Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1920-08-23

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this judge has given US q correct
account Of their matrimonial laws,
then all I can say Is that the mora
lily Of the brute creation is Of a
higher grade than that advocated
; by the Bolsheviki Of Russia. And it
is absurd ON the very face OF 1t
even to suppose that the Poles, one
Of the NEST moral nations God has
ever created, with their national ira
ditions of the highest and the clean
est, where the majority Of the people
have probably never heard OF the
Generous modern divorce, much less
put it into practice, why it is sheer
folly to suppose they would such a
governmental system, or even will
ingly tolerate it's existence in their
midst.
ccme here this afternoon as a
Bishop Of the Church, hearkening TO
the voice OF the Sovereign Pontitf'
as an American prelate in answer 10
the CRY Of the Bishops Of Poland that
we come to the aid Of this stricken
people by prayers and offer OF SYM
pathetic assistance. I represent how
ever, not only myself but hundreds
! OF thousands o. others bound TO-
gether by the common tie OF faith
and who, in this hour, are bound in
sympathy to their brethren despera-
tely fighting for their newly found
religious and national freedom. For
them, I wish to say that our warm
est sympathy goes out to the wall
! almost deserted by those whom they
trusted. surrounded on every side by
. enemies ready to pounce on them
struggling to hold on 10 the freedom
thew have waited for so long, for
which they have brought 80 many
, sacrifices. which they have had and
enjoyed but such a short while. our
ives are brimtul OF tears Of pity as
watch the white Polish eagle,
! caught in the thorny hedge. its snow
white pinions stained with the blood
Of its own wounds, as with beak and
talons and every ounce Of its strens'h
it fig hts desperately to defend IL
self and its young ones against limb
er wolves that are attacking il from
every side.
We who have not perhaps appre-
ciated the gift OF liberty, because
we we're never in danger OF losing
it, we who were crushed under
the heel Of the oppressor, perhaps
will learn it's real value when we
| see The men Of Poland walk up TO
tho very cannons mouth when we
see the women leave their firesides
and their babies, see the very boys
leave their marbles and p~laythings
that they may take a mans place
and do a mans part in the defense
OF their city and its homes, deterii-
,ned 70 die, il need be rather than
lose their freedom which came to
them but yesterday.
1t has happened before and on
more than one occasion in the past
that Poland and her now .paralyzed
Catholic neighbor formed the bar
riers that saved the civilization OF
Europe from floods that threatened
TO engulf it and blot II out. May 1t
not be that history is repeating it.
self and that the handful Of Poles
, with their backs TO Warsaw's gates
and their faces turned towards
| Russia are doing a similar service
| TO our present day civilizations? II
was the great Napoleon who once
said that some day ,.L'Europa sara
q tuto Russia O tutto rcssa' - Eu-
rope will be all Russian or all Red.
- Perhaps the desperate defence
| being waged by Poland's little army
all alone, will prevent both cata-
strophes, keep Europe from being
both Russian and Red at the same
time.
And so because we are interested
in this contest, since, we are their
friends and sympathizers, since II
may very we'll be that they are wag-
ing this warfare for US all as well
as for themselves. how can We be
of HELM to them, what can this grea,
audience do to benefit those soldiers
OF the Grand Army Of the Polish
Republic? It is true. We cannot nov
add to their number, we cannot at
once give them the arms and am
munitions they sadly need. We can
not even Immediately put the food
thew sorely crave into their bodies
or the shoes on their feet. We can
loan the means it is true, we can
purchase their bonds. And this we
have dcne. you and I, and we will