Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-16
Reds to Form Alliance With
Huns, Make War On
France and, If Successful
Raid and Subdue England.
WILL ATTACK UNITED
STATES IN DUE TIME
Soviet Officers Claim That
Within Three Weeks They
Will Control Poland, In
Cluding the Corridor.

kolno, Poland, Aug. IA (by
Courier to Dlottowen, East Prussia,
by the Associated Press. s.)-Soviet
Russia intends to seek an alliance
with Germany to make war on
france, and if 1t succeeds, to under
take conquest of England and
eventually America. officials of the
DolsheVlk regime told the Associat-
ed Press today. When the Polish
war considered. purely Russian
business, is finished, a note will he
sent to Berlin. they declared, de-
manding permission to transport
troops across Germany for the
French campaign. On refusal.
which is taken for granted, a revo-
luton will be instituted in Ger
many, the success of which, bolshe-
wiki asserted, they We're prepared
to assure by force of arms
Germans Are Friends.
with these ends in view, Russian
soldiers, who have been told all
wars shall cease after victory over
the Poles are being subjected, to
propaganda which declares French
men will be shot on sight but that
the Germans are friends who soon
will be comrades. These admissions
have been corroborated by infor-
nation gathered by the CORE
spondent in conversations with
German representatives of East
Prussian newspapers who inter-
viewed bolshevik army chiefs. Boil
shevik leaders declare that within
three weeks they will completely
control Poland, including the Polish
corridor, which they intend to oc-
cupy leaving ten kilometer neu-
tl4( 25l ,sbout Danzis.
When the correspondent arrived
here, crossing the border at Ger
wone by the aid of Poles and
wagon filled with straw, he called
on the Polish soviet commissary,
who recently was established in of
fices by the bolsheyik military.
Ignores the American.
Han Scharnewski, the commits
sary. is Polish Jew with protrud-
ing eyes and blond mustache, and
wears a white collar. He aeknowl-
edged the correspondents greeting
and then sat down to dinner, ignor-
ing the American. AT the commits
sary's side a Russian soldier armed
with a revolver stood watch and
all conversation was interpreted to
him in Russian. The commissary's
assistant, a former German officer,
said the Russian was a soviet rep
resentative who watched all buSi-
ness transacted by Scharnewski and
reported to the soviet central gov
ernment. although he never inter-
fered with the commissary's pro-
ceedure.
When the comm;ssary finished
eating his meal of soup, steak
smothered with onions, potatoes
and beer, he stalked to his office,
directing the correspondent to
wait After an hour he returned,
demanded the correspondent
passports, which he gave a cursory
inspection, and then returned to
his office.
Talks To Inhabitants.
After waiting two hours, the
correspondent wandered about
talking to inhabitants, among
whom were many Jews. He was
told they did not know whether
thev were going under Russian.
Polish or German rule, but SAID
they had heard rumors there would
be a plebiscite in which the peo-
pie would be permitted to vote
whether they desired to adhere to
Russia or Germany. Inhabitants
declared such vote would be
overwhelmingly for Germany.
EVERYWHERE the people asked for
news of the war and other news of |
the world, saying all intelligence
came from the German border |
through conversations with German |
guards, who sometimes gave them i
German newspapers.
There Is no commerce with the |
rest of Russia by telephone tele- |
graph or railway and inhabitants |
of villages allege the frontiers |
have been existing on the products
of the farms
They declare unless commerce |
is soon revived with Germany they |
will experience suffering.
When the correspondent after |
several hours was unable to see |
Scharnewski again, he prepared to