The Washington herald., 1920-09-15
Only Allied Action Can Halt
Fight of Germans and
Poles.
BOTH FACTIONS ARMED
French Partisanship Adds
To Bitterness in Buffer
Zone.
CwaShiHEton HCraId-PubIic Ledger
Service, Special Cable DIspatchD


Service, Special Gable DiSpatchJ
EattowIz. Upper Silesia. Sept. Il.
\ grave situation. and one menac-
ing the peace Of Europe. exists in
Upper Silesia today. Within few
weeks something IS going to hap
pen in this region that is bound to
awakoR the world to a realization
that, unless the sovereign powers of
Europe act quickly and effectively,
a rspw;armed struggle on the Eu-
ToRsau, continent is inevitable, as
thfUpper SiIesian foment contains
agN,hc clements of a fresh war.
Shat is the sincere conviction that
10 been gained through several
dass' investigation in Upper Silesia.
becomes Europe Cockpit.
kpncr SiIcsia is the latest and
ulssJ potential cockpit in Europe
ItShas he richest coal deposits on
TIM continent and holds one-eighth
ofsthe worlds coal supply. Upper
SiNsia also has a population of Ger
mans and. Poles, who are so desper-
ateIy iutrrmiugIed that to attempt
the rra1iustmrut OF the territorial
status Of the region. as called for
by the peace treaty. IN favor Of one
nuaoualty-Is 10 align the other on
the offensive IN q struggle to the
drGtr. EhaJ Is an Upper SilvSiau
pTshIru which the forthcoming pie
ti' r~. possibly solve.
Two lrppIss. the Poles and Ger
II--.- a . living together IN a s-eth-
Iu- e-r.tlan of national hatred
while the flame Is kept at a white
heat hs a religious blgOtTy and SUI
IF~Nrira truI is nothing short Of
WNlirNaL The terror OF the mob
p. ~ creme over region that
is D large as belgium, and where
~, aE. NOR, inhabitants to the
$. ~, h.junn-tcr than in any other
su:ry of Europe
Allies Helpless.
r.- ra., ot an that Iawless-
noSs and violence, the intcr-aIIied
-. l"u stands virtually help
81 tl,. I'.Ie- and the Germans
arS working trverishIv for the or
~ EtzI-lau co. the 2.1JO.OOO inhab-
~ rrc.G. disorder, wherein more
JlaW leo persons lost their lives.
Is Suly the prologue OF tragedy that
is Smminent. The allied forces are
poS-rl.~S for. besides being insult
tcAur to- policing $50 IarSe u terri
tgFf. they also -orrly are divided.
Tn French attitude of suICItude
and open. friendship for the Poles
h.= had more To- d. with the pres
eur state 0f unrest and disorder in
rP-a SL-esia. perhaps. than any
thing else except the Germans
E.t-rd fer the FuI.~-
Germans Ambitious.
Tine Germans here tgnaciousIy are
struggling Ju preserve for them
selves a ~.parat. province. They
resent the apparent partIalItv OF
the French toward the Poles and
their Traditional hatred toward
both Frame, .ud Poland is creating
Esw aaf.E-.r ~ils which neutral OBJ
rver- cannot 7 .p hut feel event
ug'iy- "a gil. r..uiJ p another war.
That ru- Grru.u~ arr, preparing
To- respond tn any TaIi<h grab OF
German territory with a show OF
fgice las been IIIu.LIated amply to
tn - CORE ~pondrrt in BresIau where
not o-'y .5.ua0 Upper SiIesian Ger
maps hay- rlE-n refuge. but where
all - yDu'l Df the entire country
>.ES i- iu readiness to join the ex-
Is. -pg arE.a EaTIiSOnz in attacks
rI.sn tEg Poles a. we'll as the
F.ICr. There is talk here of join
iaE'lInis with Russia n common
.1 En-iyr against Poland If the
I.LuCh occupy the Ruhr district as
q Fe-uIt of the German uprising
gEs-lu=t d French division in Upper
SiIgsia
What the French really are
guilty uf- according to the English
renT-s. natives i'm Upper Silesia. is
an UUGu. amount Of tolerance shown
to the Poles whenever they were in
the wrong. For example. the Poles
ara -wI--IiuE huge quanrities 0t
Ammunition. machine guns and
rifles across the frontier. The
French general commanding the
district admits the traffic is going
o.. hut says he is powerIess to pre-
Vent IT,
Prepare for Siege.
The Polish headquarters in this
city, as well as at Beuthen, thirty
miles away. have been transformed
from tho modest little provincial
hotels that they We're into veritabIe
forts prepared for siege. Windows
IN thozr places have been barri-
cadrd with steel bars and in the
CouFtyards and along the roofs are
MACHINE gun nests. All employees
areF armed and ready for action.
DuriHg the last riots. several hand
ErzFsdes damaged parts of the
buildings here.
On the German side the same
preplrations are being made. and
VIII. even mere efficiency and
thcrJughness. though Germans can
nnE hoast of having such large guam
titkS of arms as the Poles. the
French authorities having disarmed
theuT with a vengeance.
It is an irrefuraHIe fact. how
evar- thar T~uRzr CTIr=f,