Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-02
GOVERNMENT OF WARSAW
WORKS VERY SMOOTHLY
Won Beseler Appointed Governors
General OF City, With SUI
premc Authority.
LOCAL COMMITTEE GIVES AID
District Round About Also Subject
5 to Police Rules and Regulations.
Poles Allowed to Produce Their
Native Plays.

ioieS Allowed to Produce Their
Native Plays.
WARSAW, January lit took the
Germans just about one week to install
In the province Of Warsaw. the most
important in all Poland. a government
ton. seems remarkable under the cir
cumstancesI
Only II few days after the fall Of
Warsaw 1t was announced that General
Won Bcselcr had been appointed gov
crnor- general, not only Of the city.
but Of the district comprising some
seventy square kilometcrs. Like Won
Kissing. of Belgium he IL the supreme
authority. with' powers infinitely
greater than the Emperor possesses in
relation to Germany. Under Won Bcsc-
Ter stand General Won EtZdorI as gov
crnor of The city Of Warsaw and milf
tary chief. and His Excellcncy krics
as administrative chief in charge OF all
civilian matters. Under them stands
Police President Won Glascnapp, former
police president of Cologne, who cx-
crts both military ana civil authority,
the first under the direction Of Won
EtZdorf, the second under krics Upon
Him falls the burden OF detail work.
the practical administration Of the city
and It's suburbs His first aid is
Mayor Sahm. former Mayor OF the city
of Bochum AN expert in administers
tive matters. In addition there are.
in the police department.. any number
OF men who are experts in their par
ticulur lines and who head the various
departments.
The Germans found, on taking War
saw. citizens committee" of Poles
and Jews. headed by Prince Lubonrski.
in.o whose hands the Russians had con-
iidcd the welfare OF the city This
committee was nllaying as best /, could
the needs OF the people in charitable
ways. and wrestling with the food
problem.
GERMANS GIVE OFFICIAL
ItECOGNlrIOS TO COMMITTEE
The Germans Immediately CAV. OIL
cial recognition 10 the committee. and
prepared to work hand in hand with Il,
But one subcommittee. that In ,nargc
OF the coal problem. has been disbaud-
I'd. Prince Lubomirski occupies a sort
Of dual position. II" Is. FIRST. tho native
Mayor. and secondly the com,ul,,c.
head in rs work for charity and food
supplies.
Not only Warsaw city, but tho dis
trict OF Warsaw and that Of Radzynin
adjoining, TO the northeast. are sub
)ect to the police rules and reguia-
lions.
The branch departments Of the
praesidium include Il bureau OF com
inunal affairs of tho distric, exclusive
OF warsaw district. q bread ana Hour
department complaint department.
where, for instance. citizens lodge com
plants against bakers; a customs Office
veterinary department. which has rad
an enormous task in Kidding the citv
of mad dogs: censorship bureau
which passes on all plays and films; Il
sass division, which issues credentials
TO the residents Of the district; an en-
ploymert bureau and division which
assists the wives OF former German
residents of Warsaw who are Inferred
IN Siberia and elsewhere
For the tirs, time in approXimatclv
100 years the Poles are now permitted
TO produce their native-and ant!-Rus-
si1 plays Warsaw to-day has six
I'M ters, including an opera house
rus ming fun blast Each Is packed TO
the doors night after night partly with
most part with Poles.
by all means. the most popular pro-
duction is a play purporting to show
the cruelties attending the domination
"f Poland by the Russians L, is his
torcaliy old. but never has been al
lowed before
In the opera house some OF the more
popular operas. as we'll as Il number
OF purely Polish productions. arc given.
There is a really excellent orchestra
and especially number of iirst-ratc
dancers. by all odds. the favoritc
opera is Carmen" which is given two
and sometimes three times a week
The stage setting and stage man
agement OF each and every theatrical
or musical production seem 10 give evil
.,..'ence OF a very elemental and undc-
{cloped taste.