The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-10
POLES TO CELEBRE11
WAR FOR FREEDO|
All Over the United Siat,
Eightieth Anniversary q
Struggle to Be Observed
HEROIC DAYS RECALLH
Celebration of Dearly-Wo
and Short-Liyed Liberty
VIII Be Held Here.
HEROIC DAYS RECALLB

The Poles in America intend TO ~.
brate during the current week h
cieb,ieth anniversary Of the war Of lf1'
1891 which was fought by the RI
nation against Eussia. In eYery po5.
colony, almost I'm every parish. there
bs memorial services for many ~
sands of warriors who sacrificed N.
lives FOR the Independence OF their ~,
try. In The evening mass meeiins,
Poles viii be held with elaborate 4.
grammcs and speeches by promin emf f.
scns OF Polish descent, The Polisb y,
pie of Salt Lake and Utah will also y
n celebration.
The war OF ls30-1s31 started WIN
insurreCtton In Warsaw on Novembsr
1890. The new lSlugdom of Poland. IA
was created BY the congress OF VIZ
I'm 1916 and given to Car AlcSan5ee
as a reward for his SHARE In defes;I.
Napoleon, enjoyed in That tina n
striCtcd consultation with diet In ~
saw and Il separate Polish army OF "A
men.
Constitution Violated.
This constitution ues being Ia s{,>
step violated by the Russian governm<
In Warsaw resided Grand Duks X
stantine, the elder brother of Gar r.
olRS J.. with dictatortal power, ana
was doing his best TO make the yyiA<
constitution q void.
In other parts OF Poland. which !.
not Included in the new kingdom p
persting degree. The best and NON
men in Poland saw that A confIIet T.
Inevitable. but they were waiting for
proper time.
In June, 1890. = revolution In. FrsM
abolished the regime Of The Bo,rS.
of the dynasty, the so-callod Orieaps
the person OF Louis Philippe.
Turn Army Against Russia.
Cser Nicholas refused to ackuovIe
tho change and was conteUlpatnr|
war against France. He gave secret
ders 10 mobilize n part Of his army,
Poles. as the nearest 10 the western r.
der, were the first 10 go, Seeing a.
the Polish army was 10 he used for h
with France. and what was worse
suppress the viii Of a liberty .lopInE h
ton. the leaders OF the national mo-
ment in Poland decided 10 prevent Ii 4
turning the Polish army against RI
Sia. .F"
The beginning Of the outbreak n
promising. Grand Duke Constsutne g
corps of 5000 Russian troops
Poland was free. 4 national governmM
was organized, an army. raised and
January, 1851 tho Polish diet In ~
saw deprived Car Nicholas and b
whole house Of Romanoff OF the crun
Of Poland. which was given them by a
congress OF Vienna in 1915.
Polish Army Defeated.
This act OF free Will OF the pollsh r
ton stands until now. "a II never {
recalled by any other legislative act
the Polish people. In February, d
army under the command Of Count 2
bitsh. \ series OF battles FOLLOWED. .
which Folish regiments had 10 q
against whole Russian corps. In q
battle of Grochow, under the -wallf A
Warsaw. $4,000 Poles fought against q
have beaten them IL the best Polish @
eraI. Joseph Chlopicki. a hero Of
polconic wars, was not wounded ssyerX
by a Russian cannon shot.
When The night fell The Polish q
which lost 5000 men against $4,000
slams. .retrested to Warsaw and es;
lished itself IN the capital for two monf
In April the Poles won three battle
Naver, Delnbe and Iganie. but In
they lost q battle at Osrrolenka and
treated again 10 Warsaw.
Warsaw Is Captured.
In September the Russians conesntI
cd all their forces around tire csplt4
Poland and stormed the defenses Qf
city. After struggle. which lasted
days, Warsaw caDitulated and the,
nants of the Polish army, With the ~
beTs OF The DIET and the national
ernmcnt. rctrcated TO the PrusslaD
tier. passed 1T. disbanded and wen
SaXony. and afterwards 10 France, y
they established themselves as Wp
nent cmiSrants.
The French chambers. in recogniuc
the brotherhood OF arms between 81
and Poland at the time of Napoleon
hD stranded hfrncy gtle*II
France and even paid the needy one
lifelong pension.
This flrst great Polish emlgn
played a considerable part In Me
litical life OF Europe in the pehoo
1882 TO 1SiS, when almost all the p
OF Europe rose 10 a struggle for ,polI
liberty. The Polish warriors of all 81
from the private TO such genersn
Mieroslawski, Dembinskl and Benz ~
everywhere for the cause OF nay
against the tyranny OF despouc gov
ments.