Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-26
POLAND IS STRIPPED
BY GERMAN v|CT0Rs
from First There Has Been Organ
lied Attempt to Exploit Con-
qucrcd Country.
PEOPLE ALLOWED TO sTARvE
Peasants Forced to Give Up Food,
That Nothing Mny BE Lacking i'm
Army's Supply-Dark Picture OF
Conditions.

Conditions.
LONDON. November GA dark pic-i
'nre OF conditions In Russian Poland.
and incidentally an argument against
the necessity Of providing food by char
NY, was published In the Times to-
day. leading member Of the So
called Polish independence party"
which remains I'm close touch with the
supreme Polish National Committee Of
Austrian Poland is responsible for the
. statemants
The Times explains that the commit
Tee created and is responsible for the
Polish lcgions fighting with the Austro-
hungarian army against Russia and
says that the author Of ;hc mcmoran-
dum therefore can not be supposed to
entertain hostile bias. at least against
Germany's Austrian ally.
ATTEMPT TO EXPLOIT
OCCUPIED TERRITORY
One OF the main features Of the
German administration in Poland" says
the memorandum. lis the attempt to
exploit the occupied territory cconom-
ically TO the utmost. Every new rcgu-
ihtion aims at getting ns much as pos
sihle out Of the country, although the
German authorities try TO disguise this
tendency In different ways"
by AN order of April %, TIA. mcInor-
andun continues all grain and pota-
toes. after on" and one half pools
'Hbout hfty-iiv" pounds, had been left
for each inhahitant until the harvest,
was 10 be delivered To Il poScn COM
pany mentioned In tho order. The or
der explained that the purpose was to
provide -four for districts where there
was "a shortage. The peasants In the
district OF l<uJavy. where there was
plenty OF grain which they we're keep
ing for nr hour of need. were cNhortcd
10 give up grain for famine sufferers in
l,ombIoVa. THAT district received an
absolutely Insufficient supply. but on
July q an order for securing the rest
Of tn" grain FOR the German army was
enforced
This order" the memoran dum says,
EXTENDED contiscaton TO the coming
harvest. without any prctensc OF phil
anthrophy or humanitariauism.
INDUSTRIES OF POLAND
CONDEMNED 'fO TI:KDITION"
Asserting that from tn" ars, tho
Germans CONDEMNED thu Industries Of
Russian Poland To pcrdition.' the mem
nrandun gives lengthy details OF al
legged destruction or confiscation Of
property. II says that virtually all the
coal mining machinery In tn" district
OF DombroEa was destroyed IN the au-
tumn OF 1919 10. stratcgtCul rcasons'
am ll4'iE A!l' j''PA4Sb 4'i'- 'l''lb.li( oil
the mines Were made desperate there
br.
Payment for rcQustioned property,
the memorandum asserts. was made a
matter OF grac" on very inadequate
basis. and TO be settled after the war
THE worst blow is described as hav-
ing been the inducing of skilled labor
TO 70 TO Germany under pressure. 49,
600 persons doing 80.
As a result OF the foregoing mca-
gIf1s,, ,Iyf.,
OF thousands az working class families
are faced with starvation. Manufac-
turers are keeping many persons yir-
tually on charity: 100000 persons in
l.oda are living on 5000 TO $4,000
per week.
The population" the memorandum
concludes. tired out by the war and
ruined by so many disasters, accepts
them IN an apath"tic mood. There is
the reflection, however. that one does
rot ruin economically country In
which one expects to stay"
Many districts. the memorandum
says. were threatened with famine as
carly as tho autumn OF i9li. The in
dustrial regions and coal districts OF
pombrova and CZ"stochowa were cut
completely OFF from external food sup
plies, but local organizations were do
ing wonders in their attempts to save
the population from starving.
The news OF their distress" the
statement i""S' spichu thFouenout
Europe and America, giving rise 10
the formation OF relief committees.
Even official circles in Berlin announced
their adhesion to this ph!lanthropic
work undertaken with American
money.
no NEED For RECOURSE
TO OUTSIDE FOR AID
The Polish population OF the occu-
pied districts accepted these measures
with skepticisn. clearly understanding
that this was not case for philan-