The New York Times/1918/11/11/Polish Republic Announced
Polish Republic Announced; Galicia Is Taken Over
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 9.—A message from Cracow announces the formation of a Polish Republic under the Presidency of Deputy Daszynski.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 10.—Professor Lammasch, the Austrian Premier, has received official notification, says a dispatch from Vienna, that Poland has assumed sovereignty over Galicia.
Galicia is a crownland of Austria-Hungary north of the Carpathians. It has an area of 30,307 square miles and in normal times had a population of some 7,000,000.