia, Hungary were free la
tons, the, bluff has BEEN called
for everybody. with eyes, to see
although it may take some time
for the truth to sink in.
Red Promises Recalled
In the light of these events,
the Soviet promises of helping
people along to freedom become
entertaining reading.
Izvestia. In all countries NIB
Grated from Fascist tyranny the
Red Army in accordance with the
statements of, the Soviet Govern
ment is setting an example of
respect for the honor and dignity
Of liberated peoples, for their
state SYSTEM. The Red Army in
no case prevents the liberated
peor.es from living their lives
on their lands as they Sc fit F..
July II, 1945.
Pravda: We stand for the
scrupulous and ppnctilious OBJ
servance Of the facts on the basis
Of complete reciprocity and we
declare that all the nonsensical
talk about the Sovietization
Is only TO the interest of our
common enemies and of all anti
Soviet proFocateurs Novem-
Der 1889. &se
Bolshevik; The Soviet Union
is fighting to have the United
Nations as effective as possible
-. No. - of Novembt. 1916.
Not Quiet in C1echoslovakia
This is the time to invite the
Soviets TO follow the recipes!
Many people ask me why
Czechoslovakia keeps quiet. The
answer is very simple: Things
are far from being quiet and in
fact they have not been quiet
since 1858. In that year a few
Czechoslovak cities revolted
against the regime--the first
workers rebellion in satellite
Europe. Last spring, students Of
Prague and other university cities
manifest st0rmily their con-
domination OF the regime in open
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