Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-01-03

farthest south. then Posen, then West
Prussia with its Baltic port of Dant.
zig-all are Prussian provinces now.
They once We're Poland. The popula-
tion still Is Polish. To the south of
map Poland is Galicia, an Austrian
province. Its chief city is Crac0w, the
ancient capital of Poland Other cities
are Lemberg and Przemysl. The pop.
ulation of the province is predomi-
nantly Polish. To the east, in Russia,
lies Volhynia. That, too. was part OF
Poland once and today. although the
peasant population of the region is
Ruthenian, Its civilization and almost
all its mitlde-class population-lts
professional men and merchants, the
intelligent. educated citizenry who are
the necessary pillars of true demo-
cratic state-are Polish The same
thing is true to the north, in Lithu-
ania, which also was once part of
Poland
Three Reasons for Action.
"There are three reasons" Mr..
Dmowsk continued "why the recon
struction of national Poland is so vital
an issue.
''rhe first, already touched on. Is the
necessity of setting an impossible
boundary to Germany on the east. Po-
laad is the only country so situated.
geographically as to be able to pro-
vide this service. the only natural OBJ
staele between German scheming and
Russian DISCRIMINATION.
"The second reason is the Baltic.
Even before Russia collapsed thai
body of water was becoming Ger
man lake. Now that Russia Is gone
Germany is the only nation of large
population having Baltic ports. Give
reconstructed Poland again her an
cient outlet to the seas through her
old port of Dantzig and the company
of democratic nations will have its
own entryway TO the trade of all
northeastern Europe.
"The third reason is the breaking up
of Austria. which Is as serious men,
ace TO permanent peace, unless pro-
vided against with intelligent fore
sight, as even the German-Russian
boundary situations. Leave central
Europe a group of small. weak. half
developed nationalities. and the Raj
kan question, which has all along
been largely a question of Teutonic
pressure toward domination of the
Black sea. Asia Minor and the Persian
gulf will remain acute. What solid
anti-German barriers will stand there?
Bohemia - the new Czecho-Slovak
state? But that will have only twelve
million people. Restored and recon
stituted Roumania? She will nave at
least fourteen million citizens and
around her will stand Hungary, Bull
garia, Russia. What could Bohemia.
Roumanla or both of them avail
against Germany, with her compact
sixty-five million population?
Effective Barrier Seen.
"3ut add national Poland and the
situation changes. You have then to
the east and southeast of Germany,
cutting her of from Hungary. Bull
| garia and Turkey. three thoroughly
non German states with population
of slxty-one million liberal democrats
Ia mass and spirit with which aspir-
Ing autocrats and Eo.shevist vision
aries alike must reckon.
"For these three purposes-to save
Russia and Asia from encroachments !:
| TO preserve the freedom of the Baltic !;
I 10 end forever the Balkan question
and the possibility OF fresh Ham
burg Persian Gulf obsession in those
worshipers of mental straw men and
ancient tribal gods. reconstructed Po-
land Is the one natural aud trustwor-
| thy peace structure. 1t is vital"