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POLAND'S FUTURE. PRESIDENTS SPEECH TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

1919.

SEAMEN'S

SUPERSTITIONS

HISTORY AND ROMANCE OF MASCOTS.

I come to other affairs. True to the national spirit, we shall never wage a was We sacrifice our of conquest or gain. lives in defence of the lives and property of our countrymen, and in the conviction that our great ancrice will ensure the

in our regard for folklore we have preservation of order and will protect Europe from the threatened ruin of the gone back at least 200 years as a result theof the war," said Mr. Edward Lovett, world's civilisation.

In

M. Paderewski, on May 2nd, made his eagerly anticipated "speech, which was received by the Seym (Assembly) with outbursts of enthusiasm. The Frink Minister's resolution in relation to the four discrimination between religion or

The Polish nation is to-day living through solemn moments, I suppose that in its eventful history there was never a time more soleman, more fateful than the present. The fate of our country is a stake; powerful people holding in their hands the destiny of the ing framework for our

borders of our former Coming the addressing the Folklore Society recently. I

existence, are deciding the fadear! for the

fishermen, but he dealt with sea super- eastern frontier was carried unanimously. language, we are at the same time prostitions generally. In Nelson's day us West from the invasion of the machins £30 would be given for the great The speech is as follows;

tecting cast. We are doing the same as our charm against drowning, a'child's cant ancestors did 700 years ago. We are not Before the war these could he bought for shilling or less, but the submarine peril seeking new glory for the Polish arms,

at once in the shops by the London We are not bousting of our victories; but we cannot shut our eyes to the chivalrous docks, sent the prise up to dom

of our incompar· virtue and civic merits.

It was reported that in w naval engage able soldiers. We express our admiration build-and gratitude theida, Saricucian, and immediately sank a Cartman ship, but the to the commanding chief ment a gunner having spat on the shell it gunner did not realize that he had made of Diluo: from the Bolshevik hordes,, for the a fint liberation of Sambor, Drohorez, Broy; a sacrifice to the god by offering up Halivu. Stry, Zolkiewy, Brody, and which, the old world knew, was part of Złoczow from, the demoralised merciless a man's soul. Fur the same forgotten We expressreason fishermen spat on their balt and and cruel Ukrainian troops. our warmest thanks and highest recognis tion to our hernic, brave, and devoted in their sets and the Lancashire lad swearing Upon my soul what I say is true. spis on the ground. The same idea of sacrifice accounts for the coin thrust into the poleworks of drifter nets, and for the coin-usually a gold one which, acceding to Mr. Lovett. is buried at the foot of the mast of every ashing boat in the British Islands.

every

slav,

army.

sentence, from which, no doubt for long be no appeal, perhaps years, there will for many generations. Violent bursts of and of joy and anxiety are strongly making our national spirit. Frum,

former side, from every corner of our

The foreign Press and different politi commonwealth, people are coming here to Warsaw and going there to Paris, incal parties abroad sometimes accuse frock-coats and smock-frocks, in ald Poland of having an Imperialistic policy. fashioned country dress, in mountaineer One of our most prominent deputies costume, and they er nlund and implore cloquently stated a new days ago that judice abroad that their distant provinces should be there is

a general prej 21

at same united to the Polish State The against Poland, eagle does not soins to be a bird of prismith that, sensibil, the white time. since people are gathering themselves upon certain classes of our community I do nut go so far. I cannot blame any under its wings.

this.

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I was a rule among fishermen never mention the name of rabbit. There were two or three daring ment the other night talking about these little what I mean," said a Deal Asherman to the letter and a young chap who was there at one got up and went out, and he even left his beer behind him."

There was a story, too, of a feud between two fisher families, one of whom used up a pound of nails fixing the skin of a black rabbit to the mast of the enemy's boat. knowing that he dared not go to sea till every scrap was removed.

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What will Poland be like? What will pay this prejudice actually exists, and furry things with long wars you know be her frontiers Will they give us every-

Tuese are the is even spreading. The ra

reproach of m thing we should have

made against us very long. questions that every Pole is asking, tamperialism was there to answer. As far as I am able, all ago by the very three Eimpins that robbed

the

18 To-day this reproach these questions. I have taken part in work of the Polish Delegation to the is made by just those people who are hands fur re-stretching out their greedy, Peace Conference, and i am here to re-

I Serm, nak Polish territory and its wealth. port on this work to the for attention. I will begin with what has it is much easier to break down a hundred

The Conference been done.

has only dealt fortresses and reduce a thousand towns to an yet with one of their defeated adver- dust than to overcome one prejudice. I saries, the Germans. Conditions hare

are consider that the moment is cone for a been dictated to them, though they are great, powerful, and distinct vo:cy, the not yet signed, which give us considerable voice of the Polish people, to make u de- advantages on the west frontier. We are claration in this House which will confute not at all satisfied with our frontier. 1 all these unfounded foreign reproaches. admit freely that I belong to the unsatis We never conducted a war of conquest, fied

but have we really a right to and we have no intention of doing

The Conference tried to We do not want what belongs to others complain decid, justly according to the rule 20, we do not want to conquer anybody else's The Admiral salutes the empty quarter- ethnographical and national

