New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-11
ATTITUDE OF POLAND.
Germany the Greatest Menace, Says
Henryk Strawberries.

Stockholm, Dec 1O-Henryl sienkiewicz, the
Polish novelist, prior to receiving the Nobel
prize for literature here to-day, said:
have not been in Poland for three weeks
The situation in Russia and in Poland is ex-
tremely bad. The bureaucracy cannot last much
longer with without revolution. Its days are
counted. The Russian people are coed, but
the bureaucrats are q set of thieves. Ihat was Is
proved by the war. Count Whites posluon Is
most difficult Witte is clever and OF great
capacity but it is doubtful if he viii be aple
to retain his positions
cause a German occupation of Poland is pos
sible in case the revolutionary movement 6oIo
beyond the control Of the RUSSIAN SoNeillIleLlI.
Ierhaps such occupation would be by consent
of the Russian government and perhaps not
However if the Russian government shoul9
acquiesce in the occupation OF t'uSslan al i
in whole or in part by Germany, the ACT "oulu
he resisted not only in Poland, but IN RuSsla
Germany does not desire rappIocheHtIenI. 70 70
tween the Russians and Poles ana "oulo ho' 0e
willing to see Poland free. -.
we will remain part of Russia II Russia gives
Poland autonomy. We do not WISH Iep1n t
and neither Poland nor Russia is reauy ~ ~ III
1910 n ropuhlic If Poland should revolt II wa
~ he AGAINST Russia, but against the bureau
cratic government We love TO tfllllk u
s,,Janandence but while we are strong eIiousn t
NJ 5.o1,d freedom from Russia we are not
toI,or enough TO defend 1t against IeIlIdHS.
s'Ioi - 90 mink that Poland will start any
armed revolution but she ~" hn1ieya That the
rights through the douma- pellgN9 80
P53ssian Liberals will give Poland a"'oiioiil'
If thew are not defeated 1,o1ist Ian
- 7,.et demand is for the use CT the tolisl To-
aa in the official schools ana u!1lN ~. - !
SIC on,,5 ic for Il Polish congress. OF sem
o hid is for an entirely independent ciEit
90 5udicial administration, when Would 3, &c
i6,es and officials who understand out co 10" =
T'd language and our fourth demand 10 I9i
oosra+e military administration Resdt , ul,.o
~ last demand let me say that VIC ~" ~
1a,1did Polish generals, and 1t was nolaoe -
~ ~ with Japan that the Polish sololers W.
~ bne+ fighters. General huropatAlh oiie
ftaa1ttodIT5o1and but now he loves IL 80
rT1,a ,,ri7+ed reports to the erect tldI "o'
.rreeted or that any punishment mao peer Se ~
acted 11pon me are untrue, but many oL t-I0 80
lie of Poland, especially the HtteraIeuIs 10 20
10, arrested and sentenced to be aelolleo ~
eSttaris The salvation Of these latter ho"oEel,
:; TT the government is now without means
for their deportation ,- or,ero,a+ic
The Socialists in Poland are very enGIse N-
,i+ The majority of the people belong to the -E.
+;,,oi marty and are anti-Social1sts, WLi1e III. :,
Majority of the uneducated Jews IN the qIto
i+ioS are Socialists We have not had any Ie"
ief atrocities in Poland, for the Poles "ouo no
he 50 barbarous as to assassinate women anu
Watnrallv. 7 feel extremely gratihed at the
.,raa+ honor Sweden has conferred IN recosA4AlliS
me as worthy Of the Nobel prize. am graz
fia5 all the more because the honor Is a recosili
lion of Polish literature and thereby olsPIoN %
the assertion that are nation pelohsiHs ~, "
the mast This Nobel prize, which 90 not laho
as a personal tribute, shows us TO pc anloHs
the foremost nations in the world OF thought'