The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-01-11
CALL ON ALLIES FOR HELP
lenIne's Forces Meet Disastrous De-
feat at Perm, but Capture Ufa-
President Wilson Visits Rome
Secretary Daniels Pro-
gram for the Greatest
Navy.
Bv EDWARD w. PICkARD.

JuSl hV". AhS y
astically welcomed the head of their
new republic, Ignace Jan P~adereWsk1,
the famous musician, are following his
lead against the Germans on the n
side and the Russian ~bolSheviki on the
other. They are determined to add to
their state the province of Posen, Dan
zig and other parts of Prussia, and the
government at Berlin is equally deter
mined that they shall not lay hands on
German territory. The result is a
series of conflicts, with varying re-
suits. As this is written a report comes
that a Polish army Of 10000 men is
marching on Berlin and that Gustav
Noske, member of the Ebert cabinet
in charge of military affairs, has or
dered the Fifth German division to adj
vance to meet the Poles.
The Poles entered Frankfort on the
Oder, 50 miles east of Berlin, and also
Beuthen in Prussian Silesia, and
Bromberg, in the province of Posen. In
the city of POsen the Poles occupied
the fortress, disarming 10000 German
EOldlEI y dld liz hSilihS II ia
been almost continuous. Many Jews
are said to have beer slain.
The German authorities admit the
Polish question is serious and that it
will be difficult to prevent the estab-
lishment of a free Poland. The Poles
are masters of most Of the towns and
have cut all means of communication.
It Is on their eastern borders that the
Poles are having the worst time. There
they are contending not only against
the bolshevik armies in their sweep
through Lithuania, but also against
the Ukrainians, who are disputing with
the Poles the possession of the south
ern part of Lithuania. General Pill
sudtky commands a rather small army
of loyal Poles, and General Halter,
who commanded the Poles in France,
has landed at Danzig with a body OF
troops; but they are a long way apart,
with hostile armies between them.
There is considerable demand that the
allies extend quick and strong aid to
the Poles, since the establishment of
Poland as a buffer state not only would
keep Germany from grabbing the Bal
tic provinces and eventually control
ling Russia, but also would deprive the
Germans of most of the coal deposits
IN which they rely. The %bolshevist
menace and the industrial disorder in
Poland make it impossible for the
Poles to await the settlement of their
problem by the peace congress-, say
their leaders. Most Of their factories
were destroyed by the Germans and
the thousands of Poles now Sent back
by Germany are clamoring for food
and employment and in some places
are taking the law into their w
hands and plundering their former en-
ployers.
Lately the %bolsheviki have both lost
and won in eastern Russia. Their
chief loss was at Perm. in the Urals
which was captured by General Gaida
at the head of Czecho-Slovak and ST.
berian forces. The bolshevik Third
army was virtually destroyed and Mix
OLAF Lenine, the bolshevik premier,
who was directing operations from an
armored train, narrowly escaped cap
ture. Gaida completely surprised the
bolsheviki and captured $1,000 men,
5000 railway cars, 12O field guns, 1000
machine guns and much other equip
ment. Ten regiments were annihilated
and the remainder of the enemy driven
across the Kama river.
The bolsheviki claimed the capture,
on Tuesday, of the city of Ufa, capital
of the nonbolshevik government in the
region west of the Ural mountains, and
also Of the town of Sterlitamak, south
of Ufa.
In Lithdania the advance of the Dol
shevist forces was so threatening that
the bourgeois government was moved
from Wilma to KOvnO, and in Esthonia
and Livonia the Lenine troops were
moving forward against Reval and
Riga, occupying Romershof on the
Dvina. Swedish volunteer troops have
gone to the aid of the Esthonians.
At the time of writing this, news
m that the Germans have evacuat-
ed Riga and that the British have land
ed troops, under all arms, at that port
and also at Libau and Windau, the
chief ports of Courland on the Baltic.
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The allied forces in the A%rchangel
region are still awaiting an announce