The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-27
POLAND ABOUT TO
STRIKE FOR FREEDOM
Milwaukee Pole Declares His
Country Is Preparing to
Join Revolution

newspaper devoted TO the interests ol
the Poles of Milwaukee, is about to
rise and strike hard and fast at the
government of the. car.
Slawski says that a call to the Polish
National Alliance of America is not
far off and that when it comes men
and money from America. will flow to
the fatherland and the exiled Poles will
return in masses to fight the power OF
the Russian bear.
Slawski grew eloquent as he talked
of the coming action and quite little
audience gathered about him in the Of
fees. of the general passenger depart
ment of the Northern Pacific yester-
day, while he told of what he insisted
was to be soon accomplished in the in
terest of Poland.
Call Is Expected
"I,he call may come at any moment"
said he, land when it does the throne
of the car will tremble. The unbear-
able wrongs that have been heaped on
Poland through many years will be
avenged and the independence of my
country will be once more established,
never to fall.
1.-The people of America have been.
led to believe that the disturbances
that are now beginningto rack Russia.
are without military power. l will say
that that power has not yet been
shown, but when the proper time ar
rives the military strength of the up
rising will be developed in a wonderful
way and from a source that will strike
terror to the hearts of the bu-
reaucracy.
Soldiers for PoIandu
'It has, however, long been known
that the soldiers of the One Hundred
and Fifteenth and One Hundred and
Sixteenth regiments stationed at st.
Petersburg are Polish to the core of
their hearts and / tell you that to
a man they are members of the Polish
National Alliance and ready at the
word of command to die for Poland If
need be or to conquer and place their
land once more among the nations of
the earth.
"a Russian regiment is as large as
an American brigade and sometimes
has as many soldiers as four American
regiments. The two organizations
mention would form body of trained
soldiery of about the size of small
division Of the army of the United
States. The men of Poland are con-
sidered among the best infantry in the
world and around devoted band of
this sort a great army could be rallied
In marvelously short space of time.
kept our society under an intricate
system of espionage. The spies are
scattered broadcast throughout this
country and every meeting save that
of the secret council of the alliance has
been subject to their watchfulness.
Says Priest Is Spy
zone of the leading priests of the or
thodox Russian church of Minneapolis
is a paid spy in the service of the
Russian government. He has reported
on meetings in this part of the country
and from our sources of informa ton
his connection with the spy system is
complete We also know that the spies
have tried every method to get ed
itorial control of the Polish paper at
Winona and have offered large subsi-
dies for the privilege.
Under this plan the spies aimed to
retain the present owners and ostensi-
bly, to maintain the present editorial
policy, while in reality they Influenced
the public adversely to the cause of
freedom by perSistently making light
of the work of the alliance and the
gravity of the situation in Russia.
Revolution Is Coming
'9Tlle labor trouble in Russia may be
crushed, but whether it live or die, 1t
will have no vital effect on the revo-
luton that is coming. Let me tell the
real situation. "A great part of the
Russian army is at present very busy
keeping the soldiers of the mikado
from overrunning Siberia. Oppressed
Finland, about to be stripped of the
last yestige of independency by the
ruthless hands of the minister's is
ready to strike. The laborers of Rus
STA, starved, whipped and despoiled OF
everything that makes life sweet, have
already arisen. Sweden and Norway
n ha OF CHI FL
end of Russian power were at hand
and, while they might not stand with
us on the field of battle, their hearts
would be with us and they would aid
us indirectly, for the national existence
OF Scandinavia has too long been trem-
bling in the balances for Norway and
Sweden to waste any sorrow on the
fate of country whose strongest ruler
Peter the Great, died with the admoni-
ton on his lips, Scandinavia must be
taken.
Poland Ready to Strike
but, strongest of all, to the south OF
the frozen plains lies a fair land Its
fields are productive; its mountains
shelter mineral wealth; its forests COW
er sturdy race and the dearest wish
of the hearts of the people is to put the
knife deep into the body polite of Rus
STA.
This is Poland, and in the day wher
the throne Of the Roplanoffs totters she
will arise and take her station amons
the proud nations.
I'm that land there are men who have
seen their mothers die under the knou
at the behest of the car and in hi.
name. There are others who bear title.
as old as any in Europe who have beer
reduced from wealth to perjury by tn,
stroke of the pen of the car. But Their,
are thousands who have felt the stin,
in the application Of the name of theil
country and who have been made t,
understand that 1T is no honor In Rus
STA to be a Pole. One of your Englisl
poets wrote stanza that reads:
"Breathes there man with soul so dea,
Who never to himself hath said
This is my own, my native land -
'"That IS the way we want to feel.
THE day of the knout is passing; tn
day when mans liberty, life ant
property is at the disposal of one maj
Is on the wane; the 1bestial power O
Russia is about to be broken like
reed.
with Japan wrecking the Easter
force OF the empire; with FINLAND ant
Poland chopping at her from the Eas
and civil war in her vitals Russia's sui
is setting"
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