POLAND'S FUTURE

Waikato Times, Volume 91, Issue 14229, 2 December 1919, Page 5

POLAND'S FUTURE

PADEREWSKt MAY RESIGN. LOSS OF EAST GALACIA. . WHAT THE ARMY MIGHT DO. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Beceived December 2, 9-a.m. LONDON, Nov. 28. The Morning Post's Warsaw correspondent says that Paderewski's position is hopeless and his resignation is expected any day, owing to his failure to secure East Galicia from the Allies. France and the United States are willing, but Britain refused. The Polish army made great sacrifices to secure East Galicia, and there is intense public feeling that those sacrifices should not have been made in vain. The Poles are willing to march to Petrograd against the Bolsheviks, but they require the Allies' mandate, as well as financial assistance and the recognition of their claims to East Galicia. The Polish army consists of 000,000, the largest standing army in the world today. They are admirably drilled by France and equipped by the United States. The Poles now hold the Beresina River and Dvinsk, and thus are favourably placed to operate against Petrograd and Moscow. The snow and ice in December provide favourable campaigning conditions.