The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-14
AGAINST
GREAT WRONG DONE
THE POLISH NATION
National Defense Committee For
wards Communication to Apos-
tolic Delegate to United States T;
President Wilson Praised.

president wilson PRAISED.
81 Associated Press.
New York. sept. 1.-THE following
protest on behalf Of Tho Polish Nation
al Defense Committee has beer sent
his grace. the Rt. Rev. Giovanni
Bonzauo Apostolic delegates to the
States Of America at WASH.
inrton. -. e..
To His Grace the 1T Rev. Giovanni
Bonzano. Apostolic Delegate to the
United states of America. Washington.
Your Grace.
The Polish National Defense Com
mittee requests that Your Grace
transmit to the hands OF His Eminencc
the Cardinal Secretary of State of tho
Holy See. It's expressions Of profound
grief because Of the wrong done to
the rights and to the dignity of the
Polish nation by the Apostolic Letter
Of His Holiness. Benedict Nv. adj
dressed TO the leaders Of the bcllig-
orcut peoples.
Every liberty and Justice lowing
individual must greet with fun apprc-
citation the peremptory demand II
His Holiness, that the Germans should
forthwith evacuate the territories oi
belgium and France. which they nc-
cupy. BY this demand His Holiness
expressly rejects the idea Of conquest
ana recognizes the fact that conquest
by force Of arms cannot constitute
a legal basis for Incorporating for
eign territories without the consent
OF the people ~ such territories Thus
the iu1isputable right ~ the Belgium
aud the French nations tu the terri
tories inhabited by them immediately
prior to the outbreak Of the war. has
been emphaticeI,y recognized by tho
Holy See.
The attitude " the Holy See with
regard to the provinces ~ Alsace and
Lorraine. which were wrosted from
France IN 1871 b.. however. not 1s dof-
iuito, as the Apostolic Letter ~ Iii.
Holiness In discreet silence passes over
the imperative necessity Of restoring
these provinces to their mother
country. France
Attitude l. Painful.
Painful and unexpected. however.
Is the attitude assumed by the Holy
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Polish nation to liberty and indie
peudence. His Holiness speaks OF tho
Polish question In the following words:
The same spirit 81 equity and jus
tic, ought to be followed in the eN-
animation ~ other territorial and po-
litical questions. relative. .
To territories making a part Of the
ancient kingdom Of Poland. whose
Luhlc and historical traditions and
suiferings which it has endured. cs-
pccialiy during the present war. ought
to conriliatc the s,mpathics Of no
tious."
Thus In the opinion ~ the Holy
See. Poland H. not q nation which liz
FUZZY entitled 10 independent politi-
cal llto His Holiness does not de-.
mand that The Germans ]cvacuqte the
territory ~ the former commonwealth
Uf Poland. which is almost IN It's en-
tirety occupied by the armies of Ger
many and Austria Hungary. The Holy
See does not recognize the sovereign
rights of tho Polish nation to IT. own
territory, but merely speaks of sym
pathics Of nations, which Poland
ought Ia conciliutc because az the
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