East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-20
THE TROUBLE IN SILESIA

HANY people are wondering just what the trouble in Up
AV way France and England have different
what should be done Altogether the subject one
of extreme interest.
Some line facts from the Polish standpoint pro-
vded by John H. Finley former commissioner of education in
New York who has been in Warsaw representative OF the
New Times Mr. Finley says that he went through Ber
lin he heard every hand references Poland the unruy
child but he got into Poland he heard the other side OF the
The following is from Mr.. Finleys report:
This whole Upper Sesan question has been series of ra
gede for the Poles In the first place the Big Four were go
ing to give Poland outright Cemenceau wrote letter
saying that they were to have It. Then something happened
and Lloyd George protested He sent word Paderew who
then in Paris trying protect Poands interests that Up
per Sesla would not be gwen outright but hat an immediate
pebscie would be held decide to whom should Pader
ewsk course objected but without avail and the pebsce
finally determined to take place between six and egh
teen months after the date.
Thinking that the plebscie might place within six
months both sides stirred everybody Both thought they
be prepared and the people of Upper Sesa made
the objects of the violent propaganda from each side This
went on for more than two years The Poles are not phea
people 1t to imagine the consequent state OF their
nerves During that period they endured great deal
be and the allies the Poles help Then the decision of
the allies in allowing those born in Sesia but living elsewhere
to come back and vote was questionable usce Many OF es
absenees voting had intention OF living IN es
IA again than Sesan citizens IN america Naturally he Foles
felt aggeved that absentee voters should be allowed TO nave
any the matter They asked then that the vote Of these
be kept separate that could know what the vote of
the real residents opposed those imported for the OCCASION
but this refused them.
"On March 90 the day for the pebscte and in spite
predictions Of all kinds of trouble the election went off per-
fecy quietly This due largely to Adaber Korfany the
provocative enough but Korfanty, who is great
figure worshpped by his people, kept his crowd in hand
Then days the word out that the commission
had made report and that it the English and Italians
for giving only nfntesma part Of Upper Sesa to Poland
and French alone had stood out for hem That there
to strengthen suspicion that the Germans started it, with the
Stirring the Poles that they would prejudice their
At any rate that is what happened.
Both Germans and Poles have had their secret military
ganzaions Sesa from the start The whole region bst
ling When the Poles thought the allies had decided
against them they simply went out and took the
The allied troops have tried to maintain order land blood
has been shed.
This is briefly the story have heard 1.-THE failure of
those whom the Poles looked child its parents to keep
could not kept the consequent and cumulative dsappon
ments unfarness of admitting outsiders making sefde
Examinations tension and finally the reported de-
cson that ignore the result Of the pebscte
suit which, should be remembered has been reached wholly
under funconares This Polands side of the
tiOn, at any rate. -
The Polish government has done all that coalition govern
It has forbidden the recruiting of volunteers
take the uprising 1t has closed the border Sympathy
has expressed the feelings Of the Upper Ssan but
sign summary dismissed from office. But the govern
between the devil and the deep Nothing short Of
flat disapproVa and dsavoWa will satisfy the allies and moth
ing of complete condemnation of the of the allies
will satisfy the great of the people who holding sol
emn demonstrations behalf Of those who cannot share in the
blessings of a united Poland after long of partition
W obvious any outsider of that the Poles in
Sesa should have awaited the decision of the allies and then
made protest it seemed unfair They have acted impru
IDENTIFY and fooshy the of their waiting the
rdor of their passion for Poland As result there exists
of the dangerous situations in Europe today-eyen
alarming than that which the Reehag considering when
passed through Berlin and which involves with that most
of all world problems which saw as looked the