POLISH LEADERS

Grey River Argus, 12 May 1945, Page 4

POLISH LEADERS

ARRESTS BY RUSSIANS LONDON, May 11 The ex-Polish Prime Minister, M. Mikolajczyk, in a statement on the arrest of 16 Polish leaders by the Russians, said they were a political delegation, sincerely desiring to cooperate with Russia. Members of the Council of National Unity were anxious to reveal themselves immediately on the entry of Russian troops. Lack of freedom and the methods applied by the Lublin Committee prevented this step. They therefore made the request in London for the revelation of their identity to Britain, America and Russia. “They would not voluntarily have come into the open had they felt the slightest possibility of their being accused of activities against the safety of the Russian Army. Meanwhile other leaders of the democratic parties have been arrested, among them Dr. Kiemik, former Minister, and his companion, Tito, during his exile.” GENERAL BOR LONDON, May 10 . General Bor, who led Warsaw’s rising, said he and not the Polish Government in London gave the signal for revolt. In an interview near the Austrian border he said he gave the signal because he thought the Red Army’s approach made the time propitious He claimed the Russians were only 500 yards away, but they launched attacks only in battalion strength. The uprising failed because the patriots exhausted their food and ammunition. Six out of every ten men and women were casualties.