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concem of the politician. That suggestion we emphatically repudiate. The fate of a great Christian Nation—ayc, the very Shield of Christendom as Poland has bcen known throughout the centuries —concems each and every one of us most acutely. We in particular would be shirking our grave res-ponsibility to-day if we failed to make known to our Nation our views on what is a grave morał issue, an issue on which we, as Chrisfs represen-tatives on earth, claim not only to be fully ąualificd to judge, but also, as spiritual leaders, to be obliged to give guidance to the people. ' 1SS

It is our considcred vie\v that the proposed ovcr-throw of the legally constituted Govemment of the Republic of Poland, the comiivance at and the ac-ąuiescence in the sei/.ure of Polish tern tory by Soviet Russia against the wishes of the Polish people, coupled with the flagrant violation of our soleniu ohligations to that Country—all without the slightest vestige of lcgitimate cause or excuse—would consti-tute a grievous act of injustice not only against our Polish friends and allies but against the whole Christian worki. Such action would be attributcd to reasons of political expediency or even baser motives.

While we eannot and do not believe that this courageous Nation of ours which has endured with heroic fortitude tlie trials and niiseries of a lengthy War will ever authorise or permit its elected repre-s('ntatives to deliver into the bondage and siavery of a Godless and Totalitarian State an Albed Christian Nation of some 35,(100,0(X) souls, yet we consider

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