OCR Text |
Show RUSSIA'S PROMISE PLEASING TO POLES PARIS Aug 16 6 20 p m Madame Pierre Curie the French scientist who is a born Pole and whose maiden name was Sklodonska, interviewed by the Temps today in connection with the Russian proclamation promising autonomy to Poland, Po-land, says This seems to me to be the first important step toward the unity of Po land and reconc 1 atlon with Russia. This Is necessary for the development of Polish national culture Russ a as the protector of the Slav peop es is undertaking a war to defend Serv a and cannot give les to un ted Po and than Austrian Poland now re ceives In our time when nat onal feeling is so intense, it is cert a n that lasting peace between the Pol sh people, numbering 23 000 000 and Russ a can on y come up on the basis of respeot for nationality Germany has done more to des roy nat onal sentiment than she ras done in a similar way in Alsace Lo a ne Professor Bablnsk a mcmbe of the French Acaden y of "Medic ne sa d the Poles suffered g eater oppress on n Ger many than elsewhere and that the un on of the three divis ons of that people n Russ a, Germany and Austria would prove a veritab e res rect on |