Writers and left-wing figures as varied as Garibaldi and Marx polemicized against the Russians. But the bitter truth was that no major power had any interest in helping the Poles. Britain, France and Austria sent two joint diplomatic notes requesting the tsar to make concessions, but they got nowhere. The Prussians even suggested joint action with the Russians against the rebels, though eventually thought better of it. Intervention was in any case logistically difficult. Unlike the Italians, the Poles were on their own, and they paid the price.
