Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-09

This Interpretation Is strongly a
variance with the other. the idea o
| the Germans. which is that the fire.
amount to an Independent state
| Polish privileges being connected
| only with such matters as regulations
affecting the harbor and SO forth.
| Sir Reginald Towers views are salt
to favor those of the German conten
of the treaty.
Since he took over the management
| of Danzig he has utilized almost ex
clusively German officials. belongings
either to the former regierung or t.
the present municipal government
With regard to his preferences M
does not seem to have been hesitant
for he forbade the display of thu
Polish flag
Now he actually asks for the in.
clusion within the free towns limits
of the important railway junction a.
DirSchau and custody of the ma1r
arm of the river crossing Danzig
which he desires to put entirely on,
of Polish control.
Some Frenchmen Worried.
These things worry certain French
men who fought hard to win the war
The council of ambassadors has not
been fully sympathetic in listening
to these demands. Indeed. they ut
terly refused to grant the suggested
territorial concessions Nevertheless
Tower retains his very important post
and in future probability will act in the
same spirit as that which hitherto
has animated him.
This is not in full accord with the
general French policy concerning Po-
land. This was to favor her expan-
sion westward at the expense of Ger
many and to check her expansion
eastward at the expense of Russia,
upon the theory that such policy
might tend to check in future that
impulse which Poland so often has
exhibited in the past. to ally herself
IN one way or another with both Ger
many and Russia
While this French policy has been
set at naught in the west by this
Reginald Tower. it also is being en-
dangered in the east by the personal
policy of Pilsudski
Pllsudski is a picturesque and an
peallns personality to many Poles
VINO regard him as historic figure
because of his contribution to the de-
feat OF the Russians. As he first rose
TO fame through his organization of
PollSh legion to fight under the
banner of the Germans and Austri-
ans, 1t is believed that his sympathie:
are contrary to the French view and
favor that of his old allies. The fact
that for time he shared with pad
erewski the dictatorship of Poland !.
sumclent evidence of his Importance
in the present situation. and the other
fact that he is believed to have been
the principal force which helped the
Austro- Germans bring about Pad :
ereWskis downfall is again evidence
as 10 wnere his heart really lies.
Pilsudski's Friends.
As sole dictator and military COM
ma nder- in-chief Of Poland he demand
ed at the peace conference the res
of Poland to the boundaries
OF the Polish kingdom of 1872. He i.
regarded as friend of the soviet
russian government also. and in hi:
combination with Petlura of the
Ukraine he always has recognized
Ckrainian independence.
He showed his real proclivities at
the time OF Denekin's advance toward
MOSCOW. which he tried hard to en-
barrass and defeat by .fomenting
trouble in it's rear
When the powers through their
faint and vacillating support had
1eopardlzed the cause of an anti
bolshevist united Russia and had left
the soviets in possession Of the CEN
trail government in Moscow, pilsud
N mill ovsic l.:
Now. under the pretext of fighting
bolshevism, he really is endeavorfng
to establish again the old Polish indie
pendent empire of the seventeenth
century within its historical frontiers.
Through allying himself with Pet
lura. and his Ckrainians. he now is
ready to set up subordinate state
1t is hard to believe that the
tkrainians will stand the test Of cIoae
association with Poland on the Pill
sudski terms. especially as Petlura
sold to his friends Warsaw in Galicia
the cradle of Ekrainian patriotism.
Al any rate. perhaps it is the most
important thing for those who wish
to look forward to a long era of
is left of the former united Russia
Will be pushed by such a policy
toward coalition with Germany. tend
ing to greatly strengthen the latter
and open the way across the con-
tinent toward the orient and all the
perils which there Turk. This has al
ways been seriously dreaded by
French policy.
Warning From France.
II may be that i; is because of this
development that the French gov
eminent yesterday recalled to War
saw Gen. Henrys, who had been at
Pilsudskis headquarters. and this
probably was intended as the first
warning to Pilsudski of French DIS
satisfaction with the present course
Of events. II may he that this warn
ing will be needed. and that events
again will proceed smoothly. but one
does not need TO be pessimst to
fear that Poland has got entirely out
OF hand and has become a serious
threat against immediate tranquillty
France feels strongly on this sub
ject II is not impossible that, all al
Tentative courses being excluded
France will play all her stakes ON
the Polish card. But such an un-
dertakins appears to be full Of risks
for the future.
All this. ii seems to me and many
is one of the unavoidable results of
the utter helplessness shown by the
western powers Win regard TO mol
shevism. IL different course had
been pursued-but what liz the use
of speculation? Bolshevism seemed
to frighten everybody into dead in
action. II is not improha BILE that the
world will reap some day the con-
sequences of this strange timidity.
FLOUR PRICE EXPLAINED
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