The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-28

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UKRAINE ARMRY. CIIODOROFF'' Apr.
Is. Correspondence Of The Associated
Press )-Cicncral rav."nxu. commander
of The West Ullrainian army. suggests
that the Entente Allies aid the Ckrain-
inns To fight the Bolshevki and that
they ;lso settle the dispute between inc
Ukraine and Poland over the Lcmocrs
oilfelds.
1T would not be hard to defeat thu
Rolshrrik invaders nf-tnc Ikrulne IL
the Allies helped US to organize our re-
sources and also If the Allies settle the
LeIaSerG oil field dispute. thus freezing
the West Ckrainau army So that IL
might join forces with the army OF Cen
eral Gre1uw in Greater Ukraine. SAID
General Pavlcnko' to the Associated
Press correspondent. Il thlnk thal
would be TO the interest of the Allies.
We would thus check the Bo!SheHlk IN
vasion Of Europe. restore order IN inc
Ukraine which is rich land ana put
our people 10 work growing wheat lot
Russia and also for Europe.
General Pavlcnko Is in command oil
the Ukrainian troops which have been
fighting the Poles in the vicinity Of
Iemberg. He is small, why Russian
with eyes deeply set courteous, qu'e'
but eloquent conversatiunnlist. 1t fs ov-
ident that he is liked by his staff which
is housed in former scEool buiidihg
in Chodoroff His task of holding TO-
gether and organizing the West ukrain-
ian army Is an arduous one. but appar-
entity does not weigh heavily upon hlHl'
..The J-krainians were the first people
10 begin fighting BolSncrism. resumed
the general. This was long before IN"
allies thought Of doing 50. yet such IS
the irony OF circumstances that the
allies call US Bolshcvki.
The people of Russian Ukraine had
for q time q touch Of the Bolshevik DIS
ease but they arc now cured of 1t az
they are essentially small farmers and
property owners. I speak Of Bolshevlsm
as disease since 1t must be regarded
IN that sense like the influenza. 1t pre-
SCENTS an attractive proposition to poor
peoplc harrassed by a long war with
special hopes for the future
TT the allies rlSll US In an open
minded spirit they will realize that We
too are fighting BolsheVism. II they
will determine to help in this great
fight, morally and also with medicines
and munitions. we With nc able To rctake
Greater Ukraine from Moscow. which Is
bent upon holding an the territory that
previously was Russian.
1T would not advise invasion Of Rus
STA by anybody as, conditions viii right
themselves when this mental disease has
nun It's course. There now no danger
from Bolshevjs1n in West Ukraine las
Eastern Galicia is now callcd) rs there
are relatively few factory workers.
Peasants are never Bolshevik-
I'VE have been blamed for the bonn
bardment Of Lemberg. 1t t8 true. but VIC
have no intention OF doing other than
destroying the Polish arny's stores and
the railway station. The Poles were
| seizing it as miiitaryA post and we
! were compelled to fire "a it but this
! must not be repeated as we realize that
the Poles arc using this fact as q
weapon to advertise US as Bolsheviki.
Nevertheless, it is a fight to death in
which we are engage. Our soldicrs.
after four years Of war. arc ready again
to fight because they are mostly sons or
peasants and ordinary people who al
ways have regarded the Poles as aris-
tocratfc opprcssors. The whole Ukrain-
| ian people Is now engaged in a fight TO
obtain indepondcnce. They may be de-
Tested by thc Poles and by the Bolshcvikl
but they prefer death 10 submission
The Russian Ukraine attempted to
| obtain autonomy first from the Durna
| then from premier hcTellShE pul ihiIo'''
Then it asked Lenine (PrcTnier or the
Russian Soviet governmcnt) for per
/, mission to become one OF the federated
! states Of Russia; but Leninc rejected
| the plan.
Now VIC want separation and COM
plete Independence. Our efforts toward
| this end for the past IS months have
hcen defeated partly by German oceupa-
ton and partly by General Skoropadsky,
to whom rallied the Russian refugee
army officers and landowners. Now II
Is the Bolshevik who are the invaders.
After suggesting that the allies aid
the UTkrainians TO fight the BolsheTlKl.
| General Pavienko added: whether the
| Ukraine will gravitate TO Russian influ-
ences again possibly will be determined
by what becomes of the Bolshevik gov
eminent However, our national spirit
| and hopes which before the war were
/ uncertain and confused. have been re-
| awakened after hundreds Of years and II
10 possible we may determine to make
ours an independent state and refuse to
| fcderate with Russia under any condi-
! tfons. since il Is quite easy for us to
| live alone economically. The Same sus-
picion-that, we finally may return 10
Russia-also may be entertained about
| the Poles.