PEASANT PARTY LEADER'S ESCAPE TO BRITAIN

Chronicle (Levin), 6 November 1947, Page 7

PEASANT PARTY LEADER'S ESCAPE TO BRITAIN

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LONDON, Nov. -1. j Alr. Alikolajezyk, the leader of tne I Polish Peasaiit Party, who vesterday | reached Britain after,liis escape from | Poland, has received eongratulatory | messages from people in all parts oi I Britain and many messages from eom- 1 plete strangers. | There are no guards on his wif'e 's | liome in Kenton, 'wliere Alr. Alikota- I jczyk is living. His son, Marjon, aged 1 21, who is an undergraduate at Cani- ! briclge, arrived hoine this morning. I Scotland Yard is taking special pre- ■ | cautions to ensure Mr. Alikolajezyk 's | saf'ety, says the Daily Tele'graph. 8 In Warsaw last night Alr. Philip I Broad, the British Charge d'Aifaires, | denied that he or any other members 1 of the Fmbassy staff had aided Alr. i Alikolajezyk 's escape. "We had abso 1 lutely notiiing to do with it," he added. 1 ' ' Poland is eoming more and more | under Comniunist eontrol, and the | formation of the C'ominform will meun | that more jiressure will be put on the | people," Alr. Alikolajezyk told Press- 8 men at his wife's home. "Real terror | exists there and the feeling is very I tense. Alethods have been introduced I not only in politieal intimidation, but | also in economic life, which are quick- ! ening the Fommuriisatioii of Poland. I "The Uommunist story that there will be another war has aggravated the , position. Alany Poles believe the Comniunist story that Ameriea is moving for another war. If there could be an | unfettered election, I am certain the Uommunist liloc would not get 5 per cent. of tlie votes. " Alr. Alikolajezyk said he had begun writiug his experieuces during his 2A years under the eontrol of tlie "socalled People 's Democracy. " Because | lie'liad left all his papers in Poland, o he would have to rely largely on his 1 memory. 1 He would not talk about liow he | crossed the Russian Zone, but said, 1 smili agly : ' MSometimes you meet many I ordinary Russian people who are fonu | 6f cigarettes. " lle said he intended to i continue as head of the Peasant Party. I