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was that the people are for thé kin 
and not the king for the people. Peas 
ants in Poland had the protection 0 
law, and all religious beliefs were tol 
erated. The Jews being persecuted iy 
all countries, were allowed to settle i 
Poland and enjoy the liberty which 
they could not have in 0 her countries 
Dismemberment Agreed On. 
“Tt is no wonder that Russia, Prus; 
sia and Austria feared for their des 
potic power, which they would soone] 
or later lose, should Poland carry or! 
her mission of justice and equality, 
They feared that their subjects would 
demand of them the same rights whic 
the people in Poland had. Russia, to 
gether with Prussia and. Austria, t 
protect herself against any such de+ 
mands from her subjects, formed 4 
conspiracy to check Poland’s work of 
ideal civilization, and dismember her. 
“This perfidious alliance was formed 
between Katherine of Russia, Freder- 
ick of Prussia and Maria Theresa off 
Austria. They thought it would bd 
an easy task to increase their 
dominions at the expense of 
Their destructive work began 
sending out their armies into Poland 
The ambassadors which these’ threq 
countries sent to Warsaw, the capita 
of Poland, meddled in the affairs of the 
state, and forced the Polish parliament 
to make laws which were favorable tq 
their masters in St. Petersburg, Berlin 
and Vienna. Poor Poland! She wa 
in pitiful circumstances; her king was 
powerless, and her parliament had t 
pass laws against her own sons and 
daughters. The Russian ambassado 
Repnin caused thousands of her best 
Citizens to be exiled into cold Siberia 
just because they fought against thd 
usurpers. 
“The first partition took. place ~i4] 
i772, and Poland lost one-third of her 
national territory, which was divide 
between the three usurpers, The people 
were shocked at such an outrageous 
crime, but Poland, a single nation 
was helpless against the allied armies 
+ of the three brutal powers. 
“after this calamity, when Poland 
had succeeded in re-establishing some 
order, she began to carry on her noble 
aval f+ was now that most of hey 
