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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-08
CANADIAN. TELLS
OF FIRST TANK
Men Were Told Noises they
Heard Were from Build
ing Water Tanks.

Nc weapon or implement Of war is
referred to oftener than armored
tanks, which, first used by the British
with marked success, have multiplied
a thousand fold and are utilized by
all. armies.
How these armored f~ortresses on
wheels acquired their name tank" is
told for the first time by Horace Gaul,
a veteran of the war, who is return
ing to the front, but this time as a
Knights Of Columbus secretary.
II was sent acros with Canadian
troops shortly after the outbreak 70
the war;" said Mr.. Gaul, 'tas a MEM
Der of Sth Battalion, First Division,
better known as the Little Black
Devils" We finally reached. the Brit
ish front lines and while there we
used to get u supply Of water from
small tanks conveyed from the puri-
tying plants to the trenches by motor
cars.
I'm a few months near our quar-
tiers, we began to hear the sounds of
rivets being driven. This continued
day and night for months and when
we asked. what they were making,
they told US tanks" For almost a
| year this went. on and we thought
they must have had enough tanks
made, to carry all the water in the
world. Not an inkling of the real
truth was made known to us, al
though we were within sound of. the
riveting all the time.
zone day in the direction from
which these sounds had come for SO
many months. there came a huge,
numbering. steel fortress on wheels.
1t went right across 'No Mans Land
and Cleaned" up a party Of Huns.
Right then and there, they were
christened tanks" by the men and
that name has stuck to them ever
since.
1.-THE point I want to drive home is
how the secret of their manufacture
was kept-even we did not know
what was going on-we learned the
truth at the same moment the Huns
learned a new factor had been intro
duced into modern warfare"
Mr.. Gaul is from Ottawa and is
widely known as one Of the worlds
best Hockey and Lacrosse players.lHe
was wounded in the head at the battle
Of Neuve Chappelle and was kept in
the hospital (S) months before being
invaded to Ottawa, where he resides.
He sailed with the last party Of K.
Of G. secretaries going abroad.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-08
MILLIONS OF
CELEBRATORS ].
DISAPPOINTED
Each Hour Brings Addition
al Reports that Armistice
Was Not Signed.

New York, Nov. s.-AEillions Of
Americans realized today that they
had been .hoaxed into celebrating, the
end of the war by publication OF. the
United Press dispatches declaring the
armistice signed and fighting ended.
Twenty-four hours have passed
since the country was thrown into q
delirium by these reports which de-
clared the armistice had been signed
at II o'clock yesterday morning and
that fighting had ceased at 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
Each hour brings added official evil
dence that the. reports were false and
that the American people were fooled.
Not only have official communications
at Washington denounced the reports
as untrue but the official statements of
the French and British war offices
show the fighting still going on.
Far from signing an armistice at
II o'clock yesterday morning the
German delegates did not cross the
Allied line until last night. This is
recorded in Associated Press dis
patches FLED in Paris at 4:20 o'clock
this morning. The German delegates
were to be conducted today to the
journey from La Capelle, the place
where they crossed into the Allied
lines.
Fighting. instead Of having ended
at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. was
still going on last night. Further
more, Marshal Haig's communique
this morning reports an advance
along the active battle front with viii
lagos and prisoners captured. Hours
after the fighting was falsely reported
stopped, the American troops were
smashing their way forward on the
Sedan front and the only point in the
whole battle line where the firing
seemed to have stopped, at all, was
at a point where it vas necessary to
let the German commissioners pas
through.
Another Associated Press dispatch
from Paris this morning records the
official report Of the French war Of
fee that French troops have reached
the railway junction of Liart, twenty
miles north of Rethel.
No n can say what will come o,
the meeting of the. armistice COM
missioners today. No one doubts thai
the n of the war is in sight; that al
armistice will be signed and that the
fighting will end while terms of peace
r made.
But the fact is established by Off.
cial record hat no armistice was
signed at II a. M, yesterday and
fighting did not end at 2 p. M, yes
terday.
The Associated Press did not re.
ceive or distribute any of the dis.
patches which misled the American
people into celebrating the creates,
hoax of recent years. On the othel
hand by investigation through Off.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-08

