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Show Poland Is Sea Nation " : Comes Back to Its Own After 148 Years. Troops Dip Colors From Own Soil in Tidewaters of the Baltic Bal-tic Sea. Warsaw. Polish troops, standing on their own soil, dipped the national colors in the tidewaters of the Baltic after the absence of Foland as a sea nation for 14S years. Throughout the new republic bells tolled and a holiday spirit prevailed in commemoration of the historic event. At I'utzig. on the Baltic, General Gen-eral I taller, commander in chief of the rolish armies, reclaimed in the name of the republic the sea coast which fell from Poland to Prussia after the first dismemberment of Inland In 1772. Simultaneously with Poland's reaeh- lng out to the Baltic the diet celebrated cele-brated Its first birthday. The most striking speech was made by Speaker Thomsozynski, who proclaimed that justice had at last triumphed, giving Poland access to the sea. "Poland will defend this historical strip of land with its very last drop of blood," he declared. The diet decided on the construction of port facilities in the region of Tut-zig, Tut-zig, giving rolnnd her own gateway to the sea. |