"Izvestia" Comes Out With First Editorial Backing Peace Scheme Moscow, Oct. 0 The imminent formal incorporation of Polish White Russia in the Soviet Union was indicated in the appeal of the Provisional Municipal Government of Bialystock published in the Russian press today. The appeal urged all White Russian cities to convoke a national assembly and ratify the peasant seizure of lands, national banks and industry and join the Soviet Union.
Provisional Governments, such as the one ruling at Bialystok, inyariably includes the commander of the Red. Army in the region.
Meanwhile, the "Jzvestia" today, published an editorial emphasizing that the continuance of the European war for the purpose of restoring Poland was a senseless slaughter. To fight to crush Hitlerism would be criminal and political folly, the "Izvestia" further said.
The "Izvestia" pointed out Cháncellor Adolf Hitler's peace bid could serve a real and practical basis for peace negotiations. It was legitimate to ask, the journal added, that if Britain and France continued the war to "crush Hitler" whether the basis of their real aim was to consolidate "their world domination.""—
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