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Show II NOW RESTRICTING THE POLES I When the Russians wire moving rapidly westward and seem ingly had Warsaw at their mercy, and were powerful enough to destroy de-stroy I'"land, the United Sti tes government sent a word of warning to Moscow, informing the Bolshevik leaders that their course was offensive of-fensive and the territorial rights of Poland should be respected. Since then the armies of the Rovier" government have met with disaster, and the aggressive is with the poles Now there is developing devel-oping in Polish circles a desire to invade Russian territory and inflict in-flict a sting in the form of aggrandizement. Once more the authorities author-ities at Washington nre acting on the side of justice. This time the Poles nre cautioned ngainst conquest The aim is to be so to adjust- the boundary rights of the people of Europe that, so far as is possible, pos-sible, ethnological differences will be recognized and self-determination established There are groups which cannot be segregated without endless complieations. but where large areas are inhabited by a homogeneous people national lines are being maintained by the moral suport of America. |