Evening star., 1917-12-09

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creating these two separate states
both will be in the end her vassals and
her victims. And her policy is the pol
icy OF both Russia and Austria in the
Balkans for half a century. both
sought to keep the Balkan states weak
and divided by mutual jealousies. that
al might ip time fall. to their share.
Russian Treatment of Bulgaria and
Austrian treatment of Serbia both rest
upon the same essential doctrine.
So much for the Garmon policy Now.
what does the German proposal mean IN
terms of immediate fact? First of all. it
ing the old Russo-Germsn frontier north
CT The Nieinen and occupying all the terri
tory between the Baltic on the west, the
Gulf of Riga ON the north. and the
east, the line Of the Petrograd-Wareaw W
railroad. finally. the southern boundary
might conceiyably be the Niemen river.
This would mean including the Russian
governments Of the Courland, Kovno. Viii
na, Livonia and at least portions Of
Grodna and Suwalki.
Germany Always in Control.
This new Lithuania would have an area
OF some $4,000 square miles. containing a
popula ton of approximately seven mil
Mons. less tha n. three millions of these be-
ing Lithuanians ard more than one
million Poles. This would be a state ruled
by race. itself in the minority. state
which could not exist without the pro-
lection Germany would supply for price
In wo"d. this new state would be VAS
sai Q. Gefmang. and German control of
the Eaitic shores would extend almost to
the mouth OF. the Gulf of Finland: thar is
to the door OF Pet-ograd
NON, what OF German PolandP This
would be state consisting OF Russian
f0iand, with upward Of twelve millions
OF people. to which might be added por-
tion OF Grodna and fraction of yolhynia
making, IN au a state of about the same
SIZE as Lithrania. but with a population
sk1FYa
state is to be directly added to Austria
and Joined with Galicia, in which live
some five millions of Poles and four mil
i,ons or Ruthenians- By this move the
Poles, who hold the balance Of power in
Austria, would be eliminated from Aus
trian politics. German control would be
assured ard the e'Czechs-that is the Slays
o, o. sohenia and Moravia-weuld be help
tess before their German masters.
Moreover. the ca pacity of Austria to
ruie aicn state numbering nearly 25.-
oog.ooo- -three-ouarters Of them Poles is
unbelievable. And in her own time Ger
many would follow the course she. adopted
with Schieswig -Nolste elm. conquered from
l1en1iafk with the aid OF Austria. and
var against. her former ally. In a word.
Ge.nray would temporarily assign 70
Austria territory bevond Austrian ca
pass;y 70 held and ultimately take it her.
SELF. For 1t must be recognized that
without free access 70 the sea. this torso
os free Poland could not escape from,
eaonomic sutServie7cy TO the nation hold
Stettin-. as. ;. =,
On the ether hand. il is beginning to be
clear thar there are grave doubts in Ger
many a TO the adeisability Of giving Po-
i-and even this seirso,ancs OF AUTONOMY
troersndence Isl rot even suggested in the
eTef.slan n Pa ns-aB6 there is a growing
, i'l',ker demand that some other and iess
tisn that will not awaken DANCE rous aspi-
fatioas in ire hears nf 1000. nna Poles
no are. and in the German scheme OF
thtnrs fiast forever r=-ssa.a, German SUBJ
jects.
Under German Domination.
This. then. is wha. the German policy
-'ean ii rnakes use of the formula Of
hed program for fres;ng small peonle.
brt actually i contemplate 80 dividing
TIE 'tcar,'ss OF ti'e eastern frontier OF
.,e..naaE tnat tre. cannot achieve ma
ftona, unity. SO that they cannot escaup
the -Ge,man domination in the future,
when Germany is ready. Meantime Aus
trta which Is already shadow rather
than fact is to be used as a cover a nd .
thee is TO be new partition of Pola nd
and sha Poles of Austria. politically pow
rifui row, are to be thrust oat. that the
Germans OF the Hap~burg enrpreS may
eeain control of TIE northern half. Later
they Will be disposed OF as the Germans
OF Ter my See fiji in the time when the
Germans % Austria have followed those
zoff>--, eai,li'-~
Now. against such program there
is TO protection in Russia. Lithuani-
ans and, Poles are outside the calcuIa-
tions. of the 5o!shevki: they are out /,
side the knowledge of the millions who
maxi UP the inertsmass of the Russian
people. TO part with them as price =
ot peace world create no protest in Old
Russia as it now exists.
On the other hand. II IS plain that IL
there be no allied policy to meet the
German program, there will be a new
sick man ia tt>e European family and
A new series of European wars grow
ing out of the German purpose to in
he"it all his esq es. And there is. it
seams 70 me. bit one line of policy
that which contemplates the creation
OF real Polish state a Polish state
including Within its boundaries the
Poles of Germany as well as of Austria -
and of Russia: p Polish state to which
ls Joined Lithuania. under some such !.
Austria and Hungary. allowing for
complete local and lingual independ- 3.
erce. but insuri3C common foreign
nnicy and sufficient seaboard and ter
rltorial extent to insure economic and
industrial irdene rSe-ca. In future
article SHALL ATTEMPT 10 set forth the
rase sar this RESTORATION OF Poland .
which is -rak'us itself heard in the .
? flied worit' r'Teadv. but at the mo- -
Glent | ara interested in explaining the
real nlna"irr. ot i've German proposal
10 tie RUsears- the nroposal to create :,
'wo frariHeu-s. decorated by the names
~ 1i'Aua"'a ?~d - Poland but in
canabie o. e--s:irr countries
If ONE cos--s ~ est the sincerity OF
rhe G-"''a'f i'~-e""et in the Poles let :
hin eve '-Ni,'e. 'ha '-oa :t~eDt that prus
sis7 Po'es hive had to endure for
century and more. siace Frederick the =
Great engi-sered the first partition.
And il So ore desires io-teSt the SIM
carifv OF III" 'r-erest of the central.
mowers for snail peoples. as such, let
hir'. recall the. ca Ses of Belgium aud OF
Serbia. No. the German policy in the o.
east is The Germcn policy everywhere.
Rrt. uEhsooiiy the world. which is be-
pinning TO r-'lerstana the peril of the
lisrr'1a a y ,bitions with. respect to the
pcrpe 7d:c"fTr, expansion of Mittei-
europa. st:li remains unoomprehend-
ng. whiln confronted with the even
greater dan OF the lateral expan-
sfon-the expansion which aims at the 10
'acifc through Siberia rather than the .
Indian ocean through Mesopotamia and :
Persia,
Today the fate of Turkey at least
hreetens Russia. And IL the boil 4
.heviki succeed. as they may succeed. /.
n destroying all governmental unity
n that vast empire. we shall have not
,ne but a dozen, perhaps a score. OF
fugitive states incapable of defense
leainst Germany. We shall face the
possibility of gigantic extension of
reuton supremacy over the Siav, with =
he erection OF new state. resembling ).
Austria -Eungary-a state ruled by q :
:1inority. but this time state which =,
extends from the Rhine to the Pacific