Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-11

weeks. The situation in Russia and in
Poland is extremely bad. The bureau
cracy cannot last much longer with or
without revolution. It's days are count
ed. The Russian people are good, but
the bureaucrats are a set Of thieves
That was proved by the war. Count
Whites position is most difficult.
Wtte Is clever and Of great capacity,
but II Is doubtful IL he will be able to
retain his position"
I'VE are in the greatest danger as
Poles, and a German occupation of
Poland Is possible in case the revoIu-
tionary movement gets beyond the
control OF the Russian government.
Perhaps such occupation would be by
consent of the Russian government and
perhaps not. However, IL the Russian
government should acduiesce i'm the
acquisition of Russian Poland. In whole
or In part by Germany the act would
be resisted not only in Poland, but i'm
Russia. Germany does not desire a
reapproachment between the Russians
and Poles and would not be willing to
see Poland free. We will remain part
OF Russia IL Russia gives Poland
autonomy. We do not wish a republic
and neither Poland or Russia is ready
to become a republic. II Poland should
revolt 1t will not he against Russia,
but against the bureaucratic govern
ment. We love to think of our inde-
pendence, but while we are strong
enough to demand freedom from Rus
sia we arc not strong enough to de-
fend It from Germany.
II do not think that Poland will
start an armed revolution, but she
will enforce her rights through the
douma. | believe that the Russian
liberals will give Poland autonomy if
they are not defeated.
Our first demand is for the use OF
the Polish language in the official
schools and universities our second is
for Polish congress or setn1; our
third is for an entirely independent
civil and judicial administration. which
would give us Judges and Officials
who may understand our laws and
language, and our fourth demand is
for a separate military administration.
In the last mentioned connection let
me say that we have splendid Polish
generals, and it was notable in the
war with Japan that the Polish SOL
diers were the best fighters. General
Kuropatkin once hated Poland, but
now he loves it,
The printed reports to the effect
that | was arrested or that any pun
ishment had been inflicted upon me
are untrue but many of the people of
Poland, especially the litterateurs, have
'OVil dlItSltl anu sentenced 10 be de-
ported to Siberia. The salvation of
these latter however, is that the gov
ernment is now without means for
their deportation.
Socialists in Poland are very ener-
getic. but the majority of the people
belong to the National party and are
anti-Socialists. while the majority of
the uneducated Jews in the Polish
cities are Socialists. We have not had
any Jewish atrocities in Poland for
the Poles would not be so barbarous
as to assassinate women and children.
Naturally l feel extremely graft
fled at the honor Sweden has conferred
in recognition of me as worthy of the
Nobel prize. | am gratified all the
more because the honor is a recogni-
ton of Polish literature and thereby
disproves the assertion that we are
a nation belonging to the past. This
Nobel prize. which | do not take as a
personal tribute. shows us to be among
the foremost nations in the world of
thought