Evening journal., 1920-07-10
SURRENDER Of
POLES Soon,
PRIEST SAYS
ConlInued from FIrst -.

placed in them"
He continued to tell in detail the
low purchasing value OF the foreign
coins, especially those OF his country.
Father Gulcz, throughout his narra-
tive conveyed only what he observed /
and heard and refused TO comment as
to what he thinks OF The conditions. |
Poland is In a state Of war he |
said. "and the cities are crowded with /
Russian refugees for whom there Is
no accommodation. There is no light, /
and food and clothing is scarce Prices I
are uncomfortable and the poor there /
for suffer. But above the toll and /
mOil OF economic laXity one hears the /
incessant appeal for recruits and the
drilling OF recruits. All ablc-bodicd |
Poles. excepting Jews. are drafted into !
the army, and the deficient nll the
posts of public offices, thereby max
ing the institutions irregular. The
feryency and zeal OF Poland Is un-
usually steadfast although the hard.
ships are severe But above al, one
sees. hears and thinks Of nothing but
recruiting and recruiting.
81 spoke tO various members or
the Diet and have been informed that
% per cent. are for war against Rus
sia and the remaining are for i'm
mediate reconstruction OF the state
and economic conditions Building Is
at a standstill and women are illllng
the places OF men in the field. one
is permitted to travel in certain cities
and is restricted from entering
others. such as LENDERS. IL IS din
cult TO enter the country and 10 IS
equally as difficult Co leave 10. Polanu
is determined TO eradicate BOlsheVlsm
even the Socialists, who reonlly
professed Friendly relations To- the
Communists. is determined To hght
him 90 DEATH
Father Guiez was asked as 90 the
food situation On Poland. He replied
that food was very scarce IN ule
cities and the price Was very ulgh.
Most of the food products are those
that have been subscribed and con-
tributed here. In ihe market one
pays al least ten times as mucl as
he does when he buys through the
government agencies. But the eQu-
Gated and refined classes feel humll-
atd io wait in linr for hours before
they can secure their ration, lne
mark In Poland is the equivalent or
the British shilling. but us purchas-
ing value is about 40 marks W an
American dollar.
.The nation is constantly in terror
of "a BOlshcvik invasion, and Tor ildl
reason Poland has nearly million
men on her front, although less ulan
700 are adequately drilled. As TO me
front l ann unable 90 make any com
mcnt. We are prohibited from com
mmnicaLng and going 90 The far-Eist,
and as FAR as official Information is
concern u we only receive tne re
ports OF victories but never or ad-
verse conditions.
TAs lO the government. there Is
little disscniion 10 Is the best That
Poland could establish under ine
threat of war 10 is mainly composed
OF the priest. peasant and merchant
pil,udski. a Socialist by cOnNicuon
is idOlZed by everyone. General
Haller. is FAR less popular and is
recognized rival Of pilsudski
II DON'T know whether 10 blame
The mark. shortage OF food, the mig
gardliness of the farmer or what, Dui
you cannot get a reasonable meal TOT
less than 30 marks. The hotels charge
from 500 90 1000 marks day. In the
meantime. the w0rkingman's salary
averages 40 marks a day, SO one can
imagine the suffering the poor classes
must endure Sacnarne pills arg
used for SUGAR The bread is blacA
and unpalaiablc. and I suppose nour-
ishing IL YOUR stomach can digest 10
But there Is an infinite supply OF pola-
toes 10 is served with every mea
and with each order. But there is
surplus Of coffee, tea ana liquor. cls.
AreLln~ arc lANlu ~ W A'' 't'''' --
box ol ten.
''The country people arc FAR from
starvation anil h1No plenty or 1000
on account OF ihe high cost of iNln
ihcre are labor strikes C8rh day am
the working element is In 9 rcstles
condition. During my stay there Wa'
car strike, and isXicab oWner
strikes are generally put down boy th
government or settled by concilltor.
boards. often students act as strike
: AS to the Learic OF Nations. every
body. even the officials, ] unders lano
are dissatisfied with 10 They say Do
origin was wrong and that 10 misses
neace and avoid further warfare Tn
poles think that England has be
irayed thcm by giving the BolsheVih
ammunition. airpanes and tanks. 10
they cannot conceive how lhe hus
SLAMS could have gotten them other
. wise. They think that Lloyd Georg
has made secret arrangements VIII
the Reds I'm order to keep them out {
Persia. They say that the war wa
not the call OF humanity, but IN
greedness of Imperialism. ana Una
EnCland entered for selfish principle
and leaves the war with selfish prin
; cipals. ..,.,.a 10
NINNiHs HltN 1hNs II uNAIlAin
land as much as she can. and the
cannot expect much from Italy. The
are convinced that victory would b
theirs II Italy would snd her pro,
ucts 10 Poland rather than the Bo
shevils. Also they deem The treal
I unsafe. The Poles say that they ar
between the devil and the sea. pOlan
is on The verge OF surrender. aftC
which Germany will become Bolsh
vik-ihereby placing Communism ;
the gate OF Europe. France viii 10
low with consequences that the r.
tire world Will become a soviet sy.
tenn.
Father Gulcz landed here On the
S. La Lorraine last Monday. haviI
boarded az Havre. France. lie arriv
in this city last Thursday night.
NON-PARTTSAN CAMPAIGN WORI
Members Of LabOr's Non-partsa
Campaign Committee, at a meetin
held Wednesday night in the commi
tees new headquarters in Irlsl
American Hall. expressed enthusias
at the progress Of the campaign