The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-31

II must hold my heart with both
my hands for fear 1t will burst from
plain" writes Nine. Paderewski, wife
of lgnace Jan Paderewski, prime min
lister of Poland and world famous plan
list, to John II. Smulskl, of chicago,
president Of the national Polish depart
ment. Her letter reveals terrible con
ditions in Poland. 1t follows:
Just now | received word that help
in the form of $50, 900 marks has ar
rived, thanks to you, dear brothers
and sisters OF America. May God bless
you all a thousandfold for every penny
donated.
you know, no doubt, about current
events-my husbands assuming the
premiership and the confidence and
love shown him by the Polish nation
i will only add that this is due to
Gods grace and to the dignity and po-
litlcal maturity demonstrated by the
Polish nation in this critical hour.
Shortly after the new premier took
office peace and order prevailed
throughout the country, There was no
attempt at strikes, no disturbances, and
this momentous turning point In the
history OF our nation was reached and
passed without a shot being fired. Truly
great is the Polish nation. So much
for the good news.
Polish Army Hungry.
There Is misery here and famine.
The most pitiful conditions exist, The
army-the Polish army-ls hungry
without shoes, without cloaks in zero
weather, without ammunition, arms
and almost without the hope OF better
ing themselves.
1.-THE hospitals are without linen, bee
clothes, sanitary remedies, medica
ments, bandages. etc. There are ne
s~tretchers on which to bear the wound
aN fN@A, ALA Ill l 49,, 80
can reach them we find them Otter
killed off by the enemy. Sometimes
with their eyes gouged out, LwoN
CLemberg) has no light. water, food
arms or ammunition. The city Is con.
stantly bombarded.
1T is defended by women, children
and Boy Scouts. Wounded are trans.
ported to various cities in cattle cars
The majority Of them die. not from
the wounds themselves, but for want
OF immediate medical attention. Oui
enemies commit the most horrible
atrocities. They are beyond description
1mpale Women on Pickets.
Some of the women taken prisoners
the %legionistki) were impaled on pick.
cts. So were also six ans who were
then removed and hurled In a hear
and left to die slowly. Boy Scouts were
taken and tied together Cthree and four
AT a time) with barbed wire and thGr
buried alive. The prisoners OF war are
tortured most terribly.
Along the border the Bolsheviki are
lootlng and burning cities, beheading
persons or freezing them to death by
throwing them into pools-in some in.
stances burying them alive, and they
have even compelled their victims tC
dig their own graves.
In Cieszyn the Czechs are taking
our lands by force--killing and hang.
ing n deporting the men. The min
ers In Karwin defended the land Of
their ancestors with hatchets and axes
many were hanged.
Capt. Halter (brother of Gen, Halle,
OF the Polish army In Frace) was killed
and his body taken away despite the
appeals Of his wife and mother, The
German army Is advancing on the
fourth side-Poznan (PosenJ. We are
in a trap.
w can not get away from War.
saw because the Bolshevlkt are onl,
% miles from the frontiers of the con.
gress kingdom.