The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-31
THE POLISH TREATY.
1t Permits the League to Regulate
Poland's Domestic Concerns.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
| so-called Polish treaty has been i'm
| posed by the big Powers on n weak
and suffering Poland. The Polish dele
gates presented to the Peace Conference
the objections of the Polish Constituent
Assembly to the many offensive and hui
initiating clauses of the treaty. but the
strong nations considered themselves
free to wrong sovereign Poland, to sub
ject her to their purpose and interest
| and to rule and dominate Poland, even
in her own internal affairs. making the
stipulations OF the Polish treaty mat
| ter of International concern" subject to
the control of the League of Nations.
The League of Nations will decide
who shall be a citizen of Independent
and sovereign Poland If those considered
undesirables by Poland appeal to the
League
The League interferes with and controls
the public education OF Poland because 1t
has granted to all minorities of race,
religion and language non-Polish schools
to be maintained by public Polish funds.
The League has granted to non-Polish
minorities charitable and social insti-
tutions-I suppose hospitals, libraries,
orphanages and the like-to be supported
by public funds.
The League has recognized the Jews
in Poland as minority race by grant
ms them Yiddish schools supported by
public funds, the use orally and in writ
ing of Yiddish in the Polish courts and
declaring Saturday practically legal
holiday for the Jewish population of
Poland, forming from s to 10 per cent.
of all residents of Poland. No nation
on our globe has granted such super
rights to the Jews. 1t makes the assim-
llation and Polarization OF the Jews in
Poland impossible. Poland can concede
rights and privileges of a racial minor
ity only to Ukrainians in East Galicia,
to Lithuanians, to Germans in Pomerania,
Slesia and West Prussia. The Jews in
Poland cannot and never shall be re-
garded as a separate national minority.
They must be Poles in language and ma
tiorality; Jews in religion only.
The League interferes with the courts
of Poland. No case to which a Jew is
party shall be tried on Saturdays.
The language of the courts may be Ger
White Russian, Hungarian or that of
any other non-Polish minority.
The League forbids elections on Sat
urday, restricts the tariff and treaty
making power of Poland.
The League dominates the foreign and
domestic affairs of Poland IL all stipu-
laticns of the unfortunate Polish treaty
were fulfilled. The Poles will accept
this unwarranted interference in the
domestic affairs of Poland II all MEM
bers OF the League will subject their
domestic problems of citizenship courts,
public school system, election and tariff
to the rules of the League. The Polish
treaty shackles the freedom and sover-
eighty of Poland.
The Polish treaty is reputation Of
President Wilson's principles stated as
follows:
Shall strong nations be free to wrong
weak nations and make them subject
to their purpose and INTEREST,"
Shall peoples be ruled and dominated,
even in their own internal affairs. by
arbitrary and irresponsible force or by
their own will and ehoice7
Shall there be a common standard OF
right and privilege for all peoples and
nations or shall the strong do as they
will and the weak suffer without re-
dressf
The Americans who oppose the League
of Nations should study carefully the
stipulations OF the Polish treaty. 1t
shows plainly that the purpose of the
League is TO interfere in the domestic
affairs OF its members and to dominate
arbitrarily its weaker members.
julius RUPERT NJ D.
New BRITAIN. Conn, July 80.