Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-06
POLAND IS D|SLOYAL
Thousands of Troops Needed to
Keep Order in Warsaw.
GOVERNOR GENERAL HATED
Has Been Notified That He Will Be
Killed
STORM CENTER OF RUSSIA
Boasts of the Steering Committee Of
the volutionists-Police
men Shot Down.
" CENTER OF RUSSIA
BY WILLIAM f. CURTIS.

BY WILLIAM f. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence OF The Star and the Chicago
Record Herald.
WARSAW, August II. 1905.
Politics In Poland are of the most robust
character, and Warsaw Is the political
storm center of Russia. The steering COM
mittee of the revolutionary party here have
Just issued manifesto Boosting that they
have assassinated two generals and twenty
policemen during the last week. have robbed
the government of $4,000 In money and
have burned four liquor repositories belong
ing to the state with all their contents-for
all of which they admonish the people to be
truly thankful.
1t isn't an agreeable job to be governor
general of Poland The post Is not sought
by Russian officials. Trouble. trouble. toll
and trouble day in and day out and likely
dose of dynamite any moment The
streets approaching his excellencys palace
are closed and no one is allowed to pass
except such as bear his permits. A gang
OF masons Is building a higher wall with
more iron barbs around his excellencys
garden. and / am sure 1t Is needed, because
two OF his assistants were assassinated last
week. and the revolutlonists are bound to
get him sooner or later. They seem to have
knowledge of every move he makes. They
seem to have lines into his very bed cham
Der, and he knows It. Every time he retires
he must thank heaven that he has lived
through another day. and when he gets up
in the morning he must pray that he may
be spared until sunset.
No Loyalty in Poland.
The appearance of the city would not
lead to suppose that anything unusual
is going on here but the governor general
might as well crawl into fiery furnace as
to ride, even in a closed carriage. from his
country villa where he is now living, to the
old palace downtown. I have had 1t i'm
pressed upon me by every one / have met
in Warsaw that there is not a single loyal
soul in town except those who hold govern
ment offices. 1 have been repeatedly as
sured that there Is not a single Pole in all
the world who is loyal to the Car of Rus
STA. and. although the Jews and the Poles
hate each other with an Unreasonable Bit
terness. they willing to embrace as
brothers when they meet to conspire against
the government. When anything desperate
Is done in Russia, 1t is usually undertaken
by Pole or a Jew. Both races have the
ability and the nerve and are much more
resourceful than the Russians. Maxim, for
example: the revolutionary leader, who Is
now In the United States. is Polish Jew.
In the art gallery the other day-a splen-
pictures all by native artists-I called the
attention of my guide. young Jew to the
fact that could not find portrait of any
of the czars or any of the grand. dukes.
6. Where are they?' / asked
g. In the Hotel de Vile and the prisons"
he replied Those the only places in
Poland where you can find portraits of the
ear ~ 4 - See g.
The Poles and the Jews are the most eff
fective -propagandlsts in Russia and have
done much more to bring about the present
situation. particularly among the peasants
and laboring classes. than the Russian rev.
olutionists. There were thirty Poles in the
late duma from districts outside of Poland,
and the Polish leader, Mr.. Lednitzky, was
perhaps, aDleSt ma in ia
radical wing. of that body.
Fighting for Home Rule.
The Poles are not fighting for independ-
ence now They realize that it would be
a waste of energy. That independence at
present is impossible, but they demand the
same autonomy that has been granted to
Finland. and little more They want
governor general and other officials of their
own. race. a legislature elected by free and
universal suffrage to make their laws a
finance department exclusively of natives
that shall assess and collect the revenues
and expend them for the good of Poland.
They demand the withdrawal of Russian
troops and Cossacks from their sacred soil
and the substitution of Polish regiments
Wherever troops are necessary. They de-
mand amnesty for all political offenders
and the release of every Polish citizen who
is in prison for political offense. They
have a large number of other items in their
platform, but the chief plank is home rule.
And they Will never be at peace until they
get IL.
They very much in earnest and are
doing some desperate work Last month
there5 was a general canvass of the business
men of Poland by agents of the revolution
airy party for contributions of money to the
cause, and large sums were subscribed. The
Very small minority who refused to con-
tribute. including the local manager of the
American Singer Sewing Machine Company
were notified that they would be punished.
He explained to the collectors that he was
foreigner he m,
take an active interest in Polish politics; 1t
was not matter of money, but matter
I of principle with him. He was informed
that the committee could not accept any
such excuse and that he would be assessed
a certain sum for the benefit of the cause of
liberty. II he refused to pay it all of the
shops and agencies of the Singer company
In Poland would be destroyed He still re-
fused to contribute and simultaneously at
noon few days later bombs were thrown
through the windows of four offices of the
company. at Sosonowice, Bendzin. Zawierze
and at Czenstochau. destroying everything
killing two and wounding altogether fifteen
persons. At Sosonowice eight persons were
severely injured and one OF them will prob
ably be blind for the rest of his life The
next day the manager at Warsaw received
telegram saying that other shops would
be wrecked II he persisted in his refusal to
contribute to the revolutionary cause.
Will Have to Contribute.
This will be undoubtedly kept up until he
contributes. and he might well do it first
as last. because there is no use in reasoning
with them. They are beyond the reach of
rational influence.
AS an illustration of what the Poles will
do for patriotism the Godowka may be
mentioned This is what may be called a
''hunger strike and is often adopted by
political prisoners who refuse to accept food
or drink until they starve to death. have
been told that more than 200 prisoners In
citadel Warsaw other
where revolutionaries are confined have
actually died from hunger and thirst rather
than accept food from the hands of their
oppressors.
This is literally carrying out the Japanese
theory of revenge. In ancient times over
there the worst thing a man could do to
his enemy was to commit suicide on his
doorstep.
Everywhere In Poland you will see two