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UllUh control. In the reconstruction
n Euiand II il absolutely necessary
~ provtoe Tor two things. In fact,
Sxx1Ae1 are the warp and wocf OF the
WI Nnoass structure.
S4N u Complete Polish control of the
&wDoft OF Danxig and the vistula valley.
ss@sss ~ Adequate frontage Ola the Baltic
7sha vfsfu,k river ts 70 Poland WHAT
eyXA srI-Tf - 10 gre y1p5teA statsss
~ IA AAssr thkurwh, the Sssrt Sf fst>ss -~ss sssss
Al who're the Poles constitute the largest
sqss rnopofttcn Of the population With
Polish control of Danzig and the Bal
tic littoral on either side OF Danxig,
tho hinterland of the Vistdla valley
ls would DO cut Off from the rest OF the
srof4d and the new Poland, even
fhough politically independent. would
sas become the Industrial vassal of Ger
IN many.
~ 1T r. absolutely necessary, therefore.
10 return to Poland all west Prussia.
ssssWeith the Ia nd of either side OF the V,s-
tuia. thus making separate German
stAtA OF that part. Of eastern Prussia
which lies between the VistuIa valley
ana Lithusra. This region, the
result or the systematic oppression of
tbs original Polish population. has be-
come almost entirely German.
GERMANY will. of course, cry out
Fclaud. arguing that. Mt the present
s.ttsnN Il Ia a German city. We admit
III that the population of Danzig today is
& -.1ArEefy German, but only as the result
spf carefully planned German aggran-
9ixement and exploitation. Danzig
belonged TO Poland until it's second
8 partition in I7as.
When DanZig was the port through
which flowed the whole OF German
f4de. II was the largest and wealth
lest city on the Baltic. Under Ger
sSnAA domination II stagnated until to-
day its population does not exceed
~ 1S0,uee. Under Polish control it
ectild grow within fifty years to a
ETY. cf 100000.
The four Prussian provinces from
/. which portions must he taken for the
hew Poland are.
,, "a West Prussia which contains
1Anxix and the Polish littoral on the
EAtttc: t2) East Prussia. from which
q Glioe next to Lithuania should be an
Jf1xed 10 that country. leaving an iso-
lxtod German state, with koenigsberg
AZ tts capital: go Rosen, almost the
s~-wAcle OF which Is Polish. and (4) Sile-
8 sfa, wherein the regency OF Opeln, or
upper Siiesa. despite all the repres-
rs sive measures of Germany to stamp
@s~sput Polish nationalism, the great ma
Jority OF the population and the whole
Of the urban peasantry have remained
81 sP oiixh,
So In Sileaia are situated the richest
Il coal mines OF Poland. They have an
Z asanual output of $4,000. 900 tons. The
acquisition OF these great natural re-
l. sourecs will become a potent factor
sFsssan the development OF Polish manu-
4. s4ActAre and industry, which will have
10 outlet through the vtstuIa valley
and the Baltic sea.
So 81, ~ Arr
st sta in, OF course, included in the recon-
etrNcffon OF Poland on it's southwest
Hrri boundary All Of Gelteia, il to be
returrId TO the new Polish state. It's
population is 50 per cent Polish. and
the predominatfng nationalisttc senti-
81 nient is Polish
In that part of Ruthenia embra ced
within the new Poland there has been
division OF popular sentiment be-
tween the pro- Russian and proPolsn
factions. The towns. however. are
Polish. and. with the end of Russian
autocracy, the remainder of tho pop
ulatfon will swing more and more 10
the support Of an Independent Poland.
Much anti~PoIish activity has also
4f,ean traced to German and Austrian
= intrigue
In eastern Galicia are 10 be found
the great petrol wells. which will add
4 greatly to the wealth and industrial
Il Importance of the new Poland. They
hAye produced more than 100000
tons annually. In this oil region Eng
1ish capital mas become interested.
Lithuania. on the north OF Poland,
was made vassal state of Germany
c@bsfore the collapse of the Hohenzol-
1. lerns. The Lithuanians want COM
- p}ete freedom from German agrees
H. sion, and ii is proposed to establish a
Union between Lithuania and the new
Poland. by which Lithuania will have
! complete local autonomy. The most
81 Intelligent I.ithuanians realize that
the safety OF their country depends on
q strong Poland. which viii hold Ger
x many In check,
The reconstructed Poland will be
greater IN area than readjusted Ger
! many. and II will have a greater coal
: production than France possessed be.
Is fore the war. An analysis OF Prus-
e sian Poland shows that without II the
a Teutona would not have been able II
have carried on the war for even a
N year. All told. there are 10000. o0d
& Poles scattered over the earth, OF
which about $4,000, 900 will be in
= c1uded in the new Poland.
s IT n believed that after an indie
u pen4ent Poland has been established
\; sercf1l million Poles in other parts OF
n the world will return to their native
81 laird. thus adding 10 its strength and
Il prosperity and still further barring
II Germany from further aggressions
q and conflicts.
y Against 'TntoIcrabie Peace