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I f. f IL C ln i lel of r the I J Inters n t lev cil 1 b by y 11 CD IX ml Service Staff Correspondent pendent Paris Jan 1 Wy By liy Mail 1311 Delayed There Ther has been no more extraordinary career during tho the war than that of ot General Jose Joseph h Hailer chief commander commander com corn mander of or the Polish army and no noo o officer heading a national force has hasa a more moro unusual command Although located in Paris working In closest conjunction with the allied high h com corn command mand General Hailer HaHer is isby Ib by training an officer In the Austrian army and during the first three years of or the tho war ho fought against Russia which wan then ono one of oC tho the allies Later ho lie fought with tho Russians against tho the Germans Ocr Ger mans maim and then against tho the Bolshevist I I and towards tho end of ot the tho war he was chosen ln in of or the lie Polish army in France Franc which tool tooh part partin in the final assault against His armies aro are now scattered from Canada to Siberia from Crom tho the coast to Italy And yet yot ho represents tho the Idea ilea of or Polish unity and antI his men whether In Siberia or In Lombardy Lombard aro arc all animated b by one ono desire the desire the reconstitution recon recon- of or Poland tho the country that Wa was split among three empires each one of ot which now lies In tho the dust dust dust- Russia Austria and Germany Only a world war var could h hare havo o liberated us said General Hailer Haller to to the Universal Service corre correspondent A war between any two to of or tho the states tates that had divided our lan land would have havo availed us nothing Though Germany and Russia fought each other the they were of a a. common mind whoa when It came caine cameto to robbing robbIn us Wo 0 might have ha rebelled after tho the Russo war ar when Russia was weak but we paw law that Germany Gorman I like lIko a vulture waiting for or carrion was ready roady to pounce upon uvon whatever x wo xo o could wrench from Russia Though h Austria and Russia were opposing each other in their theft Balkan Intrigues Intrigue the thoy wore like lIko two sisters when It camo to keeping Poland under the yoke role Wor nr In 13 U-in U It TI was as during tho the Balkan wars wary o 0 oi 1912 and 1913 that we w saw law unmistakable signs of 01 the tho coming world conflict continued General Ira r who ho lio speaks s French fluently The fhe young youn men of Poland all Inspired by b- bythe bythe the tho l idea of ot liberation that In order to save savo their country In tho the coming cominS' conflagration the they must or organize organize or- or militarily Through enthusiasm m and devotion de to tho national l ideal wo we were able to form torm societies and hunting clubs which were ere In in reality military organizations organisations Illegal and and Irregular but Inspired h by tho the highest motives s. s How Ho were you able to drill without consent from tho the existing authorities was wa asked Sometimes we did It St secretly as asin asIn asin in the summer Hummer time lime we wo would go oft off orInto Into the forests carrying our weapons hidden In iii farm wagons coming b by hidden hidden hid hid- den lIen routes in winter wo ve would do C gymnastics gym gym- m and carr carry out o military drills In private At t times timeR our clubs were dispersed but before beloro long tho they would form COlm again in other places and under different names What happened when hen the war broke out At first wo decided ed to turn against t Russia Russin as ns being tho the greater enemy While tho the czar was WiS on tho the throne wo we fought him but when the revolution changed the regime wo we Poles Ioles declared wo had done enough Since Sinco the new Russia Hussi recognized the Polish right to Independence e we have won our object Tho Time Polish legions were then on the the front in and as the they refused to fight they were brought back bacle to Warsaw to bo be demobilized ana Interned in inte In- In te rn ed How Ho did you escape Imprisonment My 1 brigade brigado had been recruited in Galicia or th the tho 0 Austrian part of or Poland Poland Po Po- Po- Po land lanel and when hen the tho Austrian Emperor Carl saw the Germans were cre about to Intern all tho the Poles he claimed those from Irom his provinces Consequently wo we were sent to tho the fortress of ot l to be bo reorganized Later wo were sent to the comparatively comparative I quiet front in Nat Inn Irot t Treaty Truty When hen th the peace of ot Brest Lito 51 became known the whole Polish nation nation nation na na- na- na tion protested against as what was waa but another division of oC Poland Instead of ot tho ho promised liberation I then gave sa orders ord rs to my command to break away from tho the Austrians who surrounded us They tried to stop top us but we fought them and crossed six lines o of trenches from flom which tho Russians had already alread deserted Out of or m my brigade brigado only onh 1400 m men n got across tho the rest but safe laro laroIn being made prisoners in Ukraine there thero came caine Poles PoJos flocking to my command Poles command Poles from the tho prison pris pris- on camps and those who had been forced to servo seno in tho Russian armies so PiO that shortly I had again ag about six thousand men under m my command I Russia being defeated there thero was as I tho thio next best hinted hated oppressor left to tobo tobo tobo bo fou fought ht Germany During nearly nearl two months we t held heM Immobilized d an entire German arm army corps sent to round us up When I say I hall hail that In Includes ludes everything c There Thera were but 1600 rifles COO sabres of or cavalry and 45 G cannon The remainder ero cro auxiliaries a Tho The German army corps cops comprised fighting men or 11 I about seven times as man ninny many as wo TO w were I Forced ored To ro Surrender needed this army corps as reserves in the great battlo battle In tho the west vest anti and gave C orders to toI Marshal I r hal von who then commanded the German forces In Ukraine to finish us up at nt once I was waR challenged to surrender surrender sur sur- sur-I sur render which I refused to do Then having entirely