Fears of Political Conflict in Poland

Manawatu Times, Volume 70, Issue 58, 9 March 1945, Page 5

Fears of Political Conflict in Poland

BUGBY, March 7, The Foreign Secretary (Mr. Eden), in the House of Commons, gave a warning that the success of the Moscow consultations on Poland was endangered by the conflict between the Poles in Poland and the Lublin administration. Answering questions, he said: ”1 have no evidence that any decree has been issued by the Lublin administration outlawing the Polish home army as a whole. The home army has been formally dissolved by the Polish Government in London. Many of its members, however, are alleged to have resisted the Lublin administration’s measures of registration, conscription and so on and to have refused to submit to its authority. This administration has announced its intention of taking severe measures against these allegedly irreconcilable elements of the home army and against supporters of the Polish Government in London and special courts have been sbt up to hold Polish treason trials. “In the view of the British Government, if the necessary atmosphere of confidence is to be created which alone can ensure the success of the present consultations in Moscow, it is imperative both that the Lublin administration should take no measures against the Poles merely because they do not recognise its authority and that such Poles should cease active resistance to local authorities which endangers the lines ot communication of the advancing Soviet armies. The British Government will continue to use its influence to this end.”