Alreadythereareinnuendoes，threats，hintsthrownout，andevenawfulinstancesfabricatedoutofinadequatematerials，butitishistoricallyunthinkablethatthePolandofthefuture，withitssacredtraditionoffreedomanditshereditarysenseofrespectfortherightsofindividualsandStates，shouldseekitsprosperityinaggressiveactionorinmoralviolenceagainstthatpartofitsoncefellow-citizenswhoareRutheniansorLithuanians。Theonlyinfluencethatcannotberestrainedissimplytheinfluenceoftime，whichdisengagestruthfromallfactswithamercilesslogicandprevailsoverthepassingopinions，thechangingimpulsesofmen。Therecanbenodoubtthatthemoralimpulsesandthematerialinterestsofthenewnationalities，whichseemtoplaynowthegameofdisintegrationforthebenefitoftheworld\'senemies，willintheendbringthemnearertothePolandofthiswar\'screation，willunitethemsoonerorlaterbyaspontaneousmovementtowardstheStatewhichhadadoptedandbroughtthemupinthedevelopmentofitsownhumaneculture——theoffspringoftheWest。
ANOTEONTHEPOLISHPROBLEM——1916
Wemuststartfromtheassumptionthatpromisesmadebyproclamationatthebeginningofthiswarmaybebindingontheindividualswhomadethemunderthestressofcomingevents，butcannotberegardedasbindingtheGovernmentsaftertheendofthewar。
Polandhasbeenpresentedwiththreeproclamations。TwoofthemwereinsuchcontrastwiththeavowedprinciplesandthehistoricactionforthelasthundredyearssincetheCongressofViennaofthePowersconcerned，thattheyweremorelikecynicalinsultstothenation\'sdeepestfeelings，itsmemoryanditsintelligence，thanstatepapersofaconciliatorynature。
TheGermanpromisesawokenothingbutindignantcontempt；theRussianabitterincredulityofthemostcompletekind。TheAustrianproclamation，whichmadenopromisesandcontenteditselfwithpointingouttheAustro-Polishrelationsforthelastforty-