Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-06
A POLISH PROFESSOR.
he Comes to Pittsburg to Consult
With His Countrymen
AND TEST THEIR PATRIOTISM.
His People Want Relief From the Calling
Russian Yoke.
A BIG MEETING TO BE HELD TONIGHT

A commissioner of the Patriots National
League of Poland is in the city to-day. His
name is Emiel Habdank Dunikowski, and
he is one of the most learned and influential
men in all Poland. He occupies the chair
of philosophy in the University of Lemberg.
The Emperor of Austria holds him as his
confidential advisor His mission in Pitts
burg is political one.
Prof Dunikowski is but Sc years of age.
Every night for the past two months he has
been received by the Polish residents of
each of the larger cities in the country and
has addressed large mass meetings OF his
countrymen. The Patriots League of
Poland, of which the professor is one of the
most prominent members, is composed of
some of the most brilliant and highly edu-
Gated people in Poland. Among its MEM
bers are counted noblemen, professors,
doctors and all the better class of society.
They Want to Free Poland.
Its object is to assist the people in throw
ing off the Russian yoke. Ever since the
Gar got control of that province there has
been constant dissatisfaction. The league is
opposed to any radical measure being en-
ployed, but desire to have all things in
readiness to put on a new state OF affairs
when the time comes This league sent
Prof Dunikowski to this country to in
quire into the sentiment of the Poles now
living in the United States He was to OBJ
tain the general feeling regarding the politi-
cal situation in Poland, and see whether
they could be depended upon for either
moral or financial support in the matter.
He arrived in New York two months ago
and has been busy visiting ali of the larger
cities of the United States. In Pittsburg,
DIR. L. Sadowski, of 2734 Penn avenue has
charge of his entertainment 1t is proposed
to hold a large mass meeting tonight in the
Polish Hall, on Penn avenue, which will
be addressed by the Professor.
'The Poles have q great liking for the
Austrian Government, said DIR. Sadowski
yesterday. Emperor Francis Joseph is
the Minister of Finance as we'll as a great
number of his Legislators are Poles. Will
helm, the present Emperor of Germany, is
also in great favor in Poland, more espec-
tally since Bismarck retired.
They Do Not Like Bismarck.
"Bismarck was one of the worst enemies
Poland ever had. He did all in his power
to Cypress her. 1t was through his infu-
ence that the Polish language was prohib-
tied from being taught in the schools Since
his retirement this liberty has been re-
stored Prof Dunikowski is most re-
markable man. He holds an exceedingly
high position in his native land. Being a
professor in a university he is directly
under the charge of the government. On
this account he has to be very careful what
he saws, for if the reports of anything i'm
proper should reach the ears of the Govern
ment, it would be rather hard for him when
he returned.
'The Professors mission is purely polit-
ical, it is not to inquire how the condition
of the Poles may be improved, but merely
to find out the sentiment that exists here
among them. He told me recently that he
was absolutely astounded in finding patriot
ism so strong in people so far removed from
their native land. He has received ova-
tions every place he has gone. 1t is we'll
known that the Poles as class have, per-
haps, the most strongly developed love for
country and the greatest spirit of patriot
ism that can be found anywhere.
1t is on this account that the
better class of Poles as general
rule do not emigrate to this country. They
know they can better themselves by doing
so, but they would lose that sense of pos
session by coming over here. They feel
they do not own the country. In Pittsburg
and Allegheny we have some 10000 Poles,
and in the United States some ], 800, 600.
The Professor will go to Baltimore after re-
naming here several days, and then return
to New York, where be will soiourn a
month or so before his return to Poland"