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Title: Review of reviews and world's work
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York Review of Reviews Corp
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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andties and links to that social-economic structurewhich came into existence as a result of Polish-Russian relations. These forces, even before theGrand Dukes manifesto, were awaiting somekind of a real or superfluous move, in order togo over to the Russian side and put their trustin Russian policies. Dur Polish press, wroteat that time Pekarski evidently considersthe question of the benefit to Poland of its eco-nomic union with Russia as settled, and thereforeevades reference to this ticklish problem, dream-ing, one imagines, that we, Poles, will get notonly the opportunity for a political existence aswould satisfy our nationalistic aspirations, but—that we shall also -etain the opportunity forfurther exploiting Russia economically. The latest theor>-, however, is fully con-tradictor> to the above statements. Themodern sch<H)l of Polish cconotnists claimsthat conditions have so changed that it is nolonger profitable for Poland to be united LEADIXG ARTICLES OF THE MOXTH 101
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BEGINNING TO MAKE GERMANS OJT OF POLISH SUBJECTS with Russia economically, that it is Russiawhich is now interested in Poland as a mar-ket for her products, and that Polands eco-nomic independence would guard againstforeign industrial aggression and promoteher economic interests. M. Clemens goeson to review the history and arguments ofthe new v;c\v. As far back as 190S the PolUh economistRadi!ihev»ki came to the cooclusiion that Polandcould be a telf-iupplying economic organism,given her natural resource*, her own govern-ment, and her outlets to the >ea. . . . In 1913V. V. Zhukov«l(i wrote that the Polish in-dustries . . . are unable to capture their ownhome markets. More than a third of the tex-tile pr tducis consumed in Rus>ian Poland aresuppli-u by Russian plants. And this importfrom Russia it constantly growing. Polands industrial power is her textile in-dustry. It furiiithrs Poland a yearly profit of150 millions, derived from exports to Russia.But at the same lime it is P

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