Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-11
VITAL RAIL LINE
OPENED IN POLAND
Railroad to Miracle Port
Expected to Influence
Peace Conferences.

BY Radio to The Star.
GDYNIA, Poland, November IA
new railway was officially opened in
Poland today which threatens to play
bigger part in peace conferences of
Europe and on the League of Nations
Councils table than any army. In eff
feet, 1t goes an enormous way toward
inSuring retention by the Poles Of the
Danzig corridor. In fact, 1t seems to
be the main reason why 1t has been
built. An insignificant line on the
map, about $50 kilometerS Cabout SO
miles, long, with proposed extensions
of the most vital section which has
just been completed, Is the short dis
lance track of a few kilometers con-
Meeting Karthaus with Gdynia-"the
sword Of Poland"
GdynIa Is Miracle Port.
Gdynia- although most people prob
ably have never heard of it's Po-
lands new miracle port on the Baltic
Sea. A rival OF Danzig, superb adj
venture, a colossal expenditure of
money mostly French) are all reasons
why The League of Nations or any
other peaceful body will have hard,
almost impossible, task Of taking 1t
from Poland-especially since the new
railway runs for Its whole distance
through Polish territory, under joint
French-PoliSh financial control, touches
neither Danzig. East Prussia nor Ger
maryland eludes most Of the impor-
tant cities In the corridor until it gets
safely on undisputed Polish soil and
has clear connections with Warsaw and
the Polish hinterland.
Gdynia. created in less than nine
years, is really miracle. 1t is mush-
room port and city that seemed to ap-
pear overnight. 1t is a strip of abso-
lutely open sea coast, only a few miles
from Danzig, suddenly become a sea-
port rivalling the best in Europe. There
is no river behind 1t and no natural
coverage. Breakwaters, docks. giant
cranes, boulevards, hotels, shops, bust
ness premises, residential quarter,
public services, schools, churches, hos
there, all created with such rapidity as
to make Western American boom
town seem like q slow-motion picture.
Many Ships Are Predicted.
There are not many ships yet. But
these are coming, say the Poles-point-
ing inland along the new shining rail-
road into the rich hinterland-even de-
claring that Gdynia will be the big sea-
pOtk VI OchIAdl GuAOpC anu NEW NUS
sia They claim it can handle 4O0O,-
600 tons Of shipping yearly at the pres
ent moments 100000 In the near fu-
ture. And tucked snugly away to the
right side of the harbor breakwater is
the naval basin, the dest-oyers lying
with steam up, showing Poland the
third largest military power in Europe
now arming on sea.
Money, money, nloney-the more
poured into the new railway and
Gdynia, the more difficult will be the
task of any council table to make the
Poles let go of ESPECIALLY since most
OF that money is French-the more
chimerical becomes any rectification of
frontiers Of the corridor. I'VE have to
have it." declare the polite Poles; DAN
zig is not big enough. We do not intend
to boycott Danzig. as both ports will be
busy supplying goods for Poland's great
future. (Danzig, a city Of 100000 with
20 900 unemployed at the present mo
ment. Is not so sure about this). Any
way, Poland is a great European power
and we nov have our own port and rail-
way entirely under our own control from
Galicia to the Battle"
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