Russo -Polish Problems
In the tangled and dangerously obscure business of Allied support for the patriots of Warsaw, certain facts have at last emerged on official authority. The controversy about supplies to the underground movement in Warsaw is ended. American planes have been carrying British supplies for Poles with Russian co-operation. Here, then, is a matter in which all four Allies are closely involved, but it has unhappily been complicated and converted into a political issue by the unhappy and hasty order of the day published by General Sosnokowski. This has produced a Ministerial crisis in the Polish Government in London. The Polish Cabinet has by a unanimous vote asked President Rajkiewicz to dismiss the commander-in-chief, who is incidentally persona ingratissima to the Russians ; he has not yet complied, on the ground that it is difficult to find a successor. Since the deadlock involves the position of the Prime Minister, M. Mikolajczyk, who is the only man likely to bridge the gap between Lublin and London (or to win the confidence of both Moscow and London) the whole controversy becomes of crucial importance for United Nations harmony and unity. While the military impasse at Warsaw has been largely overcome, the political impasse in the Polish Govern- ment in London remains. Mr. Eden has done everything possible to ease a tense situation. Mr. Churchill, now that he is home again, may be able to add some personal influence in a matter which involves the future of both Russo-Polish and Anglo-Polish relations.
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