a propaganda bulletin,
ches recently made in the

a cS for example, is an ex-
j trom the speech of John
os Sn, Independent Labor-

. if it had not been for
lta and her pact with Ger-
y, the whole Continent
-t never have. been placed
: Sletely under the heel of
“aany, and France might
have collapsed as she did

: this Social - Democrat,
qinich never existed. There
no Chamberlain “peace in
time” policy. There was no
uragement to Hitler to ex-
{ eastward. There was no
/er-Mussolini plot with
ico against the Republie of
Wn. Ali this is forgotten.
| villian is Russia!
tn McGovern speaks such
ds after the Red Army de-
yed the myth of the invin-
ity of Hitler’s hordes, when
¥ Student of Soviet policy
vs that the USSR fought
@ collective security precisely
m revent this war. :
eGovern’s position has a re-
/ nm both to the present and
future. The problem today
-e win the war, establish
Be and build such a struc-
“of the Wnited Nations as
prevent future wars.

‘do this it is necessary to

Germany, yet Aneuran
in, another  Laborite,
ks against it. Here is what
jays:
furthesmore believe it

‘Id be a nonsensical thing to
zember, Germany by taking
y from her any part of her
itory which she properly
ards as-Germany.” :
“ich thoughts will be better
erstood if we quote from
“International Socialist Fo-
mi, published by a group of
(ash and emigre Social Dem-
ats. It is edited by a Ger-
a, Julius Braunthal. This
H lication contains lengthy
EBs -on- “The German-Hast-
| Frontier.” The concluding
iele jn this publication is en-
ed, “East Prussia at the
jssroads~ of Three Giviliza-
Fis.’ From it we learn that:
’ “Hast Prussia was not an
|strament of the ‘drive to
ep East, but a connecting
is between Germany and
>oland.”
Vhat are the facts?

{Ei frontiers of Poland estab-
lished in 1918 were deter-
Med not in the interest of
Mt nation, but to provide an
post of intervention against
+ Soviet Revolution, or at
st as a link in the cordon
utaire against the Soviet
sion. :

;

“Polish Fortnightly Review.’

eretvettereretstasd

Volume 1,

No.

12, January 20, 1945

The Polish nation has chosen the road to democracy and peace,
a.road opposite to the Polish emigre government and their sup-
porters the British Social Democrats and their German colleagues

House of Commons.

Fast
Germany.

remained in
Poland by foree of
arms extended its territory in
the East. This corresponded
with the ambitions of the Pol-
ish landlords who owned huge
estates in the Ulzaine, Byelo-
Russia and Lithuania.

Prussia

Professor Oscar Lange of the
University of Chicago correct-
ly observes that:

“The chief concern of Polish
policy, was, therefore, territo-
rial expansion in the Hast. The
reactionary Polish governments
had partly neglected to pursue
“Poland’s claims in the West;
partly these claims did not

By Boleslaw Gebert

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(iE Ministry of Information of the emigre Polish Government in London publishes
One of its issues is devoted to
It is interesting to observe how much
B Polish reactionaries like the speeches of some British M.P S.

fully supported on ethnograp-
hie grounds. However, a large
section of the population of
Hast Prussia is still Polish-
speaking (the Mazurians), and
even a) larger part has been
Germanized so recently that it
would revert to Polish national-
ity under the mere influence
of the new political environ-
ment (without any coercion).

“Tn the ‘last plebiscite this
Polish-speaking population vot-
ed mostly for Germany, be-
cause, being Protestant, they
feared Catholic domination.
The social and political struc-
ture of postwar Poland will be
such that no fears need be en-
tertained.

“Te is an unfortunate fact
that the Poles and the Germans
have never got on well togeth-
er. They have always been at
daggers drawn.”

Well, well! The poor Ger-
mans probably should be pro-
tected from the barbarian
Poles!

The British Social-Democrats
are helping the reactionary Po-
lish emigre be-
cause these gentlemen are so
valiantly anti-Soviet that they
stand up in defense not only of
the Polish fascists but of the
German as well.

The Communist M.P., Wil-
liam Gallacher,
when he spoke these words in
the House of Commons:

government

was correct

“But it is essential to Polish
independence that the country

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A reply to some British M.P..’ S, Social Democrats

and others who ahed fon for Germany and have

Saly insults for the Soviet Union.

meet with the sympathy of the
Western Powers. Thus terri-
tories with a prevailing Polish
population were left with Ger-
many (in Upper Silesia and in
southern East Prussia), and
Poland was exposed to the
threat of a stab in<the back
East Prussia by a re-
militarism.

from
surgent German

“The Polish population in
these terrtiories was later most
ruthlessly persecuted by the
‘Nazis (while the German jin-
ority in. Poland was granted,
under Joseph Beck, all kinds of
special privileges).

