The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-21
GERMANY THOUGH BEATEN IN WEST IS UNDEFEATED
Jan Ignace Padewersk, Premier of Poland Declares If Her Aims Are to Be Thwarted There Must Be 8
 Strong Poland To Protect East.

Warsaw, Tuesday, March 1S-0er- many. although defeated in the west, Is not yet beaten in the east and if her aims in that part of Europe are to be frustrated and there is to be peace, there must be a strong Poland, Jan Ignace Paderewsld, the premier of Poland, declared today.
 In outlining the present situation of Poland and it's relation to the whole European question, Premier Paderewski said:
 ''The importance to the peace of Europe of strong and united Poland cannot be exaggerated. Germany made war not for honor and ideals, but for markets and raw materials. The war has not yet been won. Ger many Is ready to acknowledge her self beaten in the west, but not in the east
 'TThe same men who organized the present war count on reorgantzing Russia in their own interests. If they do so, they will have an endless sup ply of labor and raw material. in addition to wheat, they will have cot ton from Turkestan, oil, great lumber supplies from the forests of Russia, immense coal and iron deposits, to say nothing of gold, platinum and other minerals. With these reinforce naents Germany would inevitably stamp her domination on the whole world. Think Of the effect on the splendid body of Americas highly paid labor if Germany trained and directed the cheap labor of Russia and China, No one could compete with such cheap production.
 ''What stands In Germanys way IS not France or England, which are so far fair Germany IS at the gates of tlsorganized Russia, and once let her combine with the Boishevild and reorganize Russia, she will have the leisure to do in peace time, she will dominate the world A strong Poland alone can block this plan.
 Prom time iInmeInoTial it has been the task of Poland to protect civihza,- ton from the hordes of Asia, organ izad by Germany into a. machine to crush democratic civilization. This Germany would do by breaking the standard of living of the western peoples. For the present task we need a free nation to cope with Germany 1n influencing the development of Russia
 Danzig we must have, because without it our commerce would al- ways be at the mercy of Germany. With DanEis we must have the river Vistula, which is navtgable almost to Cracow, It is an artery which, with its tributaries, gives life to the body of the Polish nation. From DanziG to Iosen the majority of the popula- tion is Polish. The country is a garden and 1t furnishes two-thirds of the potatoes for Germany. The peo- pie are industrious, somewhat slow, F7V- zlish constructive men for the deve1- op1nent of our country
 Upper 5ilesta is even more Polish than Posen. It will be the center of our iron industry. It is a pity that the CzeCho -SIovaks have attempted to deprive us Of the Teschen region which is inhabited in a great part by Poles. The Bohemians do not need the coal there, because they have many thousands of tons for export in addition to what they use in their own industry. l hope the congress in Paris will not deprive the people of this region of their right to national unity with Poland. It might have disastrous effects.
 Tn Eastern Ga1icia, 6 majority of the inhabitants are Ruthenians The distinction between them and the GOAeS IS AlON Ie'CkdA' DuL OlAly ICllB and linguistic. The Ruthenians be- long to the Greek church, which rec ogn1zes the authority of Rome When a Polish woman 11larries a. Ruthenian the girls are classed as Poles and the boys become Ruthenians, and vice versa Thus In the same family you will find Ruthenians and Poles, speak ing the languages of Doth countries and with the only distinction being the religious rite in the same church. The Polish peasants in Eastern Cali cia are enthusiastic over their newly found national unity, freedom and in- dependence.
 This patriotism is rooted deeply in the Polish people and will cement our nation in a strong barrier against Bolshev1sm on the one hand and against Pan-Gernanism on the other,