Federation of Labor, including Presi-
dent Samuel Gompers and Secretary
Frank B. Morrison. will attend the,
conference, as will also officials Of,
the Mexican Federation Of Labor and,
governors of many states of the union
and governors Of Mexican states. e
Mr.. Ross said American workers
want such ana utilization that when
a workman visits any other Ameri-
can country his union card will be ac-
cepted the same as in his state. y
An executive meeting of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor will be held
in connection with the conference and
importation of labor from Mexico viii
be discussed. ~
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IA and Is, which will have as its
chief purpose the u%nification of all
organized workers on the western
hemisphere.
"The immediate object Of the con-
ference is to bring about a complete
utilization of organized labor Of MeN-
co, Central America and South Amer
lea with the United States, the same
as now is in effect with Canada and
some Of the countries Of Europe"
said Herman Ross, special represen-
tative of the American Federation Of
Labor. who has been here arranging
for the conference. THE results will
be so far-reaching hat it is safe to
say no labor conference of equal mag
nitude has ever been held"
Latin American labor unions an
nounced that they II preparing to
send many delegates. President Will
son and President Carranza of Mexico
have been invited and President Car
rama has telegraphed his acceptance.
The executive council Of the American
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-08
LAREDO PLANS
FOR MEETING
Border City Getting Ready
For Labor
Conference Soon.

Laredo, Tex, Nov. s.-This border
city is hard, at work completing ar
rangements for the care Of two thou
expected to attend the Pan-American
Labor conference here November Is,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-08
SURVIVORS OF
STEAMER HIT BY
LIGHTNING LAND
-Four Out Of a Crew Of 46
Picked Up 200 Miles from
Island Of Guam.

Honolulu, Nov. s.-Four survivors
Of the United States shipping board
steamer Dumaru, which lightning
struck and set fire October 16 last,
were brought to this port late yes
terday on q government vessel which
picked them up from a raft 200 miles
from the island of Guam, after they
had suffered terrible harships. They
are the only known survivors Of the
Dumaru's crew of 46.
The rescued are: Captain o. Bor-
resen. Claude Banaeld. water tender
Seaman.
Second officer A. e. Stats was in
jured, nine days later, dying on the
rescue ship.
The Dumaru was on her way from
San Francisco to Minali with a cargo
of gasoline and explosives.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-08
GERMAN FLEET
REVOLTS WITH
SUBMARINES
Workers Control All of the
Naval Bases; Strike is
Declared.

London. Nov. s.-12:45 A. M.-vir-
tually all the German fleet has revolt
ed, according to a dispatch received
from The Hague. The men are com.
plete masters at Kiel, Wilhelmshaven
Helgoland, Borkum and Cuxhaven.
At Ktel the workers have Joined the
navy men and declared a genera,
strike, says the dispatch.
London, Nov. THE greater par
Of the submarine crews in all German
naval harbors have Joined the revolu'
ton, according to an Exchange Tele.
graph dispatch from Copenhagen.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-08
HAMBURG IS IN
THE HANDS OF
R|EVOLUTlONlSTS
Red Flag is Flying on All
Ships in the Harbor at
That City.

