La cause et le remède de la guerre dans la question du Couloir Polonais
The Cause and Remedy of War in the Question of the Polish Corridor

Author(s): Rachel-Conrad Nason
Subject(s): Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: CEEOL Collections / Digital Reproductions
Summary/Abstract: First, is the Polish Corridor a cause of war? Second, is it possible to fix it? Simple as these questions may seem, they include a region embittered by a centuries-long conflict between the Poles and Prussia and currently the victim of the greatest disillusionment in history — the world war. Most of you know that the so-called Corridor is the narrow strip of land given to Poland by the Treaty of Versailles as a route to the sea, and Germany resents this because that it cut its territory in two, isolating the province of East Prussia from the rest of the German Reich. The Corridor is an attack on the pride of the Germans, outraged today in defeat; it is the object, on the other hand, of the resolution of the Poles, joyful in the ardour of their regained independence. It is only incidentally a study of economics; it is, above all, a study of populations. I can only give you here a brief overview of my investigation, because for five very full months I questioned, on both sides of the border, statesmen, industrialists, journalists, bankers, writers, professors, men, women and even members of the new generation, about the Polish Corridor, and while proving to be rich in positive information, these talks were everywhere a school of mutual understanding.

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