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Greatest single Polish worry is the fear that some day the Reichswehr and the Red Army will choose Poland as a battlefield (see map, p. 17). For Poland a Russo-German war would be an unmitigated tragedy, but almost as ominous would be a real Russo-German friendship. Not easily...
Some measure of free speech exists in Poland and most of the time the Government tolerates an opposition press. The right of assembly cannot be said to be denied. All Poles over 24 vote for the Sejm, lower house of Parliament, and, most paradoxical for a semi-dictatorship, there are...
Poles, Dogs, Germans, Italians. Not bound by the hampering views of an intelligent electorate, the Polish oligarchy does about what it pleases, and while this may make trouble for the electorate, it also gives Poland's dictatorial neighbors pause. It is part of Germany's push-to-the...
Early in new Poland's life most of the Germans who formerly lived in the Corridor were determinedly eased out and Poles eased in. The Corridor thus became one of the most Polish parts of the country and Germany was robbed of any issue of "self-determination of peoples...
Old Patriot. Like all Poles, Paderewski is a fervent patriot. For him only one thing has been more important than his music: his life-long dream of an independent Poland. When the World War broke, Paderewski saw his big chance to make that dream come true. For the duration of...