South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-11
PARENTS ARE ANOTHER CAUSE.

mostly. which reveal themselves in
passages like the following one:
ION the other hand. the bank
ruptcy and incompetence of the new
Polish state might deter those who
were disposed to vote on economic
rather than on racial grounds. II
has also been stated that the con-
ditiOns of life in such matters as
sanitation and social legislation are
in comparably better in Upper Sile-
STA than in the adjacent districts of
Poland"
AstOnished by View.
We can only give vent to our
establishment that a member of the
British treasury and financial expert
should venture TO speak Of bank
ruptcy with reference 70 a country
which possesses the vast resources
and natural wealth of Poland. Has
Mr.. Keynes never heard of the
agricultural riches of Poland
(wheat. barley. oats. maize, corn.
potatoes beetroot, hemp, fax, cattle
and poultry? Does ne really not
know that Poland, next 10 Russia
and Germany, is the principal corn
producing country in Europe2 Has
he no knowledge of Poland's min
eral supplies (naphtha. salt. etC).
OF its vast forests. it's numerous
economic possibilities only waiting
TO be made use Of? Does he not
know that. whereas the percentage
of uncultivated ground amounts to
10 per cent in Russia, &c per cent
in Rumania, 2S per cent. i'm Swift
erland, 10 per cent in sweden, only
10 per cent Of Polish soil has been
left untitled?
As for sanitation and social legis-
lation. there is no need for anxiety
that Upper Silester in the case of
its reunion TO Poland would lose the
benefits II enjoys in this respect at
present 1t has been a maxim Of
Polish administration ever since the
revival of the Polish state TO main
tain in each Of the three parts, sub
jected hitherto 10 foreign rule. the
laws and customs by which these
territories were governed before the
war Thus Austrian laws are still
in force in Galicia, Russian laws in
Congress Poland and German laws
in Posen. II is quite natural that
having the choice between these
legislations Poland will ultimately
choose the most suitable for every
branch OF public welfare. In these
circumstances il is superfiuous TO
point out that social legislation and
sanitary institutions in the districts
of Poland adjacent TO Upper Silesia
are not after all on so low a level
as Mr.. Keynes believes, as whole
series Of laws and regulations con-
corning the welfare of the working
classes and the improvement OF
public health have been issued in
Poland in January and July, 1919.
Poland Not a IIindrauce.
Mr.. Keynes wishes 10 see the
future OF Europe built on the COOP
Grafton OF German financial and in
dustrial strength and Russian pro-
ductiveness OF raw materials and
foOdstuffs. He overlOoks the fact
that Poland possesses the economic
possibilities both OF Germany and
Russia. and that. after having re-
covered her independence and
strength as an economic entity, Po-
land will not only be a purchaser
Of foreign goods. but will be able
10 export her surplus Of very i'm
portant raw materials. Poland will
in no way be a hindrance 20 the
development OF economic relations
between the west and the east. she
must, on the contrary. t.e considered
as "a natural economic accessory 10
Russia
Copyright 1920