The Jasper news., 1919-01-02
Poland Its Historical
Polish Reconstructed.

change very quickly. In the throes of
her defeat Germany may seem-will
undoubtedly deem herself-disenchant
ed with the fruits of her national
ambition. But what man experienced
In the workings of the human mind
would venture to risk the possibilities
of another war like this one on the
chance that Germany's disenchant-
ment will be permanent, that the final
outcome of the defeat, in German
minds, will not be discomfort, humilia-
ton, angry or sullen, and persistent
determination to recover at least part
of what has been lost; or, failing that,
to seek recoupment and expansion and
domination in fresh directions? No
II an of probity and experience will
risk so fateful gamble. 1t must be
made impossible for Germany to be
unsafe to the democracles of. the
Sorld. To do that it is vitality nee
essary to have a strong, Trustworthy
non German state on Germany's cast
ern marches. And the one region ca
pable of becoming such state is
Poland.
For it is idle, worse than idle. TO
dream of constructing such new
state in Europe for these specific pur-
poses unless the work is done along
surely effective lines. The require
ments are extremely definite. A small
state will not do. WHO would set n
pygmy Waterman to guard full
grown desperado? A state incapable
of full economic development will not
do. The chance of entanglements are
too great. 1t must be self. contained
as regards natural resources. A state
artificial racially will not do. 1t must
be one, as far as possible, rncially CO.
hesive. A state wherein irresponsible
Missionaries play the demagOgue over
an unleavened lump of peasantIy will
not do. 1t must be state capable of
| having real cltizenry, as the United
States has-composed of a people of
established and developed civilza tion
racial culture and traditions, practical
abilities, proved liberalism.
Poles Best Fitted.
|
central and eastern Europe race
more fitted than the Polish people to
be the citizenry of such n state. And
can state without fearing contrad!c-
ton that nowhere else In that region
will you find another race with 81 un.
clouded moral and historical title
to the territory which will be needed.
1 l. Ill Il
ing the region from which many immi-
grants came TO the United States?
Where is 1t?
"To see real Poland you will have to
make map of Europe in your mind.
/ On that map note how Germany lies
In great alluvial drainage basin,
with the central mountain masses of
the continent walling 1t to the south
and with five rivers running down
from them TO the North sea and the
Baltic. Westernmost Is the Rhine.
Next comes the Weser,. with its port
at Bremen, and the Elbe, with Ham.
burg. Fourth is the Oder, with Frank
| fort and Stettin. Last and eastern
most the Vistula, which rises in the
Carpathian ridges, flows down by War
saw and empties into the North sea
at Dantzig In West Prussia.
SIN the Vistula valley and It's drain
age areas live the thlrty-five million
people of the submerged Polish ma
ton. That region is Poland. Part of
it is still marked Poland on the maps,
but most of 1t needs Identification
since the partitions when the auto
Gratis who then ruled Germany, Russia
and Austria each took his helping.
"Germany's slice you will find on
the west, extending all the way from
the mountains to the Baltic. Sllesin