Seething Poland--Governmental lawlessness--Overwhelming little Poland by sheer force of numbers--Twice over the Polish frontier--A panic of Warsaw Jews--Russian oppression--A nervous populace--Campaign to exterminate Warsaw police--Hopeless plight of latter--A pathetic incident--Where poverty stalks--Effect of era of misery and chaos upon Warsovians--Traffic in white slaves--Daily occurrences--A Warsaw hospital--Chiaroscuro in the Polish capital--Parties of Poland--Poles traditional revolutionists--Hope and optimism temperamental characteristics of the Polish people. During the early summer I entered Poland twice; once from Russia, from Bielostok in Grodno; once from the Austrian frontier. Both occasions were memorable, because each in its own way was typical of the condition of Poland. Bielostok was still dripping with Jewish blood spilled by the treacherous authorities. Just outside of the town the railroad crosses a narrow stream. In a field bordering the stream a large contingent of soldiers were encamped, giving it the appearance of the outskirts of an army. The bridge was guarded not by sentinels merely, but by a guard of fighting strength. Near the railroad station on sidings were several military trains, freight vans converted into barracks. A company of one hundred men held the station--as if the remaining, panic-stricken Jews were in danger of rising up and storming the troops of the Emperor. But Russia needs to maintain this show of force. From this point clear across the strip of territory called Poland troops were ever in evidence.