New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-11-06
POLAND REJOICES
AT ITS RETURN
To INDEPENDENCE
AuStro- German Manifesto Read to
Representatives at Royal
Palace in Warsaw
STUDENT PARADES FOLLOW
RELEASE FROM VASSALAGE

President of Recently Elected City
Council Asks Benefactors tn An
point Regent as Time Is Not Ripe
for Nomination of Hereditary Sow
ereign-Polish Army Expected to
Fight With Central Powers.
| Warsaw, Sunday, Nov. 5, via Ber-
lin, Nov, 5, and London, Nov. 6, 1890
a. m.-The manifesto of Emperor
William and Emperor Francis Joseph,
again calling into existence the an
Client kingdom of Poland, was read at
noon today to the assem- bled Polish
representatives in the royal palace by
| Governor General Won Beseler Out
! side In the great square and in the
| spacious court yard of the venerable
! fourteenth century pile inhabitants
| OF the old Polish capital gathered by
| the thousands to attend the ceremony
or what is designated as the re-birth
OF the Polish nation,-a conception
the Importance and bearing of which
are making their way into the minds
or the people more or less RAPIDLY
AFTER its long sleep Of more than a.
century.
Quickest to realize the significance
" tne DAY are the academic youth
| or the country students of the uni
| Vers1ty of learning, who attended the
ceremony in corporate units, bearing
banners and wearing the gay student
ribbons. This afternoon they are
| II
through the streets bright with red
flags. There are volunteers hv tho
hundreds for the Polish army which
the manifesto announces, will be
called into existence.
Inc ceremony was short and sin7n1e
Precisely at noon General Won Bese1er
wearing the decorations granted for
Inc reduction of Antwerp and the Pol
ism rortresses, mounted the dais in the
gala gallery room of the old Jage1lo-
MAN castle and in the name of Ger
manys sovereign read the imperial
manifesto. When he ceased the polish
count, Hullen-Czarslli. the palace
comn1andant, read from a leather
bound pamphlet to the Polish not
ables translation of the manifesto in
their own language.
Cheers for EmDerors.
Then came cheers from the hither-
to silent crowd, cheers for Poland
emperor William and Emperor Fran
CHS Joseph, for Germany and the Ger
ans and for General Won Beseler. Pre-
sident Brudzinski of the recentlv
elected city council, who is rector
OF the university of Warsaw, advanced
before the dais and in the Polish
tongue gave thanks for the imperial
decree. He asserted the deternina-
ton of the Poles would be found
worthy of the liberties conferred and
asked that as the first step toward the
formation of the government, regent
be appointed for the kingdom since
the time was not ripe for the nominal
ton Of the heridatary sovereign pro-
missed in the manifesto. Cen. Won
Beseler replied in crisp, soldierv phra
ses that in the midst of the world war
! had come the moment Of fulfIlment
Of the long cherished Polish wish for
re-establishment of the Polish king
dom.
lie said: Take places at our side
in confidence, which we repay bv the
magnanious decision of the Austro-
German monarchs 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 Develop
ment Of the new kingdom. May all
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
spontaneously burst into the strains
which recite the ancient glores the
fallen fortunes and the undying hopes
of Poland.
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 courtyard into
the throng outside
Genuine Enthusiasm Shown
SO far az an observer unfamiliar
with the language could judge, there
enthusiasm among the Polish repre-
sentatiVes in the hall. In the
semblage were the members of the
new city council, delegates from the
university, the faculties Of the acad-
emies Of Science and Arts, memb ers
of the Roman Catholic clergy, head
ed by the archbishop in the brilliant
robe Of a cardinal which he was en-
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