POSITION WORSE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 63, Issue 170, 30 April 1943, Page 3

POSITION WORSE

SOVIET-POLISH RELATIONS.

BITTER PRESS IN MOSCOW.

TERRITORIAL ASPECT STRESSED

I.N.Z. Press Association.—Copyright.) (Rec. 11.50 a.m.) LONDON, April 29.

Polish-Russian relations appear to have deteriorated very considerably says the British United Press correspondent at Moscow. The Russian press attacks, against General Siltorski’s Government attained such violence today that observers doubted whether the Soviet will ever consider resuming relations with it. The territorial ambitions of some Polish quarters are being stressed in Moscow. Both the “PraYda” and “Red Star’’ point out that neither the Ukrainians nor the South Russians will become objects of political axes. Maxim Rylsks, in an article in “Pravda” refers to General Sikorski’s Cabinet as “a Government of treachery, lies and perfidy which is leading the Polish nation, not to prosperity but to perdition.” Reuter’s correspondent at Moscow reports that the statement issued by the Polish Government in London last night has not yet been published in Moscow. ,

“Pravda” makes, it perfectly clear that the Soviet considers the present members of the Polish Government compromised by anti-Soviet views and actions to the extent of making it difficult to conceive that the Russians will ever consent to resume dealings with them. Reuter’s adds that the latest Polish statement is calculated only to considerably fan the flames of irritation in Moscow.