Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-25
POLAND IS SENDING
FINANCE OFFICIAL
.T0U.S. FOR FUNDS
Vice Minister Brings Warm
Recommendation From
Commercial Attache.
BY WILLIAM E. NASH.
By Cable, to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
= Copyright, 1920.

| By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
= Copyright, 1920.
| WARSAW, Poland. October rs
Roman Rybarski, vice minister of
finance. will start today for the
United States on an important finan-
cial mission. Much is hoped for here
from his trip to the other side of
the Atlantic.
One Of the most imperative needs
Of Poland today is capital for in
dustrial reconstruction, and it is this
which NJ. Rybarski will seek to OBJ
tain. He intends to approach both
private bankers and government Of
ficials.
It is learned that he will present
to the Secretary OF the Treasury
warm letter of recommendation from
the American commercial attache in
Warsaw.
Besides furnishing information rel
alive to Investments. the minister
loan. The Polish government officials
have had in mind for some time the
possibility of raising money in the
United States.
Adopt Ingenious Scheme.
Subscriptions throughout the coun-
try at large are recognized as i'm
practicable on account of the failure
Of an attempt of this Kind last sum-
mer and more ingenious plan has
been adopted. Polish Americans de-
.sirous of aiding their relatives in
Poland will be urged to buy bonds in
dollars in the. United States and send
them home to the old country as
sources of revenue.
: These bonds will be issued on a short
time government loan bearing interest
at per cent. This plan; takes ad-
vantage of the American spirit OF phil
anthropy which has expressed itself SO
we'll through the Hoover food packages
and private remittances.-,
The government is anxious to obtain
gold and silver and foreign money as a
reserve against the huge issues Of paper
money. An internal loan, combined
with a state lottery, Is to be issued
here in November.
Threatened to Resign.
A responsible official of the Polish
ministry has confirmed to the writer
the report that President Pilsudski
granted an, audience to the French and
British ministers to discuss the Wilma
raid. Pilsudski, / was told, expressed
warm personal sympathy for Gen. -Zeli-
gowski and threatened to abandon his
high Office and enlist in the Wilma army
as a volunteer if the allied powers
pressed Poland too hard.
1t seems quite natural here that the
presidents sympathy should express
itself in this way. for. as has been sa i'd
before, the presidents whole family
comes from the Wilma region. It was a
radical step, however The allies knew
we'll how hard 1t would be to find an
other man to take Pilsudskfs place
And, Of course. they are vitality inter
ested in the solidarity Of Poland.
Exchange Of Notes.
Several notes have passed back and
forth recently between Poland and the
allies over the Wilma question. The al
lies base their case on the treaty
signed at Spa by the Polish minister
of finance, NJ. Grabski, in which Po-
land. in return for military aid against
the bolsheviki. agreed to renounce her
claim to wilma. This treaty was en-
gineered chiefly by the British.
Poland now points out that she never
received any aid to speak of. and that
therefore the allies failed in their
part Of the bargain.
If one side backs out, does not that
free the other?" ask the PokA