The sun., 1919-04-07

ment we need 30 sorely. II the Allies
protect Esthonians and Poles, Admiral
Kolchak, any government or embryo
government which 10 In the field against
Bolshevism. why should we alone be
left out"
suggested the continuance Of nThting
| against the Poles despite Allies known
wishes might alone account for this
Gen. Petiura then developed the famous
arguments that ethnologically East Ga
licia belonged to the people Of the SOIL
according to Mr.. Wilson's fourteen
points.
Perhaps" ne added. 'the Entente
considers ours q sort OF outlaw govern
ment. but the directorate is supported
by the Working Peoples Congress of the
Ukraine. which met at Kiey January 20.
This was chosen by universal proper
tional voting. Women have votes and
there are three Of them among our 100
odd Deputies. The idea Of Parliament
Is very ancient among US In the Ukraine
I believe the Ukraine had the second
Parliament after England and that there
are In the British Museum some old
news sheets in which are references by
correspondents to an English minister
who. passing through this country in
1916 or 1913. wrote home saying he
found touches OF resemblance In the
parliamentary customs OF the two coun-
tries.
I'VE are forty millions and possess
the most fertile territory on the face
OF tho globe. The Ukraine must live
with such a territory and such q pop
ulation.
AS for Russia, it is now q myth
The diplomatists of ex-Russia who
haunt the antechambers Of the En-
tente at Paris and mourn its fate are
those who brought It to ruin. but
Ukraine has a great future. and / hope
to see II occupy q solid place in the
Entente's arrangements.
+ Our troops. II Ii true. have fallen
back for the present TO the verge Of
the country and the situation II dis
tressing. but It Is only temporary. II
only you would give US technical aid
boots, cartridges and machine guns I
Our forces are now large and we have
mobiliEed three army classes as far as
We could. but much Of this mobilization
is on theory only as we have no boots,
no ammunition.
Losses Heavy and Continuous.
The fighting Is hand to hand and
the losses are hesvy-400 are killed
weekly. 1900 wounded and typhus is
a terrible menace The Russian pris-
oheio mtcctcu- we nave
been forced to quarantine whole regt-
ments, and It 10 raging behind the lines.
AT Tarnopol, for example. there were
over 100 cases last week and the pro-
portion goes on mounting. Our drugs
will soon be finished. Against US.
calculate we have some $4,000 Bolshevik
troops. whose number Is growing. II
we fail the fault will not be ours. We
ask you once more to hear US and 70
allow your Representatives to come to
the chief cities of Ukraine and not to
sit like Pontius PLATE washing your
hands OF Bolshevik threatened world y
'If you compose your difference with
the Poles and obtain aid from the west
do you think you would get the better
Of the Bolsheviki in the UkraineT
Certainly" answered Gen. Betlura.
I'VE could turn our excellent Galician
troops again them and then the stu
alton Is changed from what 1t was
when they drove us from Kfev. We
were driven out because we had no time
to gather our forces, because In those
days the Bolsheviki were an unknown
quantity to our people. 1t Is no good
trying to disguise II. the principles OF
the Boisheviki sound agreeable to the
workers ears"