149 territory ional majority us

Poland boes not deny the right deck for the same reason that the ene regards all territorial

They of Lithuania and Ukraina to be inde applied this rale to our have obtained

advantages pendent, nor the right of the White tan fisherman decorates part of his boat. Ruthenian people to individual develop-with n gaudy sucred painting. It repre from it on the west. But not everything went.

sents a part sacred to the gods. It is Poland is ready to help them was decided according to this principle. heartily" and effectively. Food always futile to christen a ship with champagne, Thus, for example, our Polish population follows the Polish soldier,

Port wine is the proper thing to uke, for in the Sycowaki and Namyzlowski dis trist and in some parts of the locality of wg with the border peoples the supplies

We get from America. In order to estab Posen has distinctly been wronged. The fish natonomy in these border countries, Polish Peace Delegation will do their without prejudice to the future declara best to have this remedied.

tions of the Conference, we should im mediately institute a macbiscite in these Let all the local populations declare their will freely and north-east territories. boldly. The result of the plébiscite will Conference. greatly facilitate the work of the Paris

consitions and

ADDITION OF 5,000,000 PEOPLE.

we

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GRATITUDE TO AMERICA.

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its colour represents the blood of the cock, or, in older times, the blood of the human sacrifice which used to be splashed pon a boat and left there to be removed by the seg god's waves.

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chief points of the Peace Treaty. I will, The Press has already published the however, remark in passing that by this are to receive more than treaty wa

This territory 5,000,000 St

if the plébiscite in may yet be increased other districts formerly Polish has results

I come to still more pressing matters. favourable to us. The Peace. Copterepen As you know, we have recognised the has not yet given us Warmia. Prussian authority and dignity of the Peace Con- Masuria, part of

of the Malborg district,

ference, as all other civilised nations have claimed the lark as taascet, hut Mr. Locate A New Suipment direct from also the

Kwidzynsan, Stzumsan. Suski districts, through which passes the done, and we wait for its verdies. Un to 1 pointed out that very many boats badi.

the present its verdicts have been favour-black cat mascots. able to us. We voted here

line from Gdans arsaw by way of the

and

niix) to

One speaker. referring to the fact that every warship had its mascot, said that these must not be duplicated. There was very pretty quarrel between the destroy ers Lark and Larerock because each

.

There are still old women who sell wind to sailors. The charm is a knotted cord, but the becalmed fisherman who untics

loss to tie the wind up again. The amber hearts, the small bones of sheep known as

Scotland

65 cents per lb.

Thor's hammer" carried by North Sea fishermen. and gold earrings, are all swp ASAHI BEER posed to be charms against drowning, though most fishermen will not learn to swim because if a man is going to be. drowand he will be.

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Con

nference has given us the Keszybski in the niente, that is, with limited use of the port of Gdansk, alsoeding us the Delp which is absolutely all the knots and releases a gule is at a const, the Silesian mines, and the uk England, and Italy, who are continu

necessary to us in present circumstances. complete control over our Vistuin, and a We have very much to be grateful for protectorate over the town of Gdansk from Alterica and its President. With under almost the same conditions as we out the powerful support of President had it in the most glorious days of our Wilson, whose heart the best friend of the Commonwealth.

Polish cause, Colonel House, was able to These conditions are different unly in win for us, Poinnd would no doubt have so far as present-day life is different from remained an internal question for Ger the life of that time. The area of the many and Russia, at best confined within free town has been considerably increased. those frontiers which were assigned to her It is very difficult to get men to talk In the course of 120 years of Prussian by the Germans in the Act of November about these superstitions because they oppression and systematic Germanisation 6th, 1918. America is giving us food. think it unlucky, but Mr. Lovett bas col- many Poler have forgotten their native America is giving us clothes, boots, linen,lected a good deal of information about tongue, and there are many real Germans and munitions of war, and other supplies, soldiers mascots, and he had an old settled in Gdansk. However, the former on very easy terms, and with long credit. will soon remember Polish, and the others Just before my departure from Paris, ap by a Sydney soldier outside his door atory about a domino, a four-six. picked will soon learn it. Gradually Gdansk I received a letter from Mr. Friver, pro-

as be left horne, which had brought him will tend to becoue what we wish it to mising Poland effective financial become,

me, if we show seriousnews and com- economic help. That is the beginning of safely through his campaigns and brought mon sense, enterprise, and political under

Very important help for us. Yesterday good luck to its successive owners. standing All Polish State

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the Ministry of Finance in Washington

considering the question of

were to Poland land

granting

On May 14th I broke off by telegraph

shed more of our blood. I say that this is, the Conference. Gentlemen. all negotiations for an armistice, as L con

a considerable

America

and

with

great and fine gift from God."