“The new Poland will not
be an outpost against the So-
viet Union, but a member of
a security system centered

around the Soviet Union.
This fact determines the dif-
ference between the pre-war
and the postwar frontiers of
Poland.”

Professor ange suggests

that:

“A democratic Poland should
be guaranteed sovereignty over
East Prussia (exeept for a
small part of. it,
habited by Withuanians).

which is in-

“This demand cannot be

“But even though the majo-
rity of Hast Prussia’s popula-
tion is German-speaking, Po-
lish sovereignty over that prov-
ince is necessary for Hurope’s
political stability and for ef-
fective implementation of the
Polish-Gzechoslovak-Soviet mi-
litary alliance.

“The nationality principle
eannot be treated as a fetish,
but is subject to corrections
in the interest of the stability
of Europe. Under no cir-
cumstances can East Prussia
be allowed te revert to Ger-
many. For East Prussia is
the land of the Junkers.

“Hox centuries it has been
the breeding ground of Prus-
sian militarism and of the
Drang nach Osten, that per-
petual endeayor of Germany’s
reactionary imterests to turn
the neighboring Slav people
into serfs.”

Such the “connecting

link”!

was

@

HE “Forum,” however, warns
against such solutions in the
following words:

“Bast Prussia, Silesia and
Pomerania would, in these con-
ditions, be a Greek gift for Po-
land—and a constant festering
sore for the peace of Hurope.”

And why?

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should. not be closed in and
that it should have a clean
opening to the sea. That is the
important thing, and that is the
thine that has been taken into
account Jy the Soviet Union.
It is the thing in which every
member of this House who is
interested in Poland should be
concerned.

“Does Member who
claims to be interested in Po-
land suggest for a moment
that we should reintroduce
the Polish Corridor? Is it

possible again to have the

any

situation in Europe in which
there is that 10-mile strip
through Germany? That was
an utterly impossible situa-
tion, and we cannot have it
again.

UT Poland must have an

opening to the sea. How is
it to be obtained except on the
lines that have been suggested
in some circles round about the
Soviet Union? This is a ques-
tion of the deepest interest for
Poland.

“Polish independence de-
pends, not on a bit of terri-
tory in the East, but on a
real opening-up of the coun-
try so that it has a clear

passage-to the sea, an open
connection with all other peo-

ples, and is not hemmed in

between a group of neighbor- =

ing States.

“Therefore, the advice of the

Prime Minister should be ae-
cepted. Do not let us have any
of these nasty slanders about
the Soviet Union. Let us work
for an understanding between
the Polish people and the peo-
ple of the Soviet Union. I am
certain that these matters can
be ironed out in such a way as
to bring about a real chance of
lasting peace in Europe so that:
there is a free, independent Po-
Jand with its own government
living in the closest harmony
and friendship with its mighty
neighbor, the Soviet Union,
with Great Britain and with its
other neighbors.’

RITISH labor, we are con-
fident, will not follow the
anti-Soviet line of some Labor
M.P.’s.
nothing.
fascist,

British labor can haye
in common with the
anti-Semitic, anti-Rus-
Polish emigre
The position taken by
M.P.’s, -
gives encouragement to the Po-
lish landlords, and in this there
is a danger not only to future
but to today’s victory
over Germany.

Sian,
ment.

some Labor however,

peace,

There is one more point. to

bear in mind. The Polish emi- ~

gre government, being fascist,
is also imperialistic. They want
a Poland from “sea to sea.?’.

The map. published in the
New York “Polish Review,” a
propaganda buletin of the Po-
lish emigre government, .is
proof of that.

And this is the group that
receives the support of some
British Social Democrats, sup-
port to return them to Poland.

Their return would mean
a civil war. It would be a
threat to peace, a threat to
the neighbors of Poland, a
threat to the peace of Hurope.
Is this what the Social Demo-
For this
is what their policy must lead

crats are invitine 7

to.

Fortunately, this will not
happen, because the Polish na-
road to
democracy and peace, a- read
opposite to that of the Polish
government and their
some of the British

their

tion has chosen the

emigre
suporters,
Democrats,

Social and

German colleagues.

3s ~

govern- .