Supreme People's Council
The Supreme (Polish) People's Council (1916–1919) ( Naczelna Rada Ludowa or Centralny Komitet Obywatelski ) was founded in 1916 in Posen as a non-partisan Polish committee for the Prussian partition, with the National Democratic Party ( Stronnictwo Narodowo- Democracyzne ) took. The Council supported the Entente states during World War I and worked closely with the Polish National Committee ( Komitet Narodowy Polski ), which was founded in Lausanne on August 15, 1917 and worked in Paris under the leadership of Roman Dmowski . On November 11, 1918, the National Committee was renamed the People's Council ( Rada Ludowa ); the next day it set up the provisional commissariat, which consisted of Stanisław Adamski , Wojciech Korfanty and Adam Poszwiński . On November 14th, the original name of the Supreme People's Council was reverted to. The provisional Polish National Assembly, which met in Poznan on December 5, recognized this as the legitimate government of Poland. At that time the Supreme (Polish) People's Council consisted of the following members:
- Stanisław Adamski and Władysław Seyda ( Greater Poland )
- Wojciech Korfanty and Józef Rymer ( Upper Silesia )
- Stefan Łaszewski ( Pomeranian )
- Adam Poszwiński ( Kujawy )
It was agreed to establish branches (sub-commissioners) in Bytom and Danzig . Initially, the Supreme People's Council advocated the peaceful takeover of the former Polish territories that Prussia had annexed by the new Polish state. After the outbreak of the uprising in Wielkopolska , however, it was decided to incorporate all areas of Wielkopolska ( Province of Posen ) that were under control into Poland, although initially the customs border between the former Province of Poznan and former Russian Poland was retained and one wanted to introduce its own currency - the Poznan mark . The unification was also adopted in this form on August 12, 1919 by the Polish National Constituent Assembly . A ministry headed by Władysław Seyda was set up to deal only with the Poznan problem. The Supreme People's Council in person Józef Rymers represented Poland twice at the international peace conference in Paris. One of the most interesting decisions of the council was the introduction of the 8-hour working day. On August 19, 1919, the Supreme People's Council dissolved and handed over its powers to the government in Warsaw.