24 NOVEMBER 1917, Page 20

The Polish Review for October (Allen and Unwin, 2s. net),

which has been somewhat delayed in its appearance, should be road by those who wish to understand the difficult position of the Polish patriots now that Russia is, for the time being, in a state of collapse. Poland still suffers from an excess of political faction, and it it unsafe to believe what one Polish party says about its various opponents. But it may fairly be assumed, from a comparison of the several articles in this well-informed quarterly, that the majority of the Poles maintain their demand for independence, though they have for the present to negotiate with the Central Powers, whose troops occupy all Polish territory.