Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-08-28
Shall Chaos or Reconstruction
in Europe Follow the Great
World War?
POLAND NOW STANDING ALONE
Heroic Nation, Herself in Dire Need
Is the Only Barrier to Bolshe"ism,
Fighting the Battle for
Civilization.
Article XXX!i.
Rv ERAMK coMERFoRp.


must be solved by the powers In con-
cert. Its solution viii make the first
step toward rest. The complete solu-
ton Of the problem of unrest must be
decided by each nation q its own way.
/ asked two important Sav leaders
Tor their opinions as to the proper
policy the world should adopt toward
she b0lsheyiks. and the Russian prob
lem In Prague / spoke to President
Mazyrik of Czecho-SlOvakia; in War
saw interviewed General Pilsudski,
preslde~t OF Poland. Both answered
the question in practically the same
words Leave Russia alone; let the
Russian people solve the Russian
question"
What Is the Russian situation? A
minority has seized the government
and Is holding it by force. The form
Of government adopted cannot last
Communism will destroy Itself If given
sufficient rope. Already II has de-
stroyed production and brought on
chaos. The great danger bolshevism
offers the outside world is its effort
TO organize the unrest OF the world
and lead il TO revolution.
Po.and's Hard Position.
Poland is the barrier holding the
Red" wave of bolshevisul back. Pc
land is d new state. 1t IS almost as
big as France In population and about
che si4, Of Germany 10 area. Three
thrones fell 10 make a presidential
seat for the Polish republic-Austria,
Russia and Germany. The Polish peo-
PIE are intense In their patriotism.
They are individualists. They are
against the Red" terror. But Poland
is poor. terribly poor. The war
brought her to the point OF hunger.
She Is now facing starvation. She is
doing world guard duty. Her army Is
holding closed the door of bolshevik
Russia. Ii is an army made up Of men
Of zeal and determination. ! have
never seen men sustain their spirit
under more trying conditions. Think
of men without shoes facing the Red"
army: hunger and cold attacking
them, but standing in their places
holding the front When / was in
Europe in October, 1919, | saw this
magnificent army. Forty per cent of
them were without shoes. There were
less than l0oo0 outfits for $4,000
mtn. They we're hungry, they were
CO. Back home their loved ones
WIRE not hungry. they were starving ,
they were not cold. they were freezing.
Still these men stood al their posts
talked the matter over with the chief
of state General PisudSki and | shall
never forget the manner, the tone and
the words OF this Roosevelt Of the
Slavs.
our army will hold the pass; the
Red terror will not bring the torch
TO Europe unless winter and want
force us to retreat. ChatterIng teeth
and pal' n.nched stomachs will XIII
the morale Of any army in time. The
indomitabe spirit OF our men has
withstood hardships that might have
destroyed an army made up of men
less iutlamed with the passion to make
secure their newly achieved freedom
we are without transportation facili.
lit-N even lbI tilE ltOuA. AIHF cOlQtCis
are ragged and hungry. They do not
complain. nor do l complain for them
aut facts are facts and these fact,
belong to the world. Our army i,
fighting a world cause and against q
world evil. Civilization is IN the bal
ance and every citizen of civilization
has a right 10 know the conditions un
der which Poland is doing world quart
duty.
Fight Under FrighSuI Conditions.
I'VE have no ambulauces ut tht
'front.' and our soldiers going into HAT
tie know that if they are wounded an,
are not fortunate enough to fall nea
field hospital, they are doomed (,
die OF neglect aud exposure or com
20 death by torture from Chinese mpI
cenaries who make up the torture hal
taiion of the Red army We have II
satsepUcs and our wounded men ar
exposed ~ a EaugrenouS death "
are without anesthetics and wouude
men are required 20 submit TO Opera
tions while bccnly alive 10 every ser
sation Of the knife
Help must come. and II must CON
soon. Our troops are willing to fst
on; this is their glorious spirit, br
they are only flesh and there is "a por
mt which the finest spirit Surrenders
cold and hunger and pain
Appeals were made to the pea,
table for help. They fen on deaf ear
Great stocks Of clothing were locke
M in England and France while II
Polish army shivered at the bol~heyI
front. saw locomotives and emp
freight cars on the side tracks Ia F.
ope at the time Poland was fSht1
he worlds fight and crying for tran
Dortati0n.
The holsbeviks must be shut
They must be confined to Russia.