South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-08-16
EXPECT HUNS TO JOIN
THEM IN CONQUEST OF
FRANCE AND ENGLAND
Reds Declare They Will Be In
Control Of Poland in
Three Weeks.
WILL ATTACK AMERICA
Soviet Government Schemes
to Fly Red Flag Over
Entire World.
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press;
KOLNO. Poland. Aus. Il CBy
courier 10 Dlottowen. East Prussia
Soviet Russia intends 20 seek an
alliance with Germany 10 make war
on France. and II this is successful.
10 undertake conquest OF England
and eventually America, officials ~
the bOlshevik regime told the press
here Sunday.
As soon as the Polish war. which
is considered a purely Russian busi-
ness. has been finished, "a note viii
be sent 10 Berlin, they declared. q %
manding permission 10 transport
troops across Germany for the
French campaign. Upon refusal ~
this request. which is taken for
granted a revolution vii be inst4-
tuted in Germany. the success ~
which the bolsheviki asserted thev
were prepared 10 assure by force Of
arms With these ends in view. the
Russian soldiers. no have been told
that all wars shall cease with ulti-
mate victory over the Poles arc be-
ing. subjected 10 "a vigorous propa-
ganda, which declares that French
men Will be shot on sight. out that
the Germans are friends who soon
will -ecome comrades OF the boil
sheyili.
Verify Facts.
Those admissions have been cor
robora:ed BY Information gathered
~ the correspard -nt in converse
tons With Representa- yes Of East
Prussicu newspapers VIII, had inter
views with the bOlshevik army chiefs
II the fro1t.
The bolshev,k leaders declared
that within th.ce weeks they viii
be in complete control n Poland. in
Guiding the Polish corridor. which
they intend 20 occupy leaving o ten
kilometer neutral zone about Danzig.
When the correspondent reached
here after surrepuuously crossing
the border az CzerWOre. be called on
the Polish soviet comm issary who
recently was established in Office by
the bolshCvik military. Hans Scharn
ewsky. the comnissary. is a Polish
Jew. and wears "a white collar. He
a-knowlcdCcd the correspon
greeting l.nd then sat down a. his
dinner table. completely ignoring TIE
American.
Wien the -ommissarv finished his
meal he stalkcd 20 his olnce. direct
ing the cspo1dent 20 wait. After
an hour he returned. demanded the
sspondcnt's passports which ne
gave "a cursorT inspection and then
rctr-ued 70 his office.
Talks 10 Inhabitants.
After waiting two hJlrs the cor
ro.uoudent wandered a. out the tow
al,lg % the inhabif ants. am org
wh0r1 were many Jews. ie was
told that they dij not know Wlethcr
thcv We're going under Rus-i n. Po.-
isl CT German rule. bat said -hev
had beard rlmOre there would he a
pl-',is,ita IN all this territory ir The
near future in which the people
would be permitted 90 vote whether
thcy desired 20 adhere % Poland or
Germany.
E-e.s1. here m. people aered fo-
rews ~ The war AID other iuforrrl-
tion of the outside world saying
they did not. rcce.-r late ue ya'arers
and .ha all intelligence came from
the CONAN border through c'rvc--
sations with the German guards.
who sometimes gave them German
newspap pers-
No Commerce.
There is no commerce with trs
rcrt of Russia by telegraph. -e'e-
phone Cr railroad and the inhabi-
tents n the villages along the FROM
tieI have been existing solely on the
products of the farms They Do
clare thar unless commerce is soon
revived with Germany that tney ~1l
experience great suffering.
The villages about Kolno appeared
prosperous enough although the
peasants were ragged, barefoot and
desp0ude1t and presented a poverty
stricken appearance In the fields
", ere fat cattle tended by girls. while
bows and women were harvesting
wheat Along the road were many
iron cruc.Gxes ar wayside shrines at
which the rious popu'ace wor-
shipped.
In Kolno there is less evidence
of the recent war than On the tovas
OF East Prussia. where broken sta
tues. SCARED houses and ruins ot
hrown-ur buildings stll bear witne-s
20 the damage done by the Russian
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