The Washington times., 1920-08-18
.REDSUSE GUNS
W|THU.S.MARK
Ammunition Manufactured In Ger
many, According to Report
Now Under Probe.
By WILLIAM PHILIP hMMs.
I.terustiopsI News Service.

The report has reached Government
officials here that the Reds, In thelr
advance on warsaw are using AmmL-
milton made in Germany and machine
guns made In the United states. The
report is being Investigated.
How the American rapid-nre guns,
which were described as Of the 1918
model and in perfect condition came
into the hands OF the Bolshlvikt is
matter OF speculation. but according
to the informant, they are presumed
to have been part OF the equipment
Of Admiral kolchak, whose forces
were scattered by the Feds' ana thcr
material captured.
Both shell and rifle cartridges, ac-
cordinE TO the information at hand.
have found their way out OF Germany
and into the Bolshevists' hands II
was stated that the rifle ammunition
was as free from tarnish and as
bright and shiny as though just
turned out OF the factory. This had
been found In the possession OF Red
prisoners and elsewhere In larger
Quantities.
HIGH EXPLOSIVES POoR.
High explosives being used by the
Bolsheviki. the authority stated, are
very poor. only about one she'll In
five exploding on contact. but the
shrapneI. however. In the sector un-
der observation, was not only almost
sure nre. but was accu-
rately timed and broke at the proper
distance from the ground This
sharpnel. 1t was charged, was made
in Germany and Judging by the nose
caps picked up while hot. seemed new
ly made.
Red troops are miserably clad, IT
was said. but, apparently well-disci-
plined. The Indications pointed to
German instruction. according to the
observer. particularly in the matter OF
artillery fire and the use Of shrapnel.
A number OF eye-witnesses to the
tragedy OF Poland have just reached
Washington. They declare the Poles
are far outnumbered by the Reds and
sadly in need of guns, ammunition,
and other equipment
ONE-sIDED FIGHT.
ITS almost like fighting armed
men with bare fists" declared Major
Bruce NJ. Mohler. of Fremont, Ohio.
formerly OF the Minnesota State board
of health, just back from Russia and
Poland, where he was deputy commits
sioner for the American Red Cross
They fight WELL" he said, but need
the tools with which to fight. The
Americans with them are doing bril-
liantly. particularly the aviators, who
were first to pick up the Russian
cavalry and report 1t to the Poles.
After Warsaw, what them" Major
Mohler was asked.
II think the Bolsheviki Wi go on, y
he said. II think they will keep going
as long as they can and as far as
they can. They will undoubtedly try
to break into western Europe, If not
now, later. They may try the East
first, or have go at Gen. Baron
Wrangel But I think they will try at
all hazards to keep going"
dark winter lies ahead OF Eu-
rope, Major Mohler predicted. Star
walton and freezing will come to
many. Children already are dying in
large numbers from lack OF proper
nourishment. he said. and another
great swell of the typhus wave Is ex-
pected as soon As cold weather be-
gins. The Poles, he said. had put
down a lot of crops and the prospect
for wheat and other cereals had been
good until the invasion. Now the
whole situation looks black indeed.
he said.