Amsterdam, Thursday, Nov. z I'll
p. m.)-The great German maritime
port of Hamburg is completely in the
hands Of the revolutfonists. accord
ing to reports from Hamburg news
red flag Is flying on all the ships in
the harbor.
The headquarters Of the comman.
der Of the port has been occupied
by the soldiers council after exciting
occurrences in which machine guns
we're used.
All kinds of excuses took place in
the neighboring city Of Altoona. The
port commander there agreed to all
the demands submitted by the SOL
diers' council.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-08
CLEMENCEAU is
LAUDED BY MEN
in SENATE LOBBY

Paris. Nov. S.-Premier Clemenceau
appeared for a moment last night in
the lobby Of the senate after a sitting
of that body which had declared him
in traditional phrase, to have de
served we'll Of his country" The pre-
mier's approach to the group, Of SEN
ators lingering after the adjournment
was the signal for an ovation to him.
He was speedily surrounded by num-
bers of the senators who pressed for
ward to shake his hand.
you are the saviour Of France!"
cried one.
mo, no." replied the premier.
struggling his shoulders. at is the
country which has done everything it.
self"
Thanks to YOU" the senators re-
Joined.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-08
DOCK WORKERS
AT SUPERIOR
OUT ON STRIKE
This Adds to the Seriousness
Of the Fuel Shortage
in the Northwest.

Superior, Wis, Nov. s.-Adding to
the seriousness Of the fuel situation
in inland northwest territory tributary
to this point, all of Superior's thirteen
active docks and more than half of
the nine in Duluth are shut down to-
day, due to the failure Of over 1000
employees to report for work. Granted
wage demands by the combined
award Of the war industries board
and a bonus from the coal companies
the men r standing on the portion
Of their original demand which was
for advanced pay from June i.
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TO ARRANGE PASSAGE
OF GERMANS THROUGH
HUNGARIAN TERRITORY

Basel. switzerland, Nov. S.-F1eld
Marshal Mackensen OF the German
army has arrived 1t Budapest from
Bucharest. to confer with Premier
Karolyt OF Hungary on the passage
across that country Of German divi-
tons now In Rumanias according TO 4
Budapest dispatch received hefs.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-08

ST haven't slept for a month" I
Why" y
That's too long for a person u
sleep."-New York World. :
IS
During the last summer the women
Of Iceland celebrated the third anni-
versary of their acknowledgements. s
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-08

Custom house receipts at the port
o. Vera Cruz. Mexico during August
totaledS l.eO0.63o pesos, equivalent -
i360o,3e6 United states currency. VI
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cial channels the Associated Press
was able to expose it.
News dispatch from Associated
Press correspondents in Europe were
coming through the censorship freely
today as usual and their character
demonstrated that there was no
sharper censorship of contents than
usual. The dispatches told of adj
vances on the Sedan front today with
captures of villages and prisoners. and
also details of the movements Of the
armistice commissioners.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-08
FLEW TO FRONT.

Amsterdam, Nov. s.-To conduct
Austrian army operations in Albania,
General Won Pflanzer Baltin, who is
in command there, went to the front
recently by airplane. The distance
| flown was about 500 miles.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-06-14

dozwolonym, tolerowanym ter
minem poczatkowym zarobkowa-
MIA ME dluzszego, niz s godzin ma
dobe... So jednakze tacy, CO
staraja sic ola wyzyskowych &C.
low - z zachiannoSci ma grosz -
obejsc tie postanowienia, krepuja-
&c do pewnego stopnia dane oso.
bniki i ich rodzic6w, czy zywicie-
i opiekun6w, a stad kwestya,
ktora - miejmy nadzieje, - po-
stanowienie ostatnie Trybunaiu
Najwyzszego ME r~ozstrzyga osta-
tecznie: spodziewac sic nalezy,
IL Rad federalny i prawa federal
ne zajma sic MIA gruntownie i u
normuja ia raz ma zawsze ola ca
lego kraju.
Osobno zaznaczymy, IL w kaz-
dym razie ola poszczeg6lnych
Stanow obowiazujace So w danej
kwestyi prawa stanowe, jeSli So,
tie wiec k~ontroluja i chronia tam
prace dzieci. /
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-06-14
z Niemiec dzisiejszych.

