New Britain herald., 1918-08-24
DR. HUBERT URGES
 A UNITED POLAND
Local Physician to Present ReSo- lutiOnS at National Convention

1 dressed the Polish Business Mems aS-
 sociation and the Polish Loan and h. vcstment corporation last evening. He
 spoke as their delegate to the Polish 1 National convention to be held in De- trOit from August 26-31. New Britain l is represented in the national conVcn- tion by pr. Hupert, Rev. Lucyan Boj i noWski, Leo Bojnowslli Andrew An
 drulewicz, Paul Nurczyk and Joseph Kioskows<i.
 l The national convention will be rep resentative of 4,O0O,0O0 Polish people in the United States. Important Pol ish national problems will be discussed l and resolutions passed on matters of l great interest. pr. Rupert will pre- | sent to the convention the following
 resolution expressing the views and
 substance of Polish aspirations Expressions of Loyalty. 1 May 1 take leave to call your at | tention that the first point on the pro- gram of our labors at the Polish na- 1 tionaI congress in Detroit, August 26, l 1918, after invocation of divine guid- ance, must be
 First the expression of complete and undivided loyalty of all Poles in l the United States to all present and l future interests of the people and the government of the United States of ] America.
 Second. to petition and mcmorialize l the congress of the United States to 1 pass a reolution that the unitiCation and independence of all Polish prov inceS must be one of the preliminary terms of peace, that no compromise 1 of the Polish problem is possible. We must do it. We have the right ! to do it. Such a resolution will be discussed by the press of the world and impress again our just demands on our friends and enemies. l submit to your consideration the l very important resolution as follows: Resolution:
 Americans of Polish descent and l Poles, residents of the United States duly elected as representatives of l 10000 Poles living in the United 1 States and assembled in the Polish l National Congress in Detroit Michi- | gan, on August 26, 1918 have voted
 and unanimously taken a resolution 1 as follows:
 Where's the United States and Allies l through their executives have repeat 1 edly stated that this war is waged to 1 give justice, freedom and indepen- l dence to the oppressed nations of the l world
 l Whereas in January, 1917, Presi- l dent Wilson declared himself in
 favor of a free, united Poland with 1 access to the seas:
 Whereas, the English. Italian and l French premiers at a recent meeting | at Versailles taking up the thought of l President Wilson declared that the | restoration of an independent Poland
 with access to the seas was an essen l tial condition to the future equilibrium l of Europe:
 Whereas, to unite Poland the pro | vinces of Posen, parts of West Prus-
 sia, East Prussia and the port and l bay of Dantzig and parts of Silesia 1 must be dsannexed from Germany
 and Galicia and parts of Silesia must
 be disannexed from Austria: Whereas, Poland by her glorious 1 past her present untold sufferings,
 by all laws of God and man, by her
 supreme sacrifices of her hundreds of 1 thousands of sons in the Russian,
 American and lately the autonomous Polish rrmy Is entitled to the same
 freedom and independence as> Bel | gium. France or any other of the
 Allies:
 Whereas the central powers will try
 by all means to the last to retain
 their Polish provinces by making
 tempting offers of concessions on 1 the western front and in the Trentino 1 for a free hand on the Eastern front: Whereas, a premature peace with
 an unbeaten Germany or a peace by Compromise on the Polish Problem or
 a status quo ante belum would make a unification and independence Of 1 Poland impossible;
 Resolved to petition the senate and house of representatives of the United
 States of America in congress assem- bled to introduce and enact immedi- ately @ bill
 For a United Poland. Sec That the unitication and
 complete independence of the prov inces known as German Poland, Aus | trian Poland and Russian Poland with | access to the sea by way of the port and bay of Dantzig, lands inhabited by : Poles shall be one of the preliminary terms of peace and shall be included
 in the minimum of demands that must be accepted by the central powers as
 a basis of peace negotiations before the peace congress is assembled.
 Sec 2-That representatives of the
 Polish nation must be summoned to the peace conference WnoSe flgnL ana
 status shall be equal to that of the delegates of a free and independent
 allied nation
 Sec. 3-That the United States rec
 ognizes Poland to be q free and inde- | pendent nation whose frontiers will
 be determined by the peace conference
 as under Section l.
 See. 4-That the Poles i'll the United
 States shall be registered as what they
 are. as Poles, and not as Austrians
 Germans or Russians which they re-
 sented always as an injustice and dis grace.