New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-07
GERMANS ASK AID
OF POLISH ARMY.
Many Volunteer After
Hearing Freedom Decree
Entire Nation Rejoices

Berlin. Nov. 6.-"We hope that soon
a Polish army will be fighting by our
side in token of the sentiment for
| DEVELOPMENT of the new kingdom" said
/ General Won Beseler, at the ceremony
/ in Warsaw in celebration of what is
termed the rebirth Of the Polish nation.
Reports from the Polish capital say
that hundreds already have volunteered
for the army which Is called into ex-
istence bv the manifesto of Emperor
William and Emperor Francis Joseph.
At Lublin the establishment Of the
new kingdom was proclaimed, and Is
likewise said TO have been greeted with
intense enthusiasm.
In Warsaw the manifesto was read
at noon Sunday to the assembled Polish
representatives in the royal palace by
Governor General Won Beseler Out
side, in the great square before the
castle and in the spacious courtyard OF
the venerable fourteenth century pile,
inhabitants o. lHe Olu IOllSH CdplNdA
gathered by the thousands.
Quickest to realize the significance
of the day are the academic youth of
the country, students of the University
of Warsaw, the polytechnic school and
other higher institutions of learning.
who attended the ceremony in cor
porate units, bearing banners and
wearing the gay student ribbons. Sum
day afternoon they led parades and
demonstrations through streets bright
with red flags.
Poles Cheer Kaiser
The ceremony Was short and simple.
Precisely at noon General Won Beseler,
wearing the decorations granted for
the reduction of Antwerp and the
Polish fortresses, mounted the dais in
the gala ballroom of the old Jagellonian
Castle, and in the name of Germany's
sovereign read the imperial manifesto.
When he ceased, the Polish Count
Hutton -Czapski, the palace command
ant, read from a leather bound pam
phlet 10 the Polish notables transla-
ton of the manifesto in their own Ian
guage.
Then came cheers from the hitherto
silent crowd; cheers for Poland, En-
peror William, Emperor Francis Joseph,
for Germany and the Germans and for
General Won Beseler.
President Brudznski, of the recently
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 determination
of the Poles would be found worthy Of
the liberties conferred, and asked that,
as the first step toward the formation
of the government, a regent be APP
pointed for the kingdom, since the time
was not ripe for the nomination Of
the hereditary sovereign promised IN
the manifesto.
Urges Fighting Union
Doubts as to the future General
Won Beseler said, "ean 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 vic
torious 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 Aus
! tro-German monarchs who place their
seal on the plans for the unity of
| Poland.
1--WE hope that soon Polish army
will be fighting on our side in token Of
the sentiment for the development OF
the new kingdom. May all good fortune
attend the Kingdom Of Poland"
! So far as an observer unfamiliar
with the language could judge, there