Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-12-29
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, VA.
Monday Morning, December %. 1916.
Observation-Disclosures or CRACoW

news is the "annexalion" of the liule Republic OF
| Cracow TO Austria. From The New York Tx
press we extract the following statement ol The
circumstances attending this act ofreachery and
iespo,ism; and YET this same Wing paper re-
marks, "Russia, Austria and Prussia have struck
OUT OF the roll Of nations The little Republic oil
Crcow, and annexed ii 10 Austria, as re are an
nea7ng The States Of Merico. Hho here can hold
up his head, and say angM against -
In lis bitter opposition 10 The Democratic par
I ~, The Express sees no difference between the
! raa.sfss and tyran.ic-i snbve,sion of CFaccw
AMI The legitimate capture OF Mexican provinces
by our armies. under The laws Of war, as an in
drmnily Tor our just claims against Mexico, and
as The suresl guarantee for peace:
The plea Tor the annexation is, that Cracow
instead Of being neutral became lie icons OF
| conspiracy and releion; and The late attempt TO
secure The nationality Of Poland filled, in The es-
,ima,iun Of Inc desputs, the measure OF The little
Republics inquiry.
il will be remembered that, al She last paili-
/ lion" OF Poland, in 1875, Cracow was given 10
I Austria; bur that in The treaty Of Vienna, in 1915
i, was declared 10 be foTcrer Free independent
and strictly neu raj city, und1 the protection o
| Austria, Russia and Prussia.
The London Times, il will be seen BY lis arti-
Gle on Ibis subject which reproduce speaks Of
The proceeding as Trash illegal and unjust"
Many of The French papers hold similar Ian
suase The National and Retorme publish IN
address Of The French Democrats 10 The Demo-
Gratis Of Europe, protesting against The extinction
Of the last remnant Of Polish nationality, and
calling on all nations 10 rise together, and, with
one voice, 10 cry 10 their oppressors and iyranls
awe thank you. BY tearing the last veil that
concealed Won, you have disspatrd The last illu-
sion oi minds 100 confiiing removed The lest pre-
text Tor cowardly inac'ion from IN Iimid and
feeble and fastened your ruin and the cown'a!l
o. your de;rsled sway. There existed similar
cnmpacs, dcnominaled treaties BY you, which
| covered Your coaspiracies against The human Ia
| mlly doomed ~ you 10 eternal slavery. You
| have torn those treaties. You have abolished all
positive rich YOU proclaim the natural right, the
imprescriptihlc right, which guarantees an exist
| epcc 10 every nation as well as 10 every indi-
vidua 10 be null and ynid in your eyes; The right
Of force is The only right you recognize. Let
force then decide between you and rs, In The in
| sane pride inspired 10 ycu by your material power
which we dread not because we believe in an
| other power-in the power of real right, IN the
power oil dulv-you declare war against all ma
lions, against sociely itse I, which cnly lives ~
duly and right. We'll, we accept that war war
on those conditions becomes holy war, and IS 10
ms synonymous with victory, Otherwise God
would not be God !; will no doubt produce mar
,yrs. but. after the Struggle you will appear hum.
biz not bef r. Szra anc his sangninary inslru-
mpnts. bu before social justice, which is both up
rich, and incycra:,,p There will bc waiting and
crashing Of teeth; there also will be The pure JOY
elected in the hears II nations hy The assurance
Of better tate. Democrats OF all countries,
brethren united hy The same faith and The same
hope, combine your efforts in one common and
unrelen,inc action. HrSt amidst enslavcd Eu-
rope The standard Of emancipation LIZ nations
starrle al lis sight, amt hy an unanimous cxer.
/ tiun. bars, asundcr their letters. The hour has
| came to- e.c-,. 81, - ir,i.nm hi> duty as
man To-day ihe combat 10 morrow The
triumph Rise, lheb"
This manifesto was signed BY lie Ahhe LAM
mennas, MN. ie Cour,ais, Ledru Hoin, Gui-
nard Goudchaux, Ferdinand F!ucon, and Armand
| Mauast.
