The literary digest . is pamphlet entitled The UnitedStates of Poland. Before the world-war Poles were chieflyknown here and in some other countries as poor tho thrivingimmigrants. Rienkiewicz, author of Quo Vadis, was knownbetter by the title of this novel of his and others than by hisown name. Paderewski was familiar to Americans as thesupreme pianist of twogenerations, quite regard-less of his nationality, andChopin, whose composi-tions Paderewski inter-prets so understandinglyhad his name pronouncedas if it were that of aFrenchman, which manyintelligent people believedhim to have been be-c
The literary digest . is pamphlet entitled The UnitedStates of Poland. Before the world-war Poles were chieflyknown here and in some other countries as poor tho thrivingimmigrants. Rienkiewicz, author of Quo Vadis, was knownbetter by the title of this novel of his and others than by hisown name. Paderewski was familiar to Americans as thesupreme pianist of twogenerations, quite regard-less of his nationality, andChopin, whose composi-tions Paderewski inter-prets so understandinglyhad his name pronouncedas if it were that of aFrenchman, which manyintelligent people believedhim to have been be-cause of his period ofabode in France. It wasonly after the outbreakof the world-war that thePolish problem becamereal to other nations andthat the idea of the in-dependence and reunionof the partitioned Polishterritory was generallymade manifest. POLAND IN THESEDAYS — Poland is now an immense ruin, a co-lossal cemetery, accord-ing to Dr. Syski, fromwhom we quote furtheras follows: POLES50-100%25-50%10-25%Um less-10%. Scale of Miles0 60 100 150 200 GCNCWm OflAfHWC CO IWC W Y Official map of the Polish Inforiuatinn Bureau. POLAND IN RECHARTED EUROPE. Boundary demands of the new Polish Republic, ?wliicli has been recognized by the United States, are based on the proportion of Polish population as indicated throjgh the key to this map set in the upper right-hand corner. Precious works ofart, valuable books, docu-ments, and manuscripts,all the priceless proofs of the ancient thousand years of old Polish culture have been con-fiscated—as the operation is diplomatically called when it is per-formed by an overwhelming collective force. Several large citieshave been spared, preserved for the comfort of the German orRussian guests in Poland. But on the tremendous battle-frontextending from the Baltic Sea to the southern slopes of thoKarpathian Mountains, all of Russian Poland, almost the wholeof Austrian and even a portion of Prussian Poland have beentotally ruined. Three hundred tow
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