New Britain herald., 1920-06-14
POLISH LOAN DRIVE INAUGURATED HERE
Street Parade ahd Mass Meeting
 to Raise $SOQ,00O

| the picture house. a street parade vas | held in the northwestern section of | the town led by the American band.
 Several red peopfs marched. A | feature of the parade was a float
 which depicted the freedom of Po- l land.
 |. Following the parade the theater was filled to Its capacity. Several local i Polish residents gave addresses after l which thepnollowing message of en- couragement and support was read l from the American secretary of state, ,Bainbridge Codby. "Isregret that it is not possible for
 mesto be present to express my per-
 sonai interest in the rfurtherance Of | this great purpose. The United States looks with sympathy upon Polands s efforts to re-establish her industries
 and mako a place for herself among the producing nations of the world.
 Material aid for legitimate develop
 nient will constitute a most effective
 pledge of American interest in the
 new Republic. I am sure that it is
 the desire Of all Americans that Pol
 and shall prosper and grow strong,
 that M may work out the great de5- tinics that lie before it and also that
 the friendship between the two coun-
 tries shall be of the most enduring
 kind.
 (Signed)
 "BAINBRIDGE COLBY" .
 The following statement has been sent to The Herald by Prince Lu- bomirslli. minister of the republic of
 Poland. in which the minister states that Poland does not trust the Bol-
 shevik and will continue its light against the Reds:
 Poland has been attacked for not
 having made peace with the Boishe- viks. Every possible effort has been made by my government to induce the Bolsheviks t5 meet with Polish representatives to discuss terms of peace We have stated certain con- ditions that we believe essential to such a peace. One of the essential conditions was the agreement by the Rolshevists that all peoples within the bounda rics of the oiE Poland of 11'2 be allowed the right of self determin- ation. We believe that is a fair principle. Those people belong no more to Russia than they belong to Poland. From the Arctic to the Black Sea within those distances not five per cent e. ..he population are Russian A much larger minority are Poles. The lenainder are separate nationalities, who demsn44-she right ~2autonomy OF of indepen Pol -s obligsak VI protect ths.
 Beyond tha. DStl
 except that the n, JH,Vs who compose a large majority, should | be protected. Regardless of our stand | this matter, which is dictated by | conscience and by the Irinciples laid | down by President Wilson. the Bol- sheviks have refused tC meet to dis cuss thc terms of peace and have N..ta I ,.Z army Every attack has beep-~~Ne- pulsed and despite the Ruse.-n super | iority of manpower, the Polish troops | have naintairIed tneir front and made | further sains. Facing Russia's super | man power Poland must have iron | tier of natural strength at the time | she discusses peace and that is why | our armes must maintain their lines 4 along the Dnieper and the Beresina. | We do not trust the Bolshevik so | much that we would give them the | strategic advantage they desire
 The negotiations between Mr. | K rassin and Lloyd George at the | present time. while the Bolshevik | army is stabbing the British in | terests in the back. is fair show of | Bolshevik nsincerity. Great Britain | can afford. to lose oil fields, but a | stab in the bck of Poland might | mean the death of the nation which l has just begun to live again. There | fore we must play safe. If the west ern world wishes to call this imperial | ism let it first note that Poland has | proclaimed to the world that all the | peoples liberated by its armies have | the right of self determination and | may link themselves with Russia if they so choose. I wish to call atten- ton to the Surreptitious and also 10 the disguised Teutonic attacks on Poland through the western hemis- phere press in order to undermine 1 confidence in the stability of the na- ton and the strength of its army. and in this country to endeavor 10 defeat the loan campaign by discouraging investors.
 For several months Berlin has is sued propaganda that Warsaw was d bout to fall. yet each time the Polish army was advancing. Certain officials | in Germany are only too glad to grant predicting the fall of War saw in two hour or two weeks when 1 the Polish Army iS 100 miles east of and victorious. A report is flashed from Copenhagen that the | Polish army is in wild flight. This achieves the headlines of great Am nrican newspapers while two days aftcrward The Associated Press an- nounces that six more bolshevik divi- sions had been destroyed by the vic torious Polish army. It has been said that Il man is often loved be rause of the enemies he makes. Judg- ing by the nature of poland's enemies ] confidence and admiration of the world which