Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-22
APPEAL GIVES NOTICE
OF AWFUL ATROCITIES
Polish Men. Women md Children
Suffer Because OF Protests
Against Dismcmbcrment.
REVOLT AND DESERT ARMY
Fourteen Thousand Officers Flee
During Night Over the Carpatliai
Mountains and Fight Their Way 10
Freedom, Joining Czccho-Slovnlls

wASHINGTON. August 21-T o
new chapters in Polish history were
made public here to-day 1t the head
quarters OF the Polish national coun-
Z Gil. One is the story OF brilliant
s military achievement by handful OF
men agains, the combined military
power of Germany and Austria The
other is an "appeal TO inc cNinIsG
party at Lublin, Poland. which rccites
series of terrible punishment and
pS SsTsn for ufG he y
against the further ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
Poland.
The military achievement has to do
on foot by the Carpathian iron brigade
OF the Austrian army; II was composed
ed in a body. There were $4,000 Of
ficers and men who fled az might
over the c9rnathan m9 f,.adU,, and ana
detachment. which went beyond the
Dnieper river has since joined the
Hailer. reached Archanesl
Details OF the physical features Of
received; present pitiab!e picture OF
the hardships Of tho men. Provisions
gave out time after time: they were
they were in country infested with
German agents and thus compelled 10
ali all difficuities, the two 70 army erours
succeeded in reaching their destina-
tions.
Archangel marched into the town with
ea. sho eId ThsT feet eEe bound in
and their numbers were decimatcd By
death! The other story tells In d@ail
OF the punishment visited upon these
1nE of the district Of Cholm 10 the
EARS TORN FROM MEN,
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Boys and girls. men and women. have
heen whipped to- insensibiiity: their ears
have been torn off. Minis nav. h"nn
driven behind their finger nails they
ina nave Peen len. d12ag sE through !he streets
T Were ho9dsd with water. The oficiai
Luhlin, reads as follows:
,n,d JascZow' gcndarmes drove pegs
t ihe9 the n. hoor. tied people to them by
In Dzieraznia, they tied people TO
beams in such a manner that the solSs
OIL their feet could be logged.
IN krasnystaw for two DAYS tho
noods OF Underground prison cells were
hooded In order to frightcn arrested
pferSon rs. IN order to extort statements
with the butts Of guns and canes. and and
caPtors pressed them with their knccs
In many places the persons wcr" ticd
10 beams. and there were eases of
nelson's being hanged by their feet
mo then tortured until they became
Both young boys, girls and old nor
n n TO undergo this examination anG
MANY OF THOSE TIoGcEp
AXE SAID TO he DYING
"A numher of those logged are DIV
ing. These facts. which are in o;I,
possession. relating to those torture,
( nj, ~ 10 .helr opprcssors. we trans
world. vac '''iii%e'
And the Polish people. who with
s,"2o me cruel Russian government
Satanic powers was reduced TO dps %
VIII not now submit throurh crma
< persecution New warriors viii riso
+ Inc unfaltering work of creating pow
cease lo" we amU Mii-sssi"oa pe9nb VIII no
Russia, we will also Withstand 9Mi ~,
po@er Of Austria and Germany. III,
cred bv o. M me neopie Will not be hind
with faith in the fact that III,
Gay Is near at hand. despite the pres
~ superiority and triumphs at tn,
that no power can prevent The .r-.,.e
OF the recreation OF a uni,ed 80 @
dependent Poland of the peoni.- ~.
Work w p apS " e,L in our siand IN gu,
me me victim does not now in vain. Tn,
aespoiler VIII receive his reward ne.
hap "a sooner ih than ne exDec,s
brings Us nearer 70 the goal so- w.,,irl
we are striving" '''N'
Even the nationaItt.: feelings ~ ,bes.
roles have been f-avi.hed the report,
state, by Austrian snldicrs The lat.
ter. while torturing their Victims b..v.
played the POLISH national airs -
drown the cries Of their victims