The Washington herald., 1921-05-16
GERMANS ROUT
POLES; FRENCH
BECOME ACTIVE
Rebels Suffer 36 Killed
Trying to Advance
Line West.
FRENCH CAVALRY
SABERS TEUTONS
Fighting Grows General
AS Franco British
Break Widens.

Break Widens.
BERLIN, May I5.-sGermany
doesn't want the job of using
its army for n war I'm Upper (
siIesia- Germany prefers that
the allies restore order, accord
ing TO the terms of the Yer
ssiIIes treaty. said ChsneeIIor
and Foreign Minister wirth to-
day.
sIf the allies, especially Eng
land and America. give out a
frm defamation, said Herr
wirth, shat they would never
recognize such a situation as n
Polish aIctatorship, u would
contribuste greatly TO qujetinE
Affairs. Naturally our opinion.
from what we know of the.
Poles. is that such n decIaration
would not be sufficient The
Poles, in their exceeding vanity.
obey only IL the power which IN
at the allies disposal enforces
justice, a. the treaty provfde.-
Enforcing right and justice IN
the sole duty Of the aIlie&7
Special c.sl. 70 TAe v.shinston Herald
and Chicago Trbuns.)
OPPELN, May ia Polish at
tempt TO push the rebel lines west
of Gross Strehlitz was frustrated
last night. when 200 Germans In
a battle killed thirty-six Poles. cap
turing seventy and losing eighteen
dead.
Before the general attack the Po-
lish armored train crept TO Lesch-
nitz, near Goglin. Germans arm
ed with rifles and a few machine
guns were ambushed in the woods-
when the train stopped. the Ger
/ mans attacked, capturing seventy.
but two Poles alone saved the train.
Immediately 1000 Poles from
strehlitz attacked. The Germans
opened fire and continued firing for
two hours. American newspaper
men were lying close by. The Ger
mans saved their ammunition and
the Poles wasted theirs. Finally
the Poles retreatec the Germans
following.
French Saber CiviIian,-
The French military are busy sa-
bering Beuthen's discontented civil
ians today. The trouble il spread
ing throughout the Korfanty king
dom, following publication or Gen.
Lerond's denial that the plebiscite
commission had fixed the armistice
demarkations giving Korfanty joint
military and civil rule Of Silesia.
German reports say the Polish
population in the revolving area is
excited by the increasing pOssibili-
/ ties OF counter uprisinEs soon.
Trouble came when newsboys,
peddling German papers, shouted
horfanty trick" There were COLI
| llsions in the streets Of Beuthen,
hattowitz, and other cities. One in
surgent was shot in Beuthen and
several Germans were sabered by
French cavalrymen when a crowd
attacked a convoy bringing money
TO the insurgents.
Cavalry Makes Charge.
At the sound Of the rifles thou-
sands assembled in the square with
cries of Kill the dogs The in
surgents hastily constructed a bar
rlcade before the bank. using their
own and passing vehicles. Suddenly
/ a French 49,
cavalry troopers swept into the
crowds and used the sabers freeIy
Later funeral procession for a
| dead insurgent was attacked.
French patrol arrived. The crowd
yelled Down with France! Down
with Poland" The French dispers-
ed the mob.
Another ssberinE took plsce fn
the station when a group Of Ger
mans tried to drag the driver from
hearse. Throughout the after
noon and evening the French cav
airy continuously dispersed the
civilians in Beuthen and other cities
where feeling was high against the
insurgents.
The Poles last night fired upon
hatibor, which was held Jointly bv
Italians and Germans. Cosel vas
declared NO Mans Land" the in
habitaDts risking a shot al both
sides.
Front Lines Arc Marked.
The respective fronts are nov /.
series OF adjoining towns.-wfth an
proaches. stations, and bridge,
guarded with machine guns. Ma
chine guns command the buildine,
and church steeples. and the sen
tries are a mile apart.
A British ofhcer. who for eirht
days held a position near Kandrzin
with less than 100 German soldier,
against 800 Poles. was forced TO re-
ire. He told. the correspondents
French soldiers were among the in
surgents attacking him. and he tes-
tifie 70 the accuracy Of Polish Ar
tillery under French management-
British oficers are going about
expressing disgust and some indie-
nation over the military success. Of
the Polish Insurgents. The British
colonel Cockerell. COMMANDING the
Beuthen district. rendered his resie-
&nation because his position is un-
tenaole" and he feels himself su-
pernuous The resignation mfldlv
reflects the British view.
Another British oficer safd the