"Hands Of Ruthenia"
To the Editor of the "Nonti-Cutwa Dany News"
Sm,—Reading today's press report on a new. Hungarian claim for the cession of. the Ukrainian pari of Czechoslovakia (Podkarpatska Rus), the population of which are about 80 per cent. the Rutheno-Ukrainians, and keeping in mind yesterday's report on Poland's explanations of her unchanged coolness towards Czechoslovakia caused by the unacceptability to Poland of the existence of the autonomous Podkarpatska Rus, what could tempt the East Galicia Ukrainians (about seven millions), finding ihemseives nowadays under the Polish yoke, to redouble their efforts to get away from the Polish control? One cant but feel utterly- disgusted by these shameless manifestations of} the nations, the representatives of which comparatively not very long ago annoyed the Governments of the Great Powers by their begging support for the rehabilitation of the injustices committed against their peoples by Russia and new Central European States, A gratifying of these arrogant demands of Poland and Hungary, undoubtedly, will create a new European problem which in due course will Once more develop into a menace to European peace.
Let us hope that for the sake of Europe's peace, justice and self-respect, there will be no hesitation on the part of the great Western Powers to reject emphatically these new out-geons claims.
The! dragon's teeth were sown in abundance in Poland by her traditional mistreatment of minorities which compose about one-third of her entire population, and the time of harvesting this crop by the Poles is not very far away. Hungary, evidently is following in Poland's footsteps, which is not to be wondered as the mentality of both these nations differs, in nothing one from another. We hope that all people of goodwill will join unanimously the Ukrainians in proclaiming "Hands. off the. Podkarpatska Rus."
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