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PERTH, WEDNZSDAY,FEBRUARY 21, 1946.
NO. 5,168.
PRl10Z THREZPENCE.
SEVENTYBZCOND YEAR.
es, (Wr. Stalin' . .. Secondlunich Staged in the Crimea Poland's Fate Ignored by Power Politics and the Press Gang Lublin Government of Communist Quislings *Dark Stain on Honour of Allies The decisions of the "Big Three"regarding Poland at the Crimes Conference must fill the informed reader with apprehension and dismay, In one breath they affirm their "common desire to a" established astrong, free, independent and democratic Poland," and in the next destroy Poland's strength by ceding ] calf her territory without her consent to Russia, and dissolve her freedom, independence and democracy by handing her destinies over to the Red puppet Committee of Lublin,which is to be glorified into the Polish Provisional Government of National Unity, The fate of Poland,which,in the wake of the victorious Russian armies, is being overrun by Communist revolutionaries, under a puppet Communist "government," is being virtually ignored by the Australian press. In the balance and proportion of their European news ,the very newspapers which are now headlining the menace of Communism in Australia in their campaign against social reform are—consciously or unconsciously —playing the Communist' s game in Europe,and supporting,by default, the Communist domination of Poland. This scarcely honours the principles for which we are fighting, and the ideals of the United Nations. The inner story o2 the Lublin conspiracy and the protests in England, America,France,and even ; Australia,are either unreported or played down. The facts,suppplied by the London Polish Telegraph Agency, must be known in every newspaper office. The truth about the socalled Lublin "government"of Poland,set up by people whom Mr. Churchill has called "bloody baboons, " gives the inner history of the conspiracy against the Polish people, the background and history of the Communist quislings involved,and their condemnation by the legitimate Polish National Council and by 'the Polish Socialist Party. London, January 6, 1945. tP.A.T.).—P.A.T., in London, is au• thorised by the Polish Government to state that the official recognition by the U.S.S.R. of the Soviet-sponsored 1 Provisional Government in Lublin con stitutes a direct violation of the funda. mental right of the Polish nition to possess a genuinely independent State, ` free from foreign intervention, and an infringement of the untrammelled right of the Polish people to organise their internal existence as they see fit. The Polish Government, which earnestly de. sires a lasting understanding between Poland and the Soviet Union, deeply regrets this action of the Soviet Govern. ment, which makes such an understanding more difficult and will not contri• bute to the strengthening of the solidarity of the United Nations, so necessary in their struggle against the com-
mon foe. i, Significant Changes in the Lublin Com mitt". London, January 6.1915. (P.A.T. ).—The London " Dziennik Polski" of January 5, commenting on the personal composition of the Lublin "Government;' draws attention to the fact that from the Committee disap
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peared the following people: Drobner,
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Somerstein, Nasilewska Berling Han. neman, Kotek, Agruscewski, Czechowski, Grubiecki and Jedrychowski. Es. pecially significant is the disappearance of Berling, who has been Deputy Director of the Department of National Defence. His place has been taken by Alexander Zawadzki, a Pole by ori. gin, but a Red Army officer since 1920 and later for several years colonel of the N.K.W.D. on the Manchurian frontier. General Konezvc, also a Soviet officer, has been appointed the second Deputy of General Zymierski. All the most important posts have been filled by members of the P.P.R., all Communists. The first Vice-Premier Gomolka, the Minister of Public Security Radkiewicz, the Minister of Education Skrzvszewski, the linister of Industry Afinz, the Minister of Finance K. Dab . rowski all are members of the P.P.R. Zymierski, alleged to be non-party, is a member of P.P.R, in possession of party pass No. 21, and his two deputies are Red Army officers. Regard. ing Bierut, the " Dziennik" gives details revealing that Bierut used in the past the folowing names: Krasnobedski Bienkowski, and Ruthkowski. The name, Bierut, is composed of the first syllables of the last two names.
A Soviet Citizen Becomes Acting President of Polsud, London ,January 6. 1945. W.A.T.).—Bierut, who was appoint• ed by the " Provisional Government of Poland" as "Acting President of the Polish Republic" ( he was later succeeded by OsubkaAforawski, see below. —Ed. " Advocate"), was born in 1891 at Laczma, near Lublin, his real name being Krasnobedski and the name, Bienrt is apen name, composed of the two first syllables of his other two names, which were used by him during his political activities—Bienkowski and Rut. kowski. During the first World War, he served in the Russian Army and al-
wicz, who was cashier to the Comin• tern in this part of Europe. In 1932, Bierut was again sent to Poland as leader of the Underground Communist Organisation. This time he was caught and sentenced to seven years' hard labour. But before many months had passed, he was exchanged as a Soviet citizen for another Polish citizen irom Russia. In 1933 he was sent to a special high school organised by the Comintern in Leningrad. He spent
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IHRf-f ! A spectacular sale was held during the week in the Crimea,at which the Polish Nation and the honour of the Allies were knocked down cheaply
to the well known Moscow dealer, Mr. Joseph Stalin. The bidding was not brisk,as a reserve price had been fixed bs fore hand. Mr. Stalin's latest bargain caps a series of shrewd deals in Yugoslavia,Estonia, Latvia,and Lithuania. The sale was in the cap. able hands of Mauro. Churchill, Roosevelt and Co,, though it is not yet -known on what terms they executed the cosh mission. ready started his Communistic activity. In 1921, he was admitted to the Comintern and was simultaneously granted Soviet citizenship. As a Pole he was entrusted with special tasks in Poland and attached to the Polish section of the Comintern, where he spent several _years studying theoretical problems. In December, 1923, he was sent for the first time to Poland and soon established himself as one of the leaders of the Underground Polish Corn munist Party. In 19^_5, he planned the escape of the famous member of the Comintern, Leszczynski, and himself and escaped back to Moscow. He was then entrusted with the Polish section in the Comintern office for Central
the next two years in Moscow on special political studies . In 1936, under the name of Rutkowski, he was in charge of the Polish section of the Foreign Office of the O.G.P,U. When Soviet troops entered Eastern Poland in 1939 Bierut was sent there and organised a widespread political sweep of all Polish, Ukrainian and Jam , ish elements who were not a 100 per cent. Communist. .Mass deportations to Russia, arrests and executions were carefully prepared by him. After the German armies had occupied Eastern Poland, Bierut escaped to Moscow, but in the winter of 1941412 he was dropped by parachute from a Soviet 'plane in (Continued orf Page 17,)
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Eastern Europe, which had its head. quarters in Vienna. In 1930, it was transferred to Prague , where he was still in charge of the Polish section. He closely co-operated with a certain Jure-