DISPUTE OVER TESCHEN
POLES AND CZECHS. LONDON, Dec. 4. The Polish-Czech dispute over the Teschen territory, which has been going on since 1919, is again -causing uneasiness. A former duchy, Teschen covers 450 square miles and lies at the junction of Poland, German Silesia, and Czechoslovakia. It is extremely rich in coal and iron, and has important engineering factories. | After the Russo-Polish war in 1920, [the Czechs seized Teschen. Poland recovered it after the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis in 1940, but Czechoslovakia does not recognise this deal. In 1941 Teschen was the subject of an agreement by the late General Sikorski, then Premier of the Polish Government in exile, and the Czech President, Dr. Renes, but the Soviet vetoed the pact, fearing the formation of a Polish-Czech economic federation to mask an anti-Soviet bloc. Russia's present attitude is obscure.
A few days ago the" Polish Ambassador in Prague handed a Note to the Czech Government requesting an early settlement of the Teschen question, which, he said, was causing a steady deterioration in Polish'-Czech relationships. He proposed a joint examination of the question in relation to Teschen's political, economic, and cultural problems in their entirety. No reply has so far come from the Czechs, but the Prague Radio stated: "As far as 'Teschen is concerned, its frontiers were settled with finaljty by the decision of the Ambassadorial Conference in 1920."
Polish broadcasts now express strong impatience with Czech "evasiveness."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXVI, Issue 24, 27 December 1945, Page 5
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