The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-21 00:00:00

PRUSSIA AND POSEN.

The report of the commission demanding the order
of the day upon M. ZOLTOWSKI'S motion, proposing
that the whole of the Grand Duchy of Posen should
be excluded from electing members to Erfurt, has
been brought up in the Chambers. M. KROTOUSKI,
in support of the original motion, dwelt upon the
bitter injustice of forcing Poles to become Germans
against their will, and declared that the
adoption of the order of the day on Zoe-
TOWiIiLL'S motion was tantamount to passing a
sponge over the treaty of Vienna. M. SCHLOTTHEIM,
member for Messerita, in German Posen, opposed the
original motion, declaring that his German country-
men never would consent to become Poles against
their will, or submit to be deprived of their German
rights in order to satisfy Polish pretensions. " Pius•
sia," exclaimed the speaker, " will not, we suppose,
order out cannon to deprive those who have shed their
blood, and will shed their blood whenever called upon,
for Prussia and Germany, of their birthright as
Prussians and Germans." To this speaker succeeded
M. STABLEWSICI, chamberlain to the KING, and mem-
ber for Polish Rawitz, who, in a long and able
speech, gave a history of Polish grievances from
the first partition down to a recent period.
In the course of his speech he said, " the adoption
of the line of demarcation ae voted at Frankfort, and
the refusal to accord nationality to the Poles, is not a
conclusion, but recommencement of revolution, and
I do not suppose that such is the desire of the House."
The Minister of the Interior rejoined in a few words,
wherein he declared that the duty ef the Govern-
ment was as simple as it was positive. This duty was
to insist upon Germans remaining Germans, and upon
their rights being rigidly maintv hied. M. ROEDER(mem-
ber for Franstadt, in German Posen) declared that the
Poles carried upon their brow the curse of Cain, who
owed all their misfortunes to their own ill conduct and
want of unity, and now wished to involve others in
the maledictions under which they laboured. "Not
Prussia and Germany alone," said M. DH ROEDER,
'• have been compelled to shed their best blood on
account of the Poles, but all Europe suffers from the
restless machinations of a people, who being unable
to perpetrate destruction at home, seek to, carry
bloodshed and misery into all other lands." Messrs.
Mona vski, a landed proprietor of Polish Koslen, and
JANICLIEWSKI, a Polish Professor of Gniessen, sup-
ported the original motion amidst the complete
inattention of the House. They were followed by
Count CIESKOWSEI, who, seeing the feeling prevailing
in the Chamber, merely uttered a few words,
and gave way to Professor DUNCKER, of Halle, who
declared that the object of the line of demarcation
was not to exclude Posen Poles from enjoying the
pririleges exercised by their German fellow-country-
men, but to establish two nationalities within the
same circumference, the whole of which, however,
would belong to the same State. Dr. D UNCHER had
not heard of any protests against the demarcation
line, but if such protests had been or were sent in, it
was the duty of the German National Assembly and
Central Power to reject them. No other speaker
having risen, the House adopted the order of the day
without dividing. This evening the Polish deputies
held a meeting, whereat it was determined to print
M. ZOLTOWSKI'S speech for distribution in Posen, and
further to draw up a protest to be addressed to the
Interim at Frankfort, and to the Federal Council.