News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
Expulsion Of the Poles from Germany
Frinee Bismarck's Speech ON the Dis
loyalty of the Poles to the German


Erince Bismarck's speech ON the Dis
loyalty of the Poles to the German
Crown.
Prince Bismarck on Thursday in the
debate in the Prussian landtag on the
expulsion of the Poles from Germany
made a speech, occupying two hours in
It's delivery. He said the prime cause of
the governments action was the diSlOy-
atty OF the Poles to the German crown.
lhey were, he said, constantly engaged
III lntrlgueS gainSt the government, and
had made themselves a steady annoy
ance to Prussia. By acting as accom-
plIces of the opposition in the German
parliament, they effected a majority
against the government, and the crown
could DO nothing less than either deny
the demands of such majority or
destroy the evil element which made
the majority. The Polish element in
Germany, he said, had always appeared
to him an element of danger, and had
compelled him to keep watch upon
Russia. The Poles had been constantly
and not always unsuccessfully endeavor-
ing to set foreign states against Prussia,
and hence" continued the chancellor,
I'VE have determined to buy out all the
real estate owned by Polish mobiles in
Prussian Poland and place German
colOniSts on the lands hitherto occupied
by the expelled people. In order to make
the colonization inure permanently to
the benefit of the empire, the cOlonlsts
will be prohibited from marrying Poles.
The cost of the undertaking will be
39O, 900 900 marks (about S75,OOO,OOOl :;
but the state will lose no more than ten
per centum of thiS-a loss made neceS-
sary by the exigencieS OF the case, buy
ing out an alien class and reSelllng to
Germans q
will be Unreasonable"
The government" spoke out the
chancellor, with animation, = will never
concede the restoration of Poland, nor
hairs br, adth ia that direction. The
Poles played a suspicious part in the
kulturcampf. Whosoever refuses to help
protect and maintain the state is not
| entitled to claim. ,iiiiSS2ythlng from the
state. AS for mee~s am ready to serve
| my country, although it cost me my head
and honor. If anybody dareS to attack
Prussia S frontier, | shall say, like Glad
stone, hands off," Referring to the
insinuation that the governments re-
| ligiOus prejudices had great influence
in it's treatment of the Poles, Prince
Bismarck said: Religion is in no wise
connected with the expulsion. AS the
| policy of kindness has failed, it became
necessary to reduce the Polish element
| IN Germany and to increase the German
element, This is the reason for the
expulsion, and the government has de-
termined to persist in this work, despite
the opposition of the reichstag. And
in conclusion, will say that before
allowing the fatherland to be endanger-
ed, | would counsel the emperor to
make the federal government independ-
emit of obstructi0nists' tactics in the
reichstag, so far as the constitution and
laws of Germany would permit, for
would hold any minister to be coward
who should hesitate to stake everything
to save his fatherland from danger
The chancellor's speech is the principal
| topic of conversation in the capital.
| The occasion of Prince Bismarck
| speech was the discussion of the reSo
luton, introduced on the previous Satur-
day, expressing satisfaction at the pas
sage in the speech from the throne prom
Using measures for the protection Of
German interests in eastern Prussia.