The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-29
Capitol of West Ukraine
Is In State OF
Anxiety
HOUSES SCARCE
WITHIN CITY
Country Hopes Much
Aid From Allied
Countries
Associated Press

STANISLAU, WEST UKRAINE,
April 29-Much anxiety is felt in this
Capital of the West Ukrainian repub-
lie over the future attitude of the En-
tente Allies following the ultimatum
delivered by the Inter-Allied Mission
at Lemberg that if the Ukraines re-
sumed military operations against the
Poles they would have to answer for
the consequences. While their pres
ent temporary success in the oper-
ations above Lemberg have had
heartening effect upon the Ul.rain-
ian troops, this has not been much
reflected here.
The situation in this capital is
much the same as that which prevail
ed in Poland in the early part of De-
cember. There is considerable fear
of further gains by the Bolsheviki
in Russia Ukraine where they still
are holding Kiev, although the Uk-
raine military authorities declare they
are able to drive back the Bolshevik
forces within month, particularly
if they are not harassed by the Pol
ish or Rumanian armies. However,
there is more order in the West Uk-
raine now than there was in Poland
up to within month ago.
Food condition are better with meat
selling at 30 cents pound, though
bread and sugar are high. Medicines,
soap and clothes are scarce and
high. 1t is pointed out that the whole
country of East Galicia has been the
field of the operations of the Austrian
and Russian armies for four years
with now and then an incursion of
the Turks and Germans, all of whom
made acquisitions upon the people.
This was especially true of the Ger
mans and, the peasants say, proved
worse thieves than the Russians"
The whole flat country from Lem
berg to Stanislau has a barren de-
vastated appearance. Houses are rare
except at railway stations and most
of these stations have been destroyed
by shellfire. A cow, sheep or horse
is rarely to be seen. For dozens up
on dozens of miles the fields which
are turning green with the coming
spring reveal long stretches of tren-
ches and barbed wire: hanging awry
with here and there bases for can
non, and often crosses marking the
burial places left in the trail of the
armies.
Railway trains which are drawn by
wood-burning locomotives drag across
the rivers where wooden military
bridges have replaced the steel ones
destroyed by shell-fire or mine.
The city of Stanislau was far more
seriously damaged by the Russian and
Austro- Bulgarian armies than was
either Pnzamsyl or Lembuerg. Meth
er of the two latter cities have ser
ious scars of the World War but
Lemberg shows marks of the recent
conflict between the Poles and the
Ukraines. The center of Stanis.al
was destroyed by fire. Many of it:
heaps of brick ruins. This was es
pecially true along the fine Sap
hieha street where the Austrian ane
Russian shells both wrought disaster
The Ukraine cathedral which was on,
of the oldest and handsomest of it:
kind was partly wrecked and it's shat
tered windows now have been covered
with boards.
However, the business of the new
Ukraine government is going on ans
the leaders hope that the arrival o
another Allied Mission will give i
strength and moral support until it i
able to save Poland, the same may b
possible here where the politica
alignment is the same.
The National Democrats are raall
the stronger party but the Socialist
make a great parade of their .strengt
which they are able to do, as thu
far there has been no election. TIL
Socialists have less strength her
partly because Of the fact that ther
IL no aristocraey as in Poland an
also. because The Bolshevik props
eanda takes less hold on the peopl
The e1gse union recently formed B,
tween the Eastern and Western Ul
Y636o and the situation at Kiev
nfnti4g this city take on the q
pe611rs ee the Old Russia with Il
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