Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-09
BY ANTHONY CZARNECKI.
Cabiegram to The Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1910.

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Cabiesram to The sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1910
| OSWIECIM. Poland, January rs, by
| courier to Paris. February From
! thorough personal Investigations OF
! the spot | believe that ! am able TO
! give herewith the first complete ac-
| count of the bitter and regrettable
| conflict between the Czechs and Poles
| in the Teschen coal region. ! say
| believe | am able, because it is i'm
possible to foresee when this dis
| patch will reach its destination. Po-
| land at present is practically cut off
| from communication with the outside
world. The Czechs by invading ST.
lesia and taking the principal rail
road. telegraph and Industrial lines
have closed the Oswiecim Oderbere
| route, which the couriers of the Polish
| government, as well as those of the
American government, have used in
gong to Vienna, whence they for
! Warded kilograms and messages and
official pouches to Paris and other
places.
Couriers can go as far as Oswiecim,
put then they must pass into German
occupied territory via KattoWitz.
whence they connect with Oderberg
and then Vienna But Germany does
not permit the Polish government to
send eouriers through that territory
because the relations between the
Polish and German governments have
been broken off since the Poles who
llVed before the war in that part of
Poland under German rule, have been
trying to drive out the German mill
tary from their cities and villages.
At the other end of Poland the
Ukralnians prevent direct commune
cation with Rumania. Both Czechs
and ukrainian forces also block con-
nection with Hungary The bolsheviki
who continue to menace Poland on
the old sian-Polish frontier pre-
vent communications in that direc-
ton
Use of Wireless Limited.
For one hour each night Prime Min
lister Padere wski and Gen. Pilsudski
can communicate by wireless from
Warsaw to Eiffel tower, in Paris, on
diplomatic business, out otherwise they
cannot communicate across the from
tiers. Wounded Polish soldiers, hurried
in freight cars from the new fighting
line, and crowds of frightened refu-
gees from Oderberg, Teschen. Kar-
win, Dzialoszice and other places in
Sllesia fleeing toward Cracow and
ton of the firing lines, brought me
again at Oswiecim face to face with
the fact that the horrors of war con-
tinue in Poland.
The occupation by Czech soldiers of
Sidesian territory. in which the nopuIa-
ton is strongly Polish. began January
Is. three days before the Polish cleo
ton of constitutional convention del
egdteS, and thus prevented voting
in the occupied territory. The Czech
occupation also resulted in cutting
Poland off from the outside world at
the very time when Polish soldiers on
the northeastern frontier were fight
ing to stop the advance of the boil
shevfki from Wilma on Grodno On
the southeastern frontier the Ukrain-
lans were making daily attacks on
Lemberg and bonn harding the city. In
the vicinity of Posen and Danzig they
were struggling to GUST the Ger
man military. who seek to retain con-
troll of that part of Poland, which
ever since the old partition of the
country has been under German rule.
On the night of January 20, in War
saw. Cracow and other large Polish
centers, there came rumors of trou-
BILE in the Teschen- Silesian district
between Czech and Polish centers.
Members of the British and Ameri-
the problems in Poland hurried to the
scene.
Demand for Order Posted.
Investigation showed that fighting
was in progress and also disclosed
that the following notice had been
published and posted, which, trans
lated, reads:
ITO the inhabitants of the duchy of
Silesia: Unsatisfactory conditions to
public safety threatening an economic
breakdown in SiIesia2 have impelIed
the government of the Czechosloyak
republic to send you a part of the
troops, which have arrived from
France to establish order in the land
AS Frenchmen. Britons, Italians and
Americans we have the sincere sym
pathy for both peoples, which form a
majority in the country. AS soldiers
we will do our duty. but in political
questions we will take no hand. We
demand from all classes of the popu-
iations support in establishing ad-
ministratiye order. The republic is A
state based on order
The notice was signed by Gillian.
lieutenant colonel in the French army:
Grossfeld, major in the British army;
Roseda. major in the Italian army,
and Voska, first lieutenant in the
American army. Commissions have
been established with all the garrison
commands as representatives of the
entire population before the mill
tary command" reads another notice.
They are for the purpose of putting
the complaints and desires of the in
habitants before the military COM
mand. In case the commandment can
not give you satisfaction address
yourselves to the undersigned.
Lieut.. Col. Joseph Sanjderak mil
itary inspector for Slesia, North Mo-
ravia and Mahrisch- Ostrau."
Unfounded Reports Cited.
From my inquiries made in places
which the Czech armed forces now
hold, places held by the Poles. and
also from information given me by
the Polish government and military
officials it appears that the reports
winch nave been circulated that de-
tachments of allied troops are taking
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