The sun., 1919-09-02

shouted they started firing machine
guns. Both men were killed IN this way.
lgnatz Nalcherek Of Hohenli1de had
told me how last Sunday soldiers sur
rounded the church at Hohenlinde, ar
resting all who came out. One Rautzki,
who kept a small book shop and sold
Polish newspapers was among the con-
gregation. They searched mis- house and
found a Polish Gag and books. Rautzki
was beaten with the fagstar and made
to clean the soldiers boots with the nag.
This story was confirmed for me ut Ho-
henlinde by Rautzki's wife and sons
who stated he was still In the Beuthen
prison. The son had seen the father
with his face bleeding from blows az he
was marched or to prison.
/ had heard Of the execution without
trial OF q fifteen-year-old boy at Tichau.
went TO Tichau and visited the parish
priest Kapitza, who was supposed to
have confessed the boy before his exc.
cution. Father Kapitza stated tina,
about 6 o'clock on the evening Of the
10th half dozen soldiers came and
asked him to say n few words to the
boy. Karl Kislxa of EmmaDuelsagen,
who was about to be shot.
The soldiers said that Kiska had been
present at the mutilation Of the body Of
a German under officer who had been
killed fighting near Emmanuelsagen
whose nose and ears the Poles had cut
of. Kapltza said that when he heard
the boys confession and administered
the last sacrament he was shivering vio-
lently and hardly knew what he was
doing His neck was bleeding from a
wound where he had been struck. Ka-
pitza was not sure whether he was IL
or 10 years old.
Cases Dear Stamp of Belgium.
This case, more perhaps than any
other, have heard during the last few
days bears the stamp Of Belgium. I
commend these cases to the attention Of
the commission. They are only a few
out OF a long list I can supply. The
commission, however, will have no lack
Of evidence. A considerable quantity
has been collected by American officers
on the allied coal commission and still
more by two Polish lawyers who have
set up an Office for the very purpose Of
collecting material to produce before the
commission.
Herr wiliiger appears to have i'm
pressed himself on the representatives of
the Entente as an exceedingly well in
formed, Intelligent and affable gentle
man. have no doubt he Is so, but he
happens to be chief of the anti-Polish
plebiscite propaganda in upper Silesia,
which Is moving heaven and earth to
prevent that country from being lost to
Germany.
1 was much struck by the fact that
Willinger's garage was found by far the
most convenient place by several mem
bers OF the Entente Commission to house
their automobiles This fact is inter-
esting in view of the circular addressed
the middle Of last July by Regierungs
President Bite, the German official
governing the district of Oppolin, to all
subordinate officials. This circular drew
attention to the likelihood of the occu-
patton of Upper Silesia by the Entente
troops and instructed the recipients to
take steps to see that the troops, par
ticularly officers, were billeted as COM
fortably as possible In order that the
Entente's opinion might be favorably
Influenced toward Germany.
One cannot deny the German talent
for organization. The mining district of
Dabrowa Is all in favor OF Germany
Nor can one find fault with the allied
officers for accepting the hospitality so
politely offered them by the Germans.
but such circumstances as these should
not be allowed to load the dice in favor
Of Germany, as they certainly appear to
be doing.