Kilkakrotnie mielismy juz spo-
sobnoSc wspominac o tenn, IL W
Niemczech - dzieki wojnie pre-
wleklej- obnizyly sic najfatal--
niej stosunki moralne i obyczajo-
we, wzmogla sic straszliwie zbro-
dnia, przestepstwo, degeneracya
fizyczna i moralna, slowem pre-
jawia sic gwaitowny upadek war
tosciowosci calego spoleczenstwa
i narodu ca}ego.
Przyczynek ciekawy do dawniej
szych naszych w kwestyi tel ar
tyku1ow podaje nam spopularyzo-
wany przez Biuro OSwiaty W a
merykanskiem Ministeryum
.Spraw Wewnetrznych artykul
niejakiego dra Hildebrandta,
.Niemca, zamieszczony ma poczat-
.ku biezacego roku W jednem z
najpowazniejszych pism niemiec-
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-06-14
Ofiary ma Cele Narodo.
we i DobrOczynne.

Pokwitowania ofiar zlozonych m
cele narodowe hub d~obroczynne, Ia
m~ieszczamy wnaszem pismie tylko
Wtedy, gdy je nan nadeSla upraWnio-
ne do zbierania takich ofiar Komite-
ty, albo Zarzady zaklad6w dobroczyn
nych, aIbo to wtedy, kedy zostana
Elo1one W naszej Administracyi do
wyslania do owych Komitetow i Ia
rzad6w.
: Me u-mieszczamy zas nadsylanych
nam wiadomosciI kolektowaniu te-
go rodzaju ofiar PREY r6znych spo-
s~obnosciach prywatnychh, dopoh o
we komitety Iub zarzady nam nile
nadesla sprawozdah, IL je otrzymaly.
Jezeli prZeto zarzad1i sic jakas ko-
lekta ma cele patryotyezne, albo do
~broezynne IA jakichS p~rywatnych Ia
Sawach, weselachh, chrzcinaeh itp.,
20 przedewszystkiem nale4y pienia--
DIE zebrane zlozye W biuracn komi-
tetow Emp. p. C. K. r. hub Rady Ma
rodowej lub innych o~rganizacyi, al
Co tee W biurze Zarzadu zskiadu do
broczynnego), albo wres0ce W ns-
sci Administracyi do wyslanis "
miejsce wlasciwe 1 prosie o zamiesz-
czenie pokwitowania, W. naszem ptS-
mie. Nadeslana do mas prywatnie
wiadomosc o zarzadzeDiu takiej ko-
lekty idzie niezmiennie do kosxA boa
Nwzglednienia.
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ZafoSona 1897 roku.
POLSKA.
TELEFON MONROE 1903.
zARZAD GhowNY.


KS. FrancIszek Gordon, Moderator.
Ks. A. A. K}owo, Wice-Moderator.
Wojciech F. Soska, orezes.
Antonina Baranowska, Wice-prezeska-
Wojciech Menkicki, W~ice-prezes.
Tomasz s Blachowski, SekretarZ.
Franciszek witkowski, Skarbnik.
Stanislaw L~eezmahski. DyreStor.
wladysIaw Lopatka, Dyrektor.
Antoni Mazurk, Dyrektor.
Leokadya Konczyk. DyTektTrSa.
Franciszka Bieschke, Dyrektorka-
DIR. FIR. A. Dulak. Lekarz Naczelny.
Adv. Piotr p. Mindak, Doradca Prawny.
Berta c. Wojtalewicz. Asyst. Sekr. Gen.
GODZINY BIUROWE;
BIuro Zarzadu Giownego otwarte W
dni powszednie cd godz. 9-tej rano do
6-teJ wieczorem, (w sobote do lei po-
~poluduiu). WiecZorem, W dni powSzed-
ME 2 Tytatkiem S %oyG; cd g99d %ists
uroczyste. biuro Jest zamkniete.
PreEesa; W p~oniedzialki 1 piatki wie-
czorami Cd godziny 7-mej do 9-tej.
wszelkie korespOndencye do Glowne-
20 Prezesa nalezy adresowac:
wOJCIECH +. SOSKA,
d455 w. Division str, Chicago, III.
Sekretarza; w p~ouiedzialki, wtorkl,
krody 1 czwartki. Wieczorami Cd godzi-
ny 7-mej do s-tei i cd 1-szej ,popoau-
dnfu codZiennie, z wyjatkiem soboty, Cd
e-tej do 1-szet.
S~karbnIka: we wtorki, srody 1 piatkI
cd godziny 7-meJ do s-tej wieczorem.
s~kfndania opIat. Wszelkie oplaty do Ka-
sy Glownej przyjmeje Kasyer Giowny
podcZas godzin ofisowych, albo we dnie
W godzinach ofisowych, Sekretarz &C.
neralny.
wszelkIe listy nadsy1ae nalezy na re-
ce Sekretarza Ge~neralnego:
TOMASZ 8. BLACHOWSKI.
Secretary Polish Alma Mater,
aI55 w. Division str. Chicago, Ill.
FINANSE.
PrzekaZy bankowe pocztowe
(checks. money orders etc.) nalezy wy
Btawiae ma organiZacye:
POLISH ALMA MATER,
prZesylac pod adresem: s
FIR. WITKOWSKI,
I4S5 w. Division str, Chicago, Ill.
MACIERZ POLSKA.
Biuro Zarzadu Gl0wnego:
1857 w. Division Utica,
Ma druglem pIetrze.
Chicago, III.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-06-14

