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 upon our soil.
To attain this end by throwing dust into our eyes, various manifestos
signed by the leaders of the armies beyond the frontier have promised
the Poles extensive liberties and privileges at the close of the war.
Certain Polish organizations, having lost, in the general excitement,
their healthy sense of judgment, are doing likewise. Do not let
yourselves be hoodwinked by these promises. They are lies. Neither of
the invading armies has any intention of fighting for Poland's sake.
Each is fighting in the interests of its own empire, and to those
empires we are of no account. They only want, in a moment of necessity,
to make the Poles passive instruments serving their own ends.
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