purge trial, in the Moscow style, these " crimes " will arise to damn him. Cyrankiewicz told me that the PPS (official Socialist Party) remains independent despite its pact with the Communist P~R, and that no government is possible in Poland without the Communists. He asserted that the Communists desire a coalition government rather than a one-party dictatorship. " The united front in Central Europe is an absolute necessity and has special significance here " he said, " because without it the Fascists would return to power eventually." "A realistic policy is obligatory for Poland," Cyrankiewcz went on. " An expression of this realism is the united front pact. This agreement gives us Socialists complete independence in an equal partnership. The Peasant Party could participate in the Government on the same terms, but Mikolajczyk refused, against the advice of many PSL leaders. It is likewise essential for us to collaborate closely with Soviet Russia." If humanistic, democratic Socialism as represented by Zulawski and Zdanowski within Poland and by Arciszewski and his many friends in London and New York is against the united front and against Soviet Russia, he declared, they will only help to create a Western Bloc, and thus increase the danger of World War III. He denied the existence of an Eastern Bloc. He maintained that Polish Socialism, born under conditions clifferent than Russian Communism or German Social Democracy, will be as humanistic as circumstances permit, and not identical with Sovietism. But he admitted that the PPS and PPR will let nothing stand in the way of the revolution ; they will not give up power even if the majority is against them. The PPS is well aware of all the difficulties involved in a united front with the PPR, Cyrankiewicz stated. " If we cannot solve these problems we will suffer the same fate as the Communists and Social Democrats met in Germany in 1933. The Fascists will win. Stimulated by reactionary circles abroad, the Polish Fascists place their hope in a war between the USA and the USSR, though they hate both Socialism and western democracy." " The Polish Socialists in exile can write beautiful books about social democracy," he continued, "but they cannot affect 18 BibliotecaGino Bianco
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