Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1886 — The Partition of Poland. [ARTICLE]

The Partition of Poland.

Not any part of the country now bearing the name of Poland is a part of Germany, for Poland is altogether a dependency of Ihissia. But Germany, or rather Prussia, has taken several shares of the territory of the unhappy Poles at the several partitions of that country. The first partition was made in 1773, This divided a large part of Poland and its "people between /the three powers of Russia, Prussia, and Austria as follows: Territory, square miles. Population. Russia.. 42,000 1,801.000 Prussia-13,000 426,0)0 Austria 27,000 • The second partition, in 1793, divided additional territory between Russia and Prussia thus: Territory, square miles. Population. Russia96.ooo 3,000,000 Pru55ia....22,010 1,100,000 The third partition, in 1795, distributed the remainder of the country as follows: Territory, square miles. Population. Russia ,43,000 1,200,000 Prussia...2l,o3o 1,00.),000 Austrialß,ooo 1,010,000 In 1815 the Congress of Vienna made a rearrangement of this territory. The shares of Austria and Prussia were considerably diminished, and the parts taken from them were united as the Kingdom of I*olool, under the sovereignty of the Czar .of Russia. The partition, as' finally arranged, stood thus: Extent in square miles. Population. Russia22o,so3 16,000,000 Prussia^— -."rr.-i-rrA ■. ■ ■..26,000 3;OO0 S OCOAustria 35,500 5,000,000 The Russian share includedlen provinces, thoroughly incorporated into the Russian Empire, besides the part given the name of the Kingdom of Poland and a pretense of local self-govern-ment. The Prussian part included the Province of Posen and some smaller provinces; this is now-thoroughly incorporated with the German Empire, just as the Austrian part, containing Galicia and several smaller districts, is now an essential part of the Austrian Empire.— lnter Ocean.