POLISH ELECTIONS
REASON FOR DELAY. LONDON, Dec. 14. Poland will have free elections before June, it is reported from Warsaw. The vice-premier (M. Mikolajczyk), .n making this announcement to the foreign Press, said that only free elections could provide a stable government, and the Peasant Party of which he is the leader was anxious that they should be held as soon as possible. There had been delays created by the slovr clearing of evacuees and by the need to await the return of the Polish fighting services from abroad. He and his party believed that Poland must have close collaboration with Russia. Even though Germany was now defeated, the Germans had not given up the idea that they were the Herrenvolk of Europe. All countries would have to co-operate closely to prevent Germany from again unleashing war.-M. Mikolajczyk said he. had pressed for an understanding with Russia since 1941 He noted that there were fewer Red Army troops in Poland than when he first returned.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXVI, Issue 15, 15 December 1945, Page 7
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