 Dmowski opposed revolutionary means of fighting , preferring political struggle , and aimed for independence through increased autonomy . After the outbreak of the Russo @-@ Japanese War , Dmowski met with Colonel Akashi Motojiro , the Japanese military attache in Sweden and spy @-@ master for Japanese intelligence activities , in Kraków in March 1904 . Although reluctant to collaborate with the Japanese , Dmowski agreed to Akashi 's proposal that Polish soldiers in Manchuria might be encouraged to defect to the Imperial Japanese Army . He travelled to Tokyo to work out the details , and at the same time made a successful effort to prevent the Japanese from aiding a rival Polish political activist , Józef Piłsudski , who wanted assistance for a planned insurrection in Poland , an aspiration which Dmowski felt would be doomed to failure . 