To show how this affair is regarded in Great
Britain and France, We make the following cx-
tracts from foreign papers. We cannot believe,
however, that il will leado any open hcsiilies,
though The unity Of the Holy Alliance will, for
some time, be shaken We repeat, that there is
noiusliicalion for the New YORK Express, in de-
tanning lis own country, by assimlang The acts
oil our ttOVtIIlHeHl ~ TIE
las. remnant Of Polish freedom:
(Eyon TIC Liccpooi Mrcmy, Deccm5cr 1
The annexation ol CIacow and lis territory to
Austria has been accomplished Tor the p,esen,
wiihuu, further consequences than protest from
the British Government, followed by separate
one from that Of France, and indignant addresses
from The exiled Poles in France and the Demo
cratic Association Of Paris. The opposition TO
The piece oil audacious vainy and perfdy COM
united by Austria, al The ins,isa;ion oil Russia,
and with The cowaniy connvance oil Prussia, is
as yet merely vcba but the lime will come for
something more. In the House OF Commons,
Lord Pamerslon declared that il the treaty OF Vi
emma were dsregarded on The Vistula, i, might be
eunaIly poweflrss On The banks OF The Pc; and the
organs 81 The French Government have declared
that the provisions OF that now violated treaty
laing TO France will b. observed SO long Is suits
French convenience, and not a moment longer.
Here then, are hopes both for Poland and Italy.
The dragons teeth are sown.
[Pa,7s coyrespoadcncs ri W.iniers Iimcs.l
All France is al this moment in state OF great
excitement with respect 10 the audacous sup
preston, BY Russia, Austria and Prussia, oil The
Republic Of Cracuw-;he last remaining vesli.e
oil The once great Polish na;ion-the last narrow
strip oil land that remained Of poor Polard-lhc
las, and only spot on which Pole dare call him
sella Pole. Not only is this suppression an al
trucous &c. ot violence, which has excited, and
will long excite, the ind snaon Of all Europe
bnt il is gross aud m0nslrons insuhl0 France
first. because she has always taken, or protested
Iulake Poland under her peculiar protection, hav-
ING frequently proclaimed that her nationality
shall never perisI and next because The blong
ont oil Cracow from The map Of European ma
tons is a scandaous and inSuient violation Of
The treaties Of Vienna which arc most humilia
ting 10 France, bu, which France has hitherto
merkly uheyed. Ii Russia. Prussia and Austria
had tried 10 impose brutal insult upon France
they could not have hill upon better plan han the
suppression Of Cracow Tor they al one and The
same lime outrage het dearest sympahes de-
clare their contempt Tor her pruIeslations, and
violate the very treaty which They impose upon
her and by whirhshe has ever since been bound.
Ami the ins.l is increased By The tact, that not
one single word Of nimann was given 10 The
French government Of the intention II perpetrale
such an audacious act. a German newspaper
brought The news TO Paris, and The same dry The
rru. thereof was notified TO the British arbassa-
dor and Tie day after 10 W. Quot Ard all his
was made still more humiiialing IL The Frcnch
government, on account of its having previously
inlimaled lis desire 10 BE- agreeable 10 The thee
nowris w any means that cuald be suggested, in
return for their neutrality in he Spanish mar
liace affair. Ii had even gone to The length Of
showing This desire hy seizirg Inc papers and
letters Of .creral Poles resident ~ Paris, aud OF
ordering a pro ecu oa asa'n- several Polish
newspa pers "a the ground that they had not paid
III. caution money that Ihe law demands fom
The p,oprielors ul every petite journal, even
though said caution money had no! been once
rconiied during the six years thu The newspapers
have been published. Your readers viii per
ceive from hi >uccnci statement Il al The French
Goysfnnen. is in an cmb iuassiEg position. lis
frs, ac was 10 protest in us newspapers asain.l
the CONDUCT of Russia. Austria ami Prussia. This
il did, and sill continues 10 do, with every APP
p.a!ance oil intense indignation. There are peo-
ME. however who affect ~ think that this indis-
nation is only assumed; but think such a su>-
cion is most unjust. The s.ccnd act OF The
, government was 10 propose 10 The British Gov
ernmcn. 10 r:ake protest in common. This, II
is Understood, The British Cabine' has peremPo-
lilly refused n account OIL lhe durlic',y, and
treachery. and violation OF treaties, ot which, IL
! ,ys Franco was ouiy in The affair nf The Mont