Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-30
POLES HEART and SOUL
IN WAR AGAINST. T.EUTQhS
General Harler Says They wm Fight
With An Their Tradi-
tional Ardor.

General HaI1or Says They vii Fight
With An Their Tradi-
tional ArdoI.
TO CREATE POLISH ARMY
Gallant Chief of Famous Hon
Brigade Organizing Polnnd's Scat
tered Forces for Final Struggle
Against Germans.
"An Poles are now heart and soul
with the allies" said General Halter,
| in an interview I have just had with
that man OF energy and talent. who is
Germans. And" added the general
will fight with ali :heir traditional
ar,ior and spirit OF sacrifice i'll their
crusade OF liberty
General Halter is the gallant chief
who. with his famous Iron Brigade OF
| Poles. fought the Germans after tho
| Rres, litovsk peace treaty.-and who
| although part of his troops Succumbcd
| Eichhorn. succeeded in cXtricatinS the
remainder and bringing them to the
| Thurman coast, despite countless OBJ
| stacles and the systematic opposition
of the, Bolshcviki. Now" said the
| general. the detachment is safe and
being reconstructed.
| There is also Polish contingent in
! Siberia. And from Poland and from
al, parts OF Russia Poles are on their
| way. or carefully preparing their plans.
to join The ColorS. Before leaving Mos
COW / issued proclamation and gen
eval order OF modification TO ali my
countrymen, and | know IL has been
received with enthusiasm.
Poles have realized that the only
enemies OF their liberty and complete
the central empires. Their friends are
among The allies. oh, know the dit
ncultics are serious. The Bolsheviks
rom reaching our military ccnters ana
deiachments They have already ar
rested number OF individual Polish
soldiers. and stopped groups OF men
and quantities OF material which were
processing 10 appointed meeting places.
outwii the Eolshcviks whose reign,
its end.
ordinate the movements % all our dis
pcrsed forces in Siberia. on the Muir
man coast. in Italy and in France.
Although hShting separately. they are
all marching against the common foe.
but our ambition Is TO create one great
Polish army. 1t would be splendid if
al! our troops could be assembled under
their eagles liz France. and i; is here
probably that the Polish army would
Tee most useful.
IMMENSE SIGNIFICANCE
Il wonder II the immense signif
canoe OF the thing is fully realized
everywhere. Poles marching from all
the ends or the earth TO fight under one
lag. their own. afte! century OF
slavery, to recover, with the help of
their anieS. their national freedom and
sovereignty. Do not forget the IcEions
OF Poles who from America have
rushed TO take their place on the battle
fields Of France. must not give Zig
urcs. but rolands army is growing
y. TAI
dabie.
AS TO those a. home, who may APP
political field. let !, not be supposed
that they are neSlccting opportunities.
For The moment revolution is i'm
possible. Even in Austria, although /;
might seem to observers here an easy
matter Tor the Poles TO join with the
I Czecho-S !ovaks and begin Il movement
/ ripe For the sake OF the national
! cause, it may be wiser not 20 embark
upon premature action. which might
: only result IN checking the general
: plans and delaying the final explosion.
BE patient. then, and il YOU see the
Poles continuing TO abstain from ac
tive opposition III the enemy connSclS.
do not make the mistake OF imagining
| tina, they are Iukewarm partisans OF
the allie eause They are merely bid
General lialier urged the necessity
Of the allies facilitating the action
of the Poles n Russia by aid. financial
: 10 join their military deiachmentS
Money, he said. vii! work miracles III
the Bolshev!k camp. II the allies could
seize Volosda. M transport difficult
ties would be much less.
General liallcr's "reminiscences o: his
fight with Won Eichhorn Will make
! thrilling reading one day, but for the
moment he is too buSy prcpa ring i'm
mediate and future action 10 think OF
the past. But from the few phrases I
was able 10 draw from him. | realized
how hopeless was his situation after
he had cut his way through the Aus
trians and passed what had once been
! thought the Poles had come TO attack
them, but the former had no stomach
under arms? There is no war on here"
exclaimed their envoy TO General
iia!lcr. oh, we do not want TO fight
you" replied the Polish leader; i've
are going to fgh, me Germans Your
czarisn is finished. YOU enjoy freedom,
We want to win ours.
lial!er's enthusiasm Tor war with the
Germans communicated Itself to the
Eolshev!ks. and for a day OF two the
latter seemed eager 10 follow him.
Mas. it did not last long Marching
on to the Dnieper at kaniow. Genera!
lial!cr,s iii;!e force OF 1000 bayonets,
I iorty-hvc cannon. 500 SahcrS and n bat
'ah"n OF engineers. found itself sur
. founded by the Germans. All the pass
ages OF The river were in tn. hands Of
J the enemy, whose troops numbered
over 1000. German ,ycach.rv, TOO,
/ Mas az work.
Won EichhOrn sent an uitiInatuIn, a nd
+ immediately afterwards asked for ils
/ return, on the prcteNt that there had
/ "cch - Notwithstanding. Apparently
/ IN" Germans yer" not ready. but Il few
/ days later they attacked General Hal
/ Ter suddenly from all sides. After
! iorty-"lGht hours fierce GghtinE. Cen
I "!a! lidi!"r ordered all those of. his
I men WA" CouI! 10 cut. their way
through tn" cHemy. or escape by any
other means, and rejo;n cast Of the
/ i'nIcpeF IN" remainder surrendered.
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