Críochnaigh an abairt seo a leanas: The Regency Council sought admission to the negotiations with the Bolshevik government during trips to Berlin and Vienna early in 1918 but only gained German Chancellor Georg von Hertling's promise to admit the Polish government in an advisory capacity. The Regency Council sought admission to the negotiations with the Bolshevik government during trips to Berlin and Vienna early in 1918 but only gained German Chancellor Georg von Hertling's promise to admit the Polish government in an advisory capacity. The Regency Council sought admission to the negotiations with the Bolshevik government during trips to Berlin and Vienna early in 1918 but only gained German Chancellor Georg von Hertling's promise to admit the Polish government in an advisory capacity. Dhiúltaigh ionadaithe na Bolsheivíce seo, áfach, a dhiúltaigh aon dlisteanacht don rialtas Polainnis. Chuir ionadaí na Gearmáine Max Hoffmann in iúl a chreideamh "go raibh an Pholainn neamhspleách i gcónaí mar utopia, agus níl aon amhras agam maidir le mo thacaíocht do éilimh na hÚcráine". Nuair a shínigh Conradh Brest-Litovsk, a síníodh an 9 Feabhra, an chúige Chełm - a bhí mar chuid de Chongres na Polainne go dtí 1913 - do stát nua na hÚcráine, mheas go leor sa Pholainn é seo mar "Ceathrú roinn na Polainne", rud a spreag "stailc ginearálta polaitiúil" i Varsabha an 14 Feabhra agus éirí as riarachán Jan Kucharzewski níos déanaí an mhí sin. Rinne codanna den choiste cúnta Polainnis faoi Józef Haller agóid trí bhrú tríd an líne tosaigh Austro-Rúiseach go dtí an Úcráin, áit a raibh siad aontaithe le miondíolta na Polainne a d'fhág an arm Tsarist. Tar éis a fierce
i gcath leis an arm na Gearmáine ag Kaniów i mí na Bealtaine, cuireadh an chuid is mó díobh i bpríosún, cé gur éirigh le Haller éalú go Moscó.