The Monticellonian., 1919-01-03

change very quickly. In the thfoes 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 discontent humilia- ton, angry or suIlen, and persistent determination to recover at least part of what has been lost; or, failing that, to seek reeoupment and expansion and domination in fresh directions? No man of probity and experience will risk so fateful gamble It must be made impossible for Germany to be unsafe to the demoeracies of the world. To do that it is vitally nee essarN to have strong, trustworthy non German state on GermanY's east l ern marches. And the one region ca pablo of becoming such state is Poland.
 For 1t is idle. worse than idle. to dream of constructing such new state in Europe for these specific pur- poses unless the work is done aloUg surely effective lines. The require ments are extremely definite. A small state will not do. Who would set a pygmy watehman to guard full grown desperado? \ state incapable of full economic development will not do. The chance of entanglements are i too great It must he self-contained as regards natural resources. A stare artificial raeially will not do. It must be one. IS far as possible, raeially CO., l hesive. A state wherein irresponsible visionaries play the demagogue over an unleavened lump of peasantry will not do. It must be state capable of having T real citizenry, as the United l States has-composed of people of established and developed civilization, racial culture and traditions. practical abilities proved liberalism.
 Poles Best Fitted
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 .I believe you will find nowhere in central and eastern Europe race more fitted than the Polish people to be the citizenry of such state. And can state without fearing eontfadic- tion that nowhere else in that region will you find another race with St un- clouded moral and historical title to the territory which will he needed
 Just what is Poland. aside fram pe- ing the region from which many immi- grants came to the United States Where Is ii?
 ITO see real Poland you will have tO make map of Europe in your mind. 1 On that map note how Germany lies l in great alluvial drainage basin, with the central mountain masses of the continent walling it to the south and with five rivers running down l Baltic. Westerumost Is the Rhine. l Next comes the Weser, with it's porI Ut Bremen, and the Elbe, with Ham burg. Fourth is the Oder, with Frank i fort and Stettin. Last and eHStern- most the yiStula, which rises In the Carpathian ridges, flows down by War saw and empties Into the North sea at Dantzig in West Prussia.
 Tn the Nistula valley and its drain age areas live the thirty-tive million people of the submerged Polish na- tion That region Is Poland Part of 1t Is still marked Poland on the maps but most of it needs identification since the partitions, when the auto crats 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. SueSia