Evening star., 1921-05-04
10000 POLES OPEN
S|LES|AN INVASION.
|. BATTLING ITALIANS
France Gives Warning of
"serious Consequences"
to Polish interests.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OPPELN, Upper Silesia. May A.
Organized Polish forces. estimated at
10000. have occupied all Of upper
Silesia. south of line running from
kosel to Tarnowitz, with the excep-
ton of a few large towns. and are
moving farther northweard. according
to information supplied by a member
OF the interallied representation here
Frances Warning.
PARIS. May 4.--The French gov
ernment. it was learned today, has
strongly impressed upon the govern
ment at Warsaw the grave conse-
quence to Polish interests likely to
result from a Polish uprising in upper
Silesia.
Unrest has been reported in this
region over the rumor of an allied
decision giving Poland only two dis
tricts there as a result of the recent
plebiscite. A mining strike is also
in progress there
Serious rioting is reported to have
occurred in. some sections and French
troops of occupation have had clashes
with bands of Polish insurgents.
Troubles Not Yet Ended.
The latest advices. received today.
indicated that the troubles were not
yet ended, and some anxiety was
expressed as to whether the Warsaw
government would be able to get the
insurrectionists in hand. The in
form of cutting communications with
Germany, bridges between Breslau
and the Silesian mining regions being
blown up.
French infantry. with tanks. have
succeeded in clearing Beuthen and
apprehension exists here as to the
development of the movement. which.
according to official advices. was pro-
voked by articles in the German
newspapers announcing that the su-
preme council had decided to give
the exception of a small part of the
mining region.
Uprising Spreads Rapidly.
BY the Associated Press.
WARSAW, May 4.-The insurrec-
tionary movement in upper Silesia-
begun suddenly Monday night, spread
rapidly in the districts of Beuthen,
Pless, Rybnik and Tarnowitz. Ac-
cording to the newspapers a Polish
civilian fighting organization occu-
pied Kattowitz and other towns. after
Germans, but French troops finally
controlled the situation.
Newspaper extras last evening re-
ported eight Poles killed and sixteen
wounded in the Kattowitz region in
clashes with the Germans, in which
the Poles attempted to gain control
of the districts bordering upon the
Polish frontier. For a time the Poles
We're in power in these districts, but
the interallied commission inter-
vened and quiet eventually was re-
stored.
Adalbert Korfanty. the Polish plebi-
scite commissioner in upper Silesia,
has been recalled, because he ex-
ceeded his powers. it was announced
today.
Warsaw dispatches Of May an
nounced that Commissioner Korfanty
had issued a proclamation criticising
the reported decision of the inter-
allied commission assigning the
greater part of upper Silesia to Ger
many, the commissioner disclaiming
responsibility for possible violence
which he believed would follow con-
firmation of the rumors regarding
the commissions award.
Sees Important Polish Plan.
BERLIN, May 4.-There is no evil
dence that Polish regular troops are
participating in the disturbances in
upper Silesia. said Foreign Minister
Simons. in addressing the reichstag
last evening on the Silesian situation.
Everything pointed, however. to the
existence Of an important Polish plan
of action, he declared.
DR.. Simons added that members of
the interallied commission, in CONVEX
sation with the German plenipoten-
tiary, had fully acknowledged that
the German inhabitants had given the
Poles no provocation. The commits
sion had left no doubt concerning its
determination to use every means in
its power to restore order, he said.
POLES MENACE WILMA.