The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-02
Force of 10000 Polish Troops
Headed to BOche Capital.
Capture Frankfort on Oder in
Their Forward March.
THE F!GHT is ON IN POSEN, TOO
There 10000 German Soldiers
Have Been DiSarmed Now.
All Poles Called to Arms
Huns VIII Meet Them.

Geneva, Jan. Polish army which
is marching toward Berlin has as its
objective "A tearing raid into Ger
many" according to the Polish agency
at Lausanne. The infantry is we'll
armed and is supported by artillery
and cavalry The infantry also has oc-
cupied important railway centers, in
Guiding Kreuz-Driese and Posnau, and
has captured a large amount of rail-
way stock with little resistance. The
Germans are re -arming demob1lIzed
soldiers and fighting is expected, altho
some OF the demobilized troops are
refusing to serve.
Fight ia Posen, Too.
Warsaw. Jan. 2.-Fighting has con-
tinued in the city of Posen, German
Poland. between Polish and German
troops in the last few days. The fort
rcss of the city has been occupied by
the Poles while more than 10000
German soldiers have been disarmed.
The sixth German grenadier regi-
mont has refused to surrender and
ro-- is surrounded in barracks with
in the city. German troops sent into
the city were disarmed on their ar
rival at the railway station. The en-
tire Polish population is reported to
be aiding the Polish troops. They
inclUGe boy scouts and young women.
The fighting is of a house to house
nature and there is no accurate esti-
mate of the number killed and wound
cd. Ignace Jan Paderewski, who ar
rived in Posen several days ago, is
deIaying his departure from WARSAW
in order to have a conference with
German deleEatcs from Berlin.
March Toward Berlin.
Copenhagen, Jan. "A Polish army
of 10000 men is marching on Berlin,
according to a dispatch received here
quoting rumors at the German capital.
Gustav Noske member of the Ebert
cabinet in charge of military affairs,
is said to have ordered the Fifth Ger
non division to meet the Poles.
London. Jan. Polish troops have
CTtHred Frankfort on the Oder. fifty
rl-lcT east of Berlin. says Berne dis
netch to the Express, which adds that
tire Poles have occupied Beuthen, in
P"urrian sile9ia, and Bromberg. in the
province of Posen. sixty-nine miles
nor, hoast- cf the Posen city.
con- 81 Poles to Arms.
Copenhagen. Jan Events in
Pocca are assuming grave charac-
ter. according to advices from Berlin
J.Er~e parts of the province are in the
hands of the Poles, and Polish troops
FHve crossed the frontier at Skal-
m erYcC. town southeast of Posen,
I'd s.'-ty-two miles northeast of Bres-
lfH. German troops there must. it is
stGtNd. rc+rcat in the face of a superior
force oe the Poles. 1t IS also reported
t''ct the Po?'rh government at War
So be ordered the mobilization of
r'l 3cles.
Rearmin$ Troops.
Geneva. Jan. "A Polish army of
thirty to forty thousand men striking
toward Berlin, has captured Frank
fort-on-the Oder. only fifty miles from
the German capital. the Polish agency
in Lausanne was notified by telegraph
from Posen today The Germans the
report said are hastily rearming their
dcmobilized troops in an effort to
stem the invasion.
The Polish force consists of in
fantry. cavalry and artillery. all well
armed, the report said. Cavalry. NOV
inE rapidly ahead of the main body,
was reported to have entered Posen
and Frankfort The i'm
pcrtant railway stations of Bauthen.
Guessen and Bromberg, it was said,
were occupied with but slight resis-
tance.
Capture Six Cities.
Berlin, Jan. 1.-The Polish army
advancing along the railways toward
Berlin, has captured six German
cities. according to information re-
ceived here today.
The Polish mobilization and advance
has alarmed the German government.
Counter measures are expected to be
fifarsf a al-sar i'm,