The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-13
America Poland's Best
 Friend, Says Paderewsh
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ffStc policy. One or our most prom . anent Deputies eloquently stated few days ago that there Is a general pre- Judice abroad against Poland. and, I. at the same time, said that the re- eporsibili.y for this falls upon cer- tain classes of our community. I do not go so far.
 I cannot planetary party for this. I must, however. remark that this prejudice actually exists, and is even spreading.
 The reproach of Imperialism was made against us very long ago by the very three Empires that robbed us and divided us
 Today this reproach Is made by just those people who are stretching out their greedy hands for Polish ter ritory and fts wealth. Though it is much easier to break down a hun dred fortresses and reduce thousand towns to dust than to overcome one prejudice, l consider that the mo- ment has come for a great powerful and distinct voice, the voice of the Polish people, to make a declaration in the Polish House which will con- flute all these unfounded foreign re- Droaches.
 We never conducted a war of con qutSNf ahu VIC h"'S ihV AhNNhN'oh OA doing so.
 We do not want what belongs to others; we do not want to conquer anybody else's territory. Poland Goes not deny the right to individual development
 Poland is ready to help them hear tily and effectively. Food always follows the Polish soldier.
 We are sharing with the border peoples the supplies we get from America.
 In order to establish autonomy in these border countries. without preju- dice to the future declarations of the Conference. we should immediately institute a plebiscite in these north east territories. Let all the local popu- lations declare their will freely and boldly. The result of the plebiscite will greatly facilitate the work of the Paris Conference.
 Gratitude to America.
 come to still more pressing mat -ers. We have recognized the au- :hority and dignity of the Peace Con- ference, as all the other civilized na- tions have done, and we wat. for its verdict. Up 10 the present It's yer diets have been favorable to us. We voted in tho Polish an alliance with 
 England and Italy. who are continu- ally sending us the help which Is ab- soiuteiy necessary to us in present circumstances
 We have very much to bs grateful for from America and its President. Without the powerful supper. o. President Wilson, whose heart the best friend of the Polish cause. Col. House. was able to win for us, Po- land would no doubt have remained an internal question for Germany and Russia. at best confined within tkose frontiers which werf assigned to her by the Germans in the Act of Nov. 5, 1918.
 America is giving us food, Ameri- ca is giving us clothes. boots, linen and munitions of war. and other sup plies. on very easy terms, and with long credit.
 Just before my departure from Paris I received a letter from Mir Hoover, promising Poland elective financial and economic help. That is the beginning of a very important help for us
 Yesterday learned that 2,ooo tons of cotton would arrive at Gdansk in a few days, and tha. the Ministry of Finance fn Washington
 
 granting Poland a considerable loan The Peace Conference and especial ly England and America. with Presi- dent Wilson at the head, whilst rec- ognizing the necessity of our defend ing ourselves against the Bolsheviks does not wish for further war on any front.
 MT. Wilson expressed this wish re- peatedly and very firmly.
 Could a. Polish Prime Minister director of the Polish Government, e man upon whose shoulders falls the really dreadful responsibility for the fate of his people In the near future, could such a man wave aside such demands? did as my conscience prompted mo. I acted as my love for my country and my honor as a Pole demanded. I said that I would do all I could to aatsfy these demands. and I have kept my word.
 An armistice was demanded. agreed in principle to that. It was demanded that Haller's Army should not light against the Ukrainians. It was withdrawn from the Ukraine front. and finally it was required that the onensive should be stopped. AL though the Ukrainians in their tele- gram of May II asked for the cessa- ton of hortilftfes, on the 18th, at noon, they attacked us treacherous- Iy near Ustrzyk. bombarding the town of Sanok from aeroplanes.
 Tn the face of this criminal frn- pulse of our young soldiers. Like a whiriwind they threw themselves upon the enemy. and with lightning swfftness took Sambor< Drohobych. Borysiav. 5trey. Izolkiew. sokl, Bro- dy. and Z1oczow being joyfully greet cd everywhere as saviors by the Po- fish and Ukrainian population. To- day -our soldiers are probably ap- preaching 6tanis1avow. ct is taken airaady). But from Podwolocxysk ana from Husiatyn a strong Soviet army has entered unhappy Galicia, or rather. Rufhenia. Hailer's army will probably be obliged to fight on the Ukraipe front. but not against the Ukrainians. only against the Boishe- vfks and perhaps 1t is fighting to- day.
 On May 1<. broke off by tele- graph ali negotiation for an armisticc