The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-07-09
Poland's Collapse

The forecast of Colonel Rousam Bek, that Poland would
collapse before supory the Red advance to be
followed by political and economic revolution seems about
to be realized
Such dispatches as have appeared and they have
been few lin line with policy the capitalist press
to publish nothing favorable Russa) all borne dngs
of the retreat of the Poles mile front
Only the establishment of Soviet in Warsaw can stop
the Russian advance Beks statement That he
spoke with knowledge and authority activities
of Polish representatives at London, who alarm
petitioned the League of Nations thru its secretary Sir Eric
Drummond, to seek end the The development
of internal dangers coupled with the crmbng her
battle front have filled her the gravet ap
prehensions.
That tho defeat Of Poland followed by revolution
and tho establishment sovetm seems in the light of
recent European history logical outcome miseries
the people headed high by the impcrastc
hungry bourgcoo may fomen such and POLITICAL
turmcid as only tie soviet system can rectify I
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Whilo the drive the Polish front has become one ,t
safety first, the Polish government Liberty bond
in the u proceeds snails pace the situation
bese difficulties Sentiment for and against the loan
Cleveland Poles about evenly divided There
many cheers for Soviet Poland Polish Bourgeois
Domocrcy The commeen in charge Of drive atho
strongly supported by widely read Polish daily has had
extremely hard seddpg This pay to the fact that
the priests of the Polish refused bless the
loan with their bcncdction aho repeatedly urged by
committee to appeal to the congregations invest
appears that the priests have failed hear the God
in the of the Polish bourgeoisie munitions carry on
imperialistic war.
The investment of s5oOOOOOO, the amount of Liberty
bond sales in the u s. in French munitions and supplies
claim that they invested with the understanding that their
money to help in the reconstruction of Poland sup
plying machinery and aiding the suffering people, Now
learn that it used to buy munitions to carry mpe
ialistc war, has Justly incenscd them.
The Reds advance is reflected in the slowing up of the
loan drive among Polish interests They ap
pacnty know failure when they week the COM
mtee sent out urgent invitations 700 business at
tend meeting for tho purpose of putting the loan tho
top. mere handful in attendance When asked to
sign for bonds they replied ooh not Polish
Ukrainians. Since Ukrainia ally of Poland in
the against Russia this may be considered sample
the patriotism that animatos the bourgooisie.
statement by the secretary of The Cleveland committee
charge carries significant bit of information Commenting
upon sowncss the loan drive secretary Daugol is
quoted saying, Checking up morc than half million
dollars of shows that tie greatest amount OF Polish
patriotism has from the ranks Of the carners
Sure The Polish bcurgooiso the kind cattle
those of other natonao They regard the workers
merely the by which to enrich themselves without any
risk financial otherwise 1t is not enough that the Polish
workers should pay the blood cohe financial burden
must rest upon those who fortunate escape
slaughter IT'S the old capitalist game of you fight and
pay-f'n profit which thu ruling class has always played
upon their dupos
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