The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-09
TEUT0NS DECLARE
POLISH AUTONOMY
Imperial Manifesto BY Austro-
German Emperors Read In
WarsaW-To ReCreate
Kingdom.

Warsaw, Sunday. Nov. 5. (via Berlin,
Nov. 6. n London. o 1.-THE
manifesto of Emperor William and
Emperor Francis Joseph again calling
into existence the ancient kingdom OF
Poland, was read at noon today 10 the
assembled Polish representatives in the
royal palace by Governor General Won
Beseler. Outside in the great square
before the castle and in the spacious
courtyard of the venerable Fourteenth
century pile, inhabitants of the Ole
Polish capital gathered by thousands
to attend the ceremony of what is des-
ignated as the rebirth of the Polish ma
bearing of which are making their way
into the minds Of the people more or
less rapidly after it's long sleep of more
than a century.
Quickest to realize the significance
Of the day are he academic youth OF
the country, students in the University
Of Warsaw. the polytechnic chool and
other higher institutions Of learning,
who attended the ceremony in corpo-
rate units bearing banners and wear
ing the gay student ribbons. This att
ernoon they are leading parades and
bright red flags. They are volunteer
ing by the hundreds for the Polish
army which the manifesto announced
would be called into existence.
Ceremony Impressive.
The ceremony was short and simple.
Precisely at moor General Won Beseler,
wearing the decorations granted for
the reductions of Antwerp and the
Polish fortresses, mounted the dais in
the gala ballroom of the old %Jagellon-
ian castle and in the name Of Ger
many's sovereign read the imperial
manifesto in ringing soldierly tones:
Huten-Czapeki, the palace command
ant. read from a leather bound PAM
phlet to the Polish notables a transla-
ton of the manifesto in their own
language.
Then came cheers from the hitherto
silent crowd, cheers for Poland, En-
peror William, Emperor Francis
Joseph, for Germany and the Germans
and General Won Beseler. President
Br~udsinski, of the recently elected city
council who is rector of the University
Of Warshaw, advanced before the dais
and in the Polish tongue gave thanks
for the imperial decree. He asserted
the determination of the Poles would be
found worthy of the liberty conferred
n asked that as the first step toward
the formation of the government, a re-
gent be appointed for the kingdom
since the time was not ripe for the
nomination Of the heredity sovereign
promised in the manifesto. President
BrudSlnsk1. who was in plain civ
llan attir e without decorations,
seemed to represent the spirit, not Of
the ancient Poland and the Polish
chivalry, but of the modern intellectual
Poland.
General Won Beseler replied in crisp
soldlerly phrases that in the midst of
the world war had come the moment of
fulfiilnent of the long cherished Polish
wish for reeStablishment of the Polish
kingdom.
Ask Military Aid.
Doubts as to the future" he said,
can find no place in Polish hearts. 1t
will be our task, shoulder to shoulder
with the residents of Poland to carry
the War to a victorious conclusion and
to heal the wounds of the war. TAX
places at our side in confidence which
we repay by the ~magnanimous decision
Of the AustrO-German monarchs who
place their seal on the plans for the
unity of Poland. We hope that soon
Poland's army will be fighting on our
side in token of the sentiment for de-
| ali good fortune attend the kingdom of
| Poland"
A band in an adjoining gallery struck
up the strains of the ancient national
anthem and after a few bars had been
! played, the Poles in the hall burst
spontaneously into the strains which
recite the ancient glories, the fallen
fortunes and the undying hopes of Pc
land. Twenty minutes saw the end of
the ceremony and the participants ex-
citedly discussing the future, slowly
made their way from the palace through
the crowded yard into the throng
/ OutSi1G.