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Show POLES ASSURED INDEPENDENCE Teutons Organize the Old Kingdom of Poland as a Buffer State. Berlin, Nov. 5. (By wireless to Say-vllle,) Say-vllle,) " Polish provinces occupied by troops of the central powers," says the Overseas News Agency, "were the scene today of a great and momentous historic event. Germany and Austria-Hungarla Austria-Hungarla by joint action proclaimed Warsaw and Lubin the kingdom of Poland Po-land and re-established tho right of the Polish nation to control its own destinies, to live an independent national na-tional life and to govern itself by chosen representatives of the nation. "A few days ago a Polish delegation delega-tion had called upon the Imperial chancellor. Dr. von Bethmann-Holweg. Its members were representative Poles of all classes, all parties, all ranks of society and all creeds. They transmitted to the German government govern-ment tho wishes -of tho Polish nation, which now have been granted to them. Kingdom of Poland. "Thus the ancient kingdom of Poland, Po-land, from which in the past came famous fa-mous rulers like tho Jagellones (a dynasty founded by Jagello, whjch reigned in Poland 'from 1386 to 1572) and glorious soldiers like the great Sobieski (John III, king of Poland In 1G7-1-7696) Is now resurrected. Tho Poles aro free from Russian oppression, oppres-sion, no more to be trodden under the heels of tho Cossack. The liberty that had been destroyed a century ago on Russian instigation now is restored. restor-ed. Tho rule of tho knout has been abolished. Poland has been given back to western civilization." The manifesto issued at Warsaw and Lubin reads as follows: "His majesty, the German emperor, and his majesty, tho emperor of Austria Aus-tria and apostolic king of Hungary, Inspired In-spired by firm confidence in final victory vic-tory of their armies and prompted by a desire to lead the districts conquered conquer-ed by their armeis under heavy sacrifices sacri-fices from Russian domination towards to-wards a happy future, have agreed to form of these districts a national state with an hereditary monarch and a constitutional con-stitutional government. The exact frontiers of the kingdom of Poland shall bo outlined later. New Monarchy. "The new kingdom will receive the guarantees needed for tho free development devel-opment of Its own forces by its intimate inti-mate relations with both powers. The glorious traditions of the ancient Polish Po-lish armies and the memory of the brace comradeship in the great war of our days shall revive in a national army. The organization, in command of this army, shall be arranged by common agreement. "The allied monarchs express the confident hope that Polish wishes for the evolution of a Polish state and for tho national development of a Polish Po-lish kingdom shall now bo fulfilled, taking due consideration of the political politi-cal conditions prevailing in Europe and of the welfare and the safety of their own countries and nations. "Tho great realm which tho western neighbors of tho kingdom of Poland, shall have on their eastern frontier shall be a free and nappy state enjoying en-joying its own national life and they shall welcome with joy the birth and pjsperous development of this state." The semi-official Norddoutsche Allgemeine Zeitung prints a leading article entitled "Poland's hour of fate" says : "The Poles now are free from Russian Rus-sian domination and have an opportunity oppor-tunity to form a national state, to establish es-tablish connections with the central powers, and, protected by relations to promote their political and economic life and develop their national civilization. civili-zation. "For these purposes during tho near future, the Poles will need our help. Under Russian domination no Polish administration, no Polish schools and no Polish army were admitted. The Russians neglected the construction of railways and waterways. Everywhere a basis of public life and administration administra-tion must be created out of nothing i and the reconstruction of a Polish national na-tional life begun." oo |