The Powers Behind Poland

Norman Angell, m the London "Labor Leader" of March 18, throws a Btartling light on the Polish question. JSe says: The United States Liquidation has entered into a formal ((contract permitting Poland to buy ■such surplus American army supplies as she may desire on a basis r.of six years' credit at 5 per cent. with this agreement is hanother agreement with the United (/States Shipping Board to provide yfor the transport to Danzig of all sthe supplies thus . purchased. As a ; result of these two contracts, there Is -already en route for Danzig mili|(tary equipment for 200,000 men, 80 (locomotives, 4500 cars for troops {(transport, 5,000,0001 b. of margarine, 'and 100,000 tons of flour, besides a I considerable amount of miscellaneous material, such as pier cranes, for army horses, etc. Let us f (examine what this means. America's I credit is unavailable for populations \that are literally dying m the streets r jfrom famine and typhus horrors, In part by lack of locomo- ! Hives and rolling stock. Yet, while \fthese things cannot be provided to .Btop famine, they are available m iyast quantities to feed armies for 'the purpose of making war on ■^Soviet Russia. But this business must come to an end before long. Poland is an Impoverished country with a depreciated currency, manufactures gone to the demnition bow-wows, agriculture ditto and an army of 700,000, maintained by the half-starved peasantry, helped but by what can be borrowed from (the Allies. The magnitude of the boom Kil be equalled by the magnitude of c bust