Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-22

guage of communism--aS it did
during a recent visit of Polish
officials to East Germany when
it induced the German Com
munistS to omit from the COM
munique the usual talk about
Western imperialist agrees
sors-and it can try, together
with Red China and Yugo-
slavia. to modify Soviet foreign
policy.
The Poles, in fact, argue that
Communist China should be
admitted to the United Nations
so that her strong voice can be
added to the independent
moderate" branch of the Com
munist bloc. American observ-
erS concede that Communist
China may indeed be different
from Russia, but they want to
see it proved that she is in
dependent and moderate and
has given up her own expan-
SioniSt ambitions. So the Poles
on this score don't get much
sympathy from the State De-
partment.
Still Fear NeighbOrs
But to the extent the Poles
are trying to reform Russia,
Communist China and the
other peoples democracieS,"
the Western World certainly
benefits.
There are also certain less
promising facets to Polish for
eign policy.
Much Of Poland's foreign
and domestic policy stems from
her fear of West Germany. Po-
land, after World War II. lost
her eastern territories to Rus
STA. but was permitted by the
Big Three at Potsdam to lad
minister" a somewhat smaller,
but richer. German area to the
West.
A Soviet-impoSed Polish gov
eminent formally gave up the
eastern lands. and they are
now, irrevocably as far as Poles
are concerned. a part of Russia.
On Russian orders, the Polish
and East German governments
also agreed to make permanent
the Polish possession of the
former German territories.
The free. West German. Gov
eminent, under Chancellor
Adenauer. has never, of course.
given up claim to these areas.
The Poles are afraid the West
Germans someday will reinvade
Poland in order to get that
land back.
So Poland protests every
time America helps West Ger
many rearm. and Poland pre-
pares to defend herself to the
death in case West Germany
should start a fight. 1t may
seem surprising to an outsider
that Poland would worry now
about West Germany, but the
fact is that Poland is spending
a lot Of unnecessary money on
arms in order to match the
West German rearmament
program. And Poland's great
est complaint against America
is that the United States is
helping TO arm the Germans.
Accept Red Troops
The Poles do not understand
that West German opinion on
her lost territories is Softening
and that Germany is so thor
oughly entangled in Western
European economic and mill
tary arrangements that she
could not effectively make war
without European and Ameri-
can consent.
But Poles still worry. and
even anti Communist Poles say
the German threat makes ii
necessary that Russia maintain
some troops in Poland. These
troops. invisible to the ordinary
visitor who roams about Po-
land. are here to maintain Rus
sian lines Of communication to-
the large Soviet forces in East
Germany.
So Poland. hemmed in by
Communist countries. men
aced" by West Germany and al
long way from America. has
little choice in her foreign poll
icy. The country must swal-
low Russian friendship and OPP
pose the United States in al
most all United Nations votes
Though 1t has on occasion
managed TO abstain on a show