Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-26

Twelve ChlIQr0n q oay QylOB Oh SUR
walton. At one point he noted an old
woman who had crawled sixteen kilo-
| motors to get @ handful OF black broad.
These were merely q few Instances out
OF great number which led him to
| tho conclusion that tho desolation in
the wake of the armies In Poland was
greater than that In Belgium, where
no had made n similar inspection.
The Polish student group here Is
also receiving frequent mall advices
from their friends in the various parts
OF Poland. One OF tho last posted Of
these student letters summed up recent
advices which got through as follows:
out Of $4,000 square kilometers in
old Poland, $4,000 square skilometers
have now been occupied by the Austro-
German armies. Tho departments
which have suffered most are: Kaliska,
Piotrowska. kielecka. Radowscka. Su-
wolska, and Plocka; also four districts
or the government of Lonisynsky, ten
districts OF Warsaw, which Is de-
partment half the size OF Wales, in adj
dition to the city of Warsaw, four dis
trtcts OF Luhelskicj and five in Chelm-
sky. Out OF 10000 900 inhabitants of
thls region, 100000 have suffered OF
-',Voo villages, $500. or about 20 per
cen' are partially destroyed. and an
otts 1000 villages are completely lev
eled to the ground. not n trace of them
remaining beyond the heaps OF smoul
derinG rubbish and ruin
me peasantry are pictured as NOV
ing about like great tribes Of gypsies
onel lhe olackened fields, CARRYING and
pushing their scant belongings in small
carts. Miss Alma Tadema gives a
graphic picture of this Wholesale desc
iation: industry is at standstill:
miinons are out of work; the meadows
. anu arabic lands are furrowed by deep
:. oi'ches. riddled with shellholcs: the
Same tracts have been swept over and
over by immense battle waves; nothing
eihains' The barns and ricks are.
pur neu' the horses and cattle all stolen
or slain; ruin everywhere. The women
. al, children have been driven out into
th ne open. they cover In the woods;
me mnhse, the manor house, tho old
castle In the park, all are dcstrovcd:
tnerc is no one to help there Is M
wnere TO fly to. nothing to do but TO
nloe IN ruins. in woods or in hollows.
E IA ing roots and the bark OF trees,
death" 49, W
One OF THE nEST-INFORAiED
POLISH AUTHORITIES
And this is from one OF the best in
FORMED Polish authorities in England.
the energetic young woman official of
the Polish committee, the bearer of one
or EnSiands great names, and the CEN
ger into which pour all this mass of
Information concerning the colossal
tragedy of Poland
mere arc many other enthusiastic
poiish workers here, notably Nine
SEanislawa Bcvan, the Polish wife of
the prominent English painter. Robert
Sevan' who Is chairman of the com
mitteo looking after Polish refugees
coming to London. Nine. Bevan. born
IN Poland, has sacrificed her jewels to
ala In caring for her countrymen. One
OF the rings she gave for the cause is
Of the burning hope under
lying the Polish cause. 1t is an old
family heirloom. bearing date lust flor
foiand was torn into three parts and
passed around TO Austria. Prussia and
RUSSIA. What appears to be seal
on Top is In truth miniature coffin.
emblematic of Poland's burial. But
when tiny spring is touched. the cof-
fin opens and Polish knight in tho full
regalia of old Poland rises with sword
aiott from his tomb in which Poland
mas slept since she was dismembered
Inc anglo Russian entente creates
many political obstacles to getting de-
talis OF conditions in the Eastern field
for publication and even in telling tho
truth. For example, Cardinal Rournc
archbishop OF Westminster, made n re-
inarkable address recently to a gath
erins of Poles and Polish adherents
It was presumed that such an address
would he printed in all it's details, but
when the text appeared In the Uni
verse" II was with frequent paran-
theltical phrases Detected by the Cen
Sor. Even one of the appeals for re-
lief OF Polish victims has fallen under
the ban and had to be withdrawn
mus England is loyal to her Russian
any, ana the political status of Po-
land is necessarily viewed I'm T,o,do,
from the Anglo Russian viewpoint But
I he actualities Of the Polish people. the
havoc and distress among them stand
out in startling magnitude notwitb
standing the veil which is kept so
ugh'iy drawn over the political status