Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-08-16

With these ends in view the Russian
soldiers. who have been told that all
wars shall cease with ultimate victory
over the Poles. are being subjected to a
vigorous propaganda which declares that
Frenchmen will he shot on sight but
that the Germans are friends who soon
will become comrades of the holsheriki
Admissions Are Corroborated.
These admissions have been cor
roborated by information gathered BIZ
the correspondent in conversations with
German representative of East Prussian
newspapers who had interviews with the
bolsheyik army chiefs at the front The
hoishevik leaders declare that within
three weeks they will be in complete con-
troll of Poland. including the Polish cor
ridor, which they intend TO occupy, leav-
ing a ten kilometer neutral zone about
DanZfg.
When the correspondent reached here,
snrreptitionsly crossing the border at
czerwone and employing the aid of Poles
and farm wagon filled with straw. he
called on the Polish soviet commissarv
who recently was established in office by
the bolshevik military.
Hans ScharnewskT. the commissary, is
q Polish Jew with protruding eyes and
blond mustacbe and wears a white
collar. He acknowledged the correspon-
dent greeting and then sat down AT his
dinner table, completely ignoring the
American.
Eats Under Guard.
At the commissarys side throughout
the meal and during the correspondents
visit a Russian soldier armed with re-
yolver stood watch and ali the conversa-
ton was interpreted 10 him in Russian.
The comnlissary's assistant. who was a
former German officer said this Russian
SgyIA IAt FNpa~ 1Fafs -f.1 Sahn
all business transacted by Scharnewsky
and reported To- the soviet central gov
ernment, although he never interfered
with the commiSSarys procedure.
When the commisSary finished his
meal. which consisted Of soup. a steak
smothered with onions. potatoes aud
beer. hp staiked to his office. directing
the correspondent TO wait After an hour
he returned. demanded the correspon-
dents passports which he gave a
cursory Inspection, and then returned to
his office.
People News Hungry,
After waiting about two hours the
correspondent wandered about the town.
talking to the inhabitants. among whom
were many .Tews He was told they did
not know whether they were going I'M
der Russian. Polish. or German rule but
said they had rumorS thar there would
be plehiscite in all this territory in the
near future. in which the people would
be permitted To vote whether they de-
sired te adhere 10 Russia or to Ger
many The inhabitants declared such
vote would he overwhelmingly in fav-
or of Germany.
Everywhere the people asked fok
news of the war and other news of the
outside world saying they did not re-
ceive late newspapers aud that all in
telligeuee came from the German hor-
dor through conversations with Ger
man guards, who sometimes gave
them German newspapers
Suffering Is Imminent.
There is no commerce with the rest
of Russia by telephone. telegraph or
railway. and the inhabitants of villages
along the frontier have been existing
solely on the products of the farms.
They declare that unless commerce is
soon revived with Germany they will
experience great suffering
The villages about Kslro appeared
prosperous enough. although the peas
ants were ragged harefooteti and de-
spondent and presented poverty
stricken appearance, In the fields were
fat cattle tended by girls. while boys
and women were harvesting wheat.
Along the road were many iron cruci~
fixes at wayside shrtnes at. which the
pious populace worshipned
In kelno there is less evidence Of
the recent war than in towns of East
Prussia, where broken statues. SCARED
houses. snd ruins Of blown up buildings
still bear witness to the damage done
by the Russian invaders in 1914.