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Show BAM RAGING PARIS, Thursday. Sept 4 "Germany "Ger-many defeated on the west, has turned turn-ed to the oast where she is waging a battle with the hope of achieving the victory sho could not win on the other fronts '' Icnaee Jan Paderewski. Polish premier, declared today to The Associated Press while discussing Pol-J ish conditions M. Paderwskl will apear before tae supreme council of the peace conference confer-ence tomorrow to discuss the critical crit-ical situation in Toschen and 3ilt la "In east Prussia, in the Silesia, in Bnl.-heyik territory in the vicinity of Minsk and along the Ukranlan front Polish armies are forced to face armed arm-ed enemies," he continued "These enemies are receiving aid from Germans Ger-mans who are urging the Bolshevik forward in every way to embarrass Poland. Our new government with limited supplies and little clothinp; for its army, finds the situation desperate "Until the German treaty is ratified we cannot get the foreign troops nee essary to stblize the situation and hald the plebiscites in sections of ceded territory In the meantime Polish workmen are being beaten, abusi d and killed by German troops in Si-; Si-; lesla. The Poles are eager to rush into Silesia to avenge the wrongs in-lieted in-lieted on our countrymen and it is dif-(ieult dif-(ieult to restrain our people. "In the Baltic states of Russia the Germans are fomenting disorder and lending assistance to the Bolshevik. On all sides wo are forced to fact this ! new war that Germany is waging against the allied cause. She is determined de-termined to conquer Russia at any-cost any-cost and is making every effort to hamper us m our battle against disorder dis-order German propagandists are jtwwtinEc every clash between our troops and the Bolshevik into Jewish pogroms. "We are unable to defend ourselves against these calumnies. We are too busy shooting at our enemies with rifles to fight this underground campaign cam-paign which Is being conducted in America and throughout the civilized world. "Our people lmae. rfctdsted blandish- Imcnt-s of Bolshevism so far but there; lis a limit to our endurance. We hope for a speedy ratficatidn of the treaty: land pray for the steadying influence of allied troops in harassed districts j where phebiscltes are to be held to determine the future status of those 1 regions." |