The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-29
POLAND's STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM

 past Dismembered the three greatest saIeS IL pawn upon board of the world The Old hngdom of Poland Poland taken by the Germans from Ssa has been set up regency endeavor on the part of Kaiser the support of the Posh people
 But the revolutionary Polish elements, resent Prussan domination much Russian Therefore the ermans nave imprisoned Joseph Psuds leader of the Prolearan reVou tionss and many of his followers.
 President Wilson, taking into consideration the rights or small naons declared Jan. 2 197, hat there ought to be united independent and autonomous Poland"
 Poland unocaly represented in America by the Po- fish National Defense Commttee which largely directed by Branislow KulakOwsk Ph D. and this league has branch in Bridgeport which met yesterday in Bohemian hall
 The meeting was to celebrate the 142nd anniversary of tbo Declaration of Independence States and in denay to aud presidents proclamation of the ndepend ence of the world The spirit and the feeling of the Bridge port Poles is exhibited in the final paragraph o the reSouoS adopted by the meeing
 Tha we are ready sacrifice all forces to assist the United States this struggle between democracy and abSo- lusm between the rights of naons and national slavery to power this country by work thrneSs and help and by enisng in the ranks o the American army"
 These views are fully American and laudabe by Ameri cans especially the Poles in the United States have gen. erousy enlisted the most part directly with the Federal armies extent for fighting in France with the Polish legion which has done such good work on the French front
 Poland has had the independence in times past an nde- pendence with difficulty and held only by tremendous effort Poland to be independent again, something more is necessary than to set her off sovereign country
 than does the power of sefdeense by war ex ist in small of people, opposed by much larger number of highly organized people.
 If Poland should become free, she could not remain strength but only by virtue of moral and in suonal changes in the surrounding peoples The instu ona change would be imperative
 time when the United States might not have existed There might have been development of number of independent sovereign states each with its right to coin money regulate trade and commerce, and declare
 Some of these states would have had and of them less of the natural wealth necessary modern mic society," coal and iron.
 There might have been sovereign state at the head waters of the Mississippi and another at the sovereign state controlling the great lakes might have laid down rules other string soveregnies along both might have dictated land locked soveregne in the inter sovereignty surely would have had it's little group of and its little group of interests which would have beer cherished and fought for under the of patriotism liberty.
 The forefahers built such system They took away from each sae colony certain powers and especially th power money regulate and and t declare They creaeda system under which little state like Rhode Island has its rights fully great state k New York They created system under which differences opinion amicaby settled by ballot, agreement, among European nations by wars.
 The Polish program also extends to appreciation the presidents plan for league nations confederation the world by which alone European states have the freedom from conflict that prevails the American states
 There must be Europe of Federated states, o which declare legal than New York COnnec tcu There must be means for the distribution of materials the ways other of transport and all that sort of thing before there be institution in Europe which makes for peace instead of santly for
 Europe naturally, in these modern days geogaphica and economic entity whose people the modern in venons dress in the clothing, the sort food and need the natural resources of the soil
 Without the League of Nations there be endurn safety small countries and enduring peace for try The American people have enunciated the highest Christian and most practical basis upon which to guide govern the future of the world.
 is different world than it used to be- Take for pie this paragraph from the Polish Treaty of Horod enunca ed in 1413:-
 It love that rules nations builds cities
 
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 nobility
 There people in 1413. The folks coun ed less than cattle. There kings knights preates nobles They were the Republic.
 The European peoples have sriven against two ty annes the outside tyranny and the inside tyranny Frequen ly the inside tyranny, the home government been grievous to bear.
 It is the glory of the United States that it republic which all equal before the law and in civil rights