Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-17
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POLAND THE STORM CENTER.
Grave Disturbances Agitating Kosci-
usko's Conquered Land.

uSkO'S conquered
The storm center of the political and
Industrial agitation which for weeks has
centered the attention of the world upon
the empire of the Gar is now III 70
land, where the disaffection of the peo-
pie furnishes a ready soil for revolution
ary propagandism At LODI, which is
an important industrial center, collisions
between the soldiers and strikers have
been numerous, and in the aggregate a
large number of people have been shot
and sabered. 1t was political rather than
industrial agitators who precipitated the
crisis in LODI. These had gone to the
CITY from other parts of Russia and in
stigated the strikers to make demands,
which, on the face of it, could not be
granted. The strikers demanded an in
crease of pay from Z kopeks an hour to
20, and a decrease of the working hours
from 1115 to s. When these demands
were not granted, as the political agi-
tators knew full well was impossible, the
strikers were easily led to acts OF VIC
lence, with the result of much blood
shed.
Another Polish center which is af-
fected is Sosnovice, in the coal region
bordering the German frontier. There
the strikers are supplied with dynamite,
which is freely used and the community
is terrorized. Germans employed in the
industries there have flocked across the
frontier. The strong arm of Russian
militarism is now exerting itself, but IN
the excited public condition there is grave
danger that bloody scenes will be en-
acted.
In Warsaw the situation is still crit
ical. Several persons who were IN favor
of returning to work were killed by strlk-
ers. Owing to the closing OF bakeries
provisions are mounting to famine prices
and the country people are afraid to
enter the city with supplies.
The telegraph reports from Warsaw
say things have quieted down and bust
ness has assumed the regular routine.
After killing and manning hundreds OF
men and women who took part III q
movement to replace tyranny with free
dom the brutal Russian soldiery have
cowed the populace into submission.
By what tremendous odds this triumph
was won! Warsaw was overrun with
soldiers until they outnumbered the male
adult population of the city. One hum
dred thousand of them were quartered in
the town, or 10000 more than the mas
culine civilians capable of bearing arms.
What show had unarmed men and wom-
en- against such host? What great
achievement indeed it was to put down
an insurrection where sticks and stones
were the weapons of attack and defense
against the repeating rifles and up-to-
date cannonry cf trained battalions!
It required 100000 soldiers to disperse
the crowds in st. Petersburg pleading
with the Gar for laws to prevent the
enslaving of the wage Garner. Warsaw
is only one-third the size of st. Peters
burg, yet it needed just as many troops
as the latter city to keep in subsection
the gallant Poles. The partition OF 20
land, one of the most infamous of acts,
is neither forgotten nor forgiven by the
race which it has meant to exterminate.
No wonder it's chief city is filled with
troops to crush any revolt, even the most
trivial.
Warsaw is quiet, forsooth, because for
a patriot to show his head out OF doors
now is to invite volley of bullets and
death. So Warsaw will remain until
her people are beaten into submission.