The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-05
CRISIS THREATENS
WARSAW LEADERS
Political and Economic Situa-
fion I'm Poland Grows
Worse Steadily.
FOOD SUPPLIES ARE SHORT
Grain Is Going Into Hands Of
Profiteers and Unemploy-
ment Is Increasing.

spssssi osbis Despafcn to TIE SUI from me
London Times Service.
Copyright. 1919. all 1Ohfs reserved.
WARSAW. Oct. "A crisis h impend-
hzg here. and the situation politically
and economically has been changing
rapidly for the worse during. the past
few weeks Underground forces are Mt
work which tend In different ways to-
ward the disruption Of the Government
Ths present ministry A. tottering again.
The task OF organising new stan
with only n quarter of the necessary
psruonnel and Of restoring the ruined
Industries Of the country without mate
riais and without credit is proving too
mBch for IT, The Ministers OF Agricul-
ture and Appropriation have both re-
signed in CONSEQUENCE OF the enormous
dificulties wherewith they we're con-
fronted and the lack OF means Mt their
Disposal to cops with them.
Perhaps the most important factor in
the situation at this moment Ii the food
shortage. Relief supplies from America
stopped last July. The harvest is in,
but the grain 10 going into the hands OF
profiteerR In theory the farmers should
hand over q large portion OF II 70 the
Government In the form of taxes. The
Government counted on thus having q
sufficient supply to distribute to the
poorer population at the controlled
prices. In fact the farmers are not pay
ing the taxes but are selling the sur
plus to the middlemen. The result Is
m lu fAt Tail tw.Aa - all.
extortionate prices. The poorer popula-
ton Of the towns can get nothing fol
their bread cards.
Unemployment IL Increasing.
Secondly. Unemployment is increas-
inG owing to the shortage Of coal and
there 10 a general lack OF the neces-
stiles of life. Communist agitators are
working hard for a revolution and there
IL no doubt that their influence has
spread over in the army which until
recently was regarded as absolutely
sound against Bolshevist contamination
Tho worst sign is that the powerful
Socialist party has practically made
a common cause with the extreme COM
munists. They have latterly received
further support from the union OF
agricultural laborers. This class. which
the peasant farmers, has been worked
up to q state of violent discomfort be-
cause the reform bill has not yet been
put into effect. Meanwhile the pro-
prietors are selling land as fast az
they can to small holders who can
AFFORD to buy for cash.
Socialists Stir Up Feeling.
That nothing was done either by
the Entente or the Polish government
to help the Poles in Upper Silesia has
been very effectively used by the So
cialists to stir up feeling against the
Government and the Entente. Another
argument IN their campaign Is tina
the Polish army Is being used in tn,
hands Of the Entente as a tool to re
store reactionary Russian Govern
ment. A strong feeling has been worked
mp on this basis against the Frenci
military mission. So much for thu
from the Left.
There is an almost equally stronl
movement from other quarters Thii
movement bases itself on general weak
neases of the Government and at
tacks Premier Paderewsk himself yer!
strongly. He is represented as a pa
trfot whose great service was helping
keep the fame of Polish patriotism
alight through the critical months
which followed the end of the war anC
whose personality has proved invalu
able TO represent Poland effectively II
the eyes Of the foreign countries, bu
whose will is not strong enough Il
govern the country. Now the frs
blaze Of patriotic enthusiasm has diet
down and a firm hand Is needed 4
guide the fortunes Of the new State
Criticized for His stand.
In n less public way. he In criti
cised as knowing too little of the coun
try and its chief men. and as being to-
much under the influence of unsuitabl
advisers.
These assaults from both sides wi
tax even Paderewskrs unrivalled facult
for rallying support in crisis, and
the future arrangement for East Galici
by the League of Nations is not salts
factory to Poland he will be unable I
stand. His resignation or defeat woul
be a disaster, as there 10 no one to TAX
his place as leader Of a non-party Gov
eminent. The Gd<ette P0rdnn, organ q
the Right, already breaches the idea q
a military dictatorship with view
the danger of International disorde
There Is little doubt that section c
the Right would be glad to entrust
Gen. Pilsudski plenary powers in spit
OF their past distrust OF his revolution
airy tendencies. This solution, In fact.
the only other alternative to purel
socialistic government II Paderowsl
does not succeed in rallying the countr.
The institution OF a Socialistic Coz
eminent presently would be the worl
thing that could happen. The Socialii
party has no strong leaders and ii
Government would ind itself drive
into carrying out the extravagant d.
mands of the ignorant peasants and tn
Industrial population.