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Show 1 rURRECTION OF POLAND I Restoring the Poland of oor 100 yeara ago is about to be nal- H ized. as the srmisticc of Riga recognizes the ripbu of thr Poles i" t' rritory as fai ' in- Dwin H Simonds, the historian, saya the armistice line adopted inns fair ly straight from the Dwina east to Dwinsk to the Dniester just north Hl of C.ernowii h leaves Minsk to Knssi; but concedes Rowno, Saj 1 By, Louninot. and Barauovitchi to Poland together with a corridor H9 gztending irmn the N'iemen to the Dwina between Liuthuaniai and I Ruaaian territory The armistice line is thus historical!) established, HrJ nut it is not merely upon historical grounds that the Polish case rests. U Thus the new line also follows almost CXactlj that line on which the H German invasion ol Russia halted after the great victories of 1915, H which forced the Russians to abandon Pojand and Qalieia. In addi- H lion to Poland, tin- enormously important railwax extending from VI Duiua th '.'Ii W'i'n' I :. -m in it h i. Sain and Kow no. whieh was fl 1 not only an important trunk line before the world war, but the ital I lino of communications for the German front, after 1915. Finally j and this consideration also counts, the line thus marked represents H the short it ni d cgicall) Hie itrongt -t possible line on the casl It gives to Polish armies the covet on the northern Hank of tin Dwina, if Lithuania is film II im-oi poiated in Poland and of the Nio-nton, Nio-nton, if it is not while on the south the Zbruao ia similarly service able In the center the greal Pripel marsh i supply the one real natural obstacle to invasion of Poland." B At the time ol out declaration if independence Poland was larger than it is today, but bj 1793 it uas cul down until its boun-dary boun-dary linos were thoae recognised by Ruasia at the peace table in Uiea Latter on Poland was divided, A,nstro-Hungarjr, Germany and Kussia devouring the nation Up to two years aero our school chil dren had lit 1 1r thought of the restoration of ope of the oldest of ; nations whieh had disappeared, in fact they had but a ha.y uuder- ' standing of the existence at one time ol a power as big and strong Hi as was Poland |