Poland The calm with which Poland watches the critical situation
in Europe may be ascribed to two causes : first, the confi- dence given by the Anglo-Polish alliance, which is welcomed by all classes ; and, second, the completion of the military preparations against attack. The northern, southern and western frontiers are now fully manned, and Poland is reported to have nearly 1,000,000 men under arms ; five annual classes of reservists have been warned to hold them- selves in readiness for service. Such composure is admirable, especially since Poland is reported to have been presented with the list of German requirements brought to Warsaw by the Polish Ambassador in Berlin. They include demands for the restoration of Danzig, an immediate solution of the minorities question, construction of an extra-territorial road across the Corridor to East Prussia, cession of unspecified areas chiefly populated by Germans. There is no question of anything like an ultimatum as yet ; but a refusal by the Poles is likely to arouse extreme hostility in Berlin and pos- sibly provoke a denunciation of the Polish-German treaty of friendship. At the same time feelings are increasingly em- bittered by mutual accusations of acts of terrorism against the respective minorities. It seems likely that Poland will go as far as possible towards satisfying Germany.
