The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-07
DECISION ON DANZIG
PAINS PADEREWSKI
Polish Premier Says It APP
pears to Be a Success
for Germans.
REACHES PARIS TO PLEAD
Asserts That Seaport Must Be
= Awarded to One Country
or the Other.
.
stat correspondent Of Tnk suS.


gPARrs, April 6.--Upon his arrival in
garis this morning Ignace Jan Paderew-
ski. Premier Of Poland, showed every
sign Of intense disappointment over the
decision announced by Marshal Foch.
after his conference ut Spa with Matthias
EfzberEer. representing Germany. that
Can. Haller's Polish army. now In
France, necessarily would not be trans
ported to Poland through Danzig, but
might go by railway or other routes
Premier Paderewski said he had read
the decision In the German and Swiss
Newspapers and remarked that even the
latter had called 1t a success for the
Germans. When told that Aarshal Foch
had expressed great satisfaction over
the arrangement the Polish Premier
said:
Eyes. but I want to know how the
first part of the journey of the troops
Is to be arranged"
He added that in Poland as well as
in other countries there was at present
social disease and remarked sadly:
The last interview at Spa certainly has
done nothing to cure It,"
BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 6.-Premier Paderewsk
Of Poland arrived in Paris to-day. ac-
opmpanied by Joseph Noulens. a French
member of the Interallied Mission to
Poland. The Polish statesman was re-
cefved at the railway station by Gen.
Halter, commander of the Polish forces
ID France; r. v. Dmowski and NJ. Pu-
lasid of the Polish peace delegation,
William Martin. representing President
Poincare, and Capt. Breton, representing
Premier Clemenceau.
A crowd which had been waiting at
the station cheered when the Polish Pre-
mjer emerged and threw flowers in his
path.
Can Be No Union.
Premier Paderewski asserted that
there could be no union between Ger
many and Poland. The question OF the
haal disposition of Danzig, he added.
must be solved. The port must be given
to one country or the other and 1t would
be an act OF justice to give It back to
Poland. to which Danzig had belonged
in years gone by.
Nine. Paderekska accompanied her
husband, who expects TO remain in Paris
TOR two or three weeks n circumstances
30, demand. Paderewski declined to
make any lengthy statement until he had
received the official report on the Spa ne
EQUATIONS and terms. saying only when
asked his opinion: Two great factors
dominate the situation for us-Danzig
and Teschen.' ....
Unofficial Polish sentiment in Paris IL
comparatively bitter over what It con-
siders compromise and needless con-
cession TO the Germans This view, how
ever. 10 not held by the members OF the
Entente peace delegations generally. who
contend that the right to utilize Danzig
has in no way been surrendered ~ Is
Troops to Move Quickly.
The German agreement to carry the
Polish troops on German railways has
insured the immediate transfer of a
large number within a fortnight, while
the lack OF ships would have prevented
the Entente from moving all the Polish
legions from France to Danzig within
two months, probably more. Conse-
quently the Entente military advisers
heartily support the plan OF Marshal
Foch to utilize the railways through
Coblenz and Cassel.
With regard to the agrarian question
Paderewski said: Our National AS
sembly includes 1870 peasant Deputies,
to whom It is the first question of the
day. They are not Communist, but
VIII make reforms prudently and rapidly.
We have six women Deputies, who, con-
trary to general belief. are not conser-
vative in opinion. There are hardly any
lawyers or doctors in the Assembly and
scarcely a dozen ecclesiastics"