Show CONDITI CONDITIONS N IN 1 I- I L THE UKRAINE K AIN I f. f H OI DISCLOSED Cl I I Anxiety Anxiety Felt Over Future I t Attitude of Entente ij Allies I Note The Note The attitude of d the to people of the Ukraine a new newstate newstate state which came Into being with the breaking up of Russia has hu been one of the puzzles from the world w war r. r On the east cut they have been fighting the Bol Bol- of or old Russia Rua and on the west bat bat- S with the Poles for the possession of i Lemberg An commission sent to Lemberg to negotiate an armistice between be be- tween the Ukrainians and the Poles In Inthe the the latter part of February failed railed and the j i fighting for Lemberg continued Th These se seI I caused confusion In the minds of the people people peo pee pie of the western world To obtain the ther r I facts from the Ukrainians themselves the Associated Press sent a correspondent to 1 St the c capital of the tho West Ukraine kr l c republic and he has cabled Illuminating Illuminating Information Including an Inter view wIth with General Gener 11 Simon the Ukrainian military leader and also forwarded forwarded for for- warded an Interview with Premier Holu Holu- for I explaining why the Ukrainians re reo fused to conclude an armistice with the Poles In the subjoined article the Mao Asso elated Press correspondent has given tome some Informative details of the situation t now existing In the Ukraine STA STANISL-AU STANISL West Ukraine May tay Much luch 2 Much anxiety Is felt in fn this capital of the West Ukrainian republic over the future attitude of or the entente allies following tho the ultimatum delivered ered b by the mission at Lemberg Lember that If Ie the reet re- re et 1 Burned military operations against tb ln t the theAl theS 1 S Al s the they M would have hav to answer for Colt consequences While their e the pros pros- I In the ther ther ent ent temporary r suc successes esses r I r operations about L Lem mr er erg have hae had a ar at t r heartening effect upon the Ukrainian troops this h HAS hs s not been much reflected reflected re- re t 1 fleeted here The situation in this capital is much the same same as that which prevailed In Poland in the early earb part of oC December There IB e considerable fear of oC further In Russian j rains gains b by the tl Ukraine where the they still sun are arc holding I Kiev KIM l altho although h the Ukraine military t authorities I declare declue thc they are able ahlo to r drive back tho the Bolshevik forces within I a month particularly if it the they arc not harassed b by the Polish or Rumanian armies However there is more order In tn West Vest Ukraine now Hwy than there was in tn Poland up to within a month ago t FOOD CONDITIONS BETTER J i Food bed conditions Ve tare better with i f meat selling at SO 30 cents a pound I Though bread and su sugar ar are hl high h. h a to Medicines 1 soap and clothes arc are scarce 1 r and hl high h. h It is pointed out that the whole hole of or East Galicia has been the field of or the tho operations of or the I j Aul Austrian and Russian armies for tor four years TS with now and amI then an Incursion of the Turks and md Germans all of whom made requisitions upon the people This Is especially true truc of or the Germans and the peasants say a they proved pro worse worse- thieves than the Russians I i The whole flat country countr from Lemberg Lem- Lem j borg berg to Stanislau has s a a- a barren harren devastated dev de- app appearance rance Houses arc are rare except at 1 railway stations and most of these e stations have ha been destroyed b fire A cow sheep or h horse I In Is r rarely to be seen en For dozens upon dozens of or miles tho the fields which are arc turning preen green reen with the he coming spring reveal long stretches of nf trenches and barbed wire han hanging aw awry with here and there bases for cannon an and often orten crosses crosses marking tho the burial places left leftin In the trail tran of the armies r f Railway trains which are drawn b by bywood bywood wood wool b burning locomotives drag ra across I the rivers where wooden military t r bridges have replaced the steel ones i destroyed py shell fire or mine SCARS OF BATTLE I The eft city of or was wn tAr for nore more I seriously dama damaged ed b by the tho Russian and Austro Bulgarian armies than was j jj ii either P or Lemberg Neither elther I of oC the two latter cities have hn serious scars of oC the world worl war but hut Lemberg marks of oC the recent conflict I. I i between veen the Poles Pole and the i II r of Stanislau was destroyed h by fire Many of its fine business I t blocks now no are arc mere heaps of or brick ruins This wa wasp was especially especially true along Iong IongI i I S tho the fine tane street where the 1 I Austrian and Russian shells both bothi j i wrought disaster The Ukraine t J I cathedral which was one of or the oldest I anc and handsomest of its kind was partly partI partly part part- I I ly wrecked and Its shattered windows have been heen covered co with boards However the business of or the tho new Ukraine government o is going oln on and I the leaders hope that the arrival al of J I I another allied mission will give Ive It strength and moral support until It Itt t 11 1 able to save Poland the same Bame may maybe maybe be be be possible hero where the political I I t alignment Is the same I j i The National Democrats are ore rean really t I the thc stronger party but the Socialists j make a great parade of the thet strength I cb they are able ahle to do du v as thus i I tar Jar there then has been no cl election The j Specialists have less strength th here I partly Daftly because of or the fact that there Js ix no aristocracy as in In Poland Polan and andi andt t i Calso also because the Bol Bolshevik t propaganda II I ganda ganda farda takes less hold on the people j I i PICTURESQUE SCENES i I Th rh close union recently formed be be- be 1 t the tIto eastern and western Ukraine and md the tho situation at Kiev Kle Is making m this elt city take on the appear appear- I ranee ance nc of or Old Russia with veldt the tho costumes I toG or local peasants mixing with those I of the tho Ukraine Co Cossacks sacks who wear I I f 1 long blue or gray gra br bre brn n overcoats of or fur Cur or sra gray wool and andred andI andred I red trousers with hl high h boots and who carr carry short sabers curiously j II decorated with carved silver i The national Ukraine plays plas are be bei be i t i ln In Ing presented In the tho theatres where I 1 singers ers chant songs dear to the tho hearts I I 1 of Or the people such as tho the plaintive t j r o Tears of or Ukraine and the Ukraine I Marseillaise called lIed i r In io which the Cossacks are called caned to to i arms to o fight the enem enemy on their frontier frontier- T. T These s songs evoke coke much applause 8 ppl ulie indicating ho how r deeply they etl stir tho national spirit |