The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-21

WARSAW, Poland. June 2O.-IHe
Polish nation Is today living through SUI
emn moments
supposo that in its eycntrul histoF!
there was never a time more s"''n,,'''
moro Hateful than tho present. IN
fate Of our country Ia at stake pow
full people, holding in their hah"S ''o
destiny Of tho world. ar" hpl"InE q
framework for our lndcP"nd"nt rA'HE
ence. are deciding the frontiers OF on,
state, and soon Will pronounce 4 n"N'
sentence from which. no doubt Tor I"'S
wears. there will be no appeal, p'rH''S
for many generations. Nlo'cnt o"'N'~ ~
hope ard Joy and anxiety ar" SF"nE!
shaking our national spirit. FROM 'Nr'!
sida from every corner Of our former
commo-W calth. people are corning me-
70 warsaw and goinE there 10 l'artS IN
r-,rL COATS and srlock- frucks. in old
fashioned country dress. IN m"untainSHe
costume. and they cry loud and lmpIore
that their distant PROVINCES should BE-
united TO the Polish state. The P"ISa
eaele does not seem TO be \ bird or prey.
since people are gathering hemSeIfS
undr its wings
What will Poland be Ike?
What will BE- her frontiers:
Will they give US everything VIC
shorld have?
These are the questions that every
Pole is asking. I. as far rs l am ape
answer all these ques1ons.
have taken part in the work or the
Polish delegation 70 the peace c@1ter-
ence. I win begin with what has been
done.
The conference has only dealt "a yet
with one Of their defeated adyersarles.
the German9 Conditions have been die
tated to them. though they arc not yet
signed, which give US considerable ao-
vantage on the west frontier We are
not all satisfied with our frontier. We
ore not all pleased. and admit rrcetY
that I belong to the unsatisned ones.
Rut have we really right to complain?
The conference tried 10 decide Justly
according % the rulH on ethnographical
and national majority as regards TO all
territorial questions. They applied this
rule TO our territory, and VIC have OBJ
tanned considerable advantages from II
in the west. But not everything was do
cided according 20 this principle. Thus.
for example. our Polish population IN
tho Sycowski and Namy~i 'wSki district
ard in somo parts Il III" locality OF
Iosen has distinctly bon wr"nG"d. TIL"
Polish peace delegation will do their
best to hav" this r'r'rdiCd.
Addition Of 5000, 900 People.
The press has already published the
ch:cr points OF the peace treaty. 1t
will. however. remark in passing that
by this treaty We are 10 rcc"iN" moro
than $4,000 Of population. This tor
r!tory may yet b. increased IL the pi"h-
iscite in other districts formerly Polish
has results favorable 70 MS. tn" pcar'
conference has not get given US Farmla,
Trussan Masuria. par: Of tho Malb"r';
districts. also m" StzuT<a2. kwidzynSar
and Suski districts. through which
passes the railway line fr"p Gdansk
CDanzig) 70 Warsaw by way OF tn"
SIlava. The peace conf renee has CiT"n
us the koszybski coast. tn" Sil"s'1C
mines and the Unlimited $50 Of ~" n"rt
Of Gdanks. also complete control o"o-
our v!stu,a and n,7rNt"c'i"n ever u"
tc7v1 ot Gdausk under almost the Same
c--d;,tons as u" had !: IN me mos: go
-.c-s days ot cur commonwealth.
-Iese cu=,l,;:- rs are dr. rent only
'-sorar az present day HE is d;Gc-"n'
from the l.rc e that time. TIL" area "t
tho free town has h"'H considerably IN
creased n the COURSE OF - years 81
Tvussian cppr. sS.,D and systematic
Gerraaniza'!on many Poles hay" forget
Ten their native tongue. and there arr