Arizona republican., 1915-08-29
MAY ATTEMPT
 ID GERMAN|zE
 THREEPOLANDS
Three Branches of Poland Are Now Under German Authority and Regime to Be Established Watched With Much Interest
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 LONDON, Aug. 2S.-The German sweep through Russian Poland which at first centered attention on the brilliancy of the military movement, is now being viewed for the trem- endous 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 the writings of R. Dmowski, for many years the Warsaw mem her of the Russian duma and the spokesman there for the Polish ele ment. While a member of the duma MT. DmOwsM has been severe critic of the Russian regime, so that his view of conditions Las the ap- parent merit of being independent while at the same time it comes from one intimately familiar with the country which the Germans have now over-run. Some of the more striking changes resulting from the German occupation are these:
 The three branches of Poland now united under German authority German Poland, Austrian Poland and Russian Poland-have population liieLl SINto I7OlfiIlu SlAlIl lldCt, III point of rank among the powers of Europe. It comes next to Italy, and exceeds in numbers all the Balkan states put together-B Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Rumania; exceeds also all the Scandinavian and Dutch countries united = Norway. Sweden, Denmark and Holland, and exceeds two of the next larger countries Spain and Portugal together This does not refer 60 the area of recent military operations, but to the whole range of so-called Poland as it has been divided up to this time among Russia. Germany and Austria.
 Some of the British observers compare the area of German occu- Eation with that of the allies in South Africa and the Pacific islands But the latter are tropical wastes recently taken over for colonization whereas MT Dmowski shows that Poland is one of the most densely inhabited sections of Europe, aver aging 35 persons to the square lIilo- meter. or more than the thicl<ly pop ulated districts of France. It is also one of the richest sections of Rus sia, with extensive banking. indus trial and commercial organizations, coal mines and agriculture largely in the hands of the Polish inhabi- tants. Even the policy of Russian ,;zing the Polish districts, which has been carried on for some years, has not changed the character of the native people, which remains strong ly Polish.
 The three parts of this extensive Polish region HOW brought together are: Prussan Poland, including the four provinces of Posen. West Prus- sia, East Prussia and Upper Silesia with a population of 7.5O0,000 of which 3,500.000 are Poles; Austrian Poland, comprising Galicia and lower Silesia, with S.400.000 population of which about half are Poles: Rus sian Poland, including the province of Poland with 11.50O.O .O0O population. chiefly Poles, and what are known as the annexed provinces of Kovno. Wilma. Grodno. NIifsk, Mohilew and Vitebsk. having conglomerate population of little and white Rus sians, Poles. Litnuanians and Ru- thenians. These are the three great Polish branches which are now wholly or largely under German con trol.
 
 will set up in Russian Poland is be- ing awaited with the keenest inter- est by the Polish element, as it will determine whether the policy will be to reconcile the Poles and bring the three branches together again, or to use this rich region for German col onization, gradually Germanizing 1t and extinguishing the separate Polish spirit. This latter has been the policy of Russia, and the difficulties it has had after years of effort indi- cates the difficulties ahead for tEe German regime, whichever course it adopts.
 Mir. Dmowski sums up Poland's position under Russia as that of a | military occupation. with all the ad- | ministration at Warsaw and else i where carried on by Russian of i ficials, the schools and universities, | conducted by Russian teachers and | teaching the Russian language, tle l Tolice entirely Russian, and the | whole direction of affairs in Russian | hands. And yet, he adds. after forty | years of Russian effort, Poland still | remains distinctly Polish. with the | great business institutions, commerce