London, Feb, 17.
Desperate attempts are being made by the Germans to remove all traces of Polish life in the western part of Poland, says Reuter's correspondent. Even memorials and tomb4 stones in cemeteries have been taken away and cemeteries are being ploughed up or turned into public parks, Statues of many famous Poles have been removed by order of Dr. Franck, Nazi Governor of Poland. Among these is the statue of Marshal Poniatowski, one of the most famous of Napoleon's marshals, who committed suicide after the battle of Leipzig. His statue stood in Pilsudski Square, the principal open space in Warsaw, where it was set up in 1923 after it had been brought back from Russia.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by Marshal Foch, who was then created a Polish marshal. The whereabouts of the statue is not known. A statue of Copernicus, owing to his world renown, has mot been destroyed, but the Polish inscription has been erased and replaced by a German one—Reuter.
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