POLISH PROTEST

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 303, 20 September 1939, Page 9

POLISH PROTEST

Russian Breach Of Treaty

GOVERNMENT’S CLAIM

LONDON, September 18.

It is reported from Kuty that a Polish Government communique approved the action of its Ambassador in Moscow in declining to accept the Russian Note.

“The Polish Government,” states the communique, “strongly protests against Russia’s unilateral breaking of the Polish-Russian non-aggres-sion pact and also the invasion of Poland, when the whole nation is, fighting with all its might against the German aggressor.”

The Soviet’s reasons are parried by the statement .that the Polish Government is carrying out its duties normally and the Polish army is still struggling. Russia alone is to blame if she complains of lack of contact with the Polish Government. The Russian Ambassador left Poland while the entire diplomatic corps maintained contact.

The correspondent of “The Times” on the Polish frontier says that Rumania most unlikely to assist Poland against Russia, although the Rumanian-Polish Alliance Pact binds her to do so. Poland has not sought any such help, being apparently prepared to die in her tracks, as indicated by the story of the useless sacrifice of brave men when 3000 cavalry were ordered to charge German tanks at Katowice in the early days of the war. They obeyed the order, but only 100 returned.