PADEREWSKI'S FAREWELL

Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 38, 15 February 1919, Page 10

PADEREWSKI'S FAREWELL

ADMIRATION FOR AMERICA.

Ignace Jan Padarev ski, the Polish pianist, who has spent more than three years in the United States working for the starving people of Poland, and who was shortly to become. Premier of Poland, sailed from New York at tho end of November for England, carrying with him a power of attorney to act for all the Polish committees in the United States. He was accompanied by Mme. Paderewski and Lieutenant Siegesmiuid Ivanowski of the Polish Army. Befons the liner left Mr. PaderewsEi gavo out the following statement :—

"Tho last three and a half years spent in America have but increased my affection and personal indebtedness to this noble country. I am profoundly grateful to the United States for the generous assistance she has given to the Entente Powers in their gigantio struggle, thus hastening the triumph of freedom and justice. I am deeply* thankful to all the Amerioans for their kindly solicitude for the oppressed peoples, including my own country and nation.

"Poland will bo free and so will her inhabitants, as in this maiestio and mighty Republic The demooratio Constitution of Poland will assure liberty and equity to every citizen without distinction as to race, religion, or political opinion. Catholics, Protestants, and Jews will all enjoy equal rights, as they will all fulfil equal duties. • ■,

"At the presen. moment, however, Poland is still fighting- for her liberty. There is no disorder in my mother country, but a state of war. There is no oppression of any kind, but self-defence. If there were rioting or boycott I would bo the first to protest against it and to condemn it."

Recently there were 300 men logging at Cumshewa Inlet, on .'Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, and since April, when operations began, more than 12,000,000 ft of spruce for aeroplanes' had been cut. The Government sealer scaled one. tree which had three logs in it with, a total of 40,000 ft of No. 1 spruce:. The smallest log in this tree was 80in at the top, white the butt of the largest log measured lift 4in,