Gunnison news-champion., 1918-08-16
aimed TO MAKE
POLAND DESERT
German System ReCkoned on
Starvation OF People 10 Pro-
mote Imperial Ends.
Won KRlES REVEALED PLOT
Country, After Population Had Been
systematically Done TO Death, Was
70 Be Restocked BY Settlers
From Germany.

The er'au' Of human misery in
PolauI c1ur.I By the German oc-
cupq'ron uas a. great as that IN Bel
alum anil France. The entire hoGrt-
is.sns.. rlrrl riGrqctcri-ci the kat
ssr.s Aiqi oTrery Is we'l si0TH in a
statement ly Mr. JernoH Kellogg.
rr,prrsi far a pamphlet rssuef by
the comm.'tss on public informa-
tim uti ne corH
The syst-untlc exploitation ~ hu-
man m..,-g. hy the Grruan authorities
in P"'nnl fnIl"we! %" general plan
laid down hy The kai.rr'~ orders. In
ORDER ry prove rh, Identity " proceed
urc n will 90. enough 'n present m"
detailed report prepared sr"oiully for n
pufurll-f '--r..d D., m" cnumiti"" an
punTr ln'n-m.rIun and written by Mr..
Frederic e. WH,u't \ fuller and In
some ways mn-, touching treatment
Is given 10 his article. "Doyus'u'"d
Polnud" Iu rh" Nu''"ual Geographic
Magazine fnr May. 1911
''S, ,rrmhrr. 1917.
"Poland-Russlan P"Innd--lS per
ishlng. And tho German high cnr0-
mnnd. lmhued with the Pruss'nn sys.
TEN. Is couIIy reckoning on III" n"c's-
stiles of Starving people To- pr"m"t"
Its Imperial ends
"Wpst Poland, which has been Prus-
sian territory NOR" than hundred
years. Is n disappointment to Ger
many: Its people ohstinot"iy remain
Poles. This tim" they propose swift"r
measures. In two or thrr" years, 10y
grace of starvation and frl-htfulncss,
they calculate East Poland will lee
thoroughly mude over into a German
province.
..In the great Hindenburg drive one
year ago, the country was completely
devastated ~ the rptrcatlng Russian
army uld n" ouComIng Germans. A
million people were driven from their
homes. Half Of them periShed by tn"
roadside For miles and miles. when
saw the country, the way was Uttered
with mudsoakcd garments and bones
picked clean by the crOws-though the
larger bones had been gathered by the
thrifty Germans to he ground into fer
tilIzer. Wicker baskcts-thc little bns-
ket In which the baby swings from the
rafters in every peasant home-were
scattered along the way, hundreds and
hundreds. until one could not count
them. each one telling death.
Deliberate Policy OF Starvation.
"Warsaw, which had not been de-
stroyed-once proud city of a million
people-wns utterly stricken. Poor
folks by thousands lined the streets,
leaning against the buildings, shfSerlng
in snow and rain. too weak to lift u
hand. dying of cold and hunger. Though
the rich gave all they had, and the
poor shared their last crust, they were
starving there In the streets In droves.
'sIn the stricken city, the German gov
ernor of Warsaw issued proclama-
tion. All able-bodIed Poles were bid
den to 20 to Germany to work. If any
refused. let no other Pole give him to
eat. not SO much rs mouihful, under
penalty OF German military law.
at was more than the mind could
grasp. To the husband and father of
broken families, the high command
gave this decree: Leave your families
to starve; If you stay, we shall see that
you do starve-this to a high-strung,
sensitive, highly organized people. this
from the authorities Of a nation pro
Tossing civilization and religion TO mil
lions OF fellow Christians captive and
starving.
General Won Kries, the governor
was kind enough to explain. Candidly,
they preferred not quite so much star
walton; 1t might get on the nerves OF
the German soldiers. But, starvation
being present, 1t must work for Ger
man purpose. Taking advantage of
this wretchedness, the working men of
Poland were TO be removed; the coun-
try was to be restocked with Germans.
1t was country Germany needed-rich
alluvial soIl-better suited TO German
expansion than distant possessions. If
the Poland that was had to perish, so
much the better for Germany.
To Make Poland German Province.
Remove the men, let the young and
weak die. graft German stock on the
women. See how simple 1t is: with n
crafty smile General Won Kries con-
cluded. BY and by we must give back
freedom to Poland. Very good; 1t will
reappear as a German province
Slowly, came to realize that this
monstrous, incredible thing was the
Prussian system. deliberately chosen
by the circle around the all-highest.
and kneaded into the German people
TIL 1t became part of their mind.
German people are material for
building the state-of no other account
Other people are for Germany's will to
work upon. Humanity. liberty. equality,
the rights of others-all foolish talk.
Democracy. an idle dream. The true
Prussian lives only for this. that the