CONTENTS . Introduction . . . . . . . Occasion of Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sourcesoflnformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . General I3uropean Conditions. as Affect. ing the Poles in the 1-nited States European Developments during the War . . . . . . . . . Relativt to Russia hcforc the Itevolution . . . . . . . . Kclative to Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Effect of the Ilnssian 1 evolut. ion . . . . . . . . . . Effect of President 7ilsons T ccalaration of . January 22, 1917 . . Lhe Ger nnrlO ccr pt iiotnl. c o uncbil of Statc ndth r Rcgenq . The Inris Iorn nittceti nt1 its Polici s . . . . . . . . . . The Sational Denlocratic Party . . . . . . . . . . . Forination of tlle Iaris Comniittee . . . . . . . . . . Corn ositiono f tlic Iaris Porrr nittec . . . . . . . . . Jolish Cor tliiions in ttic I. nitc d St tcls . . . . . . . . . Charactcr of Iopulat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . Organiztttion among Arnerican Poles . . . . . . . . . Firla lcial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clerical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Political . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Orga rizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . let. h od of U lclerstandinga nd Interpreting Iolish onclitions in ille I-nited States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . onclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Iletroit Convent. i on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The 0t jects of t. hc Convention . . . . . . . . . . . The Cont. rol of the Conventio l . . . . . . . . . . . Decisions of the Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . Specific Points of Friction and Discord . . . . . . . . . . Personal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial Matters, Relief Funds, etc . . . . . . . . . . The Ihite Cross and the Red Cross . . . . . . . . . The Polish Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Polish Publicity in the United States . . . . . . . . General Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .