Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-14

Correspondent is Convinced
of'TRis by Concentrations
With Officials.

Vienna. April 2.-(cofrespondence
q the Associated Press)-That POI
land anl the Ukraine are the keys to
Russia IL the conviction of the Assoc
ciated Press correspondents who has
Just Travelled over those two countries
officers. Officially and citizens.
There has been more talk than ac-
ton concerning oland[ as q barrier
to BolsheSisms but there has been not
only no talk but some unfavorable
action regarding the Ukraine which
country apparently is almost UNI
known to q majority of the people in
the Entente countries. The Ukraine
has been visited IN. casual manner
single American officer who attempt
ed to visit KieE, capital of the Rus
sian Ukraine. was prevented by the
French dt Odessa, according to the
statement made to the. Associated
Press by General Petlura at his rail-
way car capital on Q siding, at Pros
kurow.
There Is plenty Of food in the
upper hand there sowfnK to use Of
money from Moscow, agitation and
the buying Of, troops which otherwise
would have been faithful. What is
now important is that 1t should be un-
derstood that there. really is a ma
ticnal movement in the Ukraine, and
that this movement with a little help,
Allied recognition and moral support.
against the Moscow invaders-and aid
In preventing the invasion Of Ru-
mania. thus closing the Bolshevik
corridor to Budapest.
The pathetic part OF the whole
business is that the Poles and others
who it is felt here should be. cooper
attng with the Ukrainians spend their
time in describing the ,Ukrainians as
led by q group of ad%venturers, partic-
claim to the oil fields Of GAlicia. The
version told to the Associated Press
correspondent by an American oil
man who has spent rs years in these
countries is that the Polish refinery
owners, backed up by Austrian capt.
tai. first, attempted to seize the oil
fields and this led up to an attempt
by the West Ukrainians or Ruthen-
ians to holdl these fields and to take
Lemberg.
The Associated Press correspond
ent apparently was the first person
from the outside to visit the Ukraine
seeking unbiased infoEmation. The
people who occupy. what they term
West Ukraine. the old East Austrian
Gallclan province, certainly are not
led by adventurers. For the most
part they are poor which is possibly
due to lack of enterprise in the fer
rner Russian empire. They are also
unlettered. They would'be> far poor
er IL the oil fields were lost to Them.
But they have the spirit Of their a c
and desire to beAtheir own masters
like the Poles and the Czechs. The
latter have understood this fact.
Neither are the people Of Russian
or Greater Ukraine political adven-
turers. They-are related by race with
those Of old Eastern Galicia at least
as far eastward As Poltava. AS 500
as the correspondent, passed from
Lemberg into the Ukrainian army it
wat apparent that these men were a
different race from the poles: posi-
bly, less cultured but> vigorous, heal:
thy-minded men determined to hold
their soil. AS the correspondent went
eastward he found more Russiantype
and manners but many of the people
Of the Greater Ukraine are as differ.
ent from those of Greater Russia as
daylight Is from darkness..'seaThis Ii
particularly true. Of the soldiers who
came from the Pnltava districts. They
are manly. intelligent. food fighters
kind -hearted, open-handed and keen
ly aware of the wealth and possibili.
ties OF their new couptry and its won
black soil Which has s'giver
| Ukraine the nfoyd name Of Europe.
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