Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-16
POLES CARVE EMPIRE;
ALLIES APPRENTICESHIP
Purported Imperialistic Policy Of Warsaw
Largely Due to Europe Larger Nations.
Poland Progresses Alone

on the other hand: frontier problems
l each productive of war on every side
antagonistic races within Poland
! ready to lend hand to the enemy in
disen,aowsi:ns the country; hunger
| starvation ard vicious plaques rum
ming mad in many sections of the
land. the Poles have been compelled
; to fight their battles alone. Refusing
/ to sit amid the chaos imposed by
others and with mere lip service aid
! from allied nations. the Poles them
selves started their reconstruction
processes the best WY they could
and today are emerging stron..-the
potential dictators of eastern Europe
i Would Like to Dictate.
! And several European countries would
like to dictate to Poland and 80 direct
. her course rs to perform Si;ch service to
the greater powers as the latter deem
F., fit.
! It is with concern tia. allied ,:.a.es-
men must see the tremendous :acce Asses
Of Polish arms and the state rejuve-
] mated beyond point of dictation. even
+: though the Poles today may be crystal
! lizing the processes which eventually
| may lead to the determination of those
! who would feed upon the carrion of or
! gariZed rovernment-the bolsheviks.
In London and Paris. though less so in
the latter capital, there is growing de-
mand that the Polish militaristic en-
deavor of the east be curtailed and
/ frontier lines between Poland and Rus
STA be definitely fixed to prevent future
conflicts which undoubtedly will hazard
Europes safety.
Cannot Curb Effort.
ton to do so. Any move to curtail Po-
lands effort means protection to the
bolsheviks. Protection for the bolshe-
viks means continued monaco to society.
Allied statesmen today, while secretly
praying for Polish eradication Of bolshe-
vism and its chief apostles through the
fundamentally Of Polish arms. today
openly express fears Of the result of
Polish unfettered aggression. But the
supreme council has vexatious questions
other points of immediate danger. Po-
land was almost forgotten until Poland
began to show power without allied aid.
1t Is situation not relished by those
who would dictate and who see possible
loss Of allied influence III future decades.
But as the supreme council still
chooses to handle Europe's affairs. still
not trusting the league Of nations,
still in it's toddling stage, nothing
concrete can be accomplished. Fur
thermore, there are some radical diff
ferences of opinion in European
diplomacy as to the advisability Of
Poland pursuing her present course.
VIII Dominate Policies.
It is not an idle jest to state that
Poland will dominate policies Of east
ern Europe II she continues her pres
ent successes. With an outlet to the
Baltic. with an army of 10000 men
a fighting force which is exceeded by
none in Europe today-with agree
ments with Ukraine which will insure
her economic and industrial future,
provided there is not arrangement
between the two great sections be-
cause of Polish desires to remain in
territories recently conquered from
the bolsheviks. an outlet to the Black
sea insured and close cooperative
agreements between Poland and
Ukraine in effect, Poland's future will
be insured past all doubt and Poland
will have the satisfaction Of knowing
that Poland has accomplished her mis-
sion-she will have put flesh upon the
skeleton handed her in Paris.
Allied governments of Europe, in
stead Of sitting within the council
chamber. will be forced to go to Po-
land with hat in hand in the formu-
lation of all international policies ef-
fecting the future safety Of the CONT
nent. 1t is situation not relished
in London and other points.
Only a league Of nations. actively
in force and carrying out the precepts
Of the Paris agreement can curtail
Polish aggression. Disagreeing and
tiInid craftsmanship of the supreme
council cannot and will not.