Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26
American Girls Say
Poland Was BETRAYED

. as betrayed
against Poles. When the Balkan war
of 1923 distracted attention they
expelled Polish families from their
homes by wholesale.
Poland was the grand old historic
nation which protected western civ
ilization against Tartars and Turks
for centuries" says Miss -. Free
dom shrieked when Kosciusko fell.
Three treacherous neighbors. Russia
Prussia and Austria. cut Poland up
alive. maria Theresa weeps for
Poland said Frederick the Great
She weeps-but she takes" A cen
fury later, freedom shrieked, as
stated. Napoleon heard it; but the
peace conference of Vienna twhlch
settled up his affairs) would do no
more than guarantee the Poles Ger
tain rights, to which Russia, Austria
and Prussia solemnly subscribed The
Poles were to have their own parlla-
ment. religion and language. in the
army, in schools, law courts. admins
tration. etc. All was gone. in 1917
in Prussian Poland most completely.
guaranteed Poland as nation again.
Oh. I could weep at our broken prom
Uses" exclaims Miss -.
One might think that Prussian
agents would despair at trying TO
square themselves with Poles TO-DAY.
Not so, say the girls. If you throw
enough mud; if you keep up expen :
sive propaganda from Switzerland TO
the United States; if you tell enoug n
lies, insinuate enough Jealousy, sus-
picion and fear. you can cover up
anything. In any case, you can push
Poland to her ruin.
Take Lithuania, for 500 years bound
intimately with Poland, to the point
of often merging together. "A year
ago Lithuania was ready to come 10
a good understanding. Now she Is
hostile to the point of aiding Poland
enemies.
In May. 1919, say the girls the bases
had been exchanged for an immediate
alliance. In spite of German dupiic-
ity at Kovno, they still held friendly
The abandonment of Suvalkl, by or
der of the entente, was painful 10
good relations, but the Incompetent
sible transfer of Semi. equally or
dered was a terrible blow. 1t cru
ELY astonished the Lithuanians tpy
taking their most important relglous
center), and equally astonlshed- lhe
Poles. who had never drealneo al. "
claiming Semi. But it was, above all
the occupation of wilma, antique capt.
tai of Lithuania, which ruined an
and when the Poles, passing even the
limits which had been fixed for them
by the entente on July II, 1919, push
ed on and took several Lltnua ,s; II
villages, actual war with Llthuahla
seemed imminent, and ferocious hos
tility persists.
X X X X
Whence came these vexations and
follies of the Rip Van Wrinkle PollsIl
nation? Into their ears nave peeh
whispered false suspicious ana crooh
ed warnings ever since they "aheo
up! the
American girl, "tale-bearing back aho
forth, exhibiting forgeries, creating
incidents. You SMILE she continues,
but / ask you, how did lago gea.
Desdemona and Othello by the ears :
And 1 ask you. where are all the a.
pable, outstanding German men VI
government and affairs who were
Everywhere in evidence up to the ar
mistice? Do you see their names any
more? No, only the names of fourths
class German nonenttles-supPoS1ee
to be running German iepuodit ~"
What are the real German leauels W
ing? They are scheming in the DARK:
Enndreds of the best of them nave
heen mobilized against Poland:
."Take Lettonia What persuaded the
Poles to keep those detachments 81
long at Dvinsk? Why, the ldea tna'
Rroussiloff, who was approacnlnis
would sweep on and prociaim nv
tons Who saw only bolshevists under
Rrnnssiioff who would finally go to
nieces and leave Lettonia Tranquil
were persuaded (by whom?) thae ro-
land was there for conquest.
At Minsk, where white Russians anu u
population. they refused to reply 70
Poland when the red armies APP
nroached. .aThis is not Poland" they
exclaimed to the enemy's surprise
"this is Russia. Speak Russian:
Even in the anarchy-rla n n
Ukraine, where the Poles Men'
real liberators, the same stories MAD
|heen snread everywhere about them.
and as soon as the Polish troops mad
turned on their heels, certain Won
Rredow was Johnny on the spot 10
recruit a rabble corps of volunteers
to insult and harass their rear!
AND who is Won Bredow?" exclaims
Miss -. land where does he get his
money? 1t takes vast sums to finance
even a small army. Who is the Won
working for? What does he care LOT
IJkraines or Poles? You know!
"But-?" said.
"The poor, brave Poles" she SAID
they're like boy who has been
whirled around and around by naugh!,,
ty companions and silly buddies until
he is dizzy"
sMeanwhile bolshevist plotters at
Moscow scheme to extend their bloody
domination to western Europe, once
again the Poles have been. really and
truly, protecting civilization against
Tartars and Turks" say the girls.
Germany has sworn Poland's ruin.
That is one thing. The German lead
ers are bitter and desperate, keeping
the German population, even today.
still in ignorance of the true cause OF
the war They are equally willing to
send German armies against Moscow
lin a new crusade of German conquest
or to cross the Rhine and attack
France as the allies and companions
of the bolshevists. 1t is only qaes-
ton of the best price for Germany to
these scientific desperadoes, who. pre-
fer the ruin of the world to that OF
their own Prussia"
I believe that the girls are right.
But they mourn: We've not told it
as it ought to be told" Who could?
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