The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-17

London Feb. 16,-An Amsterdam dis.
patch forwarded by Central News, re
ports that great excitement prevails in
Warsaw. S'udents and workmen are
planning a great demonstration Mill
tary detachments are patrollmg the
streets. Theaters have been closed.
Representatives. Of the Austro-Hun.
garian foreign office have departed from
the city.
Amsterdam Feb. 16.-The Lokal
Auzeiger CBerin) says there is great
excitement at Warsaw, Cracow and
Eemberg as a result OK the Ukraine
treaty. The Warsaw newspapers are
appearing with black borders.
Soldiers mounted and on foot are
patroing the streets to prevent demon.
strations.
The director Of political affairs, Count
Rostvoroski, has resigned.
At Cracow the papers appeal to the
Polish parties to call one-day strike.
A general strike has been called at
Lemberg for Monday, when work will
b' 'hol''llA'h III an Allt L b44ol ldNAbl lt0i
shops and government officers, and
schools will be closed
London. Feb, ia general strike in
Warsaw is reported by Reuters Am
sterdam correspondent. The German
papers print only brief and unsatis.
factory dispatches regarding the situa.
ton there.
Amsterdam, Feb Resignation of
the Polish cabinet and other indications
Of dissatisfaction in Poiand with the
peace agreement between Ukraine and
the central powers. providing for the
annexation OF Polish territory to
Ukraine, are causing anger and alarm
in section Of the German press. Many
newspapers are attacking the Poles
sharply.
The Cologne Gazette savs the contra
powers cannot permit the Poles &c
.ear the net we have just spun in the
east for the advantage of all concern
ed" and declares that peace must not
be endangered at the very moment il
has been arranged.
The Post says: "If Germany is tC
have any security in the east, Polish
desires must be opposed Immediately
The Poles have declared a state of hos
tility. Results of this attitude mus
be shown to them; otherwise, the Ger
man empire will lose all its prestige il
the east"
Germans Are Uneasy.
A Berlin dispatch of the Frankfurtel
zeitung says:
Reports in Warsaw papers that Pol
ish regiments Of the Russian army hay,
offered to place themselves at the dis
posal of the Warsaw government ar,
causing serious anxiety in politica
circles in Germany. At the momer
when the whole Polish nation in Poland
Austria and elsewhere, is opposing tn
peace with Ukraine, formation Of
Polish army is especially significant
The reports thus mentioned seem &
suggest that the Poles have suddenl,
| appeared as an independent militar,
| factor. The Polish legiOns have stiffene,
their discipline and increased thei
strength under General Musnicki, win
offered their services to the Polisl
regency council. Importance Of Tn
movement in Poland is shown in a Wa
saw dispatch. which appears in III
Vossische Zeitung Of Berlin. This di,
patch says that feeling in Polish go,
ernment circles became critical as soo
as the bare news Of the Ukrainian peac
agreement was received.
Officials Resigning.
When the details were divulged, tn
Austrian military governor, Coun
Szeytycki, resigned, as did his civil a.
sociate, Madejeski, and Councillor Ro.
ner, representative of the imperial fol
eign ministry at Warsaw. Then tn
Polish government resigned, Member
of the regency council are contempla
ing the same action
The intention exists in leading Polls
circles. the dispatch says, to proven
the regency council from retiring, bt
cause in this event all tine politica
institutions created might disappear an
the upper hand might he gained b
ultraradical elements, which are no,
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