The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-08
POLISH STATEMENT

To the Editor OF Tho IntelliGcnccr:
Sir: For the sake Of truth. kindly
lend Us some space In your valuable
publiccl iun in explanation OF the tEran-
JAMS protest against the Polish nation.
in tho Ia ket Auditorium on August d.
In Tho first place. in our fTrraly cs-
tablishcd opinion. America IS not the
country TO excite antagonistic racial or
nationaliStic feelings, and we consider
il crime TO make this. our adopted
country a battle-ground Of different Eu
ropcan rations. The Polish colony in
Wheeling is a lawabiGing and order
loving community, protesting our indi-
vidual allegiance to no other country
but Ancroica alone. which we amply
demonstrated in buying Liberty bonds
70 the amount Of more than $3.50. 900.
ard in all other patriotic dcmonstra-
tons. in which We heartily took part.
All the ether Polish colonies in the
United States did tho same. Americans
Of Polish birth Of extraction sut scrihed
for tho different Liberty bonds over
$50 nno. 600. ard ravc .0nf boys TO the
American army. Decides 2E.oonO volun-
tccrs 10 tho Polish army lin France.
S~hting tho battles for l.f'crty at the
time when Ikr1nianS. ofnq. red by Ger
mans furnished by Germany with arms
and a'nmuniiionS. wcr" helping Austria
and Germany TO ovnr;hroS the dHmo-
cratic kcrorSky FovCrnr"ht Of Russia.
To call at III" same meeting and by the
same spcakcr tho most democratic and
livcrty-lovinc nation in Europ" imp"-
rails and Rrlshcyik might he good sport
for IN agitation vho knows an unth'Nk-
Ing crowd will applaud such "nntradtc-
tons hut for us II Is CratuitoGs IN
suit which w. greatly resent.
The truth abour Eastern Galtcia Is that
after tho Ccllars" Of Germany and Aus
tria Ikrnri1n bands. under German and
Austrian officers. rlundcrod. pillag"d
and masSacrcd Zoe and friend alike. and
tho Allies TO put IN end to a reign Of
. rnarcny. commanded the Polish army TO
: occupy and rcGtor" order in the prov
! inCc. which they did. to the complete
! satisfaction Of tho unfortunate inhab-
. iipnts It would 10 n waste Of words
; to convince the even casual reader Of
; tho daily papers CT tho faischo0d OF the
| allegation made at the Ukranian meet
! ing that tho Polish nation makes COM
! mon cause with I.crin and Trotzky.
Facts talk louder than words. and tho
, crushing defeats administered by the
! Polish army 10 tho Bnlsh"viki AT Wilma.
| Ninsk. Rovro and Dubno show for what
| cause Poland is fighting. The Polish
| impcrialIsts must he sunrrmen. indeed.
to attain their impcrinlistic aims with
! 4 EolShcvik army. controlled by a cons
| cress composed of farmers and work
! inencn. as tho Polish Congress Is con-
| Stitutcd at present.
| All those Ikraniar protests smell as
the Jewish pogroms, which. according 10
! Morgcnthau and others Of the tmcri-
! can commission sent Ia Poland never
happened Of Made in Germany" to pre-
| judicc American opinion against Poland
as Germany realizes that strong lo'
land - 4 barrier to their eastward en-
! pansion. The tkranians are protesting
! in American by order Of Germany and
paid with German money against some
thing tn" Ukranians in tkrania are
not protesting at all.
;, POLISH CITIZENS OF WHEELING
W. VA.
Wheeling. w. Va. Sept. s.