New-York tribune., 1901-12-11
GERMANY AND THE POLES.
POLISH WRONGS VOICED IN REICHsTAG
Won BUELOW DEFINES GOV
ERNMENT POLICY.

-.r,in Dec. l0.-Prince Ferdinand Radziwill
- ycbose veins flows the blood of the ancient
,,,gs of Poland, spoke Of the wrongs OF his
onle IN the Reichstag to-day. He brought up
-. matter Of the recent incidents at wreschen
,,ovru as the school Scandals in the form of
:. Interpolation, Count Won Bulow the Impe-
ii chancellor. said the incident referred to
,.-.atned to the Prussian Diet. and that there
core he must refuse to discuss 1t In the Reich
,.og He could say. however. that the prestige
:. the empire had not in any way suffered
.,rough the attitude Of the Wreschen authori-
.,ss and the relations with Austria and Russia
were entirely unaffected. Both powers. most
,orrectly had taken measures to prevent ex-
eesses. Prince Radziwiu in his speech said:
The Poles are moved to the elemental depths
- their nature by the altogether unnecessary
sc.ion Of the Prussian school authorities They
rg,ld not believe the German people intended to
t-eat the Poles cruelty unjustly. Neverthe-
loss prizes offered TO those German teach
e-s who obtained the swiftest results in teach
ing Polish children the German language. Teach
ers earning these cash bonuses have used the
ecourge and have had recourse to brutalities
that believe the imperial government should
not approve
The speaker said he wanted to know whether
,he Chancellor Of the empire favored these
methods, aimed at the destruction Of of the
dearest possessions Of the Polish people, namely,
,be use Of the vernacular.
In his reply Chancellor Won Bulow said that
ss long as he was in Office he would protect the
rights OF the States against imperial encroach-
rnent After alluding to the entire correctness
of the attitudes of Russia and Austria regard
ing the Warsaw and Lemberg incidents. Count
Won Bilow said:
am astonished that the interpellator could
suppose for & moment that foreign CRITICISMS
could impress US to the slightest degree For
eien sentiments and demonstrations cannot IN
fuence our domestic policy attitude in any
man my only standard Of action is the welfare
of the State. Ny duty 10 Germany shall be 70
administer my office in this sense, and IN oppo-
stion 10 the danger-the serious danger-whlch
threatens our policy from the Poles, ana IN
order that the German element in the East be
Tot submerged by the Catholic party, which
will take I'D the Polish cause
As the Imperial Chancellor and Prusslan
Premier will oppose all efforts TO set back the
course of history and will see that the Germans
in the East do net fall beneath the Polish
wheels 1t is the common policy Of the powers
concerned to act on identical lines against those
agitatirg for the restoration of the indepen-
depce of Poland
Count Won Bulow also said that the views of
Britain and Holland unanimously condemned
the Nreschen occurrence
St Petersburg, Dec 10.-The German treat
rnent Of the Poles is much commented on here
The general feeling is reflected in editorial in
to-day's --Novoye Vremya," exhorting Germany
to modify her intolerant attitude toward the
Poles OF Posen, which is calculated TO involve
her neighbors in disagreeable consequences.