4 JANUARY 1919, Page 3

if. Paticrewski, the famous pianist, who has organized the Poles

in America, went to Posen last week to :stimulate the Prussian Poles. The German authorities raised difficulties, and, according to Germen reports, there ass some fighting between the garrison and the Polish inhabitente. Germany is seemingly reluctant to believe that the Allies insist on the reunion of Posen, as well as Galicia, with the old kingdom of Poland. Meanwhile the German troops, who are slowly leaving Russians Poland, are doing their best to embarrass the Polish Government in its efforts to defend its frontier against the Bolsheviks. The alliance beta-eels Germany and Lenin and Trotsky seems to be as intimate as ever.