The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-19
GERMANY 10 GAIN
 BY PRESENT WAR
Will Secure Free Intercourse With Russia, Says Count Reventlow-- Predicts Uprising of People If AL
 lies Violate Huns Neutrality.
(By George Seldes.l


 Berlin, Aug. 12.-"Nothing can hap pen in the Russian-P Polish war or else- where which will make Germany's po- sition worse," said Count Reventlow today, but much can happen to inn prove conditions. Our future depends to a great extent on Russia's future and now we see that Frances plan to impose Poland between us has gone astray for Germany's resurrection we must have freedom of intercourse with Russa--fseedom economically, industrially and politically. We have gone thru the worst and we can ex- pect much from the turn of events in Poland
 Count Reyentlow, Germany's fore most military authority, let his hard face dissolve into a smile twice dur ing the interview. Once it was when asked him if he considered Lloyd Georges threat of a British naval blockade against Russia with the si- multaneous French army movement to save Warsaw as serious. He smiled again when 1 told him that Polish newspapers declared everybody in Ger many from Ledebour to Reventlow" was against Poland.
 All Germany Against Poland.
 "Yes,' he replied, flor once the Poles speak a true word. We Ger mans, from in4e pendent Socialists to Nationalists and Conservatives, were agreed that Poland undertook an inn perialistic and aggressive warfare and the turn in the tide against them seems to be an act of injustice to de- mocracy. But we are not really against Poland. Officially we are neu- tral, but we realize that the plans and in Paris. It is French militarism underlying Polish imperialism, which had been defeated and we are pleased as the result. And now Lloyd George shakes his fist at Russia and says We will blockade you again. is if the blockade was ever lifted. l suppose that it is possible to sharpen the blockade, but what good will it do when Russia already used to block ades, takes new territories to supply itself with food, opens the road to Germany thru which raw materials can be turned into goods for export and revises it's borders 2"
 I asked the count if he considered the Russian occupation of the Danzig corridor railroad as important "It is most serious" he replied, from strategic as we'll as politi- cal angle. 1t cuts the Britishized port of Danzig from Poland, thus closing one legitimate avenue for relief. But l 1t is most serious for Germany be- cause it leaves the violation of Ger man neutrality as the only road for the transportation of French and Brit ish troops to Poland"
 "In which event."
 "In which event." replied Count Re- ventlow, there will be spontaneous uprising of the German people. What such an uprising would lead to, can not foretell. Judging from the tenn per of the people in all classes it will be unanimous and mighty. We have
 suffered much. We believe the peace has been unjust to us. But while we
 are carrying out the conditions we
 won't stand for such an outrage mak-
 ing our land into battle ground. Il am opposed to Bolshevism and
 realize that Bolshevism at our front
 door is threatening to all of western
 Europe, but l do not want to see
 France make this danger pretext for
 running over more of our country" Sees Uprising Against Boishevism. Against Bolshevism, Reventlow sees great hope i'll the uprising of the | ukrainian peasants who are forming a front between the Polish and that of 1 General Wrangel in Crimea.
 l Watch Ukraine," said the count
 T have just received important re.
 ports from there. It was the Ukrain-
 ian peasants who really defeated Den
 ikine when they joined the Bolshe. viks. Now they are disappointed ir Lenine's promises and are fighting against him. When the peasants rise
 turnout the land they cannot be
 stopt."
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