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Show DIPLdOTS CUT IE BEFORE illi BEAR German and Austrian Statesmen Divide Polish Spoils a Bit Early. ASSURANCE IS SHOWN Teuton Faith Shaken Over Controversy Between the Ka iserancl Hindenburg. Spv-lal Onhle to Tho Trlbunr HKUL1N, Not. fl. 0rmnn and Austrian Aus-trian stHtixunen are busy disposing of the skin of the btar that has not yet bevQ killed. Aa if all hope had bt-on Riven up by Russia of ever Hoovering the occupied provinoii, the diplomatist of tho two Teutonic empires are discussing dis-cussing what is to be the ultimate fate of Poland. To consent to TeMoro Poland to Russia Rus-sia is looked upon at entirely out of tho question, no matter what Russia niiht have to otTer in rotnrn. The. simplest solution evidently would be the creation of ft free and independent in-dependent kingdom nf Poland, in harmony har-mony with the many words of sympathy with the noble Polish nation otterod in Germany and Austria from the very beginning be-ginning of the war, but it nvnu quite ap!nrent that this solution does not appeal ap-peal to either of the central empire. Independence Inconvenient. In governing political rifles in both countries a strong fear is felt that an independent Poland created from the provinces of Kussian Poluiid might eaj-ily eaj-ily become an inconvenience to both empires, neither of whifh feels the brightest inclination to part with the provinces of old Poland, possessed by them at the beginning oi ihia war. . It is considered quite certain, however , that one of the first afpiriitiuns of a ! new kingdom of Poland would be a uiiiou oi all Poles. Prom this point of view the Hungarian Hun-garian ptate?m:in, Count Julius Andraa-bv, Andraa-bv, outlined a solution of tho Polish question, the gist of whifh is that Kus-sian Kus-sian Poland is to bocome united with Austria-Huugii ry. Andras-v mi ge efts an arrangement whdreby ftus:a:i Poland, together with the part of Ualieia where the Polish language predominates, is to be made into an "organism with the rights of a state," whatever this phrase means. To Prevent Domination. This "organism" is to have a legislature legis-lature of its own, Iroking after its local lo-cal interests, but it (shall be permitted to send only a small delegation to the Austrian council of empire, to avoid the predomination there of the Slav elements ele-ments over the German. The German press has given Andras-sy Andras-sy 'b echeme a very frigid reception. It Bees little reason to wajc enthusiastic over a plan which adds Poland to the Hapsburg domain, and it openly doubts that the scheme will safeguard the German-Austrian element against Slav domination. dom-ination. The Frankfurter Zeitung declares that it in no way solves the Polish problem, but it seeks consolation in the belie t that "the sure way to solve tho question ques-tion will be found through the absolute abso-lute understanding which exists between the two empires. ' The words sound rather strange from a newspaper which has hitherto lost no opportunity to insult in-sult and humiliate Austria. Kaiser Made Error. The unshakable faith of the German nation in its ability to conquer is beginning be-ginning to disappear. The disagreements disagree-ments between the kaiser and Von Hindenburg Hin-denburg are no longer a secret. The public pub-lic knows that months ago the idolized field marshal warned the kaiser that Russia, could never be crushed and the kaiser la quite openly blamed for not having made at least an attempt to come to some arrangement with Kussia at a time when the interior political situation sit-uation in Russia appeared desperate, because the nation was deeply convinced that it had odco moro been betrayed by a corrupt and utterly useless bureaucracy. bu-reaucracy. The kaiser let the opportune moment slip by promptly, people here say, by a mad desire to emulate the great Ka-poleon. Ka-poleon. The czar took his people into hla confidence and the remarkable recovery re-covery of Russian strength followed. Hindenburg, the blnnt provincial soldier, had been right and shown a clearer in-Bight in-Bight into the soul of the Russian nation na-tion than the kaiser. |