Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-07-26
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erations centers attention on the colos-
sal tragedy of Poland the second that
unhappy country has endured, the first
having stirred America to its depths
when Kosciuszco went there to tell
poland's own story and left its mem
ores in the statue of the Polish liber-
ator in one of the public squares of
Washington.
But that first tragedy was as moth.
ing compared with what Poland is now
undergoing, the entire theater of east
ern lighting being within the territory
of the old kingdom Of Poland with
Russian armies tramping over the
country from the east. Austrian ar
mics from the south, and German ar
mics from the north and west, all com
pressing Poland as in a double vice
from four sides. marching and fighting
on scale of unprecedented magni-
tude, and leaving train of wreck and
desolation even greater than that OF
Belgium or Serbia This is the testi-
mony of dlsinterested eye-witnesses,
Polish, English and American. who
have lately trayersed the stricken re
gions. including G. G. Gibson OF the
Rockefeller foundation, who declared
on his return that this was one OF the
greatest tragedies the world had ever
known the devastation of Belgium
shrinking in comparison
Such Geographic news as trickles
through from Poland, except the offi-
cial reports OF military operations
from the three sides is censored and
garbled and gives only the picture of
fighting, without that of the PROSTATE
country under the heels OF the fighters
pressing from four sides. But from
eye-witnesses returning. and from let
tiers to those who have sought asylum
here, there is mass of information
on the real conditions at the scene OF
these gigantic eastern operations
Much OF this information flows INTO
the hands OF Miss Laurence Alma-To'
dema, daughter OF the great English
artist, who for three months has been
working day and night as the secre-
tary and directing genius OF the Pol
ish relief committee, whose officers
and patrons embrace about every
name of note in England-peers, cab
met members, ambassadors. artists
and authors.
Think Of the magnitude of this ap
palling Polish tragedy" said Miss
Alma.Tadema to representative oil
the Associated Press. 1T is am
cult thing for us in England or Amer
lea. with conditions serene, TO cast
the minds eye across Europe ant
grasp the fact that all the titanic east
ern battles are being fought on Polisi
soil And il is not only a gigantic
struggle OF invading armies from with
ont one following another with al
their train of ruin and desolation, bu
II partakes almost of civil conflict VIII
Pole fighting against Pole.
"'There are" she went on, "apou
twelve million Russian Poles, an
about the same number of Austria
and prussian Poles. All of them haV
that intense longing to see Poland ris
again as a unified kingdom And "
of these twenty-four million Poles,
million Polish soldiers are fgnting
the Russian ranks, and another III
lion are fghting in the Austrian an
German ranks = literally broth'
against brother. one of the repor
reaching me tells of body of PouS
infantry fighting on the Russian siu
charging at body Of the enemy, WI
bayonets raised and the battle-cri
ringing from both sides-oniy 10 q
tineuish as they came to grips tn
both we're shouting the cry of Polal
and on that instant, as II inspir
by n common impulse, every hayon
was lowered and every man IN I
facing ranks fell on his knees ana
their common language breathed I
Lords prayer. That was Polan
prayer ON the battlefield of this l
rible eastern conflict.
"Out of the $4,000 square kl
meters in old Poland. $4,000 kilomeu
have now been occupied by the A
troGerman armies. The departure
which have suffered most are Kalis
Piotrowska. Kielecka, Radowska,
wolska, and Plocka. also four dislr'
OF the government OF Lonlsynsky,
districts OF Warsaw. which Is a
partment half the size of Wales In
ditlon to the city OF Warsaw; four
tricts OF LubelskicI and five In chs
sky. out OF l2,00N. 900 inhabltanti
this region, 5000. O0o have suffered
27o00 villages, $500. OF about 20
cent, are partially destroyed. aud
other 1900 villages are completely
sleA to The ground. not trace Of I