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Show POLISH ESTATES GIVEN BACK TO HEIRS OF LOSERS When the czar of all the Russias ordered the confiscation, more than a century ago, of the property of the Polish nobles who had taken an active part in the abortive uprising of 1S30-31 against Russian rule, the domain of the Russian state was enriched en-riched by many thousands of acres of meadow and forest, dotted with numerous castles and other buildings. build-ings. And when Poland arose again as a nation out of the ruins of the World war, most of this confiscated property passed into the possession of the republic. But under a decision recently handed hand-ed down by the highest court in Poland Po-land and reported in European papers, pa-pers, the republic is likely to lose nearly all these estates. And while regretting the loss to the state, most patriotic Poles are said to agree with the court that the heirs of the nobles who fought and died in the century-old century-old effort to free Poland from the Russian yoke are entitled to the property prop-erty confiscated by the czar. Among the leaders of the 1S30-31 revolution was Gen. Count Tyskie-wicz. Tyskie-wicz. His broad estates were taken over by the Russian crown. Now the Warsaw court has decided that all that property, valued at about $13,-000,000, $13,-000,000, must be returned to the present pres-ent Count Tyskiewicz, a direct heir. This decision Is expected to be followed fol-lowed by many others of the same sort Involving a great deal of property. |