POLAND: Perpetual Peace

The Cabinet approved a most interesting diplomatic document—a "perpetual treaty of peace" with Turkey. It was explained by the Polish authorities that "perpetual treaty" is not regarded as a meaningless phrase in Poland. The reason for this statement is that Turkey, of all the nations of Europe, refused to acknowledge the annihilation of Poland at the time of the Third Partition (1795) and until the deposition of Sultan Abdul Aziz (1876) the Polish Ambassador was always invited to the various ceremonies of...

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