The chronicle=news., 1915-01-20

Wal. NSis iNte mas peen "IltteH
regarding what takes place in Po-
land; the press has not been admit
ted to that stage of action.
The world has already heard of the
burning of Kalisz by the Prussians
and of Jaroslaw by the Anstrians:
yet 1t is not aware that thousands of
flourishing villages have been razed
to the ground and that hundreds of
thousands of people in consequence
have been reduced to extreme pow
city.
All available men have been forced
into military service. The French
man, the Englishman, the Belgian.
the Russian and the German have
each the consolation that they are
defending their respective countries.
The Pole, most unfortunate of them
all, whether in the Austrian, the
Prussian or the Russian army, is
fighting in the interest of his op
pressOr.
The people in Poland are threaten
ed with a famine of which we at
best can have only poor conception.
France and Belgium. though in the
throes of the war, are countries still
possessed of their own governments
and powerful means of support and
assistance.
Only Poland has been abandoned
by all. Yet not by all. There is
America-that most remarkable
champion Of democracy and freedom
the world has ever seen. There is
no need of any extra effort toward
enltsting the sympathy Of America
for Poland: America has ever borne
good will toward the country of John
Sobieski and will demand at every
opportunity that justice be meted
out to all the down-trodden nations
of Europe. Poland Is convinced that
the United States will work toward
justice for all people who wish to
share in the bounties Of peace.
And it is but natural that the
Poles should look up to America for
aid and assistance. for Justice. sym
Dathy and fair play. for the tremen-
Ious moral force of her endorse
ment.
America is indebted to Poland for
the services of her illustrious sons
KosciusZko and Pulaski. KosciusZko
has been called the Father of Amer
lean Artillery and Pulaski the
Father of American Cavalry" The
Polish heroes fought for independ
ence and helped the Colonies ito
form a more perfect union. establish
justice. insure domestic tranquility.
provide for the common defense. pro
mote the general welfare. and secure
the blessings of liberty
Poland has always cnampioned the
cause of freedom and justice; we
say of freedom. inasmuch as she was
the bulwarll of Europe against the
harbarism of the east. because she
received the Jews. the Hussites and
emigrants of the Thirty Years War
when all the rest of the world would
have none of them. and because she
has ever held up high the torch OF
dealism: and we say of justice. be-
cause she has never believed in force
and violence, while her greedless pol
icy as carried toward her neighbors
is unparalleled with perhaps one ex-
ception. in the history OF the world
In view of these past services rem
dered to the world in general and tc
America in particular, Poland is as
sured that the people of these United
States cannot remain Indifferent tC
the horrible lot OF her children.
Poland looms up above the ashes
and ruin of her fertile fields anf
prospering towns and bids us rcmem
Der the example of that most emf
nent champion of the oppressed
Thomas Campbell.
Thomas Campbell freely expressed
his sympathy for the sufferings anC
wrongs of Poland. Nor did he show
his sympathy by words alone, but hr
resolutc aud continued action. He
founded the association in Londor
of the Friends of Poland, which not
only maintained the strong interest
felt by the British people for the
Polish nation, but was the means of
rrovidingassistance and giving em-
plCymcnt to large numbers of the
unfortunate eXiles driven from the
confines of Poland.
Poland asks the citizens of this