praca wzmocni}y przynajmniej
nieco, ,jesli juz ME odzywi sic lep-
seem i obfitszem jadiem.
Wzmiankowano zobojetnienie
wsr6d m}odziezy - ma wszystko:
przejawia sic ono teraz i juz cd
dawna - takze i wobec sIuzby o.
chotniczej w wojsku: dawniej, z
po~czatkiem wojny - garneli sic
do tel siuzby mlodzi ochotnicy
gromadnie - radosnie, dis ida
tylko z przymusu; -po dobrej,
wlasnej wolf ME robi dis mlody
Niemiec niczego: wole w MIN i
chec do. wszystkiego zdaje sic
do zycia nawet - zabila....
Wojna.
Otto straszliwy obraz, peien
najczarniejszych barw stosun-
k6w terazniejszych w Niemczech,
oparty ma pogladzie ma szko}y -
ma miodziez "a to najlepszy
miernik kazdego spofeczenstwa.
z opisanych tn szczeg6}6w pre-
glada ciqgnaca sic W daleka przy-
sz}osG mara - jak smierc blada -
degeneracyi TAX kwitnacego i py-
sznego do niedawna re swej kul-
tury n;em;cck;ego narodu.
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= Ulga W Egzemie

Me martw. sic wskutek egzemy Tub
innych p~rzypadlosci ~sk6rnych. Mozesz
mice czysta, zdrowa sk6re. przez luzycie
troche zemo, kt6re dostaniesz W kazdej
apiece "a 3st, Tub ekstra duia butelke "a
$1.00.
Zemo zazwyczaj usuwa pryszcze, wy;
rzuty, zeszpecenia, egzeme ] wagryiczyni
skore czysta ! zdrowa. Zemo jest czy-
stym, przenikajacym, antyseptycznym
pfynem, ME lepkim j ME tlustym / ME
plami. Latwo go stosowac j kosztuje
tylko drobnostke. Zawsze molina ma MIN
polegac.
The e. w. Rose Co, Cleveland. o.
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O praoe dzieci.

Z pism krajowych wiadomo, IL
najwyzszy wydal ME
dawno decyzye, orzekajaca, re fe-
derafne prawo W kwestyi piracy
dzieci = ME jest konstytucyjnem,
to macy = re sprzeciwia sic ono
literze konstytucyi Stanow lie
dnoczonych, krepujac do pewnego
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-06-14
Ma easy 20 Wojnie.

