The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-07-30
GENERAL D0OAs
NEPHEW CAUGHT
As 4 DEsERTER
Russian cemmander's Vote De-
cides Fate VI Young Pole
VINO Quit Regiment.
JOINED THE AUSTRIAN ARMY
General Raeymns Had the Missortuns
10 Preside st the cours.assrtial
Which Sealed the Fate Of
ttls Faverlts Relative.
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Ny on. WOLF WON schiERBRAkD.
G2Eresrcnasrs q the New York SUM.
Vienna Doubtless the darkest na-
tiorAl tragedy In this world war To
that OF the Poles. There one sees q
distinct chronological entity. Q people
whose tongue is the most musical and
cultivated OF all the Slavic languages.
with nne literature showing names
like that OF Henry X. Sienkiewics, Of
universal fame. advanced In all the
Arts Paderewski being q enc exam.
pie: the most gifted Of all the slAss.
Of high valor. of . quality both dis.
tinet and elevated. Yet the curse Of
destiny has brought II about that this
people Of altogether about $4,000, 600
has been split mp Into three unequal
parts -roundly. .l2.ooQ,oQ0. Of them m.
der Russian rule. ab01t 100000 I'M
der Austrian and about 5000. 900 under
German rule. And what results Of
even the present giant upheavai Sili
be 90 far as the Poles are concerned
not even the wisest can foretell,
Tragedies Every Day.
Meanwhile every day tragedies on 0
minor scale are happening among the
Poles which. for the most part, will
never see page and printers ink. Yet
many are worth the telling. Here 10
one In point. | tell II just an II was
told TO me. without the slightest ut.
tempt at coloring the facts, Let the
reader Judge for himself.
Among the Russian prisoners taken
as Tarnow. Galicla, some three weeks
ago by the Austrian army was fine,
dignined looking man. general who
had not yielded without FIRST using
his sword. He was General Stephen
Radymno. Pole by race and Ian
guags, but brave. undaunted soldier
of the car. He is now recovering
from his injuries 10 one OF the reserve
hospitals OF Vienna, and later on viii
be taken "a prisoner OF war TO one Of
the great camps In Bohemia.
Nephew a peserter.
General Radymno had the mlsfor.
tune to be forced TO condemn his IA
vorite nephew to death. He presided
ut the court.martial which sealed the
young mans fate. and his was the
deciding voice that doomed the young
man TO immediate execution for the
nephew, Jan Radymno. had committed
treason. Although serving In one Of
his uncle's own regiments ms first
lieutenant. he had gone over TO the enc
my--to the Polish legion fighting un-
der the banner OF the HApsburgs. This
he had done In the middle OF the
night, and In his shabby quarters, a
short distance back OF the trenches.
there was found the next morning a
slip Of paper on which we're q few
lines addressed to his uncle, the gen
erai saying he found himself forced
10 choose between two duties--and
that toward Poland came frst." Then
he had aided q word or two TO the
general himself imploring him TO fol.
low his example "and help free Poland
from the Muscovite yoke"
Poles Make Raids.
All this happened early last De-
cember. tho generals trenches were
held for Eve months longer, Back OF
his positions were woods. impene
trable, deep In SNOW, and into them he
WAS frequently obliged to send ssirm-
ishins parties to attack the rear OF
the Polish Legion OF Austria. who
made frequent raids. The rumor some
how spread liz the regiment to which
Lieutenant Radymno had belonged
that he was with thcse legionaires and
that he even directed G number OF the
raids and sudden attacks. The Rus
SLAMS were bitter. and many prison.
ers captured were given short shrift.
One Russian soldier named Destystuk,
who had belonged to the ''rotte"
squad formerly commanded by Lieu
tenant Radymno, swore he had rec
oEnixed his former officer In the ranks
nf the enemy on one occasion.
The general, his uncle. never heard
any Of these ru,nors, however.
One night late In March. when the
snow still lay thick and gale was
blowing. the very company TO which
the deserter had belonged was sur
rrised. The men had changed THAR
quarters only the day before. having
lost many In their trenches. and had
been sent to the rear. Thls particular
raid was singularly bold, rapid and
desperate. The Russians were sur.
! prised In thsir sleer. and before they
could gather for stand they were
badly beaten. But at last there came
sgccor. and then shere Was hard fight.
Ing, chisny With the hayones on &C.
count OF the uncertain light. With
hall the little force slain, the Ras.
SLAMS finally got a small hand Of their
foes into the church, and there, after
q hand to hand struggle, look some
prisoners
Uncle condentns Him.
Among the prisoners was Jan
Radymno. or What vas left OF him A
hayanet thrust had split bits cheek and
cut his lips His blouse hung about
Aim In 2ttars- In this coalition he