of those nationalities to which history has
bound you. With open heart and brotherly hand Great Russia advances
to meet you. She believes that the sword, with which she struck
down her enemies at Gruenwald, is not yet rusted. From the shores of
the Pacific to the North Sea the Russian armies are marching. The
dawn of a new life is beginning for you, and in this glorious dawn
is seen the sign of the cross, the symbol of suffering and of the
resurrection of peoples.

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THE POLISH RESPONSE.

Statement Issued by Four Political Parties, Aug. 16.

The representatives of the undersigned political parties, assembled
in Warsaw on the 16th August, 1914, welcome the Proclamation issued
to the Poles by his Imperial Highness the Commander in Chief of the
Russian forces as an act of the foremost historical importance, and
implicitly believe that upon the termination of the war the
promises uttered in that proclamation will be formally fulfilled,
that the dreams of their fathers and forefathers will be realized,
that Poland's body, torn asunder a century and a half ago, will
once again be made whole, that the frontiers severing the Polish
nation will vanish.

The blood of Poland's sons, shed in united combat against the
Germans, will serve equally as a sacrifice, offered upon the altar
of her resurrection.

THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL PARTY.

THE POLISH PROGRESSIVE PARTY.

THE REALIST PARTY.

THE POLISH PROGRESSIVE UNION.

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NO ALLIANCE WITH GERMANY

Editorial Appeal in the Gazeta Warszawska, Aug. 15.

Fellow-countrymen! A danger threatens us, greatest, perhaps, among the
many calamities which war brings to a country; the misdirection of the
nation's mind and understanding.

Various instigations are pressing the Poles to go against their own
instinct and the dictates of political reason in their attitude toward
the armies now invading our Polish lands, armies ringing with German
words of command, which even resound through Galician detachments lured
into belief that Poland may be saved through alliance with the Germans.
Various agitators on both the German and Austrian sides, having their
own interests at stake, are seeking to make our people take active part
in the terrific conflicts now to be fought out