Biuro handful krajowego i "a
granicznego w Ministerstwie
Handful informuje, IL potrzebuje
sporego personalu expert6w -
specyalistow ola rynkow poiud-
niowo = amerykanskich i azyaty-
|ckich :idzie o to, ably ma rynki owe
w czasach p~owojennych pchnac
wyroby amerykahskie IN tax:
do Poiudniowej Ameryki mozna-
by wysyiat we ~wiekszej, niz do
tad, mierze wyroby tkackie, far
by, lakiery, chemikalia i produk-
ty farbiarskie, do Azyi maszyny
przemys}owe, rolnicze i budulec,
oraz maszyny i materially budo-
wlane.
Pc wojne tel Stany Zjednoczo-
ne spodziewaja sic nadzwyczajne-
go rozrostu przemyslu i handlu
zagranicznego. Wzmozona obe-
cnie produkcya wojenna bedzie
musiala bye redukowana bardzo
umiarkowanie i nieznacznie, by
ME wywoiac w kraju katastrofy
bezrobocia, a poki to sic wszy-
stko ME unormuje, trzeba bedzie
zajac masy fabryk i ludzi niewo-
jennymi fabrykatami ; co znow
wymagac bedzie rynkow zbytu-
i znacznych i mnogich. Wiadze
nasze przygotowuja sic juz teraz
ma take ewentualnosci, przeto
wlasnie poszukuja owych exper-
tow, ktorzy beda mieli "a zadanie
wyszukiwac, organizowac i O.
twierac rynki zbytowe ola ham
dlu amerykahsk;ego ma czas, kie-
ldy dzia}a umilkna i rozpocznie
sic wszedzie nadzwyczajnie 60
raczkowe odrabianie i powetowy-
wanie zastoju, spowodowanego
kilkoletnia wojna. Wiadomo do
brze, re ME tylko ma Poludniowa
Ameryke i ME jedynie ma daleki
wschod Azyi rozciagaja sic anne
rykahskie plany i rachuby: czeka
je przecie ,Syberya Gala, z jej kral
Mani Spiacemi dotad, ktore nieza-
wodnie pc wojnie raptownie bu-
die sic zaczna do mlodego, buj-
nego zycia, dalej Gaia Rosya, W
Europe - Polska, Rumunia,
Serbia, Grecya w znacznej mie-
ire, dalej Mala Azya, Mezopota-
mia i Palestyna i obszary kolonii
W Afryce, odebranych Niemcom...
A choc oczywista ME wszyst-
ko to opanuja zupe}nie ME obs}u
"a swym handlem i produkcya
Stany Zjedn., choc niezawodnie
wiele, bardzo wiele pozostanie ola
Anglii, Francyi i ola innych pre-
myslowych Aliant6w, o lie ME be-
da musieli przedewszystkiem mad
SODA samymi pracowac najinten--
sywniej. jednakowoz ME ulega
watpieniu, IL we wszystkich
wzmiankowanych krainach czeka,
liz Stany Zjednoczone Yopportuni-
ties" kolosalnie swietne i mySli
luz o mich Ameryka i gotuje ma
rie ochotnie swe kasy k~ieszenie...
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Il. NJ.

jeden z uczestnik6w pochodu.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-06-14
MACIERZ POLSKA.

fest organizacya laczaca mfodziez poll
aka oboJga plcI W pracach naukowych'
patryotycznych 1 bratniej pomocy, dla
p%odniesienia ducha moIalnosct l dooro-
bytu w spo3eczenstwie, a ~szczegolnie
mfedzy mlodzieza polska.' MONA zapl-
saS sic ma posmiertne cd lat IA do As;
ma czionkow StowarZyszonych beg o.
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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-06-14
Polonia 'prze'
sta}a wychodziG.

