Repository: UIHistories Project: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 24 [PAGE 10]

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be assmxd a tree ami secure access to the sea, and whose social and economic independence and territorial integrity should be guaranteed b> international agreement." T h e clearest definition of a teal future status vouchsafed to the Poles up to t h a t d a t e ! The declaration of Allied representatives at Versailles, on J u n e 3, J918, in favor of "a free and independent Poland with access t o the a " demonstrated substantial unanimity of intent among all t h e I ntcnte Powers. These manifesto had, all of them, a powerful reaction in Poland.

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members of the Warsaw Council of S t a t e , and the "overwhelming majority ot Poles" addressed the council on behalf of the Inter-Party Club, concerning the Versailles declaration:

question ^ V i n T >" . , > " " *orld has KCOgnized the Polish al h,em a nd t h e P o l i s h M nal 1 a i m s a iust an" neir r e X n t i o n " V™ - . «> •*• P * " " " > " S C Ui,t, n o t t h e n c w o r d e r <>( the ami £ t t ? ' u' u , ' » ° - H W order based on right t h eSolcmn t e me,"has t H L ^ declaration [that of the Allies! by responsible POSU ,Ve i , n d c o ! l c c t i v c n o t S L S k f n n ? , ^ uT u e x p r e s s i o n - a t this moment P hsh toshow h th pracSSl p o ^ s i b i f c " f i «"?*?•* < »* ' • * Powers which have today

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