New Britain herald., 1919-03-21

s ed Recent War Are Now Planning to Rcorganizc Russia fla. Their Own Interests and if They Do Will Have l Endless Supply of Labor and Raw ] Materials. Warsaw, March 1S.-Germany, al- l ]. though defeated in the west, is not yet s beaten in the east and if her aims in that part of Europe are to be frus- trated End there is to be peace, there s must, be a strong Poland, Jan Ignace N Paderewski, the premier of Poland, q declared today. as In outlining the present situation @.of Poland. and it's relation to the whole European question the premier said:
 '''The importance to the peace of Europe of strong and united Poland cannot be exaggerated. Germany < made war, not fog. honor and ideals, but for markets arfd raw material. s&T'he war has not yet sbeen won. Ger < many is ready to acknowledge her self beaten in the west, but not in $ the east
 Fears Expsotat on Of Russia. s The same men who organized the < present war count on re-organizing , Russia in their own interests. If they 2. do so, they will have an endless sup F ply of labor and raw material. In addition to wheat. they will have cot ton from TurkeStan, oil great lum- Der supplies from the forests of Rus ss sta, immense coal and iron deposits, to say. nothing of gold platinum and other minerals SWith these rein - itably stamp her dominion on the whole world Think Of the effect on the splendid body of Amerjca's high .s,Iv paid labor if Germany trained and \ airectedFtlle cheap labor of Russia Ns Ns&ndsgts shina; NO one could compete ssp ssFI gsl sstfe II cheap production.
 njesss Syouid Make World Power. ss hat stands in Germany's way is hAA france dr England. Which are so V Sx pffs Germany is at the gates of SI ganizedi Russia, and once let her Rzasa EIDhaes with the Bosheviki and re- 1kEanizes Russia, as she will have the |sss ssar e to do in4 peace time, she will Z nlinate the world. A strong Poland aolie can block this plan. .., ,
 From tirne imnlemorial it has been the task of Poland to 1.pFotect Civilization from the hordes of Asia s organized by Germany into a. machine r to crush democratic civilization. Ihls Germany would do by breaking the stafdafd of living of the western peoples. For the present task we need a free nation to cope with Ger many in influencing the development of Russia
 Poland Needs Danzig.
 Danzig we must have, because without it our commerce would always be at the mercy of Germany. With Danzig we must have the river s Vistula, which is navigable almost to # C'racow. It is an artery which, with it's tributaries, gives life to the body E. of the Polish nation. From Danzig to Posen the majority of the population -is Polish. The, country is a garden and it furnishes two-thirds of the po- tatoes for Germany. The people are industrious, somewhat slow, but good sz- organizers They will furnish con strr1ctive men for the development of our country.
 Upper SiIesia Essential.
 Upper Silesia is even more Polish than Posen. It will be the center o1 our iron industry. It is a pity tha1 s@ Czecho- -Slovaks have attempted tc deprive us of the Teschen regior which is inha bited in great part by Poless. The Bohemians do not neec the coal there, because they have many thousands of tons for eXpor in addition to what they use in theil own industry. 1 hope the congress
 in Paris will not deprive the people of this region of their, right to ma
 tional unity with Poland. It migh
 have disastrous effects.
 Situation in Eastern Galicia.
 "En eastern Galcia majority 0
 the habtants are Ruthenians. I'm
 distinction between them and tn
 Poles is not racial, but only reig1ou
 and linguistic. The Ruthenians be
 long to the Greek church. which rec
 ognizes the authority of Rome. Whel
 a Polish woman narries q Ruthenian
 the girls are classed as Poles and tn bows become Ruthenians, and vic
 versa. Thus in the same family yo
 will find Ruthenians and Poles
 speaking the languages of both coun
 tries and with the only distinctio being the religious rite in the sam
 church. The Polish peasants in east
 ern Galicia are enthusiastic over thei \ newly formed national unity, frcedo9 and independence.
 Polish Patriotism Strong.
 This patriotism is rooted deeply i
 the Polish people and will cement ou
 nation in strong barrier agains
 Bolshevism on the one hand an
 against Pan-Germanism OH the othc
 if we receive from the peace confer
 encb those districts which will give U
 real independence. nationally. indus
 trially and comm ercially.< I hope tn
 American people will help us to al
 tain this end