IyShlcJ vI OlOIll ZlldIlSSO Wp1y"
wowego ma emigracyi polskiej ty-
godnika, cd lat pieciu wychodza-
cego pod redakcya znanego -
takze i W Ameryce - pisarza,
Waciawa Gasiorowskiego. w po-
zegnaniu z czytelnikami swymi
pisa wydawcy .Polonii" jak
nastepuje:
,,Niniejszem zawiadamiamy il
Il dniem pierwszym czerwca RIB.
zawieszamy wydawanie Polonii.
Postanowienie to nasze jest ME
odwoialne: wynika ono z calego
szeregu powaznych i uzasadnio--
nych przyczyn.
Warunki wydawnicze, Cd diuz-
szego czasu, z powodu wzrastaja-
Gel drozyzny papieru i druku, IL
czyni{y niemozliwa wszelka kali.
kulacye rachunkowa.
Warunki redakcyjne pogorszy-
iy sic moze wiecej jeszcze. Redak-
tor naczelny Polonii, rok temu,
wstapii do wojska i Cd roku pra-
vie ME mogl ami tax, jak pred
tenn, pracbwac ola naszego czaso-
pisma, AMI bodaj zajmowac sic je-
60 redakcya. Stad wynikla po-
trzeba p~onoszenia znacznych sto-
sunkowo wydatkow ma ~wspolpra-
%cownictwo i natezenie, rujnujace
nasz budzet.
Lecz W tych nawet tax ciezkich
zmaganiach, jeszczebysmy usi}o-
wall podtrzymac wydawnictwo,
gdyby ME zmiany, zasz}e W og6l-
'nym ~ustroju Kolonii Polskiej we
Francyi, gdyby stosunek do mas
Francyi ME byl nareszcie takim,
ma jaki pracowaliSmy bez wy
tchnienia cd naszego poczecia.
Polonia ostatnimi easy pre-
stala bye juz jedynym organem,
stojacym niezachwianie pod sztan
darem Aliantow, p~rzesta1a bye je-
dynem ogniskiem WARY glebokiej
w zwyciestwo demokracyi Zacho-
du, W tryumf sztandaru wyzwo-
lenia ludlow, W prastare brater-
stwo broni dwu narodow.
Dzwigne{y sic tn instytucye
potezne, powstaly i powstana je-
szcze czasopisma NONE, zasobne
i, ufamy, owiane duchem wielkiej
miloSci Ojczyzny, wolne cd tego
wszystkiego, co ME istnialo nigdy
ola Polonii, wolne cd latwej kry-
tyki, cd partyjnosci.
Stad odchodzimy, przekonani
gieboko, re praca nasza ME usta-
ME, re przetrwa, re dojdzie do
swietniejszych niz my rezulta-
Przetrwalismy d{ugie chwile
beznadziejnego w~alczenia o nasze
jutro narodowe, zawsze niezalez-
nj, zawsze stojacy poza ugrupo--
waniami, bylSimy organem VIA
snego sumienia tylko, szczerej pol
skiej mySli; ME byliSmy nigdy nj
czyim organem. szliSmy "a tymi,
ktorych dzialalnoSc odpowiadala
naszym wlasnym przekonaniom.
Doczekalismy sic czasow zisz-
czenia pragnieh najSwietniej-
szych.
Odchodzimy, ogladajac sztan--
dar Polski Zjednoczonej ! Niepo-
dlegiej, skrzyzowany re sztanda-
rem trojkolorowym Francyi."
Pozegnanie to smutne czyni
wrazenie, a jakkolwiek pozostaje
,,Polonii" i O niej dobre wspom-
nienie w emigranckich dziejach i
dziaIaniach naszych, jakkolwiek j
ia pociecha z~ostaje odchodzacej,
IL widzi ziszczajace sic idee, mad
kt6rych przyblizeniem pracowala,
oraz sukcessorow pc sobie wply-
wowszych cd siebie, wstepujacych
ma stanowiska, to jednak ME
mniej zamkniecie pisma, do ME
dawna jeszcze odgrywajacego ro-
lie pewna w spoieczehstwie W
czasach takich, jak dzisiejsze -
czyni efekt taxi, jakby umieraJa-
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