Show a MINE RAINE LEADER LEADERS S URGES ENTENTE I t o i TO STEM REDS RIDS L I General genera 1 Asks Allies Al AI- lies to Sell Settle Ie Lemberg b bOil Oil Field Dispute Disputer r The ante to The subjoined article ws was VI written by an 11 Ir correspondent who was VAS ten teno lento sent lent o bo Ukraine t a ascertain the facts tact n a the ll r the Lemberg oil fields field 5 high h h h has s caus caused sl th the ti fight fighting J UK between reen the 1 n. n ItS It'S ic and the Ukrainians The Ther respondent frit-respondent rr sea from the f to fu tb the Ukrainian lInein lines 3 od Dd 1 In tn dolor doing doln fl tn sn was yu fired upon UJ lit lit- rigs n n 11 troop Difficulties In Sn the war of forty rd nr n the fhe from tb the Ukraine W were re so cat at that It sea was ItU n necessary eUary to employ th the C elc ices of or a courier r from rom Vienna 1 to tn Paris taris en BOt and i hI he following article was wal as forwarded lu In that tha t inner Dancer h 00 j Headquarters of oC the West Vest Ukraine Army Much March 15 Corres Corres Correspondence L I of or the Associated d Press e commander of or the West Ukrainian arm army suggests that j the entente allies aUles all aid r the Ukrainians J to fight J ht the Bolshevik and that they ther also settle the dispute between th the e Ukraine and Poland over the eg g oil fields ic ds a aIt It would not be hard to defeat creat the Bols Bolshevist In invaders aders of the Ukraine i if Ir the tho allies helped us to organize our resources ic- ic sources and also if it the allies settle the Lemberg Lemberg- oil field dispute thus freeing the West Rest Ukrainian arm army so 50 that 1 it t ml might ht join forces with the army o of ot tf f General in Greater Ukraine said aid General to the Associated ed Press correspondent I 1 think this would be In tho the interest of or the allies We would thus check the Bolshevist invasion in invasion in- in of ot Europe restore order In the Ukraine which is a a. rich land lanel and pu put l lour our people to co work growing rowin- wheat for Russia Ruia and for Europe Small SOlan Wiry r ins dnn General Pa is in command of oc the Ukrainian troops which have been fighting l hUn tho the Poles in the vicinity of Lemberg He lIo is a a- small wiry Russian with Ith eyes deeply set a set a courteous quiet but eloquent conversationalist eon It H is evident that he Is liked b by his staff I which is housed in a former school building in Chodroff His task of or holding holding hold hold- in ing together and or organizing the West cst Ukrainian army is s an arduous one but apparently does not weigh upon him too heavily The Ukrainians were cre the first people people peppie peo- peo pie to begin In fighting Bolshevism 1 re c e the general This was long IonS be before before be- be fore foro the allies thou thought ht of doing so 80 yet et such is 15 the iron irony of circumstances that the allies call us The people of Russian Ukraine had for a time limo a n. touch of or the Bolshevik disease but the they are arc now cured of It as they arc are essentially small farmers and property owners I speak of oC Bolshevism Bolshevism Bol Dol- he as a disease since it must be bc regarded in that sense like the enza ena It presents an attractive proposition proposition to poor poo people harassed by a long lon war with special hopes for the future 1 If tho the allies visit us in an open- open minded spirit they will realize that we too are arc fi fighting fighting- Bolshevism If the they wm will determine to help In this great fight morally and also with medicines and munitions we will be able ablo to retake re retake retake re- re take Greater Ukraine from Moscow which is bent upon holding all tho the territory territory ter ter- that previously r was nas Russian Suffer DIA e i I I 1 would not advise invasion of or Rusi Plus Rus- i Isla Ilia ia b by anybody as conditions will right themselves when this mental disease has run its course There Thero Is now no danger from irom Bolshevism In InVest West Vest Ukraine as Eastern Galicia Is now called as there are arc relatively few factory factor factory fac fac- tor tory wor workers Peasants are arc never ne Bolshevik Bol Bol- BolI I lk r V W Ve e e c ha have hae e been blamed for the born bom- of or Lemberg It is true but 1 twe We have no intention of doing doing- other 1 than destroy the Polish army's stores I land and the railway station The Poles g ero seizing it as s a 01 military III tar post and we we were compelled to fire on it but hut this must not bo he repeated as we real real- S bc that th the Poles are using this fact t a h as s a weapon to advertise us as r J Ik I. I a r r Nevertheless ul it Is Isa a tl fight ht to death 2 1 in which w we e are arc engaged Our sol sol- diers s after four years of war arc ready it I again to fight because e they are mostly ft eons of peasants and ordinary people t I who who always alwa's have regarded the Poles Pole I ra has as aristocratic oppressors The whole UJ Ukrainian lan people now is en engaged abed in a fight tight to obtain Independence They Ther may be he defeated 1 by the Poles an and bythe by br bythe 1 the l. l but the they prefer death I t to submission i Denied Autonomy t. t t The Russian Ukraine attempted to obtain autonomy autonom first from Crom the duma then from Pi Premier tinier Kerensky but Jut I failed Then it at asked Lenine premier premi r rt of the Russian soviet so government gO for form t permission m to lo become one of or the fed fed- federated rate crated states of If Russia but bUl Lenine re rejected re- re th the plan II 1 f vow Now o wo we want separation and completo com com- pleto independence nce Our OUI efforts to- to sward this end nd fur for the past eighteen I IJ 1 J months have l cen n defeated partly b bj by German occupation and partly by General Geni Gen- Gen it i eral era risky to whom railed the Russian refu refugee e army officers and nd land tit owners Now Nov it Is the who 3 ale are the Invaders In J i After ler sugg sUJ suggesting m lin that the allies aid th the Ukrainians Ukrainian to lo Ci fight hl the I General Lav add added d. d Whether the Ukraine will gravitate to Russian in influences ini in- in 3 i again po possibly will bo be determined deter deter- In-I In q mined by what become becomes of or tho the r t Ik k government ro However our na- na Tonal ional spirit and hopes which before thet the t 1 war avar were wre un uncertain an and confused have I been een reawakened after acter hun hundreds of or cars and It is Js possible wo we ma may deter deter- f nine to make ours an Independent state f jJ nd refuse to federate with Russia Uner un- un t er any conditions since Inee it iLls is quite easy i or us to live alone economically Theme The me ic suspicion that suspicion that we finally may mayto I turn to Russia also also may be enter- enter ined about the Pole Poles I |