The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-15
Million Poles StarUe; Victims On
Battle Ground of Two Armies


which appeared the name, of the pn
triotlc citizens who had guaranteed
the value VI the paper none, II f.
impusIblp as Vet To fell what thI,
real value Will be Bur It nude ID
possible To buy food IN THESE towns.
The textile manufacturers had sold
ali their stocks or goods tu the Russian
dcnlrrs before the war begun The
RDssinn Is accustomed To mine months
credit SO that the small mnnurnctur
INK towns had neither goods nor mon
ey. When the Russian, fled they took
with them every roublr they could
find Now rrnI money is beginning To
come back
The German, pn, lu cash for real
work and supplies. suid Dr. Lewuld.
"u is little enough money. ln proper
tlon ro the needs. But the supply is
constantly increasing"
Ru,sipu Poland contains upproxi
mntcN l4OOOOO puulntou That
part of # which ms been tnkrn hy
the invaders contains nbout 1000 .UOu
people This portion has been tempo
/ rarlly divided between Germany and
/ Austria Hungary. In each town In
the C;ermauized mart of Poland new
city government has been set up. with
German officials at its head. To some
extent. At least. these officlals work
with the town meeting government
which filled in the interim between
the Russian exodus and the German
arrival In pach town order Is restor-
ed and dirt Is attacked aud light is
being furnished by night.
In none II these smaller cities were
the streets ever lighted. \ pale
glenn through window might show
the residence uf Il wealthy citizen
But ~ fnr as lighting the streets is
1 concerned well. II simply wasn't done
, The wauderer stumbled through mud
to he knees. and I'm and out Of pig
0 wallows and ON aud over stones II Il
4 went abroad at night The wrllto.du
. carried lanterns Others wore h!gh
, boots and did the hest they could I'm
each NJ these towns In each " the
principal squares the Germans have
u set up high pole On II are clusters
, " gasoline torches
"Yuu should see the villagers stand
about M night and gnZe al that flare
said Dr Ipwald 1T has fascina
y, tIop for them None of them ever saw
, ANYTHING NJ the sort before. Few ever
4, even heard of lighting street at
A In the rural parts of Poland there
N is AS Vet very little real dcstiution
4 Rut I'm the manufacturing cities there
Il lg great suffering now. There will
Is be- greater suffering later without
's rttemptlng 10 place responsibility for
y. the causes " the war, and therefore
y for the Immediate cause Of the famine
1t which thrpntpns these people. II may
he said TINT this territory WINS In part
, fought over three times The textile
ar workers are poorly paid at best They
'S hnd no rainy day fund on which tC
fail back I'm LODI alone there ar,
Z somewhere between 100000 and $50,
~, Nv 900 who are In danger Of starving Il
~ death They might live upon the char
m ity Of their nelghbors except TIM
10 their pelghhors have nothing 10 give
mo Food must he brought IN from outside
m BEFORE thnt can be done. food must b,
bc purchnsed. II N to this end that IN,
ce American Red Cross IL now working
pr, German and Austrian committees ar
II nobly cooperating Not too mucl
ne can be hoped for from the GermaI
ny government itself II has It's own foo
~ problem at hlme that IL becoming NOR
rE pressing every day. II has two grea
~ armies To feed In hostile territory.
us has almost 100000 prisoners mil
tary and civil-to care for II ha
M done lp best for these Poles but llttl
Iu e,' hone IL extended for the future.
-, w. What the future VI Poland may b
.yo Is something on which no one wi