Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-15
|E'ACE RESTS
IN POWER OF.
|POL|SH ARMY.
u,usral Bliss Sees Re.
sunption Of War il It
Fails to Hold.

warrington, Jan. 15.-Recom-
,.ssdations that the United States
f.raish surplus military supplies to
poiand to aid It in repelling the
!. v~tvard advance Of the bolshe-
~ have been made to the state
lnastment by Secretary Baker.
Bliss Secs Danger.
IA making this announcement to-
~ Hr Baker interrupted General
|ITssker H. Bliss, former member
81 The supreme military council and
the American peace delegation, who
h,d told the house ways and means
committee that general rNlival of
v,r In Europe was not "improb-
able" unless Poland could check
the Russian bolsheyiki armies.
Consider Participation.
The war secretary also said that
tbe allied governments were con-
ddsring participation in the move
ment TO aid the Poles. General
BlIss told the committee that the
Russian armies were far better
suuipped than the Poles, who were
athe only bulwark against boishe-
yism."
Describing Poland as ''the pos
sible storm center" In Europe, Cen
eral Bliss declared that when "a
whole people are brought to star
vation" they may make war on q
,, neighbor having food and so re
new the confagration that We had
hoped had died out
Soon Independent.
. The bolsheviki, General Bliss
Continued, are regaining coal, oil
and grain lands in the old Russian
empire and will soon be able to
care for themselves, regardless Of
any blockade"
The committee is considering a
proposal by Secretary Glass to ad-
vance $3.50. .O0O,0 900 to Poland. Aus
tr!a and other European govern
nents for food relief. II such q
loan were made, the allied govern
nents should be required to aid
Poland in a military way, General
Bliss said.
Would Protect World.
Fdlowing General Bliss Secre-
taiy Baker said food relief from
Anehca would protect the civil
fhRtioh of the world" He declar-
y chaos In Europe would affect
America industrially by cutting off
@pply Of raw materials that could
" obtained there and would Sc
xpusly affect the 10 billions of
American loans to foreign govern
nents.
The situation in Austria was lik-
ened to that in Poland by the sec
tetary, who also touched on con-
ditions in Armenia.
Turning to Siberia. Mr.. Baker
iaid most Of the population there
Was within so miles of either side
q the trans-Siberian railroad and
that distress was largely due to the
inldequacy of railroad equipment.
Thirty thousand box cars on rail-
efoad sidetracks in Siberia, Mr..
Baker said, are occupied by per-
sons who fed eastward from Rus
sn to escape the revolution.
y !ne cities, Mr.. Baker continued,
seclaring that infant mortality in
Budapest last January was s12 per
noesand for those admitted to the
Nale dispensary. Elsewhere in Eu-
Opean cities similar conditions
Drevailed he said.
At the close of the hearing Chair
nan Fordney announced that the
mmmittee would meet Monday to
sd finally On a bill authorizing
mana for the food relief.
Become More Lenient.
London, Jan. Is. - The virtual
sos. so;Nlon Of the death penalty
sSsalnst non-bolsheviki in soviet
s;.l .e,a Is announced in a wireless
u'p,!en from Moscow today.
Berlin, Jan. 15.-(By wireless to
.oaoon. )-0ficial denial was made
oaas Of reports that Germany had
concluded an agreement with So
''el Russia.
London, Jan. 15.-The bolsheviki
nave captured Rostov-on-Don. ac-
ordins to wireless disnatch from
= - amount Of baggage were taken
os statement saws
areet fighting started in Rostov-
ssa s.Doa on Jan. . and lasted la I'u, the
. saols day. the soviet N commun;cas ,nn,uu eae
oa Continues. "The 1n,ss town wss
sea on the tenth and the enemy