The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-26
BY MILTON BRONNER NEA Service Stan Correspondent

hlnV, lnt hleV StUIt WUS UltcTilute" ly known as Ukraine" and as "RusS". Not until the 18th century did the Muscoyite country become known aS the Russian empire,
 Tho Grand Dukes of Klev from tho 10th century onward built up n treat empire from the Gulf of Ftnland to North Caucasus. IL was In touch With western civil ization, It's dynasty gave Queen to France and Norway, an Em- press to Germany and took Queen from England.
 Then the country fell upon evil tiraeS, being conquered by Hun gary, Lithuania, Poland and Rus sia. In the 18th century Ukraine was definitely divided between Russia and Austria. In 1863 the Russian Minister of the Interior said that the ukrainian national tty and language had never eX- asted.
 After the 1917 revolution, a Ukrainian republic was proclaimed, but was overthrown by the BolShe- viks and the poles.
 So far as tho ukrainians living in Poland are concerned, they gre not only at present demand ing autonomy. but they have Q positive promise of it, to which tho United States is Q party.
 The treaty of June 28, 1919 al- lowed Poland to keep East Ga- iicia. but with the promise of autonomy. This was confirmed by . conference of the Allied Am- bassadors on March ib 1923, when 1t was stipulated that tho ethographical conditions m c q c autonomy vital in East dalicia.
 As this promise was never kept, 0 petition was sent to the League Of Nations by c large number of pub- lie men Of Great Britain, asking that some action be taken. But the Leaguge found some evaSively word- cd formula whereby it asserted that the petition did not satisfy the con- ditionS necessary In such cases, The real truth was, of course, that France backed it's ally, Poland, in having the plea rejected
 On December TO- 1888, M. V. Mudryj, leader Of the IS Ukrain. ian deputies in the Polish parlia- ment. presented e bill granting complete autonomy to the Ukrain- aans. It provided for Ukralnian Diet, Ukrainian officials adminis- tering the affairs of the territory in which the Ukrainians live, and q territorial army. Only the prob lens of finance, foreign affairs and national defense would be left to the central Polish government,
 The bill also demanded that the colonization of Poles in East Ga- licia should cease and that the land should be allowed to go to the landless Ukrainlan peasants. A further demand was for a Ukrain- ian university at Lemburg Gwow) and for many more elementary and secondary schools with Ukrainian as the language taught.
 M. Makowski, Speaker of the Polish Parliament, declined to ac- cept the bill. He said that 1t aimed at altering the Polish constitution and hence, to be introduced, must have the backing of at least 52 members. As the Ukrainians could not muster this number, the bill was dead.
 The total population of Ulrain- fans in Poland, Russia, Rumania and Czechoslovakia, all in contig- uous territory. Is very near 50,000,- OC0.
 Z The area of Russain Ukraine is something oyer 172,0OO square miles or the equal of Minnesota, Nebras- ka and New Hampshire combined The area of Polish Ukraine, includ- ing East Galicia and Volhynia, is over 46,00O square miles-about the extent of Pennsylvania. The area of Roumanian Ukraine in Bukovina and Bessarabia Is more than 660C square miles or the equivalent of Connecticut and Delaware.
 As e large, independent state fl could easily be self-supporting. As possession or vassal of Germany, 1t would be an enormous asset. The black Ukrainian earth has for long been the real granary of Europe.