The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-07

Nov. 5, and London, Nov. 6.-The manifesto of Emperor William and Emperor Francis Joseph, again cali ing into existence the ancient King dom of Poland, was read at noon to- day to the assembled Polish repre- sentatives in the Royal Palace by Governor-GeneraI vOn Beseier. Out side, in the great square before the castle and in the spacious courtyard of the venerable fourteenth-c pile, inhabitants of the old Polish cap ital gathered by the thousands to at tend, the ceremony of what is desig- l mated as the rebirth of the Polish na- tion-a concept the importance and
 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 the academic youth of the country, students of the Univer- sity of Warsaw, the Polytechnic school, and other higher institutions of learning, who attended the cere- mony in corporate units, bearing ban
 ners and wearing the gay student rib bons. This afternoon they are lead ing parades and demonstrations through streets bright with red flags. There are volunteers by the hundreds for the Polish army which, the mani festo announced, will be called into existence.
 Reading of the Manifesto. The ceremony was short and simple. Precisely at noon Gen. von Beseler, wearing the decorations granted for the reduction of Antwerp and the PO- fish fortresses, mounted the dais in the ballroom of the old JagellOnion castle, and in the name of Germany's sovereign read the Imperial mani festo in ringing, soldierly tones. When he ceased the Polish Count Hutten- czapski, the palace cOmmandant, read from a leather bound pamphlet to the Polish notables a translation of the
 manifesto in their own language. Then came cheers from the hither- to silent crowd; cheers for Poland,
 Emperor William, Emperor Francis Joseph, for Germany and the Ger
 mans, and for Gen. von Beseler. Presi- dent Brudzinski, of the recently elect ed City Council, who is rector of the University of Warsaw, advanced be- fore the dais and in the Polish tongue
 gave thanks for the Imperial decree.
 He asserted the determination of the
 
 liberties conferred and asked that, as the first step toward the formation of the government, a regent be appoint ed for the kingdom, since the time
 was not ripe for the nomination of
 the manifesto. President Brudinski,
 who was in plain civilian attire, with
 out decorations, seemed to represent
 the spirit not of the ancient Poland
 and the Polish chivalry, but of the 1 modern intellectual Poland.
 Gen. von Beseler replied that in the | midst of the world war had come the moment of fulfllment of the long cherished Polish wish for re-estab- lishment of the Polish kingdom. Doubts as to the future," he said, "can find no place in Polish hearts. It 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. Take places at our side, in confidence
 which we repay by the magnanimous decision of the Austro- German mon 1 archs, who place their seal on the plans for the unity of Poland. We hope that soon a Polish army will be fighting on our side in token of the sentiment for development of the new kingdom. May all good fortune at- 1 tend the kingdom of Poland
 National Anthem Sung. 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 sad strains .. which recite the ancient glories, the fallen fortunes, and the 1 undying hopes of Poland.
 Twenty minutes saw the end of the ceremony, and the participants, ex- l citedly discussing the future, slowly made their way from the palace through the crowded courtyard into | the throng outside.
 l. So far as an observer unfamiliar
 with the language could judge, there seemed to be a sentiment of genuine enthusiasm among the Polish repre- sentatives in the hall. In the assem- blaze were the members of the new
 City Council, delegates from the uni-
 versity, the faculties of the academies
 of science and arts, members of the Roman Cath ollie clergy, headed by the Archbishop in the brilliant robe of a cardinal, which he was entitled to wear as primate of the Polish church, | the bearded chief rabbi, and Jewish
 subordinates and leading representa- tives of the old Polish aristocracy While General von Beseler was
 reading the manifesto inside the pal | ace, crowds scanned posters bearing 1 the text of the proclamation, which
 were being pasted at every street cor ner. Handbills were distributed
 among the crowd, which damned the palace square and adjoining streets so
 tightly that it was a physical impos-
 sibility to distribute the news in it's
 official form except very slowly. l Presently the student body, which l had place of honor within the
 courtyard, emerged from the castle i portal and wound it's way through the