The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-19
.DOLSHEvIKI FOR
 WAR ON WORLD
Plan to Force Soviet Rule on All Na- tions Frankly Revealed--Alliance With Germany to Be Sought
 First. Then Attack France.

1 KoIno. Poland. tBy courier to blot. towen. East Prussial. Aug. 14.-Soviet Russia intends to seek an alliance with Germany to make war on France and if 1t is successful, to undertake a conquest of England and eventually America. officials of the polshevist regime told the Associated Press here today.
 AS soon as the Polish war, which ' is considered a purely Russian busi- ness, has been finished, a note will be sent to Berlin, they declared. demand ing permission to transport troops across Germany for the French cam paign. Upon refusal of this request. which is taken for granted, a reyolu- tion will be instituted in Germany the success of which the Bolsheviki asserted they were prepared to as sure by force of arms.
 Told Germans Are Friends.
 With these ends in view, the Rus sian soldiers who have been told that all wars shall cease with ultimate vic tory over the Poles, are being sub jected to vigorous propaganda, which declares that Frenchmen will be shot on sight but that the Germans are friends who will soon become com rades of the Rolsheviki. These admis- sions have been corroborated by in- formation gathered by the correspond ent in conversations with German re- presentatives of East Prussian news papers who had interviews with the bolshevist leaders, declare that within three weeks they will be in complete control of Poland, including the Pc fish corridor which they intend to oc- cupy, leaving a ten kilometer neutral zone about Danzig.
 When the correspondent reached here, surreptitiously crossing the bor- der at Czerwone and employing the aid of Poles and farm wagon filled with straw, he called on the Polish soviet commissar, who recently was established in office by the bolshevist military.
 Kept Watch on commssar.
 Hans Scharnewsky, the commissar, is a Polish Jew with protruding eyes and blond mustache, and wears a white collar. He acknowledged the correspondents greetings and then sat down at his dinner table, com pletely ignoring the American. At the eommissars side throughout the meal and during the correspondents visit, Russian soldier armed with a revol- yer stood watch, and all the converse tion was interpreted to him in Rus sian The commissar's assistant, who was a former German officer, said this Russian was soviet representa- tive, who watched all business trans acted by Scharnewskv and reported to the soviet central government, al though he never interfered with the commissar's procedure.
 When the commissar finished his meal, which consisted of soup, a steak smothered with onions, potatoes and beer, he stalked to his office, direct ing the correspondent to wait. After an hour he returned, demanded the correspondents passports, which he gave a eursory inspection, and then returned to his office.
 Favcr German Rule There. After waiting two hours, the core spondent wandered about the town talking to the inhabitants, among whom were many Jews. He was told they did not know whether they were going under Russian, Polish or Ger man rule, but said they had heard ru- mors there would be plebiscite in all this territory in the near future in which the people would be permitted to vote whether they desired to adhere to Russfan or German. The inhabi- tanfe declared surh a vota would ha overwhelmingly in favor of Germany
 When the correspondent was unable after several hours to see Scharnew- sky again he prepared to depart but an orderly from the commissar's office directed him to remain another hour, by which time high official was ex- pected to arrive. The correspondent ignored the order.