Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-02
POLISH ARMY
MARCHINCON
HUN CAPITAL
German Force Is Ordered
Out to Meet Poles Only
SO Miles OF Berlin.

Copenhagen, Jan. "a Po-
HSh army OF $4,000 men is
marching on Berlin, according
TO dispa. ch received here
quoting rumOrs 1T tine Gcrman
. capital.
Gustaye Noske. member of
the Ebert cabinet in charge OF
military affairs, is said to have
ordered the fif.h German dIyi-
sion 10 meet the Poles.
Events in Posen are assuming a
grave character, according TO ad-
vices from Berlin. Large parts of
the province are in the hands of the
POLES and Polish troops have cross
ed the frontier at Skalmieryce. a
town southeast of Posen and 62
miles northeast of Dreslau. Ger
man troops there. must, it said, re-
treat in the face of a superior force
OF the Poles.
1t is also reported that the Polish
government at Warsaw has ordered
the mobilization of all Poles.
Aim is "Tearing Raid
Geneva, Jan. 2.-The Polish army
which is marching toward Berlin
has as its objective "a tearing raid
into Germany" according TO the
Polish agency at Lausanne. 1t al
ready has occupied important rail-
way centers, including kreuz
Driesen and Posenau and has cap
tured a large amount Of railway
stock with little resistance Tha
Germans are re-arming demob-
ilized soldiers and fighting is ex-
pected although some OF the de-
mobilized troops are refusing to
serve.
so Miles From Berlin.
London, Jan. 2.-Polish troops
have entered Frankfort-on-the
Oder, so miles east of Berlin. says
Berne dispatches 20 the Express,
which adds that the Poles have oc-
Deuthen, in PrusSisn Sile-
STA and Bromberg. in the province
Of Posen. GO miles northeast of tne
Posep city.
Poland is in despair, owing to
the invasion of BolSheyist troops
and the apparent Indifference of the
western powers to see the plight OF
The country. according to Warsaw
dispatch to the Mail.
kilograms are sent begging Ill
terven-ion by the allies, the dis
patch states, but no reply comes.
The Poles admit the immensity of
the numerous problems absorbing
The allies, but complain that they
do not receive the least sign Of at
teution or a word OF guidance"
Is Internal Disorder.
After dealing with the Bolshevist
menace to Lemburg, Wilma and 9TH
er places, the correspondent says
that the situation is made worse by
internal disorder in Poland. Fac
tories in all the industrial towns
have been destroyed by the Ger
mans and thousands of Poles sent
10 Germany during the war are re-
turning and there is no employ
law into their own nands and ter
rorizing their former employers,
compelling them to give them
money.
Lodz is in the hands of the Red
guard, which has shot some of the
officers of the regular troops. The
government headed by Joseph Pill
sudski is weak, the correspondent
says.
The correspondent concludes by
urging the immediate return OF
General Haller's Polish army from
France.
Germans Surrounded.
Warsaw. Tuesday, Dec. 31.-(By
the Associated Press Fighting
has continued at various points III
the city of Posen, German POLAND,
between Polish and German troops
in the last few days. The fortress
of the city has been occupied BY ths
Poles while more than 10000 Ger
man s,idiers s have been disarmed-
The Sixth German Grenedier Iegt-
ment haS refused to surrender aid
is now surrounded within the city
German troops sent into the city
were disarmed on their arrival DIT
the railway station. The entire
Polish population is reported to be
the Polish troops. They in
cIude boy scouts and young women.
House TO House Fighting.
The fighting is of house TO
house nature and there is no ac-
curate estimate of the number
killed and wounded. |
Ignace Jan Pederewski, who ar
rived in Posen several days ago, is !
delaying his departure for War
saw in order to have conference
with German delegates from Ber-
lin.