On internationalization of the Polish issue

In Russia after a great reverse 1915 r., Two forces stood face to fight for the future of the "Vistula Country". Polish refugee, contrary to this, what the activists preached, that they missed the "return of my father", sought for Russia's further participation in the war, But at the same time, to recover Poland for Poles. The Russian bureaucracy was counting on the Vistula Return and pressed nationalist in this direction, after Germanophilic part, SFERY Petrogradu. Dmowski, When he demanded a solemn act of resurrection of the Polish state and in the Access to Bulgaria, he indicated proof of tsarist bankruptcy in the eyes of the Slavs, corresponded, that Russia will not be fighting for someone else, Rather, it will hit the Germans. Then Dmowski went west, to make the French and English aware. The first did not taili in the press of sympathy for the Polish cause, But their government had hands bound by a statement made at the beginning of the war, that he considers the Polish case internal [case] Russian. The English opinion was worse aware of, But the Balfour government was less dependent on the Russian land help. In countless conferences, which Dmowski led with the English during the war, The argument was not without significance, that who wants to crumble Wilhelm II's sea power, He must do the first partition and rebuild Poland by the sea.

They cooperated with Dmowski in Switzerland Marian Seyda and Erazm Piltz at the Lozan agency, in America Ignacy Paderewski and Smulski, in Italy Jan Zamorski and Maciej Loret. After the Italian accession to the coalition, it was not difficult to cause the first demonstration (HR application. Montresor for independent Poland), Unfortunately, the hell strategy of Italians took this demonstration a real meaning. In February 1916 r. Dmowski recognized, that it can already reveal the original idea of ​​the National League to the world – resurrection of independent and united Poland. When the English encouraged him to formulate this program, he wrote the appropriate memorial for the Russian MP in Paris – Izwolski, that then Russian Germanophiles would not accuse, that he intrigues behind the scenes. It was not about taking Russia to this anymore, what she had, but about taking it from this from the Germans, what tsarat lost in the year [previous] . However, Sazonov was terrified by such boldness and exploiting the hard location of the French at Yerdun, has gained re -award, that the Polish case is not international (17 VI 1916 r.). Los Verdun and Paris depended highly on the Russian counteroffensive, So different factors: Piltz and Wielopolski from the Polish side, The most outstanding Russian generals (Brusiłow and Aleksiejew), and politicians (Miliukow) They tried to support the advice of Sazonov, that the tsar would publicly admit to Poland a wide autonomy with the two -span Sejm and the governor, treasure, Polish offices and courts, But without the army. At the moment 19 July Tsarowa Aleksandra Fyodorowna (Alicja von Hessen-Darmstadt) She came to the headquarters and forced Santa's resignation on Santa. His place was taken by Sturmer, supporter of a separate room with Germany.