The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-09-05
GERMANY TURNS
MARTIAL HOPES
TO EAST FRONT
Paderewski Declares Polish
Armies Are Forced to Face
Armed Enemies.
(By Associated Press)

PARIS, Thursday, Sept. 4.-"Ger-
many defeated on the west, has turned
to east where she Is waging battle
with the hope Of achieving the victory
she could not win on the other fronts"
Ignace Jan Padererski, Polish premier,
declared today to the Associated Press
while discussing Polish conditions.
M. Paderewski will appear before the
supreme council Of the peace confer
ence tomorrow to discuss the critical
situation in Teschen and Silesia-
'1n upper Silesia, east Prussia, Lith-
uania, along the Bolshevik front in
the vicinity of Minsk and along the
Ukrainian front. Polish armies are
forced to face armed enemies" he
continued. Where these enemies are
not Germans they are aided by Ger
mans, who are urging the Bolshevik
forward in every way to embarrass
Poland. Our new government with
limited supplies and little clothing
for its army, finds the situation des-
perate. Such leaders as General Won
Luttwitz. military governor of Brus-
sells, under the German occupation.
and other widely known generals have
been entrusted with the task of crush
ing Poland, but that will not be pos
slble If Poland can get speedy relief.
Until the German treaty is ratified we
cannot get the foreign troops neces-
sary to stabalize the situation and
hold the plebescites in sections Of
ceded territory. In the meantime Po-
lish workmen are being beaten, abused
and killed by German troops in Sile-
sia. The Poles are eager to rush into
Silesia to avenge the wrongs inflicted
on our countrymen and 1t Is difficult
to restrain our people who are stirred
daily by blood curdling stories of Ger
man atrocities told by the refugees.
Ferment Disorder.
"In the Baltic states of Russia the
Germans are fermenting disorder and
lending assistance to the Bolshevik
On all sides we are forced to face this
against the allied cause. She is deter
mine dto conquer Russia at any cost
and Is making every effort to hamper
up in our battle against disorder. Ger
man propagandists are twisting every
clash between our troops and the Boil
shevih into Jewish pograms. The
battle against US is being carried on
by 1ndirection as we'll as by arms.
There Is a studied effort to ruin our
reputation throughout the world and
to prevent us from. acquiring. the inter
national standing We naerit. Enemies
are shooting at us from every angle.
1--WE are unable to defend ourselves
against all these calumnies. We are
too busy shooting at our enemies with
rifles to fight this underground cam
paign, which is being conducted in
America and throughout the civilized
world. We must rely on our friends
to refute ISLANDERS and keep faith in
US. We are fighting the battle Of
civilization against barbarism and a.
gainst Prussianism and must meet the
miserable weapons used by Germany
in the hope Of robbing the allies Of
victory. Our people have resisted the
blanishments of Bolshevism so far, but
there is limit to human endurance
We hope for speedy ratification Of
the treaty and pray for':the steadying
influence of allied troops in harrassed
districts where plebescites are to be
held to determine the future status
of those regions The Poles are be-
ing driven from these sections to give
ascendency to the Germans. Our peo-
pie cannot stand the strain much long.
er, and must have an opportunity to
work out their governmental problems
in peace"