NEW POLAND

Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 136, 6 December 1919, Page 7

NEW POLAND

PADEREWSKI AS THE SYMBOL.

Paderewski, who stands as the symbol of all that Poland has fought for, will be tho commanding figure in the monument which tho natives of Poland in this country are to erect in Warsaw to commemorate, the rebirth of tho Polish nation. Gutzon Borglum. the sculptor, is now working on the sketches. The figures for the monument will be taken from life, and will include those prominent here and abroad in obtaining Poland's freedom.

"The statue is to embody all the heroism and ideals of Paderewski, tho truly great figure of the great war," said Mr. Borgluin recently, "and it is to be made the commanding object of the new Warc_w. All tho other figures, important as they may be, will give place to this towering personality, whose impulse has been the cleanest in the world.

"Paderewski is the one man of the present time who has not been governed by tho military class, tho capitalist, or anything sordid. To-day he stands triumphant—the symbol of the practical accomplishment of ideals. He is as near the Utopian_ figure as you can get, and stands unswervingly for principle and justice. "Because of these ideals and Paderewski's great influence, Poland- is one of the two countries of the war that owe nothing, have nothing, and ask nothing except a right to work out thoir own destiny. If the present ohaos continues in Europe, Poland and Czechoslovakia will rise to their .place in the world, to remain there because of their firm foundation on tho principles which cannot fail. Czechoslovakia is already allied with Poland in ideals, and -it will not bo many months before these future powers of mid-Europe, which were abandoned by the Peace Council, will have formed an offensive and defensive alliance.

"It will be one of the most pleasant duties of my life to work on this statue, for I havo always been sympathetic for struggling PolaJid. It has been my good fortuno to know Paderewski well, and knowing him to be the great man ho is I was sure that under his leadership the country must succeed. During the winter I will go to Warsaw to complete the plans for the monument."