Wilson had behaved themselves an armistice was the neces-absolutely impossible. The oppression Austro-Hungarian Monarchy have been sity of our defending ourselves against violence, cruelty, and crimes committed under consideration. Naturally, our the Bolsheviks. does not wish for further by them are without parallel. Wounded affairs there are extremely important. war on any front. Mr. Wilson expressed soldiers were buried alive in a wood near Already the matter has been eagerly dis this wish repeatedly and very firmly Lwow. Which of us has not heard of the cussed

and has been the subject of Could a Polish Prime Minister, director Young officer Lovia, who when wounded, passionate and violent interpellations in of the Polish Government, a man upon was taken prisoner, and, after dreadful proaches, Fortunate this paintis, falls the really dreadful

has responsibility for the fate of his people before yesterday I had news of a young taken a good turn, Our dispate with the in Bohemians was not settled off-hand. Time the near future, could such a man wave man who was known to me as a child, the aside such demandal I did as my pon- 24-year-old Wolsky, who was taken as a Las calmed passion, and to-day, without scierce prompted me. I acted as my love hostage, first tortured, and then knouted renouncing our rights, we are quietly for my country and my honour as a Pole. He received 110 blows, and finally died a

andering.

these matters. and the demanded. I said that I would do all 1 | martyr's death, together with sixteen of are doing the same. The could to satisfy these demands, and I have his comrades, killed by the Ukrainian Force Conference wishes that we should kept my word.

Boldiers in Złoczow.

Yesterday news came settle our quarrel with the Bohemians in

brought mourning

to our Minia Linde. is wife's sister collis.. people

For about two weeks the affairs of the at the head, whilst ally Eng-sidered that after the way the Ukrainians

WIS

Kolonia.

An armistice was demanded. I agreed a conciliatory manner among ourselves. Mr. Lansing expressed this wish in the in principle to that. It was demanded 4 name of the American delegation. I bave that Heller's Arms should not fight Gentlemen, I am far from blaming the had many conferences with Mr. Benes.

It was with- against the 'krainians.

Ukrainian for such crimes. Other the Bohemian Minister for Foreign drawn from the Ukraine front, and

Was Affairs, and with the most important re

finally it was required that the offensive they who made such an army.

naive not

made it for them. (A Voice: The presentatives of Silesin, and I am gind should be stopped, Although the Ukrain Germans." But speaking of the Ukrain to any that in my opinion the matter is on the right road,

the fans, I must

NEW REPUBLIC'S AIMS.

12th, at noon, they attacked all the monstrous do that people who do sUCA

telegram 11th asked for the censation of

hostilities,

cannot be treated as, an ously near Istrzyk, honharding the town army. Thus our Polish expedition into East Galicia nut a war, but punitive .fidence. I shall ser President Masaryk in of this Beroplanes. In the face edition against bandits from whose!

attack no force could stop oppression both the Polish and impulse of our young

If Parliament honours the with the con. of Sunok

to the

Prague to-morrow or the day after

on

body

elemental

the

settle the preliminaries of the agreement soldier.

Like a whirlwind they threw Ruthenian population must be set free- claw and order can be set up on this. with him. I want to have the conference

upon the enemy, an

and with immemorially Polish territory. Law and lightning swiftness took Bain Soki, pur territory in Silesia with the

Draho-

be introduced there by co-operation of delegates of the Polish Boryslav, Strey

order will quickly Government,

every possible means. We are, at least for and Złoczɔw, being joyfully Frpresentatives of the Gen-

Shall eral Military Staff, members of the ed everywhere as saviours by the Bolish the moment, strong there, but we

Kone

of tional Council,

not abuse this strength. specialists, engineers, soldiers are probably approaching Stanis Polish sentiment ever permit such a thing Ukrainian population: To-day our of retaliation or revenge, nor would and lawyers

I had the fol lowing

Voice lavou (4 ¡question

"It is taken already." There should be liberty, equality,pirit Mr. Mark, which I translate: "Thank. So much the better. But from you for war-kind-telezram. I shall be czyak end from fusiaty a strong fovio justice for everybody. And in this spirit and with this wish 1-ask the bonourable very happy to welcome you cha day to be army has entered unhappy Galicia, or Seyn to vote in favour of autonomy for rather, Ruthen in Haller's army will

I ask named by yourself, only plous gireball be obliged to fight cathe East Galicia, and at the same time

immediate information as to the day of your arrival. I agres to the plan of aUkraine front, but not against the conference, and I expect we shall be able Ukrainians, only against the Bolsheviks, today's firtù foundation Tor it. With and perhaps it is fighting to-day. most sincere, good - feeling, for you and

(Continued at foot of next cntuma.) your people, (signed) Merk,”

open peace negotiations with any Govern for powers for the Polish Government to ment in Ukainia that shows moral" strength and inspires confidence. I have finished-Daily Telegraph.

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