Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-27

That she once sang The Star Spangled Banner at an entertain ment in Berlin back in the days be- fore the kaiser brought oa the world war proved her passport to leave the German empire, Ceunthss IeaNlra de Turczynovicz told an aEdinnce that filled the United Gopsrega ti3Raf church on Tuesday evening when she told the thrilling story of Ter e2inRriences in Poland during it's occpnaticn by the German army. and made aR earnest appeal for sqppsFt for the Rea Gross, whose great work is ceaipE in help ing these and other helpless people 10 stand on their feet and face iifa Gnee more.
 She wore the gray unifeim 9f the Polish Red Cross in wi;ica with BPS other young women, she is geing back to Poland to do her pats in the re- construction period
 The countess was introduced hg Rev. c. H. Reketts, Whe teok tIae place of Rev. J. H. Selafn. nrasidsnf of the Norwich Red Cresa chapter, who was unable to be praseEt. Her ad- ! dress followed the showsHs of the picted the work of the Red Gross from
 
 Her quietly told story, with here and there mention of the flsndish bru- tality of the Germans, iliid the sb- sorbed attention of her andience, broken only at times by ;l cs;jelS catch : l ing of the breath and a sfauddeE ttat ran through the churcIa 9t some re- eital of German atrocitE.
 She began with the statement that she was iiging in Suyalki, Poland, only five miles from whore the war | fla med forth. Her family was her husband her six year old daughter, and her twin sons, five, years old. 1 she organized the Polish Red Cross of which her husband was elected pres ident. They prepared to take care of 250 wounded but the first lot that came to them numbered aQG. On Sep l tenher II, 1914, they had spent that night in a cattle car with Ss wound cd men. one of whom died in the night.
 After fleeing to Wilma and Warsaw ] they were told they could come back 1 10 their home. She descritied the wan i tom destruction wrougat there. the dirt and filth left Tha horses had been taken into the house, but shf | said that from her persoral ekser- ] AdklV4i 6.iG EuQld Sfy S4l& -tF0N31 RtC- fer a good clean horse upGer her win 1 dow or in her house te ;t Erilssian of 1 ficer.
 The next day the priest came ana asked if she would 20 out and hell
 pick up the little children. She didn' understand what # meant at first blr
 soon knew. The Germans Lad driver off all the adult population, anyon
 who could do any work. and left tn
 helpless little children. They piciie,
 Soon the Germans came back an.
 that time they packed all the littl
 children into cattle cars and sent then
 put into the winter cold
 On the first of Fei5ryary, 1915, the
 were asked by the Rlissi::n g0verTl
 neilt to ceIae hack to tilhlF home an 1 open it for Il hospital At that tim me of her boys was taken sick wit typhps fever. On the 3til day the were orderofl to leave for the Ger
 nans were coming again. On the at
 hor l--eh1.A loft Sfe has rnEer see
 him since but she has heard that h
 was T nrisener at Odessa in te hand
 9f the Bolshaviki.
 , On the 11th the Germans came arain. and a little old bent WenaI :, who had been g servant around the house for three years to whom nobo{s ever gave a tfeuant was Inc one wh delivered up lr the German officer a : heir private papers. She had been a ? 9ccredited German spy for all ths 2 l time
 At this timn. said Countess Turzy
 newicS, von 1indenburg had his heae