The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-02
POLISH FORCE
IS REPORTED
AS MARCHING
UPON BERLIN
German Cities Near Posen
Said to be in Hands Of Poles
Troops Enter Frankfort
East of Berlin.
LIEBKNECHT DEFEATED
(By Associated Press,

(By Associated PrsssI
COPENHAGEN, Jan. "A Polish
army Of thirty thousand men u march
ius on Berlin. according to q dispatch
received hero quoting rumors at the
German capital
Gustav Noske. member Of the Ebert
cabinet In charge Of military affairs.
10 said to have ordered the Afth Ger
man division to meet the Poles.
Polish troops have entered Frank
fort ON tho Oder. dfty miles east Of
Berlin, says q Berne dispatch. which
adds that the Poles have occupied
Beuthen. In Prussian 6ilesia. and
Bromberg, in the province Of Posen.
50 miles northeast Of the Possn city.
Events In Posen are assuming
grave character. according to advices
from Berlin. Large parts Of the prov
1nce are In the hands Of tho Poles and
Polish troops have crossed the from
ueI at Skelmieryce. town southeast
OF posen. and Ga miles northeast OF
Breslau. German troops there must,
It 10 stated. retreat on the face Of
superior force Of the Poles.
II Is also reported that the Polish
gJvernment at Warsaw has ordered
tho mobilization Of all Poles.
Appeal To AiIIe0.
Poland is In despair, owing to the
invasion OF Bolshevist troops and the
apparent Indifference OF the western
powers to tho plight OF tho country.
according to q Warsaw dispatch to
tho Mail.
"Telegrams are sent, begging inter.
vention by the allies." the dispatch
states. but no reply comes. The Poles
cdmit the immensity OF hs numerous
problems absorbing tho allies. but COM
plain that they do not receive the
;esst sign Of attention or Q word OF
guidance"
After dealing with tho Bolshevist
menace to Lemberg. Wilma and other
r.sc~s. the cofrespondeut says the
situation 10 made worse by internal
disorder IN Poland. Factories In all
tho Industrial towns have been de-
stroysd by the Germans and thousands
Of Poles who were sent to Germany
during the war are returning to find
there 10 no employment for them.
They are taking the law In their own
hands. It Il said. and are terrorizing
their former employers. compelling
them 70 give them money.
Lods is In the hands Of the red
officers OF the regular troops. The
ski is weak. the correspondent says.
1T is trying to conciliate every
body" he declares.
urging the immediate return of Gen
AMENDMENT DEFEATED.
COPENHAGEN. Jan. 2.-Dr Karl
Liebknecht was given a sharp defeat
in the Spartican congress at Berlin on
ed here.
DR.. Lebknecht advocated participa-
tion by the Sparticus element in the
election OF members not Of the nat
ional assembly. on the ground that
the party might be able to influence
tho composition of the assembly.
Rosa Luxembourg. one of the Sparti-
can leaders. replied In violent speech
declaring amid thunderous applause,
that the melting of the National AS
sembly must be prevented at all
costs" DR.. Liebknecht's proposal
was rejected by vote of 63 to 23
Gustave Noske, one of the new
members of the Ebert government in
Germany, is quoted in an interview
printed in the London Express as say
Ing that the rehabilitation of the Ger.
man army is proceeding much more
rapidly than was at first believed pos
sible. There are now about one mil
lion soldiers at the Herman Barracks
at Berlin. It is not believed there Is
much danger from Bolshevism, It is
declared.
PROTEST AGAINST HOFFMAN.
BERLIN. Wednesday, Jan. II
Three thousand members of the newly
organized Christian Peoples party, |
which succeeds the former Centrists. |
marched to the ministry of religion
ano education In United Den Linden |
at noon today and made vehement |
protest against the administration OF |
Adolph HOFFMAN,. Independent social |
list. who has become unpopular in |
church circles because Of his attempt
ed legislation opposing religious liber.
~ In parochial schools. The demon.
stration was under the leadership of
Secretary Pfeiffer Of the Christian
Peoples party, who Is a candidate for
the national assembly.
Pfeiffer demanded the overthrow Of
the Socialistic Republic and the es-
Enlistment Of free democracy.
There were shouts Of Put out Hot.
mann. who cannot read or write Ger
man, but the radical minister of arts.
science and religion was not to be
seen. The crowd then moved to the
chancellor's palace, where 1t called
for Pdemier Ebert, but no cabinet
were visible.
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