Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-30
OF
POLAND IN DIRE
NEED OF FOOD
Government Fears Reds Will
Control Unless Allies Pro-
vide Supplies for Starv-
ing Population.

Paris, Dec. 29.-Unless Poland re-
ceives food supplies and clothing
from the allies Immediately there
% grave danger that the population
which is facing starvation, will join
the bolshevik movement and thereby
menace the stability of the new gov.
eminent, according to Lieut.. STAINS.
law Hempel, aide-d e-camp to Gen
Joseph Pilsudski, military head OF
the Polish government.
"a Lieutenant Hempel, who arrived
in Paris a few days ago from Po-
land on diplomatic mission, has is
sued an urgent plea through the
newspapers that the United States
rush food to his country. In this
plea he declared there were only
two or three weeks supplies left.
Bolshevism Feared.
Lieutenant Hempel said that boil
shevism was the one thing which the
new republic now feared. Poland
was surrounded by revolutionists,
and. having been stripped of vir-
tually all means of making a liveli-
hood, naturally furnished fertile
ground for Russian and German
propagandists. The Germany army
denuded Poland not only of food
stuffs but carried off all horses and
80 per cent of the cattle, so that it
is impossible to cultivate the land.
In addition, all wool and cotton
were taken and the people are des-
titute for clothing, which is costing
at the rate of | 500 marks for a suit
principally of cotton.
Il assure you that all that has
been said about the Polish army
massacreing Jews is false Lieuten-
ant Hempel declared.
THE Ukrainians. when withdraw
ing from Lemburg, massacred 200
Jews and also 100000 Poles. As ~
out of 50 shops in our villages are
kept by Jews, it was natural they
should be the victims of the retiring
Ukrainians. But the Poles had moth
ing to do with it."
Reports of Pogroms Denied.
Chicago, Dec. 2S.-"Distorted
German propaganda" and malicious
lg;tation" were blamed for the re-
,orts of pogroms in Poland in |
.ablegram received today by John
president of the National
Polish department, from Ignace ].
oaderewski, the noted musicion. Mr..
;mulski said Paderewski recently
allied for Danz:g in a British cruiser
rom London.
"The cablegrams said the recent
disturbances in eastern Galicia were
lot pogroms at all, but were really
ue to the wholesale release of GRIM
nails, and as a result 90 of the male
actors were Immediately shot by
'olish troops and $500 were arrest
d. Out of that number it was
Alter learned that 90 per cent were
suthenians, 80 per cent Poles and
MY 10 per cent Jews, so it is evil
lent that religious persecution could
ot have been the basis for these
Numbering Land Owners.
Warsaw, Dec. 2S.-Northern Uk-
aine bands now are threatening the
own of Kovel. They have already
lken Lutsk and Rovno, numbering,
'herever possible, the Polish land
wners and also Russian officers of {
lie former imperial army.
In Berdyczow, the Ukrainians
not Is officers on entering the town
nd took &c prisoners. Later they i
lied these prisoners and threw {
leir bodies into the river. {
The military forces of General ,
etlura are estimated roughly at |
ON $4,000 to 10000. The Ukra;n- i
ans are working toward Galicia |
I'd there. is likely to be serious t
ash with the Poles and more bat c
es for the possession of Lemberg c
I'd the land occupied by the Ru-
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