| Show ANOTHER CLOUD IN EUROPE s According to all accounts Germany has faal a problem on its he bands the solution of which may yet involve powers JOwer in 18 an of serious character The dl dispatches say Bay that the movement for the re establishment re-establishment of Poland as an independent kingdom b has baa now gathered strength enough to command clo close attention Ever since the be partition of that unfortunate king kinK kingdom kingdom dom between its ite mighty neighbors the he hope of ot independency and reunion has haa not faded entire entire- entirely entirely ly Jy from the minds of ot Us Its patriots Time and again revolution revolution- movements ary-movements have been started only to end in disaster and to land the waders leaders thereof in exile or In the terri terri- terrible terrible terrible ble dungeons of Siberia Bismarck's policy a against the mil mil- millions millions millions lions of Poles Pole who were incorporated In the German empire was formed on the e Russian Bussian pattern He favored severe Dl measures of suppression as a means of t crushing the feeling of ot nationalism m it has bas been proven that aL this feeling although fettered aDd shackled in every way could not b be exterminated The present chan chan- ce favored a o c curse urae JUrse opposite that of at his bin illustrious predecessor and adopted a conciliatory policy toward d the e Poles in Posen West Prussia and Upper Silesia SUella He reasoned that the people If accorded certain privileges and given the liberty enjoyed by other German subjects sUbJect would in time be reconciled to their fate tate and accept their present status as inevitable It now seems ms that tb this policy instead of ot dl- dl diminishing di diminishing the distance between the conquered race and aDd the victors has bas hase e the former to demand what they beJ consider their rights with witt strong er r emphasis il than ever and that another Polish revolution is among the pe possibilities of a near l future ture And this pOl possibility is all the more likely to become a fact if Germany adopts a reactionary policy depriving the die dis- dis satisfied tl Poles of at the privileges already panted granted Sucha Such a step would be almost sore are ore to lead to open hostilities Poland was wall once a a great power In Europe with well developed resources and possessing seemingly every facility for a long existence as an independent nation But it is became torn up in factions and Internal dissensions was wasI I its death With unity of or purpose its hs people would to this bis day have held Its place among the great powers of the theOld theOld Old World but with bitter wars among the be he nation with a nobility existing only omy for tor its own aggrandizement ag on the expense of at the bring and farming Glasses its doom was sealed and its de destruction carne came speedily A Polish revolution at the pres present Dt time would be a struggle for liberty and probably for lor Republican principles Thousands would flick to the Polish banners in case there were leaders popular enough to attract them The sympathy of millions in ID Europe would be given gin freely treely to their r armies In this respect l J the movement would be Inaugurated 1 under conditions different from those obtaining formerly The outcome I might be Greece Grece gained independence after alter sanguinary struggles glee lies with an opposing power The In- In in influence 11 fluence of or Eur Europe pe might possibly secure I for Poland what it gained for the Hellenic race provided the earnestness of 01 the combatants were equally well demonstrated When a people strong in its unity and patriotism resolves resolves to toft ft light bt for freedom and gain it or die Inthe inthe in inthe the attempt victory is almost sure to follow |
