IMPORTANT STATEMENT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 7 January 1944, Page 5

IMPORTANT STATEMENT

POLISH PATRIOTS IN RUSSIA FUTURE PROGRAMME OUTLINED London, Jan. 6. “Wolna Polska,” the organ of the Union of Polish Patriots in Russia, published an important statement outlining the programme for the future of Poland reports the Moscow correspondent of the British United Press. The main points are—(l) Extension of Poland’s strategic borders westward as protection against the Prussians. (2) The western Ukraine and Byelo Russia are part of the Soviet Union. (3) A parliamentary democratic regime must be set up (4) All reactionary elements must be wiped out and the land must be distributed to peasants. (5) All Poles must unite regardless of political creeds with the exception of reactionary emigre elements abroad. The paper adds: “The time has come for the Polish Government in London to come down to earth and give way to a hew political line-up as the Yugoslav Government has done. The initiative for changing Poland’s position in the v ’d and also in Poland itself must be in the hands of the Poles themselves. The so-called London Government is incapable of showing initiative and wise action. It has condemned itself to political suicide and carried out the sentence itself.”