FRONTIER PROBLEM

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 91, 13 January 1944, Page 5

FRONTIER PROBLEM

Reported U.S. Support Of Polish Government (Received January 12, 9.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, January 12. ‘ The Polish question is regarded as a test case for a policy of reasonableness in a European settlement embracing Yugoslavia and Greece, where Russia is also showing a strong hand,” says the Washington correspondent of the ‘‘New Y r ork Times.” “For this reason the United States is expected to continue her efforts to achieve a reasonable adjustment of the Polish border dispute in the face of the Soviet claims. “No precipitate action is expected, but the United States apparently intends to continue supporting the Polish Government in Dondon. Mr. Roosevelt, it is believed, is eager to dispose of the Polish question satisfactorily before the November elections, otherwise the situation of 1920 might be repeated, in which European controversies figured heavily. “At any rate, the intention in Washington is to remain patient, yet tenacious. There is no disposition to fight Russia over the question. MEETING OF CABINET DONDON, January 11. The Polish Cabinet was in session all day today considering the Russian Government's statement on the Polish frontier. The British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden, late in the afternoon received the Polish Prime Minister, M. Mikolajczyk, and Count Romer, the Foreign Minister. A few hours before the Moscow statement was issued the Polish Prime Minister met Dr. Benes, the Czechoslovak President, who recently returned from Moscow. SETTLEMENT HOPE (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, January 11. Discussing Russo-Polish relations, authoritative British circles take the view that while parts of the Russian statement are of a controversial nature, which might also bo said of the Polish declaration to which it refers, it does represent in substance a most important contribution for consideration and, it is to be hoped, the ultimate settlement, of the difficult problems to which it relates.