Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-01-10
NEWS review OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Poles Fighting the Germans on
the West and the Advancing
BoISheviki on East.
CALL ON ALLIES FOR help
feat at Perm, but Capture Ufa-
President Wilson Visits Rome
Secretary Daniels Pro-
gram for the Greatest
Navy.
By EDWARD w. PIcKARD.


So far as fighting is concerned, the
absorbing news is coming from Poland
just now. The Poles, having enthusi
astically welcomed the head of their
new republic Ignace Jan Paderewski,
the famous musician, are following his
lead against the Germans on the one
side and the Russian bolshevilzi on the
other. They are determined to add to
their state the province of Posen, Dan
zig and other parts Of Prussia, and the
government at Berlin is equally deter
mined that they shall not lay hands on
series of conflicts, with varying re-
suits. As this is written a report comes
that Polish army of 10000 men is
| marching on Berlin and that Gustav
Noske, member of the Ebert cabinet
in charge of military affairs, has or
dered the Fifth German division to ad-
vance to meet the Poles.
The Poles entered Frankfort on the
Oder 80 miles east of Berlin, and also
Beuthen in Prussian Silesia, and
Bromberg, in the province Of Posen. In
the city of Posen the Poles occupied
the fortress, disarming 10000 German
soldiers, and the fighting there has
been almost continuous. Many Jews
are said to have been slain.
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The German authorities admit the
Polish question is serious and that it
will be difficult to prevent the estab-
lishmeIt OF free Poland. The Poles
are masters of most of the towns and
have cut all means of communication.
1t is on their eastern borders that the
Poles are having the worst time. There
they are contending not only against
the bolshevik armies in their sweep
through Lithuania, but also against
the Ukrainians, who are disputing with
the Poles the possession of the south
ern part OF Lithuania. General Pill
Sudtky commands a rather small army
of loyal Poles, and General Haller,
who commanded the Poles in France,
has landed at Danzig with a body of
troops; but they are long way apart,
with hostile armies between them.
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allies extend quick and strong aid to
the Poles, since the establishment of
Poland as buffer state not only would
keep Germany from grabbing the Bal
dc provinces and eventually control
ling Russia, but also would deprive the
Germans of most of the coal deposits
on which they rely. The bolshevist
menace and the industrial disorder in
Poland make it impossible for the
Poles to await the settlement Of theil
problem by the peace congress, say
their leaders. Most of their factories
were destroyed by the Germans an(
the thousands of Poles now sent bacl
by Germany are clamoring for foot
and employment and in some place:
are taking the law into their owl
hands and plundering their former EN-
ployers.
Lately the bolsheviki have both los
Il and won in eastern Russia. Thei
chief loss was at Perm, in the Urals
which was captured by General Gaid
at the head of CzechO-Slovak and 81
. berian forces. The bGlshevik Thir
f army was virtually destroyed and Mix
olaf Lenine, the bolshevik premier
g who was directing operations from a
a armored train, narrowly escaped car
~ ture Gaida completely surprised tn
e bolsheviki and captured $1,000 me1
5000 railway cars, 120 field guns, LOO
- machine guns and much other equiI
ment. Ten regiments were annihilate
and the remainder of the enemy drive