The sun., 1919-02-27
POLAND'S ASPIRATIONS.
The Proposed State Would Help Il
Prevent Future Wars.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: Prince
Lichnowsky's convictions in regard to
Poland express the ideas OF every Prus-
sian and Of most of the other Germans.
who suffer from inherited, chronic and
lncurabie delusions about a Polish
danger" defining by that term all Polish
activities for a free. independent and
united homeland.
Prussia's well known policy was 10
conquer Polish lands. rob Poland Of her
wealth. destroy all expressions of Polish
national life In German Poland. h$eder
by all means the reconstruction OF a
new strong Polish State. The Prussians'
snti-Polish policy Is a thousand years
old. Neither tho present German revo-
luton nor a League Of Nations will
modify radically that policy.
Their failure to conquer the western
Powers will intensity their aggressive
ness against Poland and other Slavic
nations. Their national policy will force
them to work for an alliance with re-
dictionary, militaristic Russia, with Ger
man Austria and Hungary against the
western and southern Slavs and the
Latin nations OF Europe. Such a COM
hination would threaten France. Poland
end the small nations with new wars,
disaster and ruin. Should not these con-
alterations induce the Peace Conference
to restore to Poland her western bound
aries of 1878 and 1872 and the Polish
district OF Silesia? This must be done;
First, in Justice to Poland.
Second, for the benefit OF France. COM
PEELED to rely for her safety on the help
OF 100000 allied Polish bayonets, until
ability to prevent wars.
Third. TO make strong Poland the
backbone of a league. composed OF Po-
land, Bohemia. Rumania and Serbia. to
bar the German expansion eastward.
Fourth, because the strong Prussia
opposition to a restitution OF lands stolen
from Poland Is the best evidence OF the
vital importance OF those provinces to
Prussia.
Poland does not demand German ter
ritory. She asks only for lands stolen
from her by Germany East Prussia
may be a part of a German repAblic. or
an autonomous province OF Poland, or an
independent east Prussian republic. or a
Baltic provinces modelled after Switzer-
land. To cut of utterly Germany from
Russia Is necessary to make future
alliance OF Russia and Germany less
probable and less dangerous.
To surrender Danzig to the Poles Is 10
confirm cardinal principle OF justice,
the restitution OF stolen goods. Danzig
Is Poland's natural outlet to the seas
Danzig was a Polish port to 1892 A
Polish Danzig will remove the German
Baltic supremacy menacing all countries
bordering on the Baltic Sea. Without
Danzig Polish commercial and indus
trial independence Is unthinkable Po-
land must possess DanzIg, and the Kiel
Canal must be internatlonalized TO give
free access to the Atlantic Ocean TO
Poland and other Baltic countries.
Prince Lichnowslly's statistics about
the Poles In German Poland are mis-
leading That province was forcihly
colonized with German settlers The
Poles were ruthessly appropriated.
Thousands of Poles were registered as
Germans The statistics include very
great number OF German soldiers and
German officials, Let German Poland
rbs-feee for Ole generation and the Ger
mans will form an Insignificant minority,
because many camouf1aged Germans will
reasaert their Polish nationality, many
Germans will be PolaniIed. many Poles
will return to Posen. In time even Ger
man East Prussia will be claimed by
Poles and again Polanized. The Ger
mans know II and fear Il.
Prince Lichnowsky calls the future
Polish national Government inefficient
and refers to Polish anarchy" Only a
Prussian Aackmailer can be so arrogant.
His suggestion Of Poland becoming
part OF Russian republic and OF Ger.
many keeping her eastern boundaries is
absurd and malicious.
JuHUs HUPERr, NJ. d.
NEW Britain, Conn, February 26.