The sun., 1919-08-27

coming In thousands from JIpnar sn.
over the border into Poland. Tn
gees began to arrive the eyen,n. iu-
18th, the date OF HoersIng's nroc,sts
lion. ANA
Nine. Ciechanowskis received WA.
1000 women and children coI,o", vre OF
the hamlet of Bobrowniki on the ~,
which forms the frontier. Thor. ran
nobody in Bobrowniki, not even Nn
to organize relief for these naon gpHeat
Nine. Clechanowskis immediatei,'e
there with a representative Of ths p VEN
Government. ~a
She arrived at s o'clock in tho 49,,
and found this mass OF peonlo 'nlnt
nothing to eat, nowhere TO sIas. WA
many of them with faces and bodIs ana
and bleeding from blows they baS eu
ceived. Many had waded breast ~, ~
through the stream, while Ger,non sa
diers on the far bank shot at than ''''
Refugees MIstreet.a
Steps at once were taken 70 r..
for their accommodation and ', ..,
Six hundred were to be lodged or .eu .
at Grodziec, but on her return :. la
Mime. Ciechanowskis found that ro, Msn
1000 refugees had arrived thers Say
equally distressing state. sine. "a
day the Grodziec centre has dao,, TN
from 5000 to 5000 refugees W. wa
rived at the Grodziec centre at II o'.,.as
on the morning of Aug. 20. Tbsrs VA
found between 800 and 400 ns,s.''
mostly men, assembled In a snksn w.
mis- court Nine. Ciechanowskis , en,
them we were two newspaper corrssr WV
dents who had come to find ont ksu
they felt concerning recent occurrenS',
in upper Silesia. "'e'
The refugees selected as spoks,r..
Emil Gaidas Of Radzionkau, eyiden,I''
| man OF rather more education than ~
| rest. He began a recital Of some 4, NV
wrongs inflicted on the Polish ponplo,,.S
| of Upper Silesia. We asked what Sss
been the causes OF the strike and nsrs
| rection. He said the working nsos,'
could no longer stand the treatms..
which they endured under the STAT =,
siege from the Groarschutz and thu Co.
| man authorities. He said IL was M, =.
cause they did not want to work bu, !.
cause the conditions under which ,ka,.
worked had been made intolerable
At this point We turned to the who,.
assembly and asked: as this truep ~
you agree to that" With one sbnr,
the crowd gave assent Before ~
| chosen spokesman could proceed Thoro,s
Tabor also from Radizionkau. minar
pressed forward and began an lmn.s
stoned appeal for allleo assistance for
the people of Upper Silesia. The feryo-
in Tabor's eyes. the depth OF conviction
in Nils voice were impressive.
They Draw Conclusions.
Finally. we wish to state certain cor.
illusions which We have reached ne N,
result of our investigation Of the strIk,
| and instruction in upper Slesla:
First-Since the state Of siege b.,
been declared in upper Slesia in Jan.
uary last a deliberate policy OF nrovo.
cation and oppression has been pursued
| toward the Polish working population
| there, with the object Of melting them
to an outbreak which would (a) dis.
| credit the Poles as a people, fb) give
an excuse for further repressive neas.
ures including the deportation Of larr,
numbers of Poles from the district. lei
tempt Poland to Intervention unauthc,.
| ICED by the Allies.
Second-To further the aims OF M,
! policy all the most influential Polish
| leaders in upper Silesia were either ar
rested or driven out of the country 10
avoid arrest.
Third-The failure OF the allied Gov.
ernments to give effect to the clauses o,
the treaty of Versailles relating 10
upper Silesia Immediately the treaty vss
signed has helped the Germans In their
| purpose.
Fourth-After this policy had re-
| suited In the strike OF August Il the
reprisal measures referred to were put
| in force with the greatest vigor and
| German troops in stamping out nsu-.
rection have had recourse to measure,
| of such brutality as to demand an IN.
| quiry similar to that which was con.
| Quoted in Belgium.
Fifth-Bolshevls tenden among
| the Polish workmen were not factor
either in the strike or insurrectlon
Sixth-As q result OF the foregoing
the quantity of coal mined in Upper
| Silesia will be negligible until the coal
| fields where the Polish population Il IN
vast majority is removed from German
| control.