SOVIET TREATY

Grey River Argus, 23 April 1945, Page 5

SOVIET TREATY

With Lublin Polish Regime SIGNED BY STALIN. (Rec. 11.50.) LONDON, April 22. Moscow radio says that Russia and the Lublin Polish Government have signed a treaty of friendship and mutual assistance. The Moscow radio savs: Marshal Stalin put his signature to this document yesterday, after M. Beirut -(Lublin Premier), M. 'Moraw'skv and he had conferred for several days. The treaty is aimed, firstly, at the speediest final routing of. the Germans; secondly, the strengIhcnins, nftcr the wur of the ladiCcil changes, that have been achieved in the "relations between the Soviet Union and Poland. Marshal Stalin, in a speech, declared the treaty to be a great historical importance of making a turning point in the relations between the two countries. Past discord had weakened both countries, and strengthened German imperialism. The significance of the new treaty lay in the fact that a solid foundation was laid for replacement of old unfriendly relations with ties of alliance and friendship. He added: “I do not doubt that the Allies in the West will welcome the treaty. There is now a United Nations front from the Baltic to the Ca'-painiars against German imperialism. It can now be said that German imperialism is doomed from the east There is no doubt that, if this barrier is completed by one erected by the Western Allies, German aggression will not be able to develop easily."