surrounded us th to superiority in numbers they at attacked attacked nt- nt tacked u us in the tho night of or Ma May 1 11 1918 1018 After Arter two days days' fighting fl we had lost 90 killed and wounded The Tha proportion of oC ou our ouy losses told against t us and we wo had hind to surrender though tho the lost GOO But how did you ou get here then I III escaped The Tho Germans brought ht up freight caha cals to carry us all towar toward Iho tho thoI I prison camps c but as there thoro was as more moro railroad eta sta station or less confusion at the tion I was ablo able to escape I country I had disguised myself in a l abig abig big fur coat and d a civilian cap and thus I w walked right by tho the guard ard I while m my orderly who followed mo nio was wh with 01 my OW and military cap captured A number of ot soldiers also escaped I and once free tree they soon rallied to to their general again reinforced 11 by I more moro war prisoners and Polish de deserters deserters de- de sorters from the tho dissolving Russian I armies Leaving LeavinS' his troops in tho the I various cities of or southern Bouther Russia Gen- Gen I Hailer went to Moscow whore where whore oral J j- j An ml Ith n I council ho no un came r and n in iii it it was d decided CI d that s as I Iho tho Russians would fight no longer lonser it would lie ho better to 10 reinforce the Polish Legion then being formed In France Prance Join Joins tho time Allies AlIea The rho various Polish units In Russia wore directed to Join the tl allies then thou debarking on tho the Murman coast and I b by attaching himself to a French Ambulance unit en route borne from I General Hailer Haller himself was I able to reach after a ten- ten days days' Journey journer There he made an agreement with General Poole commanding commanding com corn manding tho the Allied Expeditionary force torce putting the tho Poles in Russia under his command Then after atter having haying hay hay- ing issued a a. general mobilization order to all tho the Poles in Russia he left for tor France where the Polls Polis national committee which has haa been recognized as a government by the allies appointed him commander 01 of or I tho the Polish legion In France and later made mado him chief of at all the tho Polish forces There Thero are now under hl his command commanda a training camp at Niagara l Falls in Canada reserve o division dl In trainIng trainIng train- train Ing lag in tho the center of or France a diViSiOn di division dl- dl vision Ision at tho front forming part of or orthe the allied forces of ot occupation t- t two tv o divisions under formation in Italy Ital from r. r war prisoners rl taken kell tro from the h AUStrians Austrian and throe three divisions m being oem formed in Siberia from Polish prisoners prisoners prisoners pris pris- taken from irom tho the Germans and Austrians b by the Russians There never was a more mOro apparently body of or men Un Under er ertho tho the force orco of or circumstances they have e fought each other on every front Inthis Inthis in inthis this war but whether the they have been mobilized d originally with or against ng the allies they are aro animated b by but butone ono one desire to to fight for tor tho ance and unity of ot Poland They have o flocked Clocked from tho the ends of or the earth from prison camps In Siberia or in Germany from coal mines in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania from rom wheat farms In western west west- cm ern Cana Canada l. l front from tho plains of or Lombard Lom Lom- bard bardy barlly But they all recognize tho the White Eagle lagIo Ea lo aa as their emblem and having suffered oppression they do- do sire liberty for tor the home country co Pole POl Are ro Idealists Idealist I The Poles 3 are aro rn idealists said ald General General Gen Gen- eral oral Hailer Haller Thc They want pea peace e and they love 10 order an and tranquility r but the they are aro determined to be bo free General Haller was born in the i vicinity of or Cracow Craco- In 1873 By training training train train- in ing he is an artillery officer having been graduated from the Artillery academy In Vienna Later he ho pur pur- sued higher military courses In tho the Austrian army arm and was made a member of ot a a. special artillery commission commission com coin mission as an expert During three years ho commanded an nn officers officers' training school at t or Lemborg I and military education Is la his his main hobb hobby In 1 1011 ho he resigned from the Austrian army In order to begin besin training the Poles against the day of ot liberation and however scattered his hla command may b be toda today there thero are arc pupils of ot his In every unit As you ou talk talle with him you pet get et tho the Impression he ho knows eer every officer b by name whether I ho he Is la In Siberia on the Mour- Mour man coast or en route for tor Strass- Strass burg Pests Against I who have mistreated mistreated mistreated mis mis- treated his men ho he to be In Inspired Inspired inspired In- In by a holy anger Ho regards th them m as a 0 pest of or the earth and against them he wants to fight until thc they thoy are extirpated A IIA free freo and orderly Poland will willbe willbe be he a ft barrier burrier against ho sal said It will bo be a long bug fight i ht Russia flue Rus cia sia will remain disorganized several years and while the arcIn are arc In power the they will wUl aU attempt to Infect the rest of ot tho the earth How could they best b be fought By organizing non non non- states in tho the south of ot Russia and in the In th I on th them T Taking p possession s of t tho tIme railroads would be another excellent means Above all should l their ernie ernie- sarles saries sent Bent out to stir up trouble elsewhere else else- whore where bo tracked down and hung If It they Incite people to pillage c the tho should bo be executed on tho the spot The Poles do not like lIko the them and unel recently tho the crowds at Warsaw themselves arrested ar ar- r- r lc rested jested ted ten Russian who I had started to pillage a store I bo be Hove lieve In progress and reform and am ani amnot not opposed to certain forms torms of ot So So- but what of or that hat Bolshevik Bolshevik- Ism sm is but a perversion 1 |
