FRIGHTFUL PICTURE
DEATH AND DESOLATION IN POLAND HARROWING SCENES LONDON, September 13. (Received September 14, at noon.) A neutral eye-witness who reached Brussels after a tour of the conquered Polish territory paints a frightful picture of death and desolation. Not a single roof is intact in many towns. The roads are lined with corpses, wrecked tanks, and lorries. Village after village has been made uninhabitable after bombing and shelling, after which they are stormed with hand grenades. The miserable refugees, homeless and foodless, wander the countryside hopelessly, often barefooted and always il^clad. An American Press correspondent from “ somewhere in Southern Poland ” reports that Poland is confronted with one of the most harrowing refugee problems of modern times. The words “ fantastic ” and “ unbelievable ” spring to the mind constantly in witnessing how modern war disrupts a nation’s life. It is impossible to keep track of individuals in this kind of warfare, and the final list of those unaccounted for will be staggering. It is the children who most affect the emotions of the observer.
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Evening Star, Issue 23371, 14 September 1939, Page 11
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172FRIGHTFUL PICTURE Evening Star, Issue 23371, 14 September 1939, Page 11
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