The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-01
TELL STORY OF Bitter fight
descendants of Men Who Took Part in
the Gallant Struggle for the Indepen-
dsuce Of Poland to Tell Story of Bat
ties and Sieges.


no roles IN all A1u6TlCd are SOluS
TO celebrate in the last week of Novem-
Der the S0th anniversary of the war of
1830-189l, which was fought by the
Polish nation agailsO Russia. In every
Polish colony, almost in every parish
there are going to be services for the
rest of the souls of many thousands of
warriors who sacrificed their lives for
the independence of their country. In
the evening numerous mass-meetings of
Poles will be held with elaborate pro-
grams and speeches by prominent citi-
zens of Polish descent.
This is short story of that war for
Poland s independence the memory of
which the Poles celebrate every year.
The war of 1830-1831 started with an
Instruction in Warsaw, November 80,
1880. The cause of this war was fol
lowing: The new kingdom of Poland,
which was created by the Congress of
Vienna in 1915 and given to Gar Alex
ander I, as reward for his share in
defeating the great Napoleon, enjoyed
in that time restricted constitution
with diet in Warsaw and a separate
Polish army of 10000 men.
But this constitution was being in
every step violated by the Russian gov
eminent, In Warsaw resided Grand
Duke Constantine. the elder brother Of
Gear Nicholas I, with dictatorial power,
and he was doing his best to make the
written constitution a void sound with
out real value,
In other parts of Poland, which were
not included in the new kingdom, the
Russian despotism was raging to the
most exasperating degree. The best and
noblest men in Poland saw that con-
flict was inevitable; but they were
waiting for the proper time.
In June, 1880, revolution in France
abolished the regime of the Bourbons
and put on the throne the younger line
OF the dynasty, the so-called Orleans in
the person of Louis Philippe.
Gar Nicholas refused to acknowledge
the change and was contemplating a
war against France. He gave secret
orders to mobilize a part of his army;
the Poles as the nearest to the western
border, were the first to CO. Seeing
that the Polish army was to be used
for q war with France, and, what was
worse, to suppress the will of a liberty
loving nation, the leaders Of the nation.
al movement in Poland decided to pre-
vent it by turning the Polish army
against Russia.
The beginning of the outbreak was
promising. Grand Duke Constantine
with corps of 5000 Russian troops was
forced to an ignominious retreat and
for two months Poland was free.
A national government was organ
lied, an army raised, and January 25,
1881 the Polish diet in Warsaw de-
prived unanimously Gear Nicholas and
the whole house of Romanoff of the
crown OF Poland, which was given them
by the Congress of Vienna 1915.
This act of free will of the Polish ma
ion stands until now as it never was
recalled by any other legislative act of
the Polish people, In February, 1881,
iceland was invaded by a strong Rus
sian army under the command of Count
Dybitish. A series of bloody battles
followed, in which Polish regiments
had to fight against Russian corps. In
the great battle of Grochow, under the
very walls of Warsaw $4,000 Poles
fought against 100000 Russians for a
whole day and would have beaten them,
IT the best Polish general, Joseph Chic
picki, hero of Napoleonie wars, was
not wounded severely by Russian can
non shot.
When night fell, the Polish army.
which lost 5000 men against $4,000
Russians retreated to Warsaw and es-
tablished itself in the capital for two
months. In April the Poles won three
battles: at Vaver, Dembe and Tganie
but in May they lost great battle at
Ostrolenka and retreated again to War
saw.
In September the Russians concen-
trated all their forces around the can
ital of Poland and stormed the defenses
of the city. After ar extremely bloody
struggle, which lasted two days, War
saw capitalized and the remains of
the Polish army, together with the
members of the diet and the national
government, retreated to the Prussian
frontier, passed it, disbanded, and went
to Saxony and after to France, where
they established themselves as perman-
emit emigrants. The French chambers
In recognition of the brotherhood of
arms between France and Poland at the
time of Napoleon, took The stranded
heroes in their charge as guests Of
France and even paid the needy ones
a lifelong pension. This first great
Polish emigration played consider
able part in the political life of Europe
in the period Of 1882 to 184S, when al