Evening star., 1923-10-07

IN a Mlltlon.QotIar paIace Wnlcn We
could have purchased for 100000
when Poland was in trouble and
needed the money. The building is
known as the Blue Palace. and I
doubt IL there is finer diplomatic
headquarters at any capital in Eu-
rope.
The palace was built about zoe
years ago by one OF the kings for
his daughter, the Countess OrzeIska.
and it is now the property of the
Zamoyski family, familiar name in
the history Of Poland. Ie Is well
adapted to entertaining. having some
rooms fifty feet square, with floors Of
mosaic which have a polish like that
Of a piano. The building runs round
a court covering half an acre. with
great garden and forest trees in the
rear. In some ways 1t. reminds me
Of the White House, except that ie
has wings which run out, forming a
crescent.
Hugh Gibson is popular in Warsaw.
He is comparatively young man. but
he has a long diplomatic career. hav-
ing represented our government in
various missions in Central America
and Europe. He served with Mr..
Hoover, director general of European
relief. and was appointed minister to
this country by President Wilson In
1919. I find that the United States
is well liked In Poland. The people
appreciate what we did for them after
the war and they recently unveiled
here In Warsaw a monument of their
gratitude to the Americans.
During my stay here ] have met
many. of the leading men, including
Gen. Pilsudski, and others. They all
speak well of the United States and
all are enthusiastic as to the future
Of Poland. One Of them, general OF
the army and intimately acquainted
with affairs Of state, man who thor
oughly understands the Russians and
Poles, tells me that there Is no dan
ger Of the Poles going bolshevik.
Said he:
I "Our people know too well the ter
rible disaster bolshevism has been to
the Russians. We are their next
door neighbors and have q frontier
thousand miles long facing them.
This frontier Ii crossed and recrossed
by Russians and Poles and we get
stories Of their troubles from day to
day. We know the horrors they have
Undergone. including starvation so
bitter that they have descended even
to cannibalism. The lesson the Rus
slams have already learned will be
handed down from generation to gen.
Grafton, and It will be long time be-
hnI al, oxy41 In txn ,ga
among the peasantry there. AS to the
Poles, we are not naturally commu-.
Eistic. Every one of US likes to own
his own property. and there lis practi-
cally little real socialism among US,
We should like to see our republic
more like that OF the United States
than like any OF the so-caiied gov
erpments of the masses In Europe"
"How about your land reformr
asked. ,,->s. ~.
so far, that is largely on paper.
The reform bill passed by only, one
vote. It provided for the division OF
the crown lands. church lands and
farms belonging to individuals. II
provided that states- In congress-
Poland and Galicia Of more than S7S
acres and estates In Russian Poland
of more than 1000 acres should be
divided. This division. however. has
gone no further than. the act of con-
gress and there is great sentiment
against II on the part Of the con-
|servatives. Indeed, It To-. a question
whether the. law will not be re-
pealed.'' >. q.
tcopsryhs, 1898. BY Carpenters World Travesaa