26 December 1918 Ignacy Paderewski He came to Poznań. The German Reich government, knowing what might happen, tried vainly to direct him to Warsaw through the Toruń-Aleksandrów.
A specially expedited Prussian envoy, directed to Paderewski to give him a appropriate note, came back with a receipt. Similarly, the effort to extort I. Paderewski inactive at the Poznań railway station ended.
The only kind of reception received by the Master as the 1 that prompted president Wilson to present in the January message the celebrated 13th point about the necessity of free Poland was an incomparable tribute to Paderewski's achievements.
The city decorated with Polish flags, illuminated with candles and torches, (the Prussian authorities turned off the current), survived together with the large artist 1 of the days that went on permanent to history. The enthusiasm of the people of Poznań has reached extraordinary sizes.
The following day, on 27 December 1918, thousands of school children were filmed before Paderewski, who lived at the “Bazar” Hotel in Freedom Square. Paderewski gave a fiery speech. The Wielkopolska Uprising broke out, 1 of the fewer winners in Poland's history.
