Evening star., 1918-12-29
Lieut.. HempeI Says Allies
Should Send Food and
Clothing at Once.
MAKES URGENT APPEAL
FOR U. S. ASSISTANCE
People Facing Starvation, Declares
Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Pilsudski,
Polish Leader.

PARIS, December 2S (by the ASSoci-
ated Press).-Unless Poland receives
food supplies and clothing from the
allies Immediately, there is grave
danger that the population. which is
facing starvation. will join the
bolshevik movement and thereby
menace the stability of the new
government. according to Lieut.
Stanislaw Hempel. aid-de-camp to
Gen. Joseph Pilsudski, military head
of the Polish government.
Lieut.. Hempel, who arrived in Paris
a few days ago from Poland on
diplomatic mission. has issued an
urgent plea through the newspapers
that the United States rush food 10
his country. In this plea he declared
there were only two or three weeks
supplies left, and that, while the
people thus far had steadfastly re-
fused to accept bolshevism. they
might be expected to revolt unless pro-
yided with the necessaries OF life.
Fear of New Republic.
Lieut.. Hempel said that bolshevism
was the one thing which the new re-
public now feared. Poland was sur
rounded by revolutionists, and having
been stripped of virtually all means OF
making a livelihood, naturally prom
ised fertile ground for Russian anu
German propagandists. The German
army denuded Poland not only OF food-
stuffs. but carried off all horses and ~
ner cent of the cattle, SO that 1t Is nm
POSSIBLE to cultivate the land IN aool-
tion. all wool and cotton were taken
and the people are destltute Ior eio'n ~
ing, which is costing at the rate o.
800 marks for suit principally OIL
cotton. 1.,,,a
was received by. Lieut. Hempel ten
days ago, when the country was sun
standing firmly for the newly estab-
iished democracy, despite the efforts
of German and Russian bolsheVlsts 70
win adherents and threats made oy
hostile forces along the Polisn irono
tiers. AZ that time some 1000 or 3,00o
recruits were fiocking to the stanoara
of the Polish army daily to augment
the 100000 troops Gen. Pilsudski had
a month ago.
Proposes to Use Forces.
The army was supplied with rifles
and machine guns and proposed to
use its forces along the borders 10
| DrOtcCC 1OllSL AilSA SS'
diers were absolutely against Dol
sheyism and ready to support the
president of the republic to the END.
"I assure you that all that has been
said about the Polish army massa.
cring Jews is false" Lieut. hempe,
| declared.
"rhe Ukrainians when withdrawing
from Lemberg massacred 200 Jews
and also 5000 Poles. As forty-nine
ont of fifty shops in our villages are
| kept by Jews, it was natural enes
would be the victims Of the retiring
Ukrainians. But the foies Id"
nothing to do with it."
Fighting the Bolsheviki.
WARSAW, Thursday, December e6
(by the Associated Pressl-The
Polish government has established =
thia military front against tre au-
yaacing bolshevik forces. TIE line
ex ends from Lapy. in the north'
beAg. The Polish troops nave oc-
cu,tied the railway stations a.ad the
man railw ~ Inc on the borfers O.
the territories held by them
Thousands of refugees continue TO
arrive in Poland from Moscow Moscow d and
| other points in central Russia anu
the ukraine. 1t is reported that the
Germans are preparing to hand over
| wilma to the bolsheviki.
The Polish government has received
| renorts that a thousand Poles nave
| heen massacred at Pinsk by bolhse-
| Wiki and Ukrainian forces VINO are
advancing from Pinsk toward Brest-
Ijtovsk. which the Germans are pre-
Zen Pilsudski. the Polish military
leader, has returned from Lemoers.
where desultory fighting contl9nes
between the Ukrainians and the Poiss
The republic Of West raonns UHraine Ga,,cia cns
under the presidency of Constantine
Ieyitsky. The new government is
favorable to the entente.
Tell of Bolshevik Principles.
German soldiers arriving here from
wilma have brought with them copies 8
of a declaration of bolshevik prin-
ciples which were posted a! wind,
to the workers of the world. espe-
cialiy to those in the central empires.
is signed by Lenin and Sverdloh. 1t
makes these declarations:
The treaty of Brest-Lito'sk Is aooi-
The last act of former Emperor
William was to expel the representa-
tive of the Russian government In
Berlin.
|
Russian revolutions.
The free Russian people viii make
a true peace with those OF America,
Austria and Germany, according TO
the principles of Lenin-
The right to decide the desttnies OF
nations shall be reserved to the WORK
men of such nations. while the cap
itaIists. having caused the war, must
pay indemnities.
The union Of Russia, Austria and
Germany must be established on the
ruins of militarism. imperialism ana
| economic slavery.
It is hoped that all nations will join
such a union after the Russian union
has successfully opposed the foreign
hourpeoise, The Russian union VIII
. never submit to Anglo-American i'm
perialism.
The working class OF the entente
must force their governments to q
naasa negotiated with the mass of
the Russian people. The Russian So
Wet will use its forces to oppose for
; eirn capitalism and will protect the
neonle liberated from German dom
ination.
Ukraine Bands Murder Poles.
WARSAW, December 2s (by the As
! sociated Press).-Northern Ukraine
hands now are threatening the town
or levei. Thsy have already taken
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