Bisbee daily review., 1916-12-02
RUSSIA AND POLAND.

of Foreign Affairs, and the appointment in his place Of Trepon the imperial wil but the will of the Duma public opinion speaking through the Duma, has brought about of Stuermer When he became First Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs said that he nobEeman by birth and feeling a reactiOnary by conviction and a Prussan by education and sympathy. reactionary he certainly Ehat he something less halfhearted in his sympathy with the purposes of the war that he really proGerman, has been matter of suspicion or insinuaon The of his going out of office support that charge against him. What was said in the Duma in the able debate few days ago the Government has al lowed to transpire The speech of the Liberal leader Paul GIiluko printed even in Russia. That is evidence that the speeches representing the opinions of the controlling bloc characterized by unusual free and bodness is known that the Ministers of War Navy. who remained after the other Ministers had left assured with all emphasis that Rus would fight the end and that that she would make a separate Teace were bareess When this was made known to the public Petrograd there great enthusiasm.
 The inference of course is that not merely of confidence Stuemer but positive distrus of his oy ay the nation the of his going out The Duma the army and the people firmly united in the resolve prosecute the successful issue That the Government is of the appears from the der transferring Stlermer post where he will have less freedom responsibility. In these incidents see responsible government in process Of evolution It porten of which students of Russian affairs will seriously Milukon, the Liberal leader. is firm believer in constitutional government the Eng
 lis hmodel So long as Ministers are responsible the Car the elected representatives of the people, the hn pie toppled Charles K his throne could bring himself obey Charter Ministers forced upon him by the opinion of the Chamber The Reichstag informed that Ministers are sponsble to the Kaiser not to the elected legislative body, already Zimmerman declared that min isterial responsibility to the Reichsag reforms soon to bc brought about in Germany When the Russian begins to Ministers not acceptable to the Dlma it will not be very long before he will have appoint such Ministers the majority r the Duma desires.
 The eaven of liberalism is visible working in Russia, and is likely work with surprising force and swift the conclusion of war surprising not in the nature of the results achieved but because they achieved in Russia because there they go to reach conditions long familiar the advanced nations of the world The industrial development that awaits Russia necessity carry wit the development greater freedom Constitutional guarantees.
 It has not been learned that any report was the Duma by the Minister War which disclosed the Imperial Governments attitude toward the setting up of an independent kingdom in Russian Poland by Austria and Germany The motives of the policy plain be seen the consequences are easily traced Ger many and Austria for their armies, the want is pressing So long Russian Poland is merely occupied territory they forbidden by of war to conscript employ the male inhabitants for m tary service. They removed that difficulty by going
 through the form of raising Poland the position independent kingdom It is piece transparent false preense. The kingdom will be a sham. the King merely
 tool of the Teutonic Powers But the legal objection is met The Government of Poland will he ordered to recrui army and this army through the forms an alliance with Germany and Austria, will be free to fight for the of the Teutons The conquerors of the country will longer be employing it's inhabitants trary the laws of war, they will be subjects of Russia, but of the Polish Kingdom.
 By this elaborate fiction Germany and Austria may secure needed endorsements Of they have no foundation right in the procedure since their con of Leland is the arrangements he made in that country should properly await the nominations of the peace conference. But whatever view juris may take, the enforcement of the Austro German policy will bring new suffering to the Poles The soldiers of the Poland fighting under the Ger Austrian flag, if captured by Russians might be
 looked upon not prisoners of but traitors to their country At best they will have to fight their brethren in This is only of the anctions that have upon them since their land conquered by
 the Teutonic Powers We hear Belgian suffering, because Belgium nearer But not even in King