POLAND'S PLIGHT

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13723, 14 November 1916, Page 3

POLAND'S PLIGHT

■ 'i -■*; > FARCICAL independence i .PROCLAMATION. appeal for troops. (per Gallic—Pr.eas Association—Copyright,) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association anil Reuters). • AMSTERDAM, November-12. A proclamation signed by General' Bsßseler-nird- Oithvral Kuk, lias been published at Warsaw ami Lublin, announcing the gradual establishment of a new and autonomous kingdom of Poland from the lands delivered from the Russian yoke. The proclamation adds: The struggle with Russia is not yet terminated; you desire to join ns; . therefore join us 'as volunteers in order to help t6 complete the victories over' the oppressor/ Your brethren of the Polish Legion have fought beside us b'raVely with the highest distinction; riVai tlieiu in new bodies of troops, which tfrth the' old' legion will' constitute the Polish army, consolidating the new State and.guaranteeing interior anil exterior security. ; , ; si' A■ ..J ! Y ■ •' COUNTER MANIFESTO ISSUED. . SIGNED BY TWENTY NOTABLES. (Australian and N.Z, Cable Association) Received No,vj?iijl>cr L'>, at 0.5 p.m. MUNICH, November 12. Twenty' Polish notables, including M. Srcnldwicz, the author, have issued a manifesto repudiating the sham independence ami urging the poles not to light against Russia.