Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-05
new PROBLEM FOR GERMANY
Plans for Amalgamating the Differ
emit Factions Of Poland Being
Worked Out.
MUCH INTEREST DISPLAYED

Correspondence or the Associated Press.)
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through Russian Poland. which at first
centered attention on the brilllancy ~
the military movement. is now being
viewed for the tremendous effects It has
brought about. territorial. economic and
political, In that locality. Polish quarters
here have summed up some OF these
changes. drawing their data largely from
tho writings Of r. Dmowski, for many
years the Warsaw member OF the nus
sian Duma and the spokesman there Tor
the Polish element. While a member Of
the Duma Mr. Dmowski has boon a Sc
we're critic OF the Russian regime. 60 chat
his view Of conditions has the apparent
merit OF being independent while at the
game time II comes from one intimately
familiar with the country which the Ger
mans have nov overrun. Some OF tho
more striking changes resulting from She
German occupation are these:
The three branches OF Poland now
united under German authority-Cicr1nan
Poland, Austrian Poland and Ru5shm
Poland--have population that gives Po-
land sixth place. in point OF rank, among
the powers of Europe. II comes next TO
Italy, and exceeds in numbers all the
Balkan states put together-Bulgaria
Serbia, Greece and Roumania, exceeds
also all the Scandinavian and Dutch
countries unlted-Norway. Sweden, Dem
mark and Holland. and exceeds two or
the next larger countries, Spain AMI
Portugal together. This does not refer
TO the area OF recent military operations
but TO the whole range OF so-called Pc
land as IL has been divided up to this
time among Russia Germany and Aus
tria.
some Comparisons Made.
Some OF the British observers compare
the area Of German occupation with mat
of the allies In South Africa anu tho "a
cific islands But the latter are tropical
w stes rrehtly taken over for COLOMBIA
ton, whereas Mr.. Dmowsh shows That
Poland In one OF the most densely in
habited sections OF Europe, averaging
thirty-five persons to the square Kilo-
meter, or more than the thickly populated
districts OF France. II is also one OF the
richest sections OF Russia, with extensive
banking. Industrial and commercial or
Raulzations, coal mines and agriculture.
largely IN the hands OF the Polish inhnoi-
tnu wen the policy n Rts ianiHing
thesPolish districts. which has been car
red on for some years, has not changed
the character OF the native people, which
remains strongly Polish.
The three parts OF this extensive Polish
region now brought together are; Prus-
sian Poland. including the four provinces
OF Posen. west Prussia, east Prussia and
upper Sileaia, with a population OF 1900
900, OF which $500 are Poles; Austrian Po-
land, comprising Galieia and lower silesia.
with 600 population, OF which about
half are Poles; Russian Poland, includ-
ing the province OF Poland. with II 100000
population, chiefly Poles. and what are
known as the annexed provinces OF
Kovno, wilma. Grodno, Minsk, Mohilew
and vitebsk. having conglomerate pop
uiation Of little and white Russians
Poles, Lithuanians aud Ruthenans. These
are the three great Polish br9nches
which are now wholly or largely under
German control
Awaiting the Outcome.
/ The regime which the Germans will set
up Ia Russian Poland Is being awaited
with the keenest interest by the Polish
element, as II will determine whether the
policy viii be to reconcile the Poles and
bring the three branches together again,
or to use this rich region for German
p, colonization. gradually Germanizing Il
ana extinguishing the separate Polish
spirit. This latter has been the policy of
Russia. and the difficulties It has had
after years OF effort Indicates the diff
flcuities ahead for the German regime,
whichever course II adopts.
Mr.. Dmowski sums up Polands position
under Russia as that OF a military occu-
, patton, with all the administration al
Warsaw and elsewhere carried ON by
Russian officials, the schools and uni
versailles conducted by Russian teachers
and teaching the Russian language. the
police entirely Russian, and the whole
direction OF affairs In Russian hands.
And yet, he adds, after forty years OF
Russian effort Poland still remains dis
tinctly Polish. with the great business in
situations, commerce and agriculture car
ried on By Poles.
ut Is exactly for this reason" Mr..
Dmowski asserts. that Poland IL in one
OF the EtrangeAt positions that can be
imagined; the state which possesses Il
does not know what to do with II; II has
not found the means OF Transforming II
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