24 MAY 1919, Page 1

Meanwhile there are causes of anxiety in various parts of

the world. The state of Poland is very uncertain. M. Paderewaki, the Polish Prime Minister, has resigned, evidently because he finds popular opinion opposed to the promises he made in Paris. In Paris he undertook to try, to call off the Polish troops who were and still are fiEktiig the L'krainians in Galicia. The Polish Government apparently tried to act upon M. Paderewoki's pledge, although they frankly informed him that popular opinion

would probably prove too strong. General Haller's troops, which were near Lemberg, were withdrawn. The unfortunate result of this move, according to the Polish account—though we dare say that the Ukrainians would tell us a different story— was that directly most of General Haller's troops had retired, the Ukrainians